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LeBron refreshed, 'living in the moment' in Year 22
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Monday, 30 September 2024 18:36
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsEL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- For a team that needed a second-half surge just to make the play-in tournament and then was summarily bounced out of the first round, leading to an offseason coaching change, there sure was an air of optimism in the building for the Los Angeles Lakers' annual media day Monday.Nobody embodied it more than the…
Luka, Kyrie say Klay key to Mavs' title aspirations
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Monday, 30 September 2024 16:02
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsDALLAS -- Asked for one word to summarize the Dallas Mavericks' approach this season, superstar Luka Doncic thought for several seconds before coming up with his answer."Championship," Doncic said at Monday's media day at the team's practice facility before the Mavs departed to Las Vegas for training camp. "That's the goal."The hope is that Klay Thompson, a four-time…
Clippers G Porter 'grateful to be back' in NBA
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Monday, 30 September 2024 16:02
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsINGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Kevin Porter Jr. said he is "grateful to be back" in the NBA with the LA Clippers after not being in the NBA since his arrest in September 2023.Porter said Monday that he is "accountable for whatever comes" should the NBA suspend the point guard for this coming season. Porter reached a plea deal in…
'Overlooked' Bucks fueled by Christmas Day snub
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Monday, 30 September 2024 16:02
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsMILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks will not play on Christmas Day this season, the first time since 2017 the team was not scheduled on, perhaps, the NBA's marquee slate of regular-season games.Their absence from the schedule was taken note of by coach Doc Rivers during the team's media day Monday to emphasize a feeling shared by some of…
'It's kind of nuts': JJ Redick, LeBron and the NBA's next great coaching experiment
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Monday, 30 September 2024 16:02
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsTWO WEEKS BEFORE the start of training camp, JJ Redick sat in a workroom at the Los Angeles Lakers practice facility with his legs crossed, a team-issued quarter-zip up top and Nike Kobe sneakers down below. ("I never wore them when I played," Redick told ESPN, "but now that I'm here, [Lakers GM] Rob [Pelinka] has the hookup.")…
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