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What does Bradley Beal bring to the Phoenix Suns?
For Washington, the Beal move is a franchise that’s had a nagging cold for the last half-dozen years taking its medicine — a hard swallow of a bitter pill, with an eye toward a hoped-for healthier tomorrow. The Suns, on the other hand, clearly aren’t all that worried about tomorrow.
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Wizards trade Bradley Beal to the Suns | Good Word with Goodwill
Vincent Goodwill hits all elements of the trade that will reportedly send Bradley Beal from the Washington Wizards to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet and some future picks.
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Report: Warriors' Draymond Green to decline $27.5M player option, enter unrestricted free agency
Draymond Green has spent his entire 11-season career with the Warriors.
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Chris Paul found out he'd been traded to Wizards while on plane; says Isiah Thomas was part of decision
"In this league, anything can happen," Paul told "Good Morning America."
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Report: Wizards trade Bradley Beal to Suns in deal involving Chris Paul, Landry Shamet
Bradley Beal is teaming up with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in Phoenix.
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Nikola Jokić makes it back to Serbia in time for horse racing after NBA Finals celebrations
Jokić completed the 6,000-mile journey after leaning further into championship celebrations than previously expected.
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Lou Williams, 3-time Sixth Man of the Year, announces retirement after 17 seasons
He walks away as the NBA's all-time leading bench scorer.
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LeBron James responds to Nuggets coach's dig with nearly inscrutable Instagram post
Our first NBA offseason drama is here.
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Is Ja Morant's 25-game suspension for flashing a gun fair if he has not been charged with a crime?
Morant brandished a gun on camera. There is no easy answer for how he should have to answer for that.
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Do the Spurs make sense as a possibility for Chris Paul?
There are a lot of dynamics at work as the Suns try to navigate a pathway to move the veteran All-Star.
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Ja Morant suspended 25 games by NBA for latest gun incident; NBPA decries 'excessive and inappropriate' punishment
The league "uncovered a fair amount of additional information" during its investigation, commissioner Adam Silver said during his annual state-of-the-league address prior to Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
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Reaction: NBA suspends Ja Morant for 25 games & Mike Dunleavy Jr. next Warriors GM | Good Word with Goodwill
Vincent Goodwill launches straight into this emergency podcast taping with Dan Devine as they talk about Ja Morant's 25-game suspension to start off the 2023-2024 season.
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Video emerges that reportedly shows Conor McGregor leading rape accuser into bathroom at Heat arena
Conor McGregor has faced multiple accusations of sexual assault since 2019.
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NBA Draft: Keyontae Johnson 'never gave up' on himself after medical incident kept him off court for 20 months
From the time the game of basketball was temporarily taken away from him in December 2020, Johnson has bet on himself and defied all odds and expectations.
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Michael Jordan selling Charlotte Hornets after 13 years as majority owner
Jordan became the majority owner of the Hornets in 2010.
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Warriors name Mike Dunleavy Jr. as general manager to replace Bob Myers
Dunleavy, who spent almost five years as a Warriors player, has been in the front office since 2018.
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Nikola Jokić validated his status among NBA greats. Now, he can embrace the spotlight it brings
What does Jokić owe the game, if anything? Does he owe the game more than his on-floor performance?
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What is the trade value for Beal, CP3 & Zion? | No Cap Room
Jake Fischer and Dan Devine are back with their first episode after the end of the 2022-23 NBA season and that means…it’s trade season! The guys talk through the trade rumors and whispers and the value of guys like Bradley Beal, Chris Paul and Zion Williamson.
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Victor Wembanyama's French career with Metropolitans 92 concludes with 3-0 LNB Finals loss to Monaco
Next stop, San Antonio.
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Report: Pelicans, assistant coach Teresa Weatherspoon parting ways
Weatherspoon had a strong relationship with Zion Williamson, who credited her with supporting him through his injury struggles and expanding his game.
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Michael Jordan's 'Flu Game' shoes sell for $1.38 million at auction
This is the third pair of Jordan's shoes to sell for more than $1 million.
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Report: Conor McGregor accused of sexual assault at Game 4 of 2023 NBA Finals
Reps for McGregor said in a statement to TMZ Sports on Thursday morning the "allegations are false."
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Nikola Jokić recovered 'lost' NBA Finals MVP trophy before championship parade
The Nuggets star was the unanimous Finals MVP.
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Michael Malone promises another title at Nuggets championship parade, Nikola Jokić shows off 'lost' MVP trophy
Michael Malone let himself have some fun at the Nuggets' championship parade.
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Bradley Beal situation highlights the volatility, challenges of striking a deal with draft, free agency on the horizon
There are a variety of dynamics hanging over the draft landscape and the looming start of free agency.
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Why the 2023 NBA Draft could see a flurry of trades with a drop-off in talent in 2024, 2025 classes
“I think this is the year where we’ll see a lot of teams try to make plays for trades and players that they want, whether that’s at the top of the draft or teams trading back,” one NBA scout told Yahoo Sports.
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Reports: Wizards, Bradley Beal plan to work together in the event of a trade, and the Heat are interested
Beal has four years remaining on his $251 million contract that includes a no-trade clause.
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NBA Draft risers and fallers with Jonathan Wasserman
Yahoo Sports' Krysten Peek is joined by Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report to discuss the upcoming NBA Draft, rumors around the New Orleans Pelicans trading Zion Williamson and the draft's biggest risers and fallers. Later, KP has Wass make the call between two players for the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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NBA Finals: Never forget Jamal Murray, the NBA's only non-All-Star superstar
Nikola Jokić deservedly received all 11 votes for the 2023 NBA Finals MVP award in leading the Denver Nuggets to the franchise's first championship, but let us never forget the contributions of his pick-and-roll partner, Jamal Murray.
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NBA Offseason: What will be the fantasy fallout of Ja Morant's impending suspension?
Fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus is already looking towards the NBA offseason with the Finals all wrapped up — here's what we want to know.
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Emoni Bates' tumultuous road to the NBA: 'I just want to show that I belong'
"Just with everything I've gone through, I've learned a lot. I’ve definitely matured over the past two years. I went to college early and was just a kid and I feel like college has helped me mature as a young man."
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NBA Finals: It's on Nuggets' Josh Kroenke to get Nikola Jokić a plane to Serbia in time for Sunday horse racing
"I did it on TV. I put him under the pressure," Jokić quipped after telling broadcasters that he planned to ask Nuggets president Josh Kroenke for help returning to his passion.
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Nuggets G Christian Braun joins exclusive list with Bill Russell, Magic Johnson after NBA Finals win
Braun is the first to accomplish this since 1987.
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Shooting near Nuggets arena after championship win injures 10, including suspect
Shooting near Nuggets arena after championship win injures 10, including suspect
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NBA betting, odds: Denver Nuggets open as early favorites to win back-to-back Finals
Denver is +500 to win the 2024 NBA title in the hours after winning its first title in franchise history.
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NBA Finals: A title run for the ages vindicates so much for these Nuggets ... finally
All these players, these disparate stories of men who believed at some point, through fate or circumstance, things wouldn’t work out for them in a team setting, found themselves in the most unlikely position at the most unlikely time.
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NBA Finals: Nuggets revel in championship, from Nikola Jokić's Champagne spray flub to dynasty talk
“WE F***ING WON, COACH!”
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Nuggets are champs, defeat Heat 4-1 in NBA Finals | Good Word with Goodwill
Vincent Goodwill and Dan Devine, soaked in champagne from the Denver Nuggets celebration, get together to recap a gutsy game 5 victory and a dominant series win for the new NBA Champions over the Miami Heat.
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NBA Finals: In praise of Michael Malone's Nuggets Culture
From the opening jump of the 2023 NBA Finals, Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was prepared for everything his Miami Heat counterpart would hurl at his team, and Erik Spoelstra will unfurl anything.
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NBA Finals: With epic playoff run and Finals MVP, Nikola Jokić joins pantheon of game’s legends
Eight years into a career that will one day land him in the Hall of Fame, Jokić has reached the top of the mountain.
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NBA Finals: Nikola Jokić leads Nuggets to 1st NBA title in gritty Game 5 win
It wasn't pretty, but the Nuggets are finally NBA champions.
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NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokić calmly celebrates Nuggets’ 1st title: ‘The job is done, we can go home now’
Nikola Jokić’s two brothers started tossing Nuggets coach Michael Malone in the air after the Nuggets won their first championship on Monday night.
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NBA Finals: Nikola Jokić, Nuggets survive Heat to secure franchise's 1st NBA championship
In a rock fight of a Game 5, the Denver Nuggets reached the NBA mountaintop from the foothills of the Rockies, winning their first championship and setting Nikola Jokić's legacy as an all-timer in stone.
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NBA Finals: How to watch Heat vs. Nuggets Game 5 tonight, live updates and more
The Denver Nuggets may win their first NBA championship tonight on their home court. Here's how to watch Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
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Victor Wembanyama scores 19 points in LNB Finals as Metropolitans 92 go down 2-0
Victor Wembanyama threw down an alley-oop dunk over two Monaco players that made an English-speaking announcer yell in French.
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NBA betting, odds: 2 best bets for Game 5 of the NBA Finals
Will Miami keep its season alive Monday night?
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NBA Finals: Heat G Tyler Herro available to play Game 5, eight weeks after hand surgery
Herro underwent right hand surgery to repair his third and fourth metacarpals in April.
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NBA Finals odds, betting: This could be our last chance to bet on the NBA this season
Here are two player props and a game prop to jump on as the series swings back to Denver.
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The Daily Sweat: Can the Nuggets clinch their first NBA title?
It took nearly 50 years for the Nuggets to finally reach the NBA Finals, and they don’t want this opportunity to go to waste.
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NBA Finals: Once ready to walk away from basketball, Reggie Jackson is now 1 win away from title with Nuggets
“I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be back, like I know it’s a great run but you almost start believing, is it for you? You’ve been chasing something for so long, it’s been eluding you. Is it actually for you?”
