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    As the clock ticks down towards the 2017 NBA trade deadline, teams are preparing their best offers and looking to swing some deals that will set them up well beyond this season. There have already been significant moves made, including DeMarcus Cousins going to New Orleans and Serge Ibaka going to Toronto. While some teams have made their intentions clear, others remain shrouded in mystery. Here is a preview of where teams could stand at this year 's deadline. The Obvious Choices: Buyers: Boston

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    The Best Free Agent Team

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    Many on this list may actually be on the move this summer. Let 's dig in. 1. LaMarcus Aldridge o Unrestricted – Portland Trail Blazers 2015: 23.4 ppg, 10.2 rpg We are starting off with a bang. Aldridge clearly holds the title of best free agent that teams think they can realistically land. On the day of this article, ESPN’s Chris Broussard reported that Aldridge is leaving Portland. According to reports, the Spurs are clearly in the lead to land Aldridge. The Lakers and

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    with the Cavaliers in 1972-1974 and one with the Portland Trail Blazers 1974-1975. Wilkens scored 17,772 points during the regular season, was a nine time NBA All star and was named the 1971 NBA all start game MVP in 1971. At the time on him retiring he was the NBA’s second all time leader in that category behind Oscar Robertson. Now I will go over his coaching career. From 1969 to 1972 with Seattle, and in his one season as a player with Portland, he was a player coach. He retired playing in 1975

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    The Nets also attempted to poach mediocre role players with huge contracts in Allen Crabbe and Tyler Johnson, but failed to land either player when the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat matched the offers. Now, the Nets get to crown Jeremy Lin as their biggest free agent signing. As seasons go by, Brooklyn fans have no other option but to sit and watch as there team gets worse and worse, with no end in sight

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    They peddled him everywhere, including to teams with cap space to absorb him in exchange for a token top-55-protected second-round pick Minnesota would never see, per several league sources. No one bit. The Wolves probably could have dumped him on Portland or Philadelphia by attaching a second-round pick, and most second-round picks aren’t worth $5.8 million. But Minnesota’s upcoming second-rounders will be high, and if Glen Taylor is willing to eat most of that $5.8 million to preserve the 37th pick

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    Introduction The NBA today has some of the best players in the world. It is the most popular basketball league in the entire world. The teams are stacked with talent throughout the entire league. The talent has increased tremendously since past years. Throughout the NBA’s history there has been some great teams. Arguably, there hasn’t been a team better than the 95-96 Bulls. What I Know The 95-96 Chicago Bulls are arguably the best National Basketball Association team of all time. They hold many

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    WOOSTER — Brady Long did what the Golden State Warriors could not — bag back-to-back titles and join the conversation of best ever. Long bagged his second title as Ohio’s best bagger of groceries Tuesday in the Buehler’s Milltown parking lot in the Ohio Grocers Association-sponsored event. Grocery baggers from across the state visited Wooster for the competition. Bette Kiggins, who works at a Giant Eagle store near Cleveland, was the runner-up. Long, who works in the Medina Meadows Forest store,

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    Houston Bully Case Study

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    The Houston Rockets are 21-7 and in third place in the Western Conference. Their all-world superstar, James Harden, is among the NBA’s leaders in points (27.7), while he also leads the Association in assists (11.8). There are many factors that have contributed to Houston’s success this season, but the team’s progress can ultimately be traced back to the moves made by Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in the offseason. After infighting and chemistry issues plagued the Rockets during the past few

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    Dri Archer and Kyrie Erving are two amazing athletes, but they do have their differences. Dri is a professional football player, who was born August 9 1991, in laurel Florida. He attended school at Venice high school. In school he played football basketball and ran track. His fastest 100 meter dash time in high school was 10.49 and his 200 time was 21.46! he got second in the state for the 100 and third for the 200. His senior year he was named all-area first team in football as he lead Venice to

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    is heading his way to the Portland Trail Blazers. Cousins is averaging 25.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.0 block per game after eight games this season. Despite putting up big numbers, Cousins and the Kings could only collect three wins with five losses (3-5) placing them at the 11th spot in the Western Conference. The poor record could lead to Cousins disappointment again and might precede his plan to leave the team. According to YIBADA English, the Portland Trail Blazers are trying to reach out to

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