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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love just signed a four-year, $120 million extension with the team.

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Third-wheeling in the Association

By Andrew Huang and Huang Story Short | July 25, 2018

Kevin Love has LeBron James to thank for the three most impactful moments in his career. First, James returned to Cleveland in 2014, offering the All-Star forward an escape route from a woefully uncompetitive Minnesota Timberwolves team. Second, James spearheaded a historic NBA Finals comeback against the vaunted Golden State Warriors, delivering a 2016 championship ring Love’s way.

The San Antonio Spurs traded Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green to the Toronto Raptors and received a package centered around Demar Derozan.

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Looking into the NBA’s crystal ball: Kawhi and the Toronto Raptors

By Andrew Huang and Huang Story Short | July 18, 2018

Many scientists say that dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the Earth by an asteroid. The Toronto Raptors are about to meet their asteroid.

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Spurs dynasty collapsing: the dominos keep falling

By Andrew Huang and Huang Story Short | July 12, 2018

I hope I’m not right.

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I’m starting to like the new-look NBA

By Huang Story Short | July 3, 2018

Professional basketball just got a whole lot better.

Arizona center Deandre Ayton will look to hear his name called when the Phoenix Suns make their first-overall selection at the NBA Draft on Thursday.

Matt York

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Back from the future: Next season’s NBA All-Rookie Team

By Huang Story Short | June 18, 2018

With the 2018 NBA All-Rookie Team’s recent release and the 2018 NBA Draft on Thursday, I decided to time-travel to a year from now and bring back 2019’s All-Rookie Team.

LeBron James is a better basketball player than Kevin Durant according to Andrew Huang, sports columnist.

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Some afterthoughts on the 2018 NBA Finals

By Huang Story Short | June 11, 2018

The better team won the 2018 NBA Finals, just like we all expected. The Golden State Warriors swept the Cleveland Cavaliers to repeat as NBA champions.

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo and his wife, Barbara Bottini, allegedly used up to five Twitter accounts that made tweets critical of center Joel Embiid and other 76ers players.

Matt Rourke

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The 76ers Twitter drama is really stupid and unnecessary

By Huang Story Short | June 5, 2018

First Kevin Durant, now Bryan Colangelo?

Cleveland-Golden State IV is set to begin Thursday night at 9 p.m. LeBron James broke the record for most playoff points ever recorded in a career in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics.

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Some thoughts on the NBA Finals

By Andrew Huang and Huang Story Short | May 30, 2018

It seems like Oct. 17 was just yesterday.

Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Spark is one of six WNBA players to be paid the league's highest salary of $113,500.

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I’m calling out ESPN for disrespecting and underrespresenting the WNBA

By Andrew Huang and Huang Story Short | May 22, 2018

Check out ESPN’s website when you have a moment. I want to show you something.