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2020-21 NBA Power Rankings: Who cracks the top-10 entering the new season? The 2020-21 NBA season is upon us! After a whirlwind of an offseason that saw the draft, free agency, training camp and preseason go by in the blink of an eye, its time for NBA basketball again. Which teams have best positioned themselves to make a run at a title? Which teams regressed since we last saw them take the floor? Check out our NBA Power Rankings heading into the new season. https://images.daznservices....

Oh, wait. Thats exactly what happened. Yes, after only 72 days away, NBA basketball is back! Are the Lakers a lock for another title, or could a reshuffled franchise like the LA Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers or Brooklyn Nets catch them? Will back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, fresh off signing his max extension, deliver a ring to the Milwaukee Bucks? Heres what you need to know about the leagues contenders, pretenders and every team in between ahead of a 2020-21 season unlike any other. Not...

NBA preview: Lakers and Clippers are again the West favorites [Los Angeles Times :: BC-BKN-PREVIEW-WEST:LA] The Western Conference is again loaded with playoff contenders as the Los Angeles Lakers look to repeat as NBA champions. The Lakers reloaded during the offseason, shedding some popular veterans for some younger players as well as wily veterans. Their hallway rival, the Clippers, also acquired some help. The usual suspects — Denver, Utah, Houston, Portland, a mostly healthy Golden State...

Michael Malone, meet Facundo "Facu" Campazzo. Swoon. “He’s small in stature, but you can’t judge him by that," Malone said. "You judge him by his heart.” Imagine a dynamic you love the most. (Mine is whatever Mom puts in her eggnog.) Now multiply it by 10. That’s how Malone, the Nuggets coach, is going to feel about “Facu,” the Argentinian point guard who will have the coachs heart by Valentine’s Day. As the Nuggets open the regular season Wednesday against the Sacramento Kings,...

2020-21 NBA Power Rankings: Who cracks the top-10 entering the new season? The 2020-21 NBA season is upon us! After a whirlwind of an offseason that saw the draft, free agency, training camp and preseason go by in the blink of an eye, its time for NBA basketball again. Which teams have best positioned themselves to make a run at a title? Which teams regressed since we last saw them take the floor? Check out our NBA Power Rankings heading into the new season. https://images.daznservices....

What to expect when the ball goes up on this brand-new NBA season A bevy of critical questions loom for the 2020-21 season as opening night draws ever closer. Shaun Powell December 21, 2020 1:23 PM Giannis Antetokounmpo signed an extension and he has some new teammates, but will that add up to a championship for the Bucks? Keeping it professional and clean, here’s the sanitized version of LeBron James’ reaction to the new NBA season beginning just 73 days after the old one ended: “Oh, (bl...

Will Barton has the ability to be one of the hottest scorers in the entire NBA. When it comes to putting up points in a hurry, he’s one of the best.  Although he wasn’t able to finish the season healthy with the Denver Nuggets on their magical run to the Western Conference Finals last season, he was still an important piece of the roster, starting in all 58 games that he played in. In his first preseason game earlier this week against Portland, Barton came off the bench. While he was extre...

My WC Projections Based on RAPTOR By Blazerholic on Dec 16, 2020, 3:24pm PST 5 Hey everyone, I saw a great article over on the Sixers website about Fivethirtyeights RAPTOR adjusted plus minus ratings and how that translates into a teams success. I decided to apply the ratings to the new look of the Western Conference and see where the Blazers stack up. Basically I took each teams projected starters and calculated their total RAPTOR score. I also listed each teams reserves that are p...

Originally posted on RealGM  |  By Rafael Canton  |  Last updated 12/16/20 Before the new NBA season begins, there’s a major focus on what will happen with the draft class of 2017 before the December 21 deadline for rookie-scale contract extensions. Players such as Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, Lauri Markkanen and Jonathan Isaac have yet to sign new deals, and it will be fascinating to see if they can come to an agreement or play the restricted-free-agent g...

Amid new faces, Nuggets bank on dynamic duo Jokic & Murray By PAT GRAHAMDecember 15, 2020 GMT DENVER (AP) — From Facu to JaMychal to Zeke, there have been plenty of new names to learn around the Denver Nuggets. In all, seven fresh faces showed up this season. That’s a lot of additions for a Nuggets team that usually doesn’t have much turnover. There’s still that rock-solid foundation of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. The talented center-point guard tandem was a big reason the Nuggets ...