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Zag's shot-blocking Clarke to enter NBA draft
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 14:06
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Gonzaga forward Brandon Clarke, who led the nation in blocked shots this season, plans to skip his senior year and enter the NBA draft. Clarke is No. 12 in the ESPN rankings of top NBA prospects.Under new NCAA rules, the junior can sign with an agent and still return to school if he chooses. Clarke has until…
For DeMarcus Cousins, it wasn't supposed to end like this
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 11:29
THE VISITORS LOCKER room inside Staples Center is almost empty. An hour has passed since the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, in the second game of the season for DeMarcus Cousins. The center, who missed nearly a year because of a ruptured left Achilles tendon, makes his way out of the shower on this January night, as…
Windhorst's handbook for coaching LeBron James
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 08:03
WHEN THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS interview candidates for head coach this week, how to manage LeBron James will be a major topic. It always is.It's a challenging, complicated, stressful, public and often embarrassing experience. It's also enriching, fulfilling and an often wonderful experience.It can be hard to get your arms around it. It can be even harder to define. It's…
How Brook Lopez turned 'Splash Mountain' into a Bucks game-changer
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:54
MILWAUKEE -- There aren't many 7-foot centers who make enough 3-pointers to weigh the relative merits of their go-to celebrations.Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks is one such anomaly. He coveted Eric Bledsoe's three-finger salute but didn't want to be a copycat, so he settled on blowing on the fingers of his shooting hand."I'm cooling it off a little bit,"…
Westbrook vows to play better after loss
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:04
PORTLAND, Ore. -- After Tuesday's deflating 114-94 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 2, the Oklahoma City Thunder are heading back home in an 0-2 series hole with Russell Westbrook taking responsibility for the team's poor performance and vowing to play better in Game 3."Starting with myself, I've got to play better," Westbrook said. "And tonight, the loss,…
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