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Is 'Bad' Jimmy Butler the best Jimmy Butler for the Sixers?
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019 07:53
IT'S SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, in Tyler, Texas, and it is officially "Jimmy Butler Day." The chancellor of Tyler Junior College has just bestowed an honorary degree on its most famous alumnus, followed by the city council handing the key to the city to the Sixers swingman, an honor not even bestowed upon native son Earl Campbell, an NFL Hall of…
Rockets' Capela battling 2 respiratory illnesses
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019 00:51
SALT LAKE CITY -- Houston Rockets center Clint Capela, who had perhaps his worst performance of the season in the Rockets' 107-91 Game 4 loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday, told ESPN that he has been battling two respiratory illnesses during the series.Capela, who missed a practice due to illness days before the series started, said he was diagnosed…
Mitchell: Fueled by hunger to keep Jazz playing
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019 01:59
SALT LAKE CITY -- "Determination over negativity" isn't just a marketing slogan for Donovan Mitchell's Adidas signature shoe. It's a mantra for the young Utah Jazz star.So Mitchell wasn't thinking about how much he had struggled during this Western Conference playoff series when the fourth quarter of Game 4 began with the Houston Rockets leading by four points. He just…
Giannis-led Bucks win first playoff series since '01
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Monday, 22 April 2019 22:44
DETROIT -- The last time the Milwaukee Bucks danced out of the first round of the playoffs, Giannis Antetokounmpo had yet to pick up a basketball.It was 2001, Ray Allen was lighting up the court against the Philadelphia 76ers. Antetokounmpo was 7 years old and half a world away.Fast forward 18 years.The Bucks, led by playoff career-high 41 points from…
Suns fire Kokoskov; Williams eyed, sources say
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Monday, 22 April 2019 22:57
After only one season on the job, Igor Kokoskov was fired as coach of the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.The timing on the dismissal of Kokoskov, the first European-born NBA head coach, was partly rooted in a desire to compete against the Los Angeles Lakers in pursuit of Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Monty Williams, league sources told ESPN."After extensive evaluation,…
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