As we continue ranking the top five players in franchise history, we come to the Miami Heat. The Heat became an expansion team before the 1988 season. Like most expansion teams Miami struggled early on. It wasn’t until 1996 that they made a deep run in the playoffs, making it to the Conference Finals before […]
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The Cleveland Cavaliers became an expansion franchise in 1970. Though they made the playoffs a few times, they didn’t become a factor until the mid-late 80’s. Unfortunately they kept running into Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls who undeniably had their number. Their fortune changed in 2003 when they drafted local product LeBron James. He proceeded
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Paul Pierce is a very respected former NBA superstar. The forward was the best player on the 2008 Celtics championship team. In 2015, Paul Pierce wrote in The Players Tribune “The 5 Toughest Players I’ve Ever Guarded.” 5 was Kobe Bryant, followed by Tracy McGrady at 4, Vince Carter at 3, and LeBron James at
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With the free agent acquisition of LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to make a big splash in the 2018-2019 season. Not only do they have veteran presence with LeBron James as well as newly acquired Lance Stephenson, JaVale McGee, Michael Beasley, and Rajon Rondo, but they also have a young talented core
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The NBA Finals since 2015, and really 2011, have been very similar. The similarity: LeBron James is there. Whether it is with the Miami Heat or Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron manages to always play in the finals. In a stacked Western Conference, though, on an otherwise below average Lakers team, it is safe to say the
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LeBron James did it again, he proved why he changed the NBA market by moving to the Los Angeles Lakers. The LeBron Effect: The LA Lakers, the Top Televised Team this season James made the overloaded Western Conference much more exciting to watch, of course, the 3-time NBA Champions added another feat to his Hollywood
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The 2018-19 NBA regular season will begin on October 16th. It used to be on one of the last Tuesdays in October. Last year, the players, owners and Commissioner Adam Silver agreed to push back the start date to mid-October. The reason was to reduce the number of back to backs, four games in five
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Kobe Bryant is universally viewed as one of the best players in NBA history. This is rightfully so, as Bryant has been one of the best scorers in NBA history and is a 5x NBA champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010). What many people overlook, is that Kobe really is an overrated NBA player. Putting
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As we all know for a while, LeBron James is one of the most influential athletes of all time. The King is considered to be the best player on the planet. His basketball accomplishments speak for itself with the 14 All-Star appearances, four MVP’s, three titles and Finals MVP’s. What’s so remarkable is that despite
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Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers continue to make a splash in the off-season; this time signing Michael Beasley. Beasley has agreed to a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers according to Lakers Nation. Similar to how the Lakers have been making a lot of roster changes, Beasley brings a lot to the Lakers
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