If you’re ready for the playoffs say ‘YEAH’
We have that and more in Saturday’s NBA newsletter.
The bigger they are the harder they fall
They bigger they heart the harder they ball
Crossovers, pull-ups, swishes a j, all of you slam dunk
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So I suggest you get your game on
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If you ready for the playoffs say “Yeah!”
The league about to clown, cuz it’s about to go down
Team by team, round by round, end of the night it’s going down
You already know, game winning shot, end of the night it’s going down
OOOO oooo OOO oo
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oooo OOO ooo OOO oo
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OOOO OOOO OOO OOOO
It’s going down
Schedule
Saturday
Nets at Sixers, 2:30, ESPN
Magic at Raptors, 5, ESPN
Clippers at Warriors, 8, ABC
Spurs at Nuggets, 10:30, ESPN
Sunday
Pacers at Celtics, 1, TNT
Thunder at Blazers, 3:30, ABC
Pistons at Bucks, 7, TNT
Jazz at Rockets, 9:30, TNT
Links
I ranked the 23 most interesting players to watch in the NBA playoffs. Spoiler alert: Kawhi Leonard is No. 1.
The Pelicans hired David Griffin to run their front office. Paul Flannery on the decision Griffin will have to make about Anthony Davis.
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The Lakers split with Luke Walton anyway. The Kings seem very interested in hiring Walton quickly. Who should coach the Lakers?
Oh good, Joel Embiid’s injury status is officially a mystery again. In other injury news, OG Anunoby had an emergency appendectomy. Those ain’t fun, folks.
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LMAO the Knicks are sending Patrick Ewing to represent them at the most consequential Knicks-related lottery since, uh, the frozen envelope.
Folks, I’ve been waiting for the next NBA Desktop since the Magic press conference. It does not disappoint.
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A brutal conclusion to a brutal project: reviewing the 46 Raptors playoff losses since 2014.
I shared Kelly Dwyer’s awesome Eastern Conference playoff previews on Friday. The Western Conference edition is a subscribers’ only post. If you like the East one, I highly suggest you subscribe to KD’s work so you can check out the West preview and get all the postseason analysis from one of the legends of the Basketball Internet!
Oh wow, Seth Curry is now engaged to Doc Rivers’ daughter Callie. Thanksgiving pick-up games are about to get real.
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And finally: it’s early, but that public school LeBron opened in Akron has seen more growth in student performance than 99 percent of schools in Ohio. It opened eight months ago. The linked story is a detailed breakdown of everything the school is doing differently. Incredible stuff.
Be excellent to each other.
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