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Zion cleared for contact, will start 1-on-1 drills

New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been cleared to participate in contact drills, the team announced, the latest step toward his eventual return to the court. Williamson, who is in his third year, has missed every game this season because of a right foot fracture suffered in the summer. There was initial hope that he would be available for […]

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Why Kevin Durant left Warriors for Nets and how he recovered from injury to become NBA MVP candidate

We’re more than two years removed from the sign-and-trade deal that sent Kevin Durant to the Nets, but it’s still easy to drift back into hypothetical land and ask the big question: What if Durant had decided that he wanted to stay with the Warriors? From 2016-19, Golden State experienced basketball nirvana. Durant seamlessly slid into Steve Kerr’s rotation, and the […]

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The secret to the Warriors’ golden start? It’s not just Steph

Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) is a professor and an NBA analyst for ESPN. One month into the 2021-22 NBA season, the Golden State Warriors are back. Despite Sunday’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets, they have a league-best 11 wins, and six seasons after winning a record 73 games, they’re on a 69-win pace. They seem to have rediscovered their championship-winning recipe […]

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Joerger leaving Sixers to have cancer treatments

Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Philadelphia 76ers top assistant coach Dave Joerger is leaving the team for several weeks to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments for a form of “head and neck” cancer, Joerger told ESPN. Joerger, 47, has undergone treatments while coaching for the past two weeks — missing only one road game — but […]

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Harden drops 39 in Nets win: ‘I’m getting there’

Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of Michigan State University. Follow him on Twitter »  Ohm’s chat archive » NEW ORLEANS […]

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Lowe’s 10 things: The stupefying Kevin Durant, sneaky pet moves in Dallas and snazzy passes from Kuz

Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print. It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another edition of 10 things I like and dislike across the NBA — starring Kevin Durant’s breathtaking dominance, leaky defense from LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets to aimless offense from the New Orleans Pelicans, and the end of a silly […]

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Kevin Garnett documentary: How to watch Showtime’s ‘Anything Is Possible’ feature on Hall of Famer

When Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett reached the NBA’s mountaintop in 2008 as a member of the Celtics, he needed just three words to express how he felt in that moment: anything is possible. 13 years later, a feature-length Showtime documentary aptly titled “Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible” tells the story of Garnett’s journey and long-lasting legacy.  Drafted straight out of high […]

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