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    The Pistons History

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    the Pistons would need to pull out another victory after the Celtics tied it up with a one point win in game four. This time the Pistons would not let game five pass them off as they won 102-96, before closing the series in six games to reach the NBA finals for the first time since moving to Detroit. In the Finals the Pistons were matched up against the defending Champions; the Los Angeles Lakers. After winning one game, and losing one game on the road, the Pistons returned home to the…

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    many awards and won the rookie of the year in his first season playing professionally. Within his third season in 2010, he led the bulls with sixty-two wins and becoming the youngest MVP in the NBA history, he is currently the youngest who won the award at the age twenty-two. After making it to the playoffs, Rose, tore is ACL in his left knee and causing the bulls to lose and was beat out in the first round. After ACL tear Rose suffered many injuries and missed two seasons of his career. Now in…

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    The thing that gets lost most in all of the Warriors hype, is the fact that the Spurs’ big three (Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili) have taken their team to the playoffs every single year since 2004. During that time, they have amassed countless playoff wins, multiple MVP Awards, and three NBA Titles. They aren’t the Greatest choice, but they are the most efficient basketball team of all time When you combine that with the emergence of Kawhi Leonard, the coaching prowess of Gregg Popovich, and the…

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    coach Van Gundy is the perfect fit for this organization moving forward.With the added pieces this offseason the Pistons are loaded with versatility and have to ability to play multiple styles of basketball. This past season the Pistons made the playoffs for the first time in seven years. Despite being swept by the Cavs in the first round, that feeling of…

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    Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are two of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history. Although they played 8 games against one another, they were part of different eras, with Jordan’s career spanning 1984 – 2003 (with several periods of retirement between 1993 and 2003) and Bryant’s career beginning in 1996. Even though they were player from different era, but it was seem like one player in two different era. They were both 6 ft. 6, while Michael was 215lb Kobe weren’t far apart of 205lb.…

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    Miami Heat In an NBA offseason full of superstars changing home addresses, the Miami Heat’s offseason flew under the radar. The team committed a combined $154 million to returning players Dion Waiters, James Johnson and Josh Richardson. While also signing former Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk to a four year $50 million contract. Pat Riley is bringing back the core of a Heat team that went on a second half resurgence and posted a 30-11 record, yet fell short of the playoffs. The team is…

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    basketball for the Golden State Warriors. He has won four NBA championships, been named to the NBA All-Star team five times, and has earned gold medals for the U.S. national teams. Thompson attended Washington State University and was selected as the 11th overall choice in the 2011 NBA draft. He and Stephen Curry, known as “the Splash Brothers,” set an NBA record of 484 three-pointers in a single season in 2014. Thompson helped the Warriors win the NBA title in 2015 and 2022. Early life Melissa…

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    players in the entire NBA. In his 11 seasons with the team, Iverson was an eight-time All-Star, a member of six All-NBA Teams (3x First Team, 3x Second Team), a four-time scoring champion, and the 2000-2001 league MVP. During his time in Philadelphia Iverson established himself as one the best scorers in league history, finishing in the top ten of points scored eight times. His average of 31.4 points per game during the 2001-2002 season is the highest single game average in the post NBA-ABA…

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    are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA and the National Basketball Association. The Chicago Bulls have a total of six NBA championships in the years 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998. This well-rounded basketball team was founded in 1966. The beginning of the franchise was the best NBA team at the time. Once “the franchise was established in 1966 and got off to a promising start, with the best record ever for an NBA expansion team, 33 wins and 48 losses. The team was led…

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    In Zoom Tens’ article “ESPN has Lied To You: Ten Reasons Michael Jordan Is Not the Greatest NBA Player of All Time” Jackson Summer gives readers his own opinion on the subject of the NBA greatest of all time, he first gives a synopsis of Jordan's career and glorifies his accomplishments with statistics and his own opinions as well as listing several other players he feels may qualify for the title. Summer begins with his tenth reason first and continues going down through his main points for his…

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