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4:26 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The New Orleans Pelicans have parted ways with general manager Dell Demps, the team announced on Friday, clearing the way for a new top basketball executive to oversee the Anthony Davis trade talks. Demps had been Pelicans GM for nine years, which included three trips to the playoffs, but advancing
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Feb 14, 2019 Nick DePaulaESPN For Michael Jordan, the NBA’s last visit to Charlotte for All-Star Weekend represented part joyful homecoming, part endless stress leading up to the league’s annual showcase in 1991. The North Carolina native was on the hook for 110 tickets for friends and family, as relatives traveled from all corners of
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11:11 PM ET The New York Knicks snapped their single-season franchise record 18-game losing streak on Thursday with a 106-91 win at the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday. “It would have been very easy for us to check out and get to wherever we were going to go (during the All Star break), but we were
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7:31 AM ET It has been said that Michael Jordan‘s decision to sign with Nike was one of the greatest deals in sports history, launching a multibillion-dollar business, helping turn the company into a basketball juggernaut and changing the game for hundreds of athletes who came after him. But what if it was only the
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5:00 PM ET The Toronto Raptors will be without Kawhi Leonard on Wednesday night because of a sore knee, the team said. It was unclear when Leonard injured the knee or when it became apparent for the Raptors. Leonard, averaging 27 points and 7.7 rebounds, did not play Thursday for rest as the Raptors continued
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2:20 AM ET ATLANTA — The Los Angeles Lakers limped into the All-Star break on Tuesday, falling below .500 for the first time since Nov. 7 after a 117-113 loss to Atlanta Hawks. At 28-29, the Lakers are 2.5 games back of the Sacramento Kings for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. For
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9:48 PM ET Monty McCutchen, the NBA’s vice president of referee development and training, disagreed with the National Basketball Referees Association’s defense of a no-call of a seemingly obvious travel violation by the Washington Wizards‘ Bradley Beal on Monday. McCutchen, who has held the position since 2017 after an on-court career as a ref for
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