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Down 3-0 against the Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics saved themselves from elimination on Tuesday’s Game 4. In a 116-99 victory, yet another record-breaking performance from Jayson Tatum was the catalyst for the Celtics’ season living to see another game. However, no team in the NBA has crawled back to win a series after being […]
How the Celtics can defy...
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Today’s NBA backcourts have slowly become more versatile than they’ve ever been. There are primary ball-handling guards like Dame Lillard, Luka Doncic, and Jalen Brunson. Next to them are shooting guards; scorers that don’t need to handle or at least don’t need to be the initiators of the offense, Klay Thompson, Devin Booker, and Kevin […]
How NBA combo guards raised...
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4. Find a back up big This Lakers era with LeBron James and Anthony Davis works best when they can maintain a certain level of defensive productivity. The 2020 championship team hung its hat on defense and this year’s playoffs have been similar. For that defense to be maintained Anthony Davis needs to be healthy. […]
4 Offseason moves the Lakers...
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The Los Angeles Lakers roller-coaster season is now officially over. This, after losing to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. Few expected them to even make it that far after they started the season 2-8 and looked unlikely to even make the playoffs. However, they remade their roster on the fly with several […]
LeBron James’ next “decision” looms...
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The NBA draft lottery has come and gone, with all of the expected pomp and fanfare that was expected. After the Detroit Pistons dropped down and the San Antonio Spurs rose to the top slot alongside the Portland Trail Blazers and the Charlotte Hornets, teams started to scramble to reconfigure their respective draft boards and […]
NBA Trades: 4 Teams poised...
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The 2019 championship coach for the Toronto Raptors had some words for President Masai Ujiri with implications of his departure being overdue. As anticipated, debatably the best candidate to take over any franchise is in the midst of being hosted at a high-bidding auction. There is an extensive pool of interest. Nick Nurse is expected […]
Report: Bucks, 76ers, and Suns...
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The 2023 NBA Draft is a month away, meaning teams are doing their due diligence on the top prospects available to make the leap to the next level. We’re doing the same here at Hoops Habit. While this draft class is dominated by one superstar prospect, there are plenty of gems to be mined behind […]
Ranking the 5 best point...
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After years of trying to figure out how the KD-Kyrie marriage would work, the Brooklyn Nets’ ownership finally moved on from it at the recent trade deadline to lean toward the future. To be honest, this was an appropriate decision that should’ve been made earlier. Although signs were tilting in the right direction, with the […]
Is Mikal Bridges the Brooklyn...
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For the third time in franchise history, the San Antonio Spurs will pick first overall in the NBA draft. They are widely expected to take 7’4 French center Victor Wembanyama with the top pick next month, and he could be the next in a long line of great big men, including David Robinson, Tim Duncan, […]
Spurs: Stat projections for Wembanyama...
