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Mike Vorkunov (@mikevorkunov.bsky.social)

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I think this is a legit critique. Make the de facto halftime intermission after all the round robin games. Give whoever played in the last game a chance to rest for like 15 minutes. Then give a shot to a real competitive final. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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LeBron James Discusses What It Will Take For Lakers To Contend For Championship This Season

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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James recently had some eye-opening comments as after a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, he bluntly stated that they are a championship team and his currently is not. The Thunder are the defending champs and look to be on their way to winning another, while the Lakers sit tied […]

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Lakers News: Rui Hachimura Credits Phil Handy For Developing His 3-Point Shot

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When the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Rui Hachimura back in 2023, he was known as a scoring forward, but not someone who would be considered a shooter. But over the past few seasons, Hachimura has turned into the team’s most consistent 3-point shooter, on pace to shoot above 40% from deep for the third straight […]

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Lakers News: Ivica Zubac Reveals Magic Johnson Prevented Kareem Abdul-Jabbar From Mentoring Him

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A trade that haunts the Los Angeles Lakers and their fans to this day was the 2019 deal sending Ivica Zubac to the L.A. Clippers for Mike Muscala. Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka were the two key decision-makers at the time, and it did not take long to realize how disastrous a move it was. […]

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Lakers News: Anthony Edwards Hopes To Follow In Kobe Bryant’s Footsteps After Winning All-Star Game MVP

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Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant is one of the players most synonymous with the NBA All-Star Game. His 18 All-Star appearances trails only LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and he is one of only two people to win the All-Star Game MVP four times, hence why the trophy was named after him. The 2026 […]

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NBA's tanking problem fixed

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Since the Boston Celtics had their tough stretch in the 1990's following the death of Reggie Lewis, I've always hated the NBA math of how sometimes you are better off rooting for your team to lose. For decades now teams' own fans have heated arguments about who is a "real fan"? The fans cheering for their star-less roster to scratch their way to 30 wins or the ones preferring a high pick in the upcoming draft and thus hoping for more losses to make that happen. Similar to the math of the 3-po...

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