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The Pacers, at 50-1, would be the biggest preseason long shots to win the title in the past 40 years. History is against them, however. Over the past 50 years, only two teams that were at least +200 underdogs to start the NBA Finals — the 2003-04 Detroit Pistons at +500 and the 2018-19 Toronto Raptors at +230 — went onto claim the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, according to … [Read more...] about
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David Berov: St. John’s Aaron Scott had a workout with the Golden State Warriors last week. #sjubb. The 6’8 do it all Texas native has the following scheduled workouts: Charlotte, Dallas, Washington, Brooklyn, Toronto, Atlanta, Detroit … [Read more...] about
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Bill O’Rear: Among the current NBA teams showing interest in Lamont Butler & that he will work out for include the Hawks, Raptors, Lakers & Clippers. Lamont needs just one NBA team to believe in his pro potential & give him a chance to develop & follow his dream. Good luck, Lamont. … [Read more...] about
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None of which is relevant unless it’s determined that MLSE wants Ujiri to exit, or conversely, if Ujiri wants to move on to something else. From my understanding, neither of those things are true at the moment. “There is nothing imminent,” according to one source. … [Read more...] about
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The sense is that over and above any contract considerations, Ujiri wants to stay on long enough to return the Raptors to championship contention, something he emphasized during his end-of-season media availability and has reiterated privately. He wants to win again in part because — between the pending free agency of Kawhi Leonard and the incident he had with a police officer … [Read more...] about Masai Ujiri intends to stay with Raptors until they return to championship contention