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Bernucca: Why the Lakers have to trade Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard is the best center in the NBA. Yes, still. He also is (a) incapable of making an elbow jumper, (b) unreliable at the free-throw line, (c) susceptible to long-term injury, (d)...
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Bernucca: West playoff picture pointing to Lakers-Clippers
Less than three weeks ago, the Los Angeles Lakers were mourning the death of owner Jerry Buss, refuting rumors that Dwight Howard would be traded and staring down the draft lottery. With his team mired...
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Bernucca: Rooting for the Celtics to beat Heat, preserve an “unbreakable” record
I will be rooting for the Boston Celtics against the Miami Heat tonight. Having been a Philadelphia 76ers fan for nearly four decades, that’s a pretty big deal. Usually there are only three...
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Bernucca: Ouch! Many Teams Banged Up as Playoffs Draw Near
Danilo Gallinari’s season-ending injury this week put the Denver Nuggets in a club whose membership seems to get larger every day. Playoff teams missing key players. There are very few teams who will...
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Bernucca: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the NBA Season
Now that the regular season is over, it is time to review the best and worst it had to offer. If you read my weekly column (usually Mondays, sometimes Sundays), you know that we have a number of items...
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Bernucca: Spurs, Heat showing championships are won on the road
The Memphis Grizzlies and Indiana Pacers have gotten this far in the postseason by winning at home. But the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat are going to the NBA Finals by winning on the road. The...
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Bernucca: LeBron has another decision to make
Tonight in Miami, LeBron James has another “Decision.” This one is not about where James is going to play, however. Tonight is about how he is going to play. And this decision is tougher, because he...
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Bernucca: No extensions will be best thing for Bledsoe, Vasquez
When the deadline for contract extensions came and went Thursday night, point guards Eric Bledsoe and Greivis Vasquez didn’t get paid. But don’t shed any tears for them. Because when the summer rolls...
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Bernucca: Like many adored stars, Wade gets a pass
When you’re an adored star in this league, you get a pass on a lot of things. And Dwyane Wade got a pass for an absolutely rockhead play in Miami’s inexplicable loss to Boston on Saturday. The Heat led...
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Bernucca: In Trying to Overtake Knicks, Nets Have Become Them
In his stated effort to upstage Knicks owner James Dolan, Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov has become him. Like Dolan, Prokhorov desperately wants an NBA championship. Like Dolan, he has pursued that...
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Bernucca: Can the Eastern Conference Even Field an All-Star team?
Amid its myriad injuries, its dozen teams below .500 and its 44-98 record against the Western Conference, there is a looming question regarding the Eastern Conference: Can the East even field an...
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Bernucca: Memo to Mitch Kupchak: Stop Haggling and Start Tanking
Mitch Kupchak shouldn’t be playing hardball. In his desire to trade Pau Gasol, the GM of the Los Angeles Lakers should not have insisted on receiving Dion Waiters or a first-round pick from the...
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Bernucca: Feeling the Heat, Pacers Had To Make a Move
All season, the Indiana Pacers have maintained that homecourt advantage for the Eastern Conference playoffs, and their chemistry will give them a great chance to dethrone the two-time NBA champion...
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Bernucca: NBA Buyout Season’s Winners and Losers
I’m kinda high on what the Charlotte Bobcats did with Ben Gordon. The Bobcats waived Gordon on Sunday, preventing him from appearing in the postseason should he sign with another team. While they may...
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Bernucca: Among the Elite, Thunder the Team to Beat
A look at the overall NBA standings shows four teams at the top – Indiana, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Miami – separated by one game in the loss column. In fact, they were dead even until three of...
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Bernucca: Jackson’s Resume Alone Not Nearly Enough To Fix Knicks
Phil Jackson won’t be awful as president of the New York Knicks. He certainly won’t be as bad as Isiah Thomas was in running the club. And he will almost certainly be better than David Kahn, Bryan...
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Chris Bernucca’s Postseason Award Choices
Transparency is a two-way street. For years, NBA media members – echoing the sentiments of its passionate fan base – wanted more transparency from Commissioner David Stern and his executive staff....
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Bernucca: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the 2013-14 NBA Season
There were 1,230 games during the NBA season, and I read the stories and boxscores for every single one. That is how I compile Page 2 of my weekly notes column, which features the categories Quote of...
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Bernucca: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of the 2013-14 NBA Season
There were 1,230 games during the NBA season, and I read the stories and boxscores for every single one. That is how I compile Page 2 of my weekly notes column, which features the categories Quote of...
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Bernucca: West’s Advantage Over East Bigger Than Ever
Leave it to Jeff Van Gundy to use the holiday season as another outlet for his vastly underrated sense of humor. During Wednesday’s ESPN telecast of New York-Dallas, the analyst said he was thankful...
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