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The worst of the West's offseason

LeBron James turns 42 in five months, no NBA player's been any good at age 42. Until LeBron, Robert Parish was the most effective two-way 41-year old in NBA history, and this is what that looked like: LeBron James could be marvelous at age 42, maybe

Did someone say 'Joe Smith?'

There is a crisis among the 30 NBA owners, soon to be flush with the expansion gifts from teams No. 31 and No. 32. The league's local broadcast lineups are in flux, save for a few major outlets, dipping the league's revenue a few percentage points

That "do-or-die" moment is a strike

There is a hope, admittedly underfed, that the NBA's new insistence on obsessing over every spent penny will result in a rising valuation of the league's middle-class. Maybe, with so many franchises scowling at adding multiple maximum contracts to the ledger, the remaining salary cap

Boston loses [Jaylen Brown] to Philly

Jaylen Brown was traded to Philadelphia for 36-year old Paul George, Philadelphia's unconditional 2031 first-round draft pick, a 2028 first-round pick swap, and two future second-round selections. A little sad, isn't it? The NBA's offseason, all four days of it,

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The worst of the West's offseason

Did someone say 'Joe Smith?'

That "do-or-die" moment is a strike

Boston loses [Jaylen Brown] to Philly