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Aaron McKie
Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the associate head coach for Temple University but will assume the position of head coach of Temple's program following the 2018-19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
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ABC World News Tonight
ABC World News Tonight (titled as ABC World News Tonight with David Muir for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014 and simply ABC World News Tonight for its weekend broadcasts) is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network in the United States.
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Akron, Ohio
Akron is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County.
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Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975), nicknamed "The Answer", is an American former professional basketball player.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.
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Amar'e Stoudemire
Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League and the FIBA Champions League Stoudemire played high school basketball for five different schools, ultimately graduating from Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida and declaring for the NBA draft as a prep-to-pro player.
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Anaheim, California
Anaheim (pronounced) is a city in Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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Andray Blatche
Andray Maurice Blatche (born August 22, 1986) is an American-Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
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Andre Iguodala
Andre Tyler Iguodala (born January 28, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Avery Johnson
Avery DeWitt Johnson (born March 25, 1965) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.
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Ben Gordon
Benjamin Ashenafi Gordon (born April 4, 1983) is a British-American professional basketball player.
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Big & Rich
Big & Rich are an American country music duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich, both of whom are songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists.
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Boris Diaw
Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod, better known as Boris Diaw (born April 16, 1982), is a French professional basketball player for Levallois Metropolitans of the LNB Pro A. Diaw, who began his professional career in Pro A, returned to that league after 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Brad Miller (basketball)
Bradley Alan Miller (born April 12, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Brandon Jennings
Brandon Byron Jennings (born September 23, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City.
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Buck Williams
Charles Linwood "Buck" Williams (born March 8, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.
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Candidate
A candidate, or nominee, is the prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example.
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Canucks Sports & Entertainment
Canucks Sports & Entertainment, previously known as Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment, is a sports and entertainment company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that owns and operates the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League team and their home arena, Rogers Arena.
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Capital One Arena
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, it is the home arena of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League, the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association, the Georgetown University men's basketball team, the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Washington Valor of the Arena Football League.
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Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Caron Butler
James Caron Butler (born March 13, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player.
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CBS Sports
CBS Sports is the sports division of the American television network CBS.
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Charles Barkley
Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player who is currently an analyst on Inside the NBA.
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Charley Rosen
Charles Elliot "Charley" Rosen (born January 18, 1941) is an American author and former basketball coach.
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Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chino Hills, California
Chino Hills is a city located in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County, California, United States.
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Chris Webber
Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III (born March 1, 1973) is a former American professional basketball player.
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Clay Bennett (businessman)
Clayton Ike Bennett (born 1959) is an American businessman and chairman of the Professional Basketball Club LLC, the ownership group of the Oklahoma City Thunder, an NBA franchise formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics.
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Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
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Conservatism in the United States
American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States that is characterized by respect for American traditions, republicanism, support for Judeo-Christian values, moral absolutism, free markets and free trade, anti-communism, individualism, advocacy of American exceptionalism, and a defense of Western culture from the perceived threats posed by socialism, authoritarianism, and moral relativism.
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Corliss Williamson
Corliss Mondari Williamson (born December 4, 1973) is an American basketball coach and former basketball player who played for four teams during his 12-year NBA career.
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Country music
Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.
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Criticism of NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series.
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Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas.
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Danny Manning
Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and retired National Basketball Association player.
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David Aldridge
David Aldridge (born February 10, 1965 in Washington, D.C.) is a reporter for the Turner television networks TNT, TBS and TBD.
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David Stern
David Joel Stern (born September 22, 1942) is the former commissioner of the National Basketball Association.
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Deadspin
Deadspin is a sports news and blog website, originally founded by Gawker Media, and currently owned by the Gizmodo Media Group subsidiary of Univision Communications' Fusion Media Group.
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Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado.
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Derek Fisher
Derek Lamar Fisher (born August 9, 1974) is a former American basketball coach and player.
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Derrick Rose
Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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DeSagana Diop
DeSagana N'gagne Diop (born January 30, 1982) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who is currently a coaching associate for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Deseret News
The Deseret News is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
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Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan.
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Devin Harris
Devin Lamar Harris (born February 27, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25, 1966), better known as Dikembe Mutombo, is a Congolese American retired professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (born June 19, 1978) is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Donald Sterling
Donald T. Sterling (born Donald Tokowitz; April 26, 1934) is an American businessman.
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Doug Christie (basketball)
Douglas Dale Christie (born May 9, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Dwight Howard
Dwight David Howard (born December 8, 1985), usabasketball.com, accessed February 24, 2008.
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Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. (born January 17, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
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Eddy Curry
Eddy Anthony Curry Jr. (born December 5, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Elgin Baylor
Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934) is an American former basketball player, coach, and executive.
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Emmanuel Mudiay
Emmanuel Kabeya Mudiay (born March 5, 1996) is a Congolese professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Employment discrimination
Employment discrimination is a form of discrimination based on race, gender, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity by employers.
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ESPN
ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.
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Flagrant foul
In basketball, a flagrant foul is a personal foul that involves excessive or violent contact that could injure the fouled player.
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Fox Sports (United States)
Fox Sports is the programming division of the Fox Broadcasting Company, owned by 21st Century Fox, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated regional and national sports cable channels.
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Free throw
In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points by shooting from behind the free throw line (informally known as the foul line or the charity stripe), a line situated at the end of the restricted area.
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George Karl
George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951) is an American former professional basketball coach and former player.
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Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.
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Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. (born January 6, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Glenn Robinson
Glenn Alann Robinson Jr. (born January 10, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Glenoid labrum
The glenoid labrum (glenoid ligament) is a fibrocartilaginous structure (not a fibrocartilage as previously thought) rim attached around the margin of the glenoid cavity in the shoulder blade.
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Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Oakland, California.
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Greg Anthony
Gregory Carlton Anthony (born November 15, 1967) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and is currently a television analyst for CBS Sports.
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Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball coach.
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Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963), formerly known as Akeem Olajuwon, is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.
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Halftime show
A halftime show is a performance given during the brief period between the first and second halves, or the second and third quarters, of a sporting event.
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Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.
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Hip hop
Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.
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Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.
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Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas.
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Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman.
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Ian O'Connor
Ian O'Connor (born c. 1964) is a sports columnist for ESPNNewYork.com, host of The Ian O'Connor Show, a national Sunday morning show on ESPN Radio, and author of The New York Times best sellers, "Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry," and "The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter." O'Connor was a columnist at the New York Daily News, USA Today, The Journal News, The Record, and Foxsports.com, and also authored the book, "The Jump: Sebastian Telfair and the High Stakes Business of High School Ball." O'Connor has won national and regional writing awards, including the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Isiah Thomas
Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961) is an American retired basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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J. A. Adande
Joshua Ade Adande (born October 25, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is the Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern University.
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J. R. Smith
Earl Joseph "J.
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Jameer Nelson
Jameer Nelson (born February 9, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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James Lang (basketball)
James Lang (born October 17, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Washington Wizards.
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Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Cortez Crittenton (born December 31, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, and Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association, and the Dakota Wizards of the NBA D-League.
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Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969) known professionally as Jay-Z (stylized JAY-Z), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.
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Jeff Van Gundy
Jeffrey William Van Gundy (born January 19, 1962) is an American basketball coach.
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Jermaine O'Neal
Jermaine Lee O'Neal (born October 13, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player.
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Joey Crawford
Joseph Crawford, born August 30, 1951 in Havertown, Pennsylvania is an American retired professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1977 and 2016.
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Josh Howard
Joshua Jay Howard (born April 28, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the head coach of Piedmont International University.
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Kevin Garnett
Kevin Maurice Garnett (born May 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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KeyArena
KeyArena (formerly Washington State Pavilion, Washington State Coliseum and Seattle Center Coliseum) is a multi-purpose arena in Seattle.
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Kirk Hinrich
Kirk James Hinrich (born January 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a lead academy specialist for the Sanford POWER Basketball Academy.
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Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Kwame Brown
Kwame Hasani Brown (born March 10, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, most recently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Latavious Williams
Latavious Williams (born March 29, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
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Latrell Sprewell
Latrell Fontaine Sprewell (born September 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player; he played for the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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LaVar Ball
LaVar Christopher Ball (born October 23, 1967) is an American media personality and businessman.
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LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James Sr. (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.
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Lonzo Ball
Lonzo Anderson Ball (born October 27, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers, abbreviated by the team as the LA Clippers, are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.
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Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.
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Luke Walton
Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player.
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Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often called "MSG" or simply "The Garden", is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
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Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and current president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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Major League II
Major League II is a 1994 sequel to the 1989 film Major League.
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Manu Ginóbili
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili (born 28 July 1977) is an Argentine professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Marco Belinelli
Marco Stefano Belinelli (born March 25, 1986) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman and investor.
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Marty Burns
Marty Burns, former child-star, general wise-ass and sometimes detective, is the fictional creation of Jay Russell.
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Matur Maker
Matur Maker (born 1 January 1998) is a South Sudanese-born Australian basketball player.
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Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officially the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC), is the law enforcement agency for the city of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.
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Metta World Peace
Metta World Peace (born Ronald William Artest Jr.; November 13, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach and former player.
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Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami.
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Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of downtown Miami.
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Michael Heisley
Michael E. Heisley (March 13, 1937 – April 26, 2014) was an American businessman and former majority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player.
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Michael Wilbon
Michael "Willie" Ray Wilbon (born November 19, 1958) is an ESPN commentator and former sportswriter and columnist for The Washington Post.
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Mike Bibby
Michael Bibby (born May 13, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Mike D'Antoni
Michael Andrew D'Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an American-Italian professional basketball coach who was formerly a professional basketball player.
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Mike Dunleavy Sr.
Michael Joseph Dunleavy Sr. (born March 21, 1954) is an American retired professional basketball player, head coach, businessman, and former general manager of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers.
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Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves (also commonly known as the Wolves) are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Mitchell Robinson
Mitchell “MN” Robinson (born April 1, 1998) is an American basketball player who was selected 36th by the New York Knicks in the 2018 NBA Draft.
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Moses Malone
Moses Eugene Malone (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995.
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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, including, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey.
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NASCAR
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.
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Nate Robinson
Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson (born May 31, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Guaros de Lara of the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB).
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
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National Football League controversies
The National Football League (NFL) is the premier professional American football league in the United States, and is also one of the major North American professional sports leagues.
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National Football League Draft
The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment.
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
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NBA 2K
The NBA 2K series is a series of basketball simulation video games developed and released annually since 1999.
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NBA Coach of the Year Award
The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1962–63 NBA season.
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NBA Countdown
NBA Countdown, branded for sponsorship purposes as NBA Countdown Presented By Straight Talk Wireless or Mountain Dew, is a pregame show airing prior to National Basketball Association (NBA) telecasts on ABC and ESPN.
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NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
The NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982–83 NBA season to the best defensive player of the regular season.
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NBA draft
The NBA draft is an annual event dating back to 1947 in which the (now thirty) teams from the National Basketball Association (NBA) can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league.
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NBA draft lottery
The NBA Draft lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association (NBA), in which the teams who had missed the playoffs that previous year participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA draft.
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NBA dress code
On October 17, 2005, National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern announced the implementation of a mandatory dress code for all NBA and NBA Development League players.
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NBA Finals
The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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NBA G League
The NBA G League is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.
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NBA Live (video game series)
NBA Live is a series of basketball video games published by EA Sports.
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NBA Most Valuable Player Award
The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season.
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NBA on ABC
The NBA on ABC is a presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games produced by ESPN, and televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
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NBA on ESPN
The NBA on ESPN refers to the presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the ESPN family of networks.
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NBA on NBC
The NBA on NBC is the branding currently used for presentations of National Basketball Association (NBA) games produced by the NBC television network in the United States.
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NBA on TNT
The NBA on TNT is a branding used for broadcasts of the National Basketball Association (NBA) games, produced by Turner Sports, the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner and televised on TNT since 1989.
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NBA Rookie of the Year Award
The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season.
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NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
The National Basketball Association's Sixth Man of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982–83 NBA season to the league's best performing player for his team coming off the bench as a substitute (or sixth man).
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NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the programming division of the American broadcast network NBC, owned by the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated national sports cable channels.
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Ndudi Ebi
Ndudi Hamani Ebi (born 18 June 1984) is a Nigerian–British professional basketball player for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A. He committed to the University of Arizona, but reneged by making himself eligible for the NBA Draft.
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Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), known professionally as Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, investor, and occasional actor from St. Louis, Missouri.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.
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New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, commonly referred to as the Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.
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Nielsen ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems operated by Nielsen Media Research that seek to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States.
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Official (basketball)
In basketball, an official (usually called a referee) enforces the rules and maintains order in the game.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida.
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Overtime
Overtime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours.
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P. J. Carlesimo
Peter John Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949) is an American basketball coach, who coached in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball for nearly 40 years.
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Pacers–Pistons brawl
The Pacers–Pistons brawl (colloquially known as the Malice at the Palace) was an altercation that occurred in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons on November 19, 2004, at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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Patrick Ewing
Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current head coach of Georgetown University.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.
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Personal Foul (book)
Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal That Rocked the NBA is an autobiography written by former National Basketball Association (NBA) referee Tim Donaghy and published by Florida-based VTi-Group, Inc. in December, 2009.
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Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers (also commonly known as the Sixers) are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Professional Basketball Club
The Professional Basketball Club LLC is an investment group headed by Clay Bennett that owns the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Oklahoma City Thunder franchise (formerly the Seattle SuperSonics) and the Thunder's NBA Development League affiliate Oklahoma City Blue.
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Race card
Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase that refers to exploitation of either racist or anti-racist attitudes by accusing others of racism.
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Rafer Alston
Rafer Jamel Alston (born July 24, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player.
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Raja Bell
Raja Bell (born September 19, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats, and Golden State Warriors.
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Rajon Rondo
Rajon Pierre Rondo (born February 22, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney, noted for his involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism and government reform causes.
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Ralph Sampson
Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. (born July 7, 1960) is an American retired basketball player.
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Rashard Lewis
Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Abdul "Sheed" Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Ray Allen
Walter Ray Allen Jr. (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Rob Thomas (musician)
Robert Kelly "Rob" Thomas (born February 14, 1972 in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead singer of alternative rock band Matchbox Twenty.
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Robert Horry
Robert Keith Horry (born August 25, 1970) is an American retired basketball player and current sports commentator.
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Robert Sarver
Sarver was born in Tucson to Irene and Jack Sarver.
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Robert Swift
Robert Swift (born December 3, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Spanish club Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento.
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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and conservative political commentator.
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Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California.
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Sam Cassell
Samuel James Cassell Sr. (born November 18, 1969) is a former professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Sam Hinkie
Samuel Blake Hinkie (born December 1977) is the former General Manager and President of Basketball Operations of the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association.
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Samuel Dalembert
Samuel Davis Dalembert (born May 10, 1981) is a Haitian-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Shanxi Zhongyu of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
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San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas.
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San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area (popularly referred to as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun estuaries in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.
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Satnam Singh Bhamara
Satnam Singh Bhamara (born December 10, 1995) is an Indian professional basketball player.
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Scot Pollard
Scot L. Pollard (born February 12, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player.
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Scott Williams (basketball)
Scott Christopher Williams (born March 21, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.
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Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics, commonly known as the Sonics, were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington.
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Sebastian Telfair
Sebastian Telfair (born June 9, 1985) is a former American professional basketball player who last played for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
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Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), nicknamed "Shaq", is an American retired professional basketball player currently serving as a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
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Shawn Kemp
Shawn Travis Kemp (born November 26, 1969) is an American retired professional basketball player, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons.
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Shawn Marion
Shawn Dwayne Marion (born May 7, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.
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Spurs–Suns rivalry
The Spurs–Suns rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns.
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Stan Van Gundy
Stanley Alan Van Gundy (born August 26, 1959) is an American professional basketball coach, who most recently served as the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2014 to 2018.
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Staples Center
Staples Center, officially stylized as STAPLES Center, is a multi-purpose arena in Downtown Los Angeles.
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Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain.
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Stephen A. Smith
Stephen Anthony Smith (born October 14, 1967) is an American sports television personality, sports radio host, sports journalist, and actor.
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Stephen Curry
Wardell Stephen Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Steve Francis
Steven D'Shawn Francis (born February 21, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Steve Javie
Steve Javie (born January 17, 1955) is an American retired professional basketball referee who refereed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from the 1986–87 NBA season to the 2010–11 season.
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Steve Nash
Stephen John Nash, (born 7 February 1974), is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Terrance Ferguson
Terrance Eugene Ferguson (born May 17, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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The Decision (TV special)
The Decision was a television special in which National Basketball Association (NBA) player LeBron James announced that he would be signing with the Miami Heat instead of returning to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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Thon Maker
Thon Marial Maker (born 25 February 1997) is a South Sudanese Australian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Tights
Tights are a kind of cloth garment, most often sheathing the body from the waist to the toe tips with a tight fit, hence the name.
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Tim Donaghy
Tim Donaghy (born January 7, 1967) is a former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons from 1994 to 2007.
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Tim Duncan
Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player.
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TMZ
TMZ is a tabloid news website that debuted on November 8, 2005.
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Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor.
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Tommy Nuñez
Tommy Núñez is the founder of the Tommy Núñez foundation and a former NBA referee.
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Tony Parker
William Anthony Parker Jr. (born 17 May 1982) is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Tracy McGrady
Tracy Lamar McGrady Jr. (born May 24, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who is best known for his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he played as both a shooting guard and small forward.
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Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".
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United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia is the United States Attorney responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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USA Today
USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.
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Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.
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Vancouver Grizzlies
The Vancouver Grizzlies were a Canadian professional basketball team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.
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Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Isaac Blitzer (born March 22, 1948) is an American journalist, television news anchor and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990.
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WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that primarily is known for professional wrestling.
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Yao Ming
Yao Ming (born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese retired professional basketball player who played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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07 Seconds or Less
:07 Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns is a book written by Jack McCallum about the Phoenix Suns' 2005–06 NBA season.
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1980 NBA Finals
The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1979–80 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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1984–85 NBA season
The 1984–85 NBA season was the 39th season of the National Basketball Association.
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1985 NBA draft
The 1985 NBA draft took place on June 18, 1985.
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1994 NBA Finals
The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1993–94 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
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1995 NBA Finals
The 1995 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1994–95 National Basketball Association (NBA) season.
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1997–98 NBA season
The 1997–98 NBA season was the 52nd season of the National Basketball Association.
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1999 NBA Finals
The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the shortened 1998–99 NBA season or the 1999 season.
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2000–01 NBA season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association.
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2001 NBA Playoffs
The 2001 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2000-01 season.
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2001–02 NBA season
The 2001–02 NBA season was the 56th season of the National Basketball Association.
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2002 NBA Playoffs
The 2002 NBA Playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2001–02 season.
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2003 NBA draft
The 2003 NBA draft was held on June 26, 2003, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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2004 NBA Finals
The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2003–04 National Basketball Association season.
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2004–05 NBA season
The 2004–05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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2005 NBA All-Star Game
The 2005 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 20, 2005 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, home of the Denver Nuggets.
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2005 NBA Finals
The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2004–05 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
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2005 NBA Playoffs
The 2005 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2004–05 season.
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2005–06 NBA season
The 2005–06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association.
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2006–07 NBA season
The 2006–07 NBA season was the 61st season of the National Basketball Association.
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2007 NBA Finals
The 2007 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2006–07 season, and was the conclusion of the season's playoffs.
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2007 NBA Playoffs
The 2007 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2006–07 season.
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2007–08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association.
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2008 NBA draft
The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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2008 NBA Playoffs
The 2008 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2007–08 season.
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2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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2009 NBA Finals
The 2009 NBA Finals was the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s championship series for the 2008–09 season.
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2009 NBA Playoffs
The 2009 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season.
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2012 NBA draft
The 2012 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2012, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
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2013–14 NBA season
The 2013–14 NBA season was the 68th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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2016 NBA draft
The 2016 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2016, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
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2017 NBA draft
The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_criticisms_and_controversies