Category: NBA
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Kawhi Leonard Trade: Toronto Would Not Sign the Paper
The Kawhi Leonard trade survived everything except a signature. Toronto agreed on June 30, then declined to put its name to the risk in writing.
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Knicks’ 29-Point Comeback Puts Title Within Reach
The Knicks erased a 29-point deficit, stunned the Spurs 107-106 and moved within one win of their first NBA championship since 1973.
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Trump Brought the Cops to the Knicks’ Biggest Night
Trump’s NBA Finals appearance turned Madison Square Garden into a security event, exposing how power, policing, ownership, and public life move through sport.
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Leafs Deadline Was Run by Someone Who Doesn’t Know Hockey
The MLSE CEO brought AI-generated trade returns to the Leafs war room. The story isn’t that he used the tool. It’s what it means that he needed to.
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How Sports Decide When Political Speech Is Allowed
Athlete activism isn’t free speech. It’s tolerated when symbolic and delayed, and constrained when direct, immediate, and costly to leagues and sponsors.
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Wembanyama Breaks Silence on State Violence
Victor Wembanyama’s response to ICE shootings reveals how sports culture enforces silence, disciplines dissent, and protects institutions of force
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Charles Barkley Breaks the Sports Silence on ICE
By calling out ICE-linked killings, Barkley exposed the quiet rules that govern when athletes are allowed to speak and when silence is safest
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When Athlete Activism Reaches the Edge of Power
The silence after Renée Nicole Good’s killing shows how quickly social conscience in sports collapses when domestic state power, risk, and enforcement collide.
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Scottie Barnes Youngest Player With 20/25/10 in Nearly 70 Years
Scottie Barnes’ 23-25-10 overtime performance vs Golden State made him the youngest since 1957 and the first Raptor ever to reach the mark.
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Deni Avdija’s Zionism Shows It’s Not Just About Basketball
The public backlash towards Israeli NBA player Deni Avdija isn’t about his ethnicity or his birthplace — it’s about his public role in Zionism’s soft-power strategy in the broader context of colonial occupation, state violence, and an ongoing genocide.
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Brandon Ingram’s Rapid Rise Into Raptors Scoring History
Brandon Ingram has surged into the Raptors’ all-time scoring ranks with 472 points in just 22 games, trailing only Kawhi Leonard among the fastest starts in team history.
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