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Nine-time NBA All-Star Russell Westbrook was recently signed by the Denver Nuggets to play a significant role in their new rotation for the 2024-25 season. After spending the last two seasons with the LA Clippers, Westbrook was traded to the Utah Jazz this summer, where he agreed to a contract buyout.Denver will be Westbrook’s fifth team since leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he is the franchise’s all-time leader in several categories, including points with 18,859.A legend in Oklahoma City, Westbrook receives a resounding ovation from his home crowd every time he returns as an opponent.Russell Westbrook’s cheers in OKC…

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Links to the breadcrumbsEntertainmentLocal entertainmentNewsLocal newsSportyBasketballIf you’re watching a Detroit Pistons home game this NBA season, keep an eye out for Brooklyn Vandenbogaerde.Published on August 22, 2024 • 2 minutes readingBrooklyn Vandenbogaerde, 18, of Chatham, is a member of the Detroit Pistons Dancers. She is seen here auditioning for the dance team. (Handout)Article contentIf you’re watching a Detroit Pistons home game this NBA season, keep an eye out for Brooklyn Vandenbogaerde.Announcement 2This ad is not yet loaded, but your article continues below.Article contentThe 18-year-old from Chatham is now a member of the Detroit Pistons Dancers who perform throughout home games.Vandenbogaerde…

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THE Golden State Warriors are sure of their position from the beginning! Notably, the first time the San Francisco Bay Area side took sides was when it refused to visit the White House during Donald Trump’s term. Stephen Curry He publicly expressed his desire not to visit the statehouse after winning championships in 2017 and 2018. But he did visit the statehouse in 2015 and 2022, when the Democratic Party took power. Now that the country is on the cusp of a presidential election, let’s take a look at the Warriors’ connection to Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.Before we get…

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A civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault and battery against former Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard was dismissed Monday in Gwinnett County Court in Georgia, according to a report from ESPN. Baxter Holmes Wednesday evening.The dismissal, filed by Stephen Harper, who filed a lawsuit against the longtime NBA star in July 2023, was with prejudice — meaning those claims cannot be refiled in a lawsuit.A lawyer for Howard, Justin Bailey, told ESPN in the report that no money was paid to Harper to drop the lawsuit against Howard.Dating back to a July 2021 encounter at Howard’s Georgia home, Harper initially accused…

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ESPNvia their NBA staff, recently released their predictions for the Eastern Conference standings during the 2024-25 season, and they ranked the Indiana Pacers in seventh place.The Pacers are projected to finish the season with a 46-36 record, which puts them between the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. Last season, Indiana reached the Eastern Conference Finals and finished in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.It took the Blue and Gold 82 games to secure a playoff spot. They won on the final day of the season to clinch the sixth seed in the East. They were close to a play-in spot…

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Russell Westbrook was traded by the LA Clippers earlier this summer, landing with the Utah Jazz where he agreed to a contract buyout for the second time in his NBA career. Signed with the Clippers in 2023 after his stint with the Los Angeles Lakers, Westbrook quickly established himself as a leader on and off the court. Particularly influential with the team’s younger players, Westbrook helped mentor young guard Bones Hyland as he navigated a fluctuating role after arriving from Denver. “Russ has been a great leader for me,” Hyland said last season. “Since I got here. Even before. He’s…

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Former Los Angeles Lakers forward (shortly) Dylan Windler has set his sights on his next professional basketball destination — and it’s not an NBA team.According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHypeThe 6-foot-6 forward has signed a one-year deal with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League of Australia. Windler was first selected with the 26th overall pick out of Belmont in the 2019 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, and was an old rookie at age 24 after being essentially an injured redshirt in 2019 due to a leg injury.As a free agent in 2023, Windler struggled to find a…

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This was reported earlier this month by Theo Lawson of the Spokesman that the Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers were interested in former Gonzaga star Killian Tillie before an untimely injury.”Tillie returned to Spokane, rehabbed, recovered and prepared for camp workouts in late spring/early summer with the hopes of latching onto another NBA team,” Lawson wrote of the former Memphis Grizzlies forward’s attempted NBA return following his release from the Memphis Grizzlies in 2022. “The 2.05m forward has had a number of contacts, with strong interest coming from the Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers in particular.”In an announcement…

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