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What an NBA punishment 26 years ago tells us about the Clippers' dire future on the court
After being punished for cap circumvention in 2000, Minnesota went nearly two decades without any playoff success. Is the same in store for Steve Ballmer's franchise?
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Suspensions, picks revoked and a $30M fine: Making sense of the Clippers punishment
ESPN's NBA insiders break down the harshest punishment in league history.
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Kawhi avoids suspension
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Windhorst: Kawhi is an 'unmitigated winner' following NBA's punishments
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Grades for every NBA free agent signing, extension: Amen Thompson, Kuminga and more
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NBA offseason buzz: NBA levels enormous punishments on the Clippers
Team profiles
Hawks offseason recap and early season preview: The post-Trae era is underway
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Offseason recap and early season previews: Team-by-team primers
Bad blood
Lakers-Mavs? Pacers-Knicks?! Ranking the top 10 NBA rivalries to watch next season
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Who will blink?
'This is just a staring contest': Where Pistons, Jalen Duren stand in contract stalemate
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Nostalgic reunion
Tony Parker taps Spurs blueprint as Patty Mills joins ASVEL in France
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The summer that changed the Bulls
Caleb Wilson, a fresh Bulls front office and renewed optimism in Chicago
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Looking ahead
'You're overthinking it': NBA insiders react to ESPN's 2026-27 season forecast
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Which NBA superstar will request a trade next? Our panel makes its prediction
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- Sources: Rockets, Thompson agree to $208M deal
- Clippers docked 5 first-round picks, fined $30M
- 76ers sign 7-foot-6 C Fall to training camp deal
- Oladipo asks for another chance in letter to GMs
- Westbrook joins Project B's board of directors
- Brown gets key to city in Boston farewell party
- Timberwolves trade 3-and-D wing Green to Jazz
- Lowry joining Carter with retired Raptors number
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NBA Summer Forecast 2026-27: Conference champions and Finals predictions
Our Summer Forecast panel reveals its championship predictions for the East and West conferences and the 2027 NBA Finals.
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2026 NBA free agency: Grades for offseason signings, extensions
We're grading the biggest free agent signings and extensions, including DeMar DeRozan signing with the Nuggets.
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Kobe Bryant's two legendary NBA careers as No. 8 and No. 24
The late Lakers legend had two Hall of Fame-worthy careers in his 20 years, one wearing No. 8 and the other wearing No. 24.
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2026 NBA offseason trade grades: Watson, Schroder, more deals
We're grading the biggest NBA trades of the offseason, including the multiteam deal that sent Peyton Watson to Cleveland.
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NBA draft: Early players to watch from the 2027, 2028 classes
After a summer of scouting, draft analyst Jeremy Woo breaks down the early players to keep an eye on for the 2027 and 2028 draft.
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