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Injuries keep piling up across the NBA, and the concern keeps growing. Naturally, one would turn to someone experienced like Nikola Jokic for answers. Why are bodies breaking down so often?
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How to watch Celtics vs. Spurs, T-Wolves vs. Lakers - NBA Coast 2 Coast Tuesday (March 10)
This week on NBA on NBC's Coast 2 Coast Tuesday, four of the league's best teams face off for a doubleheader.
Dominique Wilkins gives his take on why star players don't participate in the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest in this one-on-one interview.
NBA teams have until the final day of the regular season ( April 12) to finalize their 15-man rosters and sign players to standard NBA contracts. However, each team only has until March 4 — this Wednesday — to sign a player to a two-way contract.
The lesson, to both NBA team executives and to NBA fans, is that for a team to win big, it must have at least one great player. For many teams, particularly those not considered glamour franchises, the draft is the most direct method of acquiring franchise difference-makers.