June 13, 2021
The 2021 NBA playoffs are heating up with the race to the Larry O’Brien trophy getting tighter and it’s still anybody’s ball game at this point. This season figures to be a historical one for the remaining protagonists. Five of the remaining franchises the L.A. Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, and Denver Nuggets have yet to win an NBA title. Meanwhile the remaining three Philadelphia 76ers (1983), Milwaukee Bucks (1971), and Atlanta Hawks (1958 back when they were the St. Louis Hawks) have waited a long time to feel basketball nostalgia once again.
Each team offers unique stories as they embark on this playoff journey. With that, here are the five teams with the most compelling narratives to win the 2021 NBA championship.
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Jun 10, 2021
Eight teams remain in the NBA playoffs, but there is one that Charles Barkley doesn’t want to see win the title: the heavily favored Nets.
The superteam led by Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and (the currently injured) James Harden has dominated the Bucks in the opening two games of their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup. Durant’s otherworldly level of play is even more remarkable considering he isn’t that far removed from a torn Achilles, but Barkley is still disappointed in the league’s insistence on superteams.
“KD is a great player, and I think he’s a great kid,” Barkley said on a conference call for this weekend’s American Century Championship golf tournament. “I don’t know him that well, but I’m not a fan of superteams. So listen, if they win it, they win it, but to be perfectly clear, I’m rooting against those guys. I root against all superteams.