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Claire de Lune

Claire de Lune is a musician, podcast host and avid NBA lover.

December 2024

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks celebrates after winning the NBA Cup title with Tuesday’s win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

    Giannis in bloom and the elephants in the room: seven NBA Cup takeaways

    The Bucks’ romp to the title in Year Two of the in-season tournament was dwarfed by a persistent bugaboo: the NBA Cup doesn’t really matter yet

November 2024

  • Memphis Grizzlies vs Los Angeles Lakers<br>LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 22: Head Coach JJ Redick of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the Memphis Grizzlies on October 22, 2024 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2024 NBAE (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)

    Can Lakers ‘sicko’ JJ Redick change the way NBA teams think about coaches?

    The rookie head coach has had early success in LA, despite accusations of croneyism. Rivals could well take a chance when it comes to recruitment

October 2024

  • Clockwise from top left: Jalen Brunson, Luka Dončić, LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, Nikola Jokić.

    NBA 2024-25 predictions: Luka for MVP? And will the Knicks win it all?

  • In September, the LA Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to exceed 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season.

    Shohei Ohtani: how the LA Dodgers’ humble, normcore megastar reached baseball’s biggest stage

September 2024

  • Clockwise from top left: DeWanna Bonner, A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, Caitlin Clark

    WNBA 2024 playoff predictions: can Caitlin Clark lead the Fever to a shock title?

    Our writers pick the champion, key players and dark horses as the WNBA postseason tips off on Sunday

July 2024

  • The Miami Heat lift the 2025 Vegas Summer League championship trophy after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in overtime on Monday night at Thomas &amp; Mack Center.

    Sportblog
    Denver in descent and Bronny in bloom: NBA summer league takeaways

  • Anthony Edwards, left, and LeBron James of the United States warm up ahead of Wednesday’s exhibition against Canada at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    The theory of everything: USA’s latest dream team is true basketball nirvana

June 2024

  • The Boston Celtics celebrate their record 18th NBA championship.

    The Big Three era is dead and the Knicks are back: 20 things we learned from the NBA playoffs

  • The Celtics’ Jaylen Brown defends the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic during the third quarter of a March game at Boston’s TD Garden

    NBA finals predictions: Mavericks or Celtics? Our writers share their picks

May 2024

  • PJ Washington of the Dallas Mavericks reacts during the fourth quarter of his team’s Game 6 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday in the Western Conference semi-finals.

    PJ Washington: ‘I just hate losing. Even as a kid I was always like this’

  • Darvin Ham went 90-74 during the regular season and 11-12 in the postseason, including two play-in tournament wins, during two seasons as the Lakers’ head coach.

    Did Darvin Ham cost LeBron James his last real chance at another NBA title?

April 2024

  • Jayson Tatum’s Boston Celtics are the betting favorites to take the NBA title

    NBA playoffs 2024 predictions: the winner, key players and dark horses

  • The Lakers' LeBron James, left, and the Warriors' Steph Curry talk with each other after a January game at Chase Center in San Francisco, California.

    The data shows we are living in a golden era of older NBA talent. But LeBron James remains one of one

March 2024

  • Jalen Brunson of the Knicks leads a fast break flanked by two New York team-mates during a November game at Madison Square Garden.

    How the Knicks went from laughing stocks to NBA finals contenders (yes, really)

    For the first time in decades, one of the NBA’s most iconic yet consistently disappointing teams is heading into the playoffs with a legitimate hope of reaching the finals

February 2024

  • Bojan Bogdanović helps bolster the New York Knicks’ title chances.

    Sportblog
    NBA trade deadline: sorting the winners (Knicks) and losers (Lakers)

    In a trade deadline without many clear winners, the Knicks became overnight contenders. The moribund Lakers? Not so much

January 2024

  • Anthony Edwards has emerged as one of the NBA’s best players

    How the once-derided Minnesota Timberwolves became contenders

  • Jimmy Butler: ‘I love to make people laugh, I love to make people smile. I’m not afraid to make myself look dumb or laugh at myself.’

    Jimmy Butler: ‘Neymar is good at basketball … he’s good at almost everything’

December 2023

  • The Los Angeles Lakers lifted the NBA Cup after beating the Indiana Pacers in the final

    The NBA Cup made a quiet stretch of the season exciting

    After an unequivocally successful first rodeo, it’s a solid Las Vegas bet that the in-season tournament is here to stay

November 2023

  • Austin Reaves of the Los Angeles Lakers handles the ball during the second half of a November game against the Phoenix Suns.

    ‘Fake it till you make it’: Austin Reaves’ rise from cult favorite to LA Lakers star

  • James Harden responds to a reporter's question as he is introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Clippers at a news conference at the team's training facility on Thursday.

    ‘I’m not a system player, I’m a system’: defiant James Harden joins Clippers

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