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The Cleveland Cavaliers are making a major pivot in their championship pursuit. Rather than landing Jonathan Kuminga, Cleveland is reportedly the centerpiece of a four-team blockbuster that would bring in an eighty million dollar NBA champion — a young, proven winner who could push this Cavs core right to the edge of a title.
Shifting to the hardwood in a very different context, LaMelo Ball is dealing with legal trouble off the court. The newly minted Minnesota Timberwolf is being sued for six figures by a former landlord, a distraction that arrives just as Ball is adjusting to life after nearly his entire NBA career spent in Charlotte. Not exactly the fresh start anyone draws up.
And on the diamond, the Los Angeles Dodgers are getting some much-needed good news with Tyler Glasnow trending toward a return right as the trade deadline closes in. With Blake Snell also sidelined and Shohei Ohtani off the mound indefinitely, Glasnow getting healthy could be the difference between a deadline buy and a desperate sell for the rotation.
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