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The Basketball Hall of Fame picture is taking shape, and there are eleven NBA players sitting in that waiting room right now. Russell Westbrook headlines the group after calling it a career, and the question isn't if he gets the call — it's when. The recently retired point guard put up numbers that belong in Springfield, full stop.
Meanwhile in Los Angeles, the Lakers' pursuit of Jonathan Kuminga is hitting serious turbulence. All summer long the front office has been chasing the Golden State forward, but the sign-and-trade negotiations are moving in the wrong direction, and fast. The window to land him is narrowing, and time is not on LA's side.
Shifting over to baseball, Oracle Park is getting the Midsummer Classic back. Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Friday that San Francisco will host the two thousand twenty eight All-Star Game, the first time the waterfront jewel on McCovey Cove has seen the event since two thousand seven. That was the night Ichiro turned a bounced ball into an inside-the-park home run for the ages. San Francisco has earned another moment like that.
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