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Yaron Weitzman
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(Ya-rone) NBA reporter // Author of "Tanking to the Top" and "A Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers"
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Oct 21, 2025
    So my book comes out today. Maybe you've seen some viral headlines. Which is great, but the book is also much deeper and more nuanced than all that. I spent three years on it, interviewed nearly 300 people. If you care about the Lakers, LeBron, the NBA or are just interested in
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    A Hollywood Ending by Yaron Weitzman: 9780385550222 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
    NBA journalist Yaron Weitzman lays out the high stakes drama happening inside the Lakers' organization as they try to juggle the warring priorities between LeBron James and the Buss family. ...
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    Jan 8, 2024
    An incredible one-two from Rodgers here
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    May 2, 2023
    Joel Embiid will be named MVP tonight. The broad strokes of his story—of how a kid from Cameroon ended up playing basketball in America—are well known, but the details are not. I figured I’d share some of them here: This story (which is from my book on the Sixers and The
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    May 13, 2022
    1. Since “why’d the Sixers let Jimmy Butler go?!” is a big topic today, figured I’d do a thread on what I’ve put together from the past few years. Some of this I’ve written before, some not. Figured would be helpful to put it all in one place. So👇👇👇
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Aug 14, 2023
    I remain baffled by Harden's strategy these past few years. 1. Turns down max extension from Nets 2. Takes paycut for re-sign with Sixers. Says it's about winning, then spends season hinting at his unhappiness in Philly. 4. Asks for max deal from Sixers. When doesn't get it,
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    Shams Charania
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    Aug 14, 2023
    James Harden: “Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of. Let me say that again: Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of.”
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Jan 30, 2020
    So to sum up tonight in MSG: Knicks lose by 21, their starting PG tackles an opposing shooter, fans loudly chant 'Sell the team' and postgame their best player uses 'woman-like' as an insult. (I think that covers it)
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Jul 26, 2018
    Because I'm a very serious jorunalist I asked John Wall about the trending picture. He said he hasn't been on twitter today but saw the photo earlier. 'I sent it to my mom and said it looks like I just got to jail.'
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    May 3, 2019
    Reporters approach Greg Monroe. Jimmy Butler shouts out in his fake reporter voice: 'yo Greg, what were you thinking when you smoked that lay up?'
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    May 13, 2022
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    10. Lee told Harris he was breaking up a championship team, that he was putting Simmons in a position to fail and that he’d end up having to trade him and that he was wasting years of Embiid’s prime.
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Nov 19, 2024
    Maxey might legitimately be the first person in the Sixers org to ever seriously confront Embiid about this stuff, none of which is new. It started when he first came into the NBA (the section from the book excerpt below takes place in 2015) and even in recent years, there have
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    Shams Charania
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    Nov 19, 2024
    ESPN reporting: Inside the Philadelphia 76ers' team meeting Monday night amid a 2-11 start – in which a star challenged All-NBA center Joel Embiid. espn.com/nba/story/_/id…
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    May 3, 2019
    Allen Iverson comes out of Sixers locker room, sees reporters, smiles and says 'hah hah I don't have to talk to ya'll anymore.'
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Aug 4, 2021
    76ers have added Phil Beckner as a coaching consultant, the team confirmed. Beckner, hired in July, is expected to assist the coaching staff in several areas. Beckner is a former Weber State assistant coach and the longtime trainer for Damian Lillard.
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Nov 21, 2022
    On Sunday morning, my family buried my wife's grandmother, a Holocaust survivor whose family was murdered by the Nazis. Then I went to a Nets game and was handed a pamphlet purporting to tell "the truth about antisemitism." I wrote about that experience:
    Kyrie Irving is back on the court, but off it, aftershocks are still very real
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    Yaron Weitzman
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    Feb 2, 2024
    Jalen Brunson might be on the verge of being most beloved NYC athlete since, like, Jeter?
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