Ric Bucher

Ric Bucher

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Ric Bucher joined ESPN in January 1999 as a San Francisco-based senior writer covering professional basketball for ESPN The Magazine, and as an NBA reporter for SportsCenter and NBA 2Night. Bucher also contributes to ESPN.com.

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Rating the first playoff weekend

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Here are eight bests culled from the first eight games of the NBA playoffs.

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009

Weekend Dime: The top 20 expiring contracts

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Noah Graham/Getty Images Allen Iverson already has laced up his walking shoes once this season, getting dealt from Denver to Detroit. It can't poss...

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Daily Dime: Mavericks win playoff preview against Hornets

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images In a first-round preview, J-Kidd and the Mavs used a strong second half to pull away from the Hornets. ...

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Sources: Mavs, Nets close in on Kidd deal

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Sources told ESPN.com that talks between the Mavericks and Nets, which had seemingly stalled, have grown serious again, increasing the likelihood that the teams will complete the NBA's third blockbuster deal of the month.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2008

Mavs forward George blocks trade of Kidd to Mavs

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Devean George has invoked a no-trade clause and blocked the Jason Kidd trade.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2008

Weekend Dime: Top trios in the NBA

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Getty Images Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, at right, form the NBA's foremost three-man core. But Boston's Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kev...

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What now for Kevin Garnett? Six possible destinations

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Marc Stein looks at Kevin Garnett's situation and sees six places the Wolves star might land.

Story | Conversation | June 30, 2007

Decade later, still a prize pick

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

SAN ANTONIO -- The biggest lottery winners in NBA history were not going to lose on the very day that has been so good to them. CONFERENCE FINALS...

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West's best looking shaky

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

The Suns needed the speed of Leandro Barbosa to turn back the Lakers, but they couldn't have avoided a Game 1 nightmare of their own without foisting ...

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SPECIAL WEEKEND EDITION And the award goes to ...

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

What do you get when the final Friday of the regular season falls on Friday the 13th? You get the award ballots I'll be turning into the league offi...

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SPECIAL WEEKEND EDITION Passing some hefty judgments

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Editor's note: ESPN.com senior NBA writer Marc Stein supplies each item for this around-the-league notebook edition of the Daily Dime. If you're shopp...

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SPECIAL WEEKEND EDITION NBA has technical problems

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Editor's note: ESPN.com senior NBA writer Marc Stein supplies each item for this around-the-league notebook edition of the Daily Dime. A week-plus in...

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SPECIAL WEEKEND EDITION Cubes and the inner circle

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

(Editor's note: ESPN.com senior NBA writer Marc Stein supplies each item for this around-the-league notebook edition of the Daily Dime.) You've surel...

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Dirk rolls two quarters, Suns

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

DALLAS -- For a serial self-loather like Dirk Nowitzki, whose typical response to a bad game is locking himself in the gym until the next one, maybe t...

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Daily Dime archive for January 2003

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Read the reports of ESPN.com's senior NBA writer from the month of January in 2003.

Story | Conversation | January 13, 2003