•ni 06.23.14 GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH JOEL EMBIID, ANDREW WIGGINS, JABARI PARKER AND MARCUS SMART; ES.PN/NBADRAFTCDVER2D1R
Marcus Smart doesn't regret passing on the NBA last year. As for The Shove, he's just 68 trying to move on.
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8THETRUTH As KD retreats from the goal, so do his title hopes. By Howard Bryant
10 THE NUMBERS Tanks for nothing, NBA bottom-dwellers. By Peter Keating
IB ZOOM It takes more than orange slices to feed the USMNT.
16 ZOOM Fighters bare their fangs In a recent WBA bout.
10-4 THE FIX A fond farewell to the back page. ByChris Janes
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BIHLB How savvy hitters are shafting the shift.
25 NFL Marshawn Lynch a fantasy top pick? Not in our book.
26 SOCCER Need a poach against Portugal or a goal on Germany? American supersubs awaiti
28 TENNIS Grigor Olmltrov: more than Sharapova arm candy. m
30 TECHNIQUE WNBA's Sylvia Fowles pulls off a new H-O-R-S-E move.
DON'T MISS NBA DRAFT PREVIEW Our In-house NBA front office—GM, coach, scouts and all—mocked outthisyear'sfirst round, andwehave all 30 future rookies covered. 32 WHILE THE WORLD WATCHED 11 aOEL EMBIID 49 7 1 With the World Cup DULIUSHANDLE 66 131 ADREIAN PAYNE 95 19 ! RODNEY HOOD 97 25 1C.3.WILC0X 99 playing out nextdoor, the 21 ANDREW WIGGINS 56 81 MARCUS SMART 141 3AMESYOUNG peopleofArgentina must 68 95 201 CLEANTHONYEARLY 98 28 1SHABAZZ NAPIER 100 confront memories of 31 3ABARIPARHER 60 9! DDUGMcDERHDTT 76 15 NIK STAUSKAS 96 21 1 3USUFNURHIC 98 27 1ISAIAH AUSTIN 102 1978, when the nation 41 DANTEEXUM 62 10 GARY HARRIS hosted the tournament 76 IB! TYLERENNIS 97 22 1 3ERAMIGRANT 98 28 1CLINT CAPELA 102 as its military regime was 51 NOAHVONLEH 64 11 P.a.HAIRSTDN killing thousands of Its 78 171 ZACHLaVINE 97 23 1 ELFRIO PAYTON 99 29 IT.D.WARREN 103 own. ByWright Thompson Bl AARON GORDON 66 12 1 DARIQSARIC 94 18 1 KRISTAPSPDRZINGIS 97 241 HYLEANDERSON 99 30 1MITCH McGARY 103
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