Commentary
Biggest offseason losers
Originally Published: July 27, 2010
By John Hollinger | ESPN.com
In the NBA offseason, for every winner there must also be a loser.
I wrote Monday about the six teams that improved themselves the most so far this summer, but now it's time to look at the seamy underside: the teams that find themselves in a tougher position. In several cases, this isn't necessarily of their own doing, but rather from circumstances that were either somewhat or entirely out of their control.
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