Title: Bold basketball predictions for 2024: Spurs make big jump, Canada wins bronze
Date: December 28, 2023
Original Source: Sportsnet
Synopsis: In my latest at Sportsnet, I was asked to provide some bold predictions for the 2024 calendar year in basketball.
Very little about the 2023 calendar year in basketball went as predicted.
The Denver Nuggets rose as a new champion, despite Nikola Jokic losing his bid for a third consecutive MVP. Another new power arose internationally, with Canada knocking its neighbours off the podium for its first bronze medal. New stars emerged, torches were passed and LeBron James remained LeBron James, inexplicably pump-faking Father Time once again.
We’re never going to see things clearly 12 months in advance. What we can do, though, is get a little bold instead of going chalk with our annual predictions.
Bold means you won’t hit on many of them, but where’s the fun in making bland-yet-sure predictions? What follows are seven swings at storylines that could emerge in basketball in 2024.
Blake Murphy Sports Writing 