NBA
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Jayson Tatum's Next Contract Could Be an Unexpected Casualty of the Coronavirus
When last we left the Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum was ballin’. The Duke product, who spent his summer under the tutelage of Kobe Bryant in 2018, had finally blossomed into the superstar we all knew he had in him. He was a dual-threat who could score with ease and just so happened to be one…
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So Now That the Dust Has Settled, Who's In and Who's Out of the NBA Bubble?
When the NBA announced its plans to resume its NBA season at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, it gave players two options: either partake in the festivities, and enjoy job perks like reduced salaries and being kept away from their families until after the first round of the playoffs, or stay home…
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Damn, Y'all. Vince Carter Is Really Done
In a past life, I hated Vince Carter. My girlfriend at the time did a horrendous job of hiding her high school crush on the recently drafted, North Carolina product. So as he spent his rookie season defying gravity and performing the type of aerial stunts typically reserved for a trapeze artist, I stewed with…
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#SayTheirNames: Angel McCoughtry Petitions WNBA to Allow Players to Wear the Names of Police Brutality Victims on Their Jerseys
After tearing ligaments in her knee and missing the entire 2019 WNBA season, Las Vegas Aces star Angel McCoughtry took to Instagram to announce that she’ll finally be returning to the court this upcoming season. But that wasn’t her only announcement, as she intends to use her platform to address the police brutality and racial…
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Sorry, LeBron. Bill Russell Makes a Compelling Argument As to Why He's the Greatest Athlete in NBA History
LeBron James is a freak of nature. He might not crack Paul Pierce’s top 5 of all-time, but as I explained before at this very site: “Never in the history of the NBA have we seen a player with Karl Malone’s size, Michael Jordan’s athleticism and explosiveness, Kobe’s guile and Magic Johnson’s otherworldly passing ability…
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Okay, So Maybe Life Inside the NBA's Bubble Won't Be So Bad After All
I haven’t been to summer camp since I was a child, but if it’s anything like what NBA players are about to experience at Disney World when they return to work in July, where do I sign up? According to The Athletic, on Tuesday, the league sent out a 108-page memo outlining what teams can…
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Once Teammates, Now Kyrie Irving and LeBron James Represent Opposing Factions Fighting for the NBA's Future
After the final buzzer sounded in the 2016 NBA Finals, LeBron James had finally delivered on his promise to bring the Cleveland Cavaliers its first NBA title against the defending champs, the Golden State Warriors. Consumed with emotions, the magnitude of the moment was difficult to express, but he tried his best. “I gave everything…
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Malcolm Brogdon Says Some Players Are 'Super Interested' in Sitting Out the Return of the NBA 2020 Season
Close to three months after the NBA suspended its 2020 season amid a global pandemic, the organization announced that 22 of the league’s 30 teams will be making a glorious return, resuming the season at Walt Disney World Resort at the end of July. But Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon thinks some players are “super…
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Here's Everything You Need to Know About the NBA's Return (Before the Clippers Win Their 1st NBA Title)
Nearly three months after the Devil (and Rudy Gobert) stole our joy, comes the news that the NBA will be making its triumphant return. I’m sure you have plenty of questions about how in the hell this will all play out, so I’ll do my best to answer them all. Yup. But prayerfully it’s more…
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James Dolan Is a Coward
There’s a reason the New York Knicks spend every season swirling around the toilet bowl and it begins and ends with their owner, James Dolan. Yes, the same James Dolan who penned an uninspired tune about Trayvon Martin being murdered while having “nothing in his pockets but candy and a pop”; the same James Dolan…