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Alperen Şengün has a chance to be as good as Nikola JokićEvery other generation, a player changes how his position is taught, scouted and played. For the current generation of players entering their prime years, that dude is Nikola Jokić. The “Joker” has taken the passing acumen of former bigs Vlade Divac, Yao Ming, Bill Walton and Arvydas Sabonis and com...

Nikola Jokić might be the most boring top-rated player ever in <em>NBA 2K24</em>The player most deserving of the highest rating in NBA 2K24 is Nikola Jokić. Whether he is actually the best player in the NBA is irrelevant to him earning that distinction. The way that he bulldozed his opposition while leading the Denver Nuggets to their first NBA Championship, no other player sho...

We aren’t talking about Luka Dončić and Slovenia’s Olympic run enoughDo y’all even realize how abnormal this is? ...

Anthony Randolph Scraps With Kristaps Porzingis, Invites Him Outside

Today’s entertaining EuroBasket game between Latvia and Slovenia was a duel between the former’s Kristaps Porzingis and the latter’s Luka Doncic, an 18-year-old who certainly did not hurt his draft stock with 27 points and 9 rebounds on 50/36/90 shooting. The crafty teen took it straight to his el...

Kristaps Porzingis Had A Pleasant Weekend Playing Basketball For Not The Knicks

Amid an offseason spent wisely steering clear of his employer and lifting light weights with great effort, Kristaps Porzingis got to represent the nation of Latvia in EuroBasket 2017. He was far and away the most gifted player on the court at any given moment, and there were some very nice moments....

Marc Gasol's Slick Passing Is A Delight In Any Competition

Spain’s wonderful Gasol-led national team today took on a Czech Republic squad that was distressingly overpowered given the presence of Wizards’ backup and future All-NBA guard Tomas Satoransky. This was a Eurobasket group stage match, played in Romania....

The Greeks Say The NBA Conspired To Keep Giannis Antetokounmpo Out Of Eurobasket

Here’s a new one: Greece’s basketball federation has accused the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA of executing “an organized and well-staged” conspiracy to prevent Giannis Antetokounmpo from participating in Eurobasket this summer. Antetokounmpo announced on Facebook Saturday that knee pain would force h...

What Is Jerome Randle Doing Leading The Ukrainian National Team?

Jerome Randle goes by many names these days. As Jerome, he’s won NCAA tournament games and knocked on the NBA’s door for half a decade. Jerome is from Chicago. Jerome was, briefly, responsible for setting up Dirk Nowitzki. But Джером Рендл or, phonetically, Dzherom Rendl, isn’t close to California, ...