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I hope Evan Mobley is as true as he is in my dreams

While often depicted, lamented, and sanctified as liberating, hope can also be a virus. It can rot rationality from the inside. It can lead to danger, injury, and death. As Ellis Boyd Redding, best known by his friends and fellow convicts at Shawshank State Prison as Red, once said… “Hope is a dange...

Deandre Ayton showing he is worthy of his No. 1 overall slot

Three years in, and you could already safely assume that the ‘18 class will be one of the best from their decade. ...

Life Comes At You Fast

If Hasheem Thabeet Sits Behind You In Coach, Don't Recline Your Seat [Update: Not Him]

Update, Aug. 29: Hasheem Thabeet's publicist has reached out to say that couldn't be Thabeet in the photos below, as he didn't fly to Philadelphia in the timeframe in question (and doesn't own Beats headphone). Sorry folks. But still: don't recline your seat if there's a really tall person behind yo...

Thunder Players Meet Up; Kendrick Perkins Wonders Why He Wasn't Invited

Three days ago, Hasheem Thabeet and a few Oklahoma City Thunder teammates—including Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Serge Ibaka—hung out for some kind of outing. Thabeet posted a photo of the group on Instagram. That part isn't a story. Kendrick Perkins complaining about not being invited, howe...

Dentist Selfie?

Barack Obama Did NOT Discuss Hasheem Thabeet When He Visited Tanzania

Obama in Tanzania: "We did not discuss Hasheem Thabeet, but maybe we will next time." cc: @scottcacciola...

Roy Hibbert Is Tired Of People Asking If He's Hasheem Thabeet

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Hibbert also talks his Parks and Recreation cameo....

Zach Randolph's Head Continues To Wreak Havoc

Just seven games into his pro career, Grizzlies rookie Hasheem Thabeet breaks his jaw after running into his teammate's rather prodigious melon. Can you eat Memphis BBQ through a straw? [Photo via Memphis Commercial Appeal]...

Where Awkward Happens: Reading The Body Language Of NBA Draft Picks

The David Stern handshake is a newly drafted player's baptism into the NBA. It is also, often as not, hilariously awkward. We asked body language maven Patti Wood to analyze some of these moments from yesterday's Draft....

Thabeet Takes His Balls to Memphis

2. Memphis Grizzles Hasheem Thabeet, UConn It's just the second pick of the draft and David Stern's voice is already cracking. It's his Bar Mitzvah all over again! As for Thabeet, he looks tall and shiny....

Hasheem Thabeet Has Checked Out

The junior center will give up his final year at UConn—as if this image didn't already scream, "Your amateur athletics bore me." [SI]...