Basketball Page 869 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo continue hilarious bromance chemistry
Apparently, Dwyane Wade is setting his old teammates up to fail. And the result is comical, if nothing else....

The Middle man in Milwaukee
We talk about him more nowadays, and rightfully so, his resume demands it....

The Greatest Game 1 NBA Finals performances of the 21st century
And now for our second NBA Finals in about nine months....

This Finals trip will shape Devin Booker’s career
Devin Booker is that dude. ...

Win or lose, Torrey Craig can get a ring
Torrey Craig is in a rare win-win situation....

Steve Ballmer and other admirably stupid celebrations of sports team owners
Did you ever have a reason for an impromptu joyous celebration and decide, in that moment, the thing you’re going to do with the people closest to you is… grab their thighs?...

It’s time for Milwaukee to show that killer instinct they found in Game 5
Charles Barkley ain’t the type of dude you agree with 100 percent of the time. Frankly, if you do agree with anyone all the time, you’re probably a weirdo. ...

If Durant, Dirk, and Kareem <em>NBA 2K22 </em>cover leak is legit, then 2K nailed it this year<em> </em>
It’s NBA 2k cover season, when the storied video game franchise typically announces its cover athletes for the forthcoming September game....

Brook Lopez turned back the clock, and a shoutout to Bobby Portis, while I'm at it
There’s a long list of heroic playoff performances made by All-Stars turned role players later in their careers, and now, Brook Lopez has entered the chat....

The Phoenix Suns’ Finals trip reeks to high heavens
The Phoenix Suns’ run to the NBA Finals is fugazi....

Patrick Beverley shoved Chris Paul and Frank Kaminsky… kinda just stood there
Y’all ever heard of James Butler?...

This is how it always ends for the Clippers, one way or another
It almost feels like the Clippers are being euthanized for the second straight year. Much like Kevin Durant did this postseason, Paul George just ran out of gas trying to make up for what wasn’t there....

A report about the NBA wanting to add games, on the same day Giannis got hurt? The irony
Less is more, even if it causes you to leave money on the table....

Tonight is the biggest night in Chris Paul’s storied career
Game 6 tonight is the most important game of Chris Paul’s career....

Go against logic and believe in THESE Los Angeles Clippers
It’s easy to believe the Los Angeles Clippers can’t do the impossible....

Barkley has got this one right: Bucks have no killer instinct
Charles Barkley can be lazy and out of touch, and occasionally insightful, but he nailed it with the Bucks last night. That’s after he forgot who Jeff Teague plays for, which would seem to be the minimum requirement for his job. Anyway, at halftime, when the Bucks were down 20 to a Trae Young-less H...

EXCLUSIVE: Phoenix Mercury smash through sports betting’s glass ceiling, ink huge deal with Bally’s
Earlier this year, NBA star Draymond Green courted the wrath of female athletes and fans of women’s sports everywhere by suggesting that pro women’s leagues haven’t done enough to court corporate dollars, adding that they can’t complain about the pay gap between men and women’s pro sports until they...

Down 2-1, the Hawks are still capable… if Trae Young is active
John Collins has a point....

Scottie Pippen says Phil Jackson is a racist
Scottie Pippen just called Phil Jackson a racist....

Becky Hammon doesn’t need your pity interviews and neither do we
Back in the mid-2000s, long before she would eventually get the GM position she so desperately deserved, Kim Ng’s name used to pop up in every single GM search. “Oh, (insert MLB team name)? They’re interviewing this guy, that guy, this guy over here, and Kim Ng.”...