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Can Russell Westbrook even fix this?
Itâs not breaking news that things are not going well for Russell Westbrook with the Lakers, but things reached a particularly embarrassing point on Wednesday night as the Sacramento Kingsâ game ops trolled the former MVP with an âIce Cold Player Of The Gameâ scoreboard graphic, on a night when the ...

Dirk Nowitzki is the GOAT for the Mavericks and will soon have his jersey retired
The Dallas Mavericks arenât wasting any more time. They will honor the GOAT of their franchise on Wednesday when they hang Dirk Nowitzkiâs No. 41 jersey in the rafters of the American Airlines Center in Dallas....

Real Madrid won La Liga this weekend
Whether itâs much of an accomplishment or not, thatâs hard to figure out. La Liga has questionably turned to trash, when compared to what it used to be. Thanks to Barcelonaâs torching their own establishment for the insurance money and forgetting the insurance money, and no other club being able to ...

Deron Williams went from challenging Chris Paul for âbest point guardâ title to marveling at his longevity
Once upon a time, Deron Williams was seen as a top-five NBA point guard alongside draft classmate Chris Paul. Now Williams is retired and admits being a little jealous of Paul and how heâs still playing at such a high level all these years later....

HBO filmed Coltsâ Nyheim Hines fanboying out on Tavon Austin and itâs very sweet
I had no idea that Tavon Austin was playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Nine years ago he was the most explosive player in college football at West Virginia, and arguably one of the most dynamic players in the history of the sport. At 5-foot-8 and under 180 pounds, he was still the No. 8 overall p...

Damian Lillard should have forced his way out of Portland
Hindsight is 20/20. But even then, sometimes people just donât want to see whatâs right in front of them....

Steph Curry is pretty good at shooting 3-pointers
Stephen Curry, officially, remains second on the NBAâs all-time list for 3-pointers made. Friday night in San Francisco, the greatest shooter any of us has ever seen became the unofficial record holder, and thatâs just as good an excuse as any to gawk at his numbers....

Bulls currently thriving with Alex Caruso, and the Lakers couldâve brought their defensive stalwart back at a discount
The 2019-20 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers were a much deeper team than just two stars, LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Danny Green, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Rajon Rondo, and Alex Caruso were all key contributors on a team that finished the regular season 11th in offensive rating and third in defe...

Assuming LeBron James wants to win a fifth championship (duh), it will take less effort from him instead of more
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has played a combined 61,090 combined regular season and playoff minutes, per Basketball-reference.com data. That is just 1,669 total minutes less than Hall of Fame forward Karl Malone and 5,207 minutes less than Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the tw...

Good not being good enough is the Cardinal Way, apparently
Is the Cardinalsâ âphilosophyâ hiring underwhelming coaching staffs?...

Roberto Luongo still hangs over the Canucks
While I do love the image of Roberto Luongo stalking the rafters in the Rogers Arena in a dark robe, perhaps slung over half his face (and Luongo himself might be tempted to actually act this out given the goofball he is) itâs not quite that simple. Itâs not even totally the fault of either Luongo o...

The Miami Heat are going for it again, and whether or not you think itâll work doesnât matter
Itâs the annual time of year where people get instantly overly fixated on whether or not things will work well before they even happen. For example, the day before NBA free agency began, reports surfaced about Kyle Lowry being signed and traded from the Toronto Raptors to the Miami Heat as soon as i...

Itâs a Dame shame
Sometimes, when you look out your window at the world around you, nature is the perfect expression of your emotions. Itâs a weird feeling, but in some ways, itâs comforting. Sometimes it feels as though Mother Nature has heard your heart and responded in kind, as if to say, âI understand.â...

In recent coaching trend, NBA stood for No Blacks Allowed... That MUST change
The NBA is finally back in the Black. In coaching, that is....

LeBron James sounds off on NBA decision-makers
LeBron James is Big Mad....

Itâs been a tale of two brows lately, and thatâs not good enough for Showtime
If the Los Angeles Lakers are going to have any chance at repeating as NBA Champions, they canât have Anthony Davis finishing games with Andrea Bargnani stat lines....

How can you not root for âold manâ Phil Mickelson?
In a day and age where Phil Mickelson makes more money starring in advertisements about psoriatic arthritis than playing golf, youâd think his days of winning majors were far behind him....

LeBronâs out again, so the Lakers need another awesome Anthony Davis game tonight
OK, letâs try this again....

Nobody wants to win La Liga
The pandemic soccer season hasnât thrown up a lot of drama across Europe. Either alongside or because of the oppressive schedule, which has led to exhausted players and pretty wretched games at various times, weâve mostly gotten title processions instead of races. Bayern Munich sauntered to a ninth-...

38-year-old Anderson VarejĂŁo, whoâs been getting paid by the Portland Trail Blazers, is returning to the NBA
Remember Anderson VarejĂŁo? ...