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Magic Johnson On Idea Of Being Able To Trade Luol Deng: "Hahaha, We Wish"
The trade deadline has come and gone, and to the surprise of no one, the Lakers did not manage to clear any additional cap space by finding someone to take on Luol Deng and the rest of the four-year, $72 million contract that he signed in 2016....
Report: Cavaliers Get Isaiah Thomas The Fuck Out Of Here<em></em>
After just 15 games as an active member of the Cavaliers, Isaiah Thomas is on his way out of Cleveland. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported this morning that the Cavs were acquiring Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance from the Lakers, with the Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor first reporting that Isaiah Thomas an...
Yasiel Puig's Agency Cuts Him Over Reported "Behavior" Issue
Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig is apparently without an agent after the Wasserman group announced today that they’d cut ties with him for what’s been reported as something “behavior-related.” Whatever it was, though, it doesn’t sound like it’s something that could affect his status or relationship ...
Jeff Fisher Must Be Arrested And Tried For His Crimes Against Football
Back in November, when the Los Angeles Rams revealed themselves as a legitimately formidable and dominant team, a significant share of the success seemed like it could be credited to simply getting rid of head coach and possible quarterback poisoner Jeff Fisher. Since then, it is clear that I was to...
Kobe Bryant And Dion Waiters Had Great Reactions To The Eagles Winning The Super Bowl
What makes these videos of native Philadelphians Kobe Bryant and Dion Waiters going nuts the moment the Eagles officially defeated the Patriots to win their first Super Bowl is how relatable they are. Trust me....
Oh Shit, The Clippers Traded Blake Griffin To Detroit
Blake Griffin will soon have a harder time getting guest appearances on Comedy Central shows, because according to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Clippers have traded Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, and a pair of picks....
Random-Ass Lithuania Will Host Lonzo Ball's First Ever Rap Concert Performance
The List of Future LaVar Ball Headlines did not predict this one: per an appearance during his father’s bit in a Lithuanian awards ceremony, Lonzo Ball will perform his first ever rap concert in Lithuania during the summer of 2018. Soon they are going to just rename Lithuania “Balluania” and get it ...
Lou Williams Isn't An All-Star, But He Definitely Rules
It’s not every day that a bench player on a middling squad makes the news for not being selected to an All Star game, but here we are:...
Jordan Clarkson Reveals The Lakers' Painful Strategy Against The Knicks<em></em>
The Lakers blew the Knicks out 127-107 last night, thanks to a 29-point, 10-assist night from Jordan Clarkson off the bench. What was the secret to their success?...
Austin Rivers Knows Everyone Thinks He's An Annoying Scrub Getting By Because Of His Dad<em></em>
Even though Austin Rivers didn’t play against the Rockets earlier this week, his very presence helped spark the Rockets’ furtive voyage to the Clippers locker room to cause a commotion and not actually fight. This is because, as Bill Simmons said on Zach Lowe’s podcast, Rivers would not stop talking...
Report: Rockets "Shocked And Disappointed" The Clippers Weren't Punished For Making Them Mad
The Rockets’ Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green each got two-game suspensions handed down on Wednesday for their roles in the now almost-mythic “secret passageway” confrontation in which they allegedly tried to storm the Clippers’ locker room after a loss. The team, however, is reportedly “shocked and di...
Trevor Ariza And Gerald Green Are The Fall Guys For The Rockets' Locker Room Raid<em></em>
Per Adrian Wojnarowski, Houston’s Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green will be the only players getting discipline from the NBA after the Rockets’ reported invasion-by-secret-passage of the Clippers’ locker room following their loss in L.A. on Monday night. Chris Paul and James Harden, despite reportedly b...
Chris Paul And The Rockets Were Never Going To Fight Anyone
Now that the Houston Rockets have Chris Paul leading their offense, they’ve become a much more formidable team. They’ve also taken on the personality of their new superstar, which is to say, despite cementing themselves as the most credible Western Conference threat the Warriors have seen in years (...
An Inactive D'Angelo Russell Got A Tech For Clapping From The Bench
We have even more evidence that the league-wide relationship between NBA players and officials is becoming increasingly untenable. There were a total of 21 technicals given out during Monday’s slate of games, and five players were ejected. There were many confounding moments, but perhaps none more s...
The Rockets Hilariously Tried To Storm The Clippers' Locker Room
Beef! We’ve got beef! Major NBA beef. Sound the beef siren!...
Mike D'Antoni To Blake Griffin: "Fuck You"
Things got chippy at the end of the Clippers’ win over the Rockets on Monday, and at the center of it all was Blake Griffin. The L.A. big man eventually got ejected for a little tie-up with Trevor Ariza, but before that, he got some hate from Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni....
Lakers Owner Jeanie Buss Offers Some Public Support For Luke Walton
Apparently spurred by Brian Windhorst linking the Lakers to David Fizdale as an eventual Luke Walton replacement, via a connection between Fizdale and LeBron James, the Lakers have finally offered an endorsement of Walton, such as it is:...
Lou Williams Drains 30-Footer In Closing Seconds To Hit 50 Points <em></em>Against Warriors<em></em>
Lou Williams exploded in the Clippers’ 125-106 victory over the Warriors tonight, including a wild third quarter in which he scored 27 points. With both the win and a personal scoring record secure as the clock ticked down—Williams had 47 points, compared to his previous high of 44—he sank this from...
ESPN: It's Bad That We Keep Squeezing Juicy Quotes Out Of LaVar Ball<em></em><em></em>
“There’s always oxygen somewhere,” reads an article on ESPN.com this morning, criticizing the Los Angeles Lakers’ front-office muckety-mucks for their radio silence on the antics of hot-taking sports dad LaVar Ball, “and a firebrand like Ball will always find it.” This seems a bit rich, coming from ...
The Falcons' Defense Is Finding Itself At Just The Right Time
For much of this season, it’s been difficult to take the Atlanta Falcons seriously. After a 3-0 start, they lost back-to-back home games to the Bills and Dolphins before getting thumped by the Patriots, by which time the hangover from 28-3 had reached the coffee-and-aspirin phase. Their offense, eve...