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Wiseass At NBA Draft Shouts Out Picks Right Before They're Announced
Anyone with internet access can figure out the NBA Draft minutes before the picks are announced on TV. Adrian Wojnarowski used to spoil the ceremony, and now the task has been seemingly taken over by Wojbomb apprentice Shams Charania. But last night, even the people at the draft were spoiling the pi...
Intriguing Foreign NBA Second-Round Draft Picks, Ranked
1. Alpha Kaba (France, pick no. 60, Atlanta Hawks)...
Here's LaVar Ball Being Raucously Booed While Leaving The Draft
As expected, the Lakers selected UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick of tonight’s NBA draft. As expected, his father LaVar Ball had some grand proclamations to make beforehand. (Mainly that he had it on the good authority of Zeus and Jesus themselves that Lonzo would be drafted ...
Here's How The First Round Of The 2017 NBA Draft Shook Out
The biggest story of the NBA draft’s first round was the Bulls and Timberwolves swapping picks as part of a trade that sent Jimmy Butler to Minnesota in an absurdly low package. Apart from that, things unfolded largely without incident. Kristaps Porzingis is still a Knick, Paul George is still a Pac...
Reports: Bulls Trade Jimmy Butler To Timberwolves For Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn
Days of frenzied Jimmy Butler trade rumors have apparently met their end, via reports from Adrian Wojnarowski and the Chicago Tribune’s K.C. Johnson, among others. The Bulls are sending Butler and their No. 16 draft pick to Minnesota in exchange for shooting guard Zach LaVine, point guard Kris Dunn ...
Report: Phil Jackson Was Falling In And Out Of Sleep During A Prospect's Workout
ESPN’s Jay Williams just told a story absurd enough to rile up the typically unflappable Bob Ley: a top-15 draft pick said Knicks president Phil Jackson was falling in and out of sleep during his workout....
Stephen A. Smith Is Losing His Damn Mind Over Phil Jackson
Something about Phil Jackson’s slipshod management of the Knicks has allowed Stephen A. Smith to enter his zone. There’s genuine emotion behind these Knicks takes....
James Dolan Offers Draft Night Alternative
Knicks fans need a diversion from tonight’s NBA Draft. Paying attention to the goings-on in Brooklyn will only remind them of the team’s terminally sorry state and latest self-immolational threats. ...
An Update On Phil Jackson's Idiot Crusade To Ruin Everything Good For The Knicks
By the hour, it looks less and less likely that the Knicks will decide to keep the best thing they have going for them—Kristaps Porzingis, the young budding star whom they want to trade away for... a draft pick in order to acquire Josh Jackson of Kansas, per the latest from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yah...
Sam Hinkie Leveraged The Orbit Of The Earth To Effectuate Snow Disruption
It’s been a good week for Sixers fans. The team used just one first-rounder from its draft-pick surplus to move up to the No. 1 spot in the NBA Draft, where it will take Markelle Fultz. That gives the team a young corps of Fultz, Ben Simmons, Dario Šarić, and, of course, Joel Embiid. No one really k...
Markelle Fultz Is The Latest Star From The NBA's Feeder County<em></em>
The 2017 NBA draft will lead off with the selection of Markelle Fultz, just 10 days after Kevin Durant was named MVP of the NBA Finals. Both Fultz and Durant are from Prince George’s County, Maryland. But great as they surely are, Fultz and Durant don’t really throw the curve when it comes to gradi...
Reports: Hawks Send Dwight Howard To Hornets For Marco Belinelli, Miles Plumlee
Draft Week trade mania—it’s happening!...
Evan Turner Has The Ultimate Phil Jackson Thought Experiment
Imagine: The year is 2017. You are the president of a dysfunctional NBA franchise, seemingly with no professional goals other than increasing the dysfunction of said franchise and maniacally preaching the virtues of triangles. You do not consider yourself beholden to your players or fans or, really,...
Dan Gilbert's Going To Fuck This Up Again, Isn't He?
Barring catastrophic injury or disaster, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a very good chance of returning to the finals next season, because the East is a bunch of cupcakes and having LeBron James is an excellent head start. Beyond that is unclear, as James has a player option for the 2018-19 season, an...
Run, Don't Walk, To Trade For Jimmy Butler
The Golden State Warriors have been champions for one week, and the rest of the NBA is already scrambling to get in position to beat them next year. The Cavs have spent the past few days on a nonsensical roller coaster, flirting with soon-to-be ex-Pacer Paul George then self-immolating and stunting ...
Put Phil Jackson In Jail And Then Put The Jail In Space
Phil Jackson had millions of sad, tri-state area sphincters clenching after an April presser when he said there was no player on the Knicks who was safe from the trading block. They stayed clenched when Kristaps Porzingis skipped his exit meetings, apparently frustrated after wading through this sew...
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Cleveland Cavaliers To Part Ways With General Manager David Griffin [UPDATED]
With the team at the center of trade rumors—not to mention three days before the draft—the Cavaliers have decided to part ways with general manager David Griffin....
If The Process Had Results, It Wouldn't Be The Process<em></em>
The Process is a success....
Report: Paul George Told The Pacers He Intends To Depart After Next Season
Paul George has told the Indiana Pacers that he will leave the franchise via free agency after the 2017-18 season, according to this Sunday report from Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski....
LeBron James Releases Finals Frustration On Poor Children In Comprehensive Display Of Sports Ownage
Is a water balloon fight sports? Of course it is....