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Mitch Kupchak Doesn't Want To Talk About Byron Scott
Byron Scott is a very bad basketball coach. That wasn’t much of a problem for the Lakers last season, when all they wanted to do was lose as many games as possible, but his ineptitude matters a lot more now that he’s responsible for the development of some key young players. It will be an even bigge...
Mikhail Prokhorov's Got Jokes
The Brooklyn Nets don’t have a GM. This is a particularly bad time of year to not have a GM, because unloading some expensive, veteran talent in exchange for draft picks or cap relief is a good way for a bad team to begin trying to unfuck itself. So it was no surprise when Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski...
Bernie Sanders Used A Lot Of Elbows In His Pickup Basketball Games
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders showed off his basketball skills as he awaited the New Hampshire primary results last week, and it became clear that he had a devastating set shot. The Guardian’s Les Carpenter dug into Sanders’s hoops history and found that the politician had been part...
Blake Griffin Apologizes For Punching Clippers Equipment Staffer
Clippers star Blake Griffin spoke to the media today for the first time since he broke his hand punching friend and Clippers’ equipment staffer Matias Testi in the face, and apologized profusely for it....
Eighth Grader Impaled By Gym Floor During Basketball Game
Basketball players frequently go sprawling onto the court, and usually the worst that happens is a banged knee or a skinned elbow. But at a girls basketball tournament in Middleton, Wis. this weekend, a 14-year-old was impaled by a piece of broken floorboard after she fell....
Reports: The Heat Are Scared Chris Bosh's Blood Clots Have Returned
Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh pulled out of the All-Star Game because of a strained calf, but stuck around Toronto to enjoy in some of the festivities as his decision not to participate was mostly a precaution. He has since returned to Miami for additional medical tests, and those tests may have ind...
Ivan Johnson Got Banned For Life From Playing Basketball In Yet Another Country
Ivan Johnson, former Hawks power forward and one of the most intimidating NBA players in recent memory, was banned from the Phillipine Basketball Association for life this morning for, “addressing the Commissioner with profanities and showing utter disrespect for authority.” ...
Give Me An NBA One-On-One Tournament During The Boring, Low Energy All-Star Weekend, Or Give Me Death
The NBA’s All-Star Weekend isn’t very interesting anymore. Of the weekend’s three marquee events, only the Three-Point Contest is compelling. Creativity was drained from the Slam Dunk Contest years ago, and the All-Star Game is played with little more effort than I exert brushing my teeth. But there...
Wait, Did The Clippers Pretend To Stab Paul Pierce A Bunch Of Times?
The Clippers played in Boston last night, possibly marking former Celtics great Paul Pierce’s last chance to play in front of his old fans. Pierce received a warm welcome from the crowed when he was introduced, and then participated in a very strange skit with his teammates....
LeBron James Rifles Pass Into D'Angelo Russell's Dong
I really didn’t need to see three replays of this....
Complaint: Basketball Coach, Rick Adelman's Son, Taught Players Insanely Misguided Race Lesson
Four parents of Lincoln High School (Portland, Ore.) basketball players have filed a complaint against varsity coach Pat Adelman, alleging that Adelman called white players racists during a halftime tongue-lashing, and demeaned two black players by making their teammates touch them, according to Wil...
Kobe Bryant Once Gave Pretty Hilarious Sex Advice To A Reporter
Complex ran a fun feature today, where they asked 18 different journalists who have covered the Lakers for their favorite Kobe story. There are some gems in there—like the time Kobe and the team’s play-by-play announcer raced down the freeway—but the best entry comes from Los Angeles Times writer Er...
It Sure Looks Like Draymond Green Got A Ref To Admit He Made A Bad Call
Warriors forward Draymond Green fell a bit short of his standard triple-double output against the Rockets last night, but he appeared to accomplish a rare NBA feat after having a clean block erased by a bad foul call....
Warriors Cap Razzle-Dazzle Fast Break With Alley-Oop Layup
The Warriors and Rockets are engaged in an absolute barn burner in Oakland—it was 93-93 at the end of the third quarter—full of unlikely threes and great offense. But even within the context of an already hyperkinetic game, this amazing sequence by the Warriors is one of the prettiest things I’ve se...
Bernie Sanders Is On Fire ... From One Specific Spot On The Floor
Killing time before votes from the New Hampshire primary started trickling in, Bernie Sanders showed off some of the skill that helped his Brooklyn elementary school win the borough championship. I’d make a joke here, but that’s bigger than any basketball accomplishment I have....
Hassan Whiteside Tossed For Elbowing Boban Marjanovic In The Head
Oh surprise, Heat center Hassan Whiteside is doing dirty things again. This time it’s elbowing gigantic Spurs center Boban Marjanovic in the head while the two were fighting for position: ...
Gregg Popovich Is Dismayed With The New Hampshire Primary Results
Gregg Popovich gave his usual surly in-game interview, but then David Aldridge asked a question that intrigued him: did Pop want to know the results of tonight’s primaries in New Hampshire? Yes, yes he did....
Blake Griffin Suspended Four Games For Punching Out Equipment Staffer
The Los Angeles Clippers announced today that Blake Griffin will be suspended four games without pay, and fined an additional game check, for punching team equipment staffer Matias Testi....
So How Many Players Showed Up To The Kings' Shootaround Monday Morning?
Another night, another baffling story about the Sacramento Kings. After their 120-100 loss to the Cavaliers, Rajon Rondo complained to reporters about how only “3 or 4” players showed up to an optional shootaround in the morning....