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Maybe Now Is Not Such A Good Time To Remake Your Jumper, Markelle Fultz
A couple days ago Mike Schmitz, formerly of DraftExpress and now of ESPN, tweeted out this interesting, perhaps troubling video of Markelle Fultz shooting free throws during a Sixers training camp practice:...
Kyle Kuzma Is A Really Fun Rookie, Also Lonzo Ball Was There
Whatever happens in Los Angeles during this upcoming NBA regular season, and until further notice, Lonzo Ball is the new face of the Lakers. You can kind of read that in this breathless Ohm Youngmisuk recap of last night’s Lakers preseason game against the Timberwolves:...
Rick Pitino Releases Statement Right As Louisville Announces His Replacement
In what is almost certainly a coincidence and not at all a product of a notoriously calculated, petty former head coach being calculated and petty, Rick Pitino released a lengthy statement Friday afternoon regarding Louisville’s decision to fire him, minutes before the Cardinals announced his replac...
Report: Russell Westbrook Signs Five-Year, $205 Million Extension With Thunder
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Russell Westbrook has signed a five-year extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder worth $205 million. Westbrook now has the most lucrative contract in NBA history, just a touch higher than the new deals signed by Steph Curry and James Harden this summer....
FBI Docs Show The NCAA's Grisly Sausage Factory At Work In Arizona<em></em>
Paying for a top college basketball recruit can be expensive. Documents from the FBI’s investigation into the shadowy world of college basketball uncover a web of corruption, and no single transaction is more interesting than the general negotiations around how much players get paid and who pays the...
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Report: Dennis Schröder Arrested On Battery Charge [Update]
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery on Thursday:...
Kristaps Porzingis Is Alone In The Spotlight Now
About an hour before Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kristaps Porzingis posted a photo of himself, earbuds in, peace sign up, announcing his return to New York....
People Can't Get Enough Of The "Hydrating Kristaps" Meme
Folks, another NBA season is upon us, and wouldn’t you know it, the sports world’s biggest meme market is heating up again. Pop quiz: do you know the hottest NBA meme right now? The answer might be Hoodie Melo. It all started after the world saw some clips of Carmelo Anthony playing basketball nicel...
Report: NBA Approves Lottery Reform That Probably Won't Prevent Tanking
The lottery reform proposal that was submitted to the NBA board of governors earlier this month has reportedly been approved. The new system, designed to curtail tanking, is unlikely to curtail tanking....
Ben Simmons Calls Donald Trump An "Idiot" And A "Dickhead"
Pretty much every pro athlete in America is getting asked about Donald Trump these days, and though many have had interesting things to say, few have cut to the chase quite like Ben Simmons:...
Report: FBI Looking Into Nike's "Grassroots Basketball" Division
According to reports from sports lawyer Darren Heitner and ESPN, the federal prosecutors looking into college basketball corruption have now turned their focus to Nike. The FBI’s New York field office and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York reportedly served a subpoena t...
76ers Already In Midseason Form
“The process never ends,” said 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo during media day on Monday, and while those words sounded perhaps a bit conservative at the time, now that we’ve gotten a glimpse at his team in practice, Colangelo could be right....
Sounds Like The Hawks Despised Dwight Howard
Zach Lowe had Kevin Arnovitz on his podcast Tuesday to discuss the five most puzzling teams in the NBA, one of which was the Charlotte Hornets. The Eastern Conference is a lukewarm soup of bad teams, mediocre teams, and the Cavs and Celtics, which means the Hornets could plausibly finish fourth or 1...
Louisville Has Now Lost Their Two Top Recruits
Only hours after Rick Pitino was effectively fired, basketball recruits are beginning to flee Louisville, and why wouldn’t they? Pitino is finished, and that will likely be just the start the Cardinals’ struggles. Nobody really knows what the full scope of consequences of the FBI’s sting on recruiti...
The NCAA Finally Got The Lawsuit It Deserved, And The One It Wanted
“The schools are, in a way, the victims.”...
The Best Of NBA Photo Day 2017
NBA teams have taken their requisite pictures which can be disseminated in promotional materials you’ll probably throw away almost immediately, but it’s unfair to condemn the practice of making enormous people pose in dumb ways with balls, since the result is so wonderfully goofy. Here are, for one ...
The FBI's NCAA Sting Has Already Cost Auburn A Five-Star Recruit
The fallout from the this week’s FBI crackdown on shady college basketball recruiting tactics is only just beginning. Several college coaches, basketball-adjacent businessmen, and Adidas employees were charged with fraud and bribery on Monday, and the hammer has yet to truly drop on many of the prog...
Report: Louisville Fires Rick Pitino After One Too Many Scandals
Louisville fired Rick Pitino Wednesday, according to ESPN, shortly after letting go athletic director Tom Jurich, who reportedly refused to fire Pitino himself. The axing follows yet another scandal for the Cardinals head coach, this one involving payments made to a recruit by Adidas officials in ex...
Carmelo Anthony Owns Knicks One Final Time, Will Start At Power Forward For OKC
Carmelo Anthony will be Oklahoma City’s starting power forward, according to coach Billy Donovan and Melo himself. This gives the Thunder a very cool and good starting five with tons of switching fluidity on defense; much more importantly: LOL....
Lynx Hold Off Sparks Comeback To Take Game 2 Of The WNBA Finals
The Minnesota Lynx staved off a second-half comeback by the Los Angeles Sparks in tonight’s Game 2 of the WNBA Finals—with the Sparks squandering two key opportunities in a wild and messy final minute before losing, 70-68, to even the series at one game apiece....