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The Grizzlies' Front Office Is A Dysfunctional Zoo Of Obtuseness
The briefly open relationship between the Memphis Grizzlies and head coach Dave Joerger reset curiously this week when the Minnesota Timberwolves did not hire him away. Hall pass thus revoked, Joerger came back and made nice with his bosses, who, if this delightful bit of reportage by SI's Chris Man...
Dude Gets Crossed Up By Hot Sauce, Then Demolished By An Alley-Oop
Hot Sauce, cult hero of the And1 Mixtapes and so forth, has played his way back into the public eye and this website after completely murdering this one defender in a recent clip. Seriously, the defender might be dead. ...
Bill Simmons Lays Out Nonsensical Theory About LeBron James
At the half during last night's Miami Heat-Indiana Pacers game, ESPN multiplatform presence Bill Simmons offered up a remarkable theory to explain why LeBron James came out slowly in the game. James, he speculated, may have been distracted by the results of the NBA draft lottery, in which his former...
Watch Every Single Three-Pointer Steph Curry Made This Season
He didn't quite keep his record-breaking pace from last season, but watching Steph Curry splash threes for 17 uninterrupted minutes is still a great time....
Is Time For Timofey Mozgov In Crazy-Ass Photo Shoot
Timofey Mozgov did a fashion spread for Russian Esquire, and it is bewildering. The photos are described as "Basketball Timofey Mozgov (216 cm), who in 2010 played in NBA, tried to try shirt designed for the common man," but that doesn't even begin to do them justice....
The Lawyer Who Blocked Kevin Durant
Last week, Brice Plebani stopped by the Seat Pleasant Activity Center in Prince George's County, Md., to drop off a graduation invitation. ...
Kawhi Leonard, Who Is The Future, Ran The Blazers Off The Floor
If you didn't catch any of the Spurs' series-clinching win over the Blazers last night—yet another perfectly orchestrated, Spursian blowout—the only highlight you really need to watch is the one above....
It's been 20 years since The Last Shot, Darcy Frey's stone classic on Coney Island hoops, was published. In a very nice piece, Amos Barshad catches up with Frey and the book's surviving principals, exploring not only the reporting process but the book's continuing effects on their lives. [Grantland]...
Chris Paul Really Fucked That One Up
Take a good look at Chris Paul's face. Have you ever in your life seen a more distraught person? This is the face of a man who fucked up big time, and is painfully aware of just how badly he fucked up....
The Fantastic World Of Mexican Basketball, Photos By Jorge Santiago
Jorge Santiago is a photographer who divides his time between the U.S. and Mexico. In his project Identity at Play: Basketball in Mexico, he explores the ways in which basketball reinforces indigenous identity, and is shaped by the unique geography, history, culture, and sense of community in the Si...
Sad NBA Promotion: Bucks Send Ping Pong Balls To Fans
I don't think I understand this. The Milwaukee Bucks, who finished with the worst record in the NBA this season, sent these ping pong balls to a select group of fans because...something....
Now <em>That</em> Was A Russell Westbrook Game
If any player in the NBA can accurately be described as basketball cocaine, it's Russell Westbrook. When things go badly, like they did when he shot 9-of-26 in Game 3 against Memphis, he can make you regret that you ever even considered him a viable source of fun. But when things go right, like they...
Craig Ehlo On What It Felt Like To Be On The Other Side Of "The Shot"
Twenty-five years ago today, Michael Jordan hit "The Shot," a play that remains one of the signature highlights of his career. Craig Ehlo, the man who makes up the other half of that iconic moment, talked to us last year about what it was like to guard Michael Jordan. Here's how he remembers the sho...
The Hoops Whisperer
Check out this Talk of the Town piece by Reeves Wiedeman:...
Newspaper Headline: "Heat Cut Nuts"
Playing against the Heat sounds like no fun at all....
Steve Francis Pours Booze All Over Himself In A Club
It's time for yet another edition of What the Hell is Going on With Steve Francis? Today's episode takes us to a club in Miami, where Francis was filmed grooving to "Drunk in Love" by himself while pouring booze all over his own head and face. At the end, he just falls right the hell over. It's all ...
Euroleague Players Get Together For Amazing Pool Dunk
We like pool dunks. This one, orchestrated by the Euroleague, may not be the most complicated one we've ever seen, but it is certainly the most polished. It also incorporates a water jet pack, so it's got that going for it....
The NBA's Improbable Pipeline (Go Figure)
Fascinating piece by Liam Boylan-Pett over at SB Nation Longform:...
