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Real Madrid Player Makes No-Look Buzzer-Beater
No, not the soccer club. With 0.4 on the clock, Real Madrid Baloncesto's Felipe Reyes caught a full-court inbounds pass and blindly tossed it up. It somehow hit nothing but net....
So Who's This Andrew Wiggins Kid? An Explainer
You've heard about him, and maybe watched this ridiculous YouTube video, or this one, or this one, or this one. He's Andrew Wiggins, the 18-year-old basketball phenom who's already been called the next LeBron James. Last May, Wiggins committed to the University of Kansas, where he'll likely stay for...
Can Science Predict An Injury-Prone Future Draft Pick?
Freshman basketball phenom Andrew Wiggins’s college debut tonight for the University of Kansas is one of the most anticipated arrivals in a generation. When he steps on the court at Allen Fieldhouse against the University of Louisiana at Monroe, scouts from every NBA team will presumably be watching...
This Guy Lived Your Streetball Dreams
Three after three, against an increasingly incredulous and frustrated defense. This is how it always plays out in the head of the unathletic perimeter shooter during the walk to the playground, but rarely does it come true....
Dwight Howard Wants To Fight In The UFC For Some Reason
So Dwight Howard was backstage at a fight card in Houston recently and he talked boisterously, before Chandler Parsons and the world, about how he'd love to fight one day and would do it for $10 million and—and, who cares, right? It's Dwight Howard. We know he'll never fight. (Even if he did, it wou...
NBA Shit List: Andrew Bogut, The Honky Messiah
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....
This Is What It Was Like To Play For The Qaddafis' Basketball Team
Excerpted from Qaddafi's Point Guard: The Incredible Story of a Professional Basketball Player Trapped in Libya's Civil War, which is available now from Rodale. ...
Fail Better
Earlier this year Jonathan Abrams has a piece about two veteran ball players, Jerry Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace:...
The Good Doctor
There is a long, engaging excerpt from Dr. J's new book (written with the talented Karl Taro Greenfeld) over at Grantland. Worth checking out, for sure....
Maybe This Is Why UCLA Hoops Once Sucked?
Hey, these Bruins are wearing boxing gloves. Surely there's some reasonable explanation, right? Ben Cosgrove runs it down at The Stacks......
Maybe This Is Why UCLA Hoops Once Sucked?
It's been two decades since they won an NCAA title. The glory years of John Wooden's titanic career are faded California dreams. But UCLA remains a nationally ranked team each and every season. This 1945 photograph, meanwhile, might help explain why Bruins hoops endured losing records for so many ye...
Eddie Vedder Is Mad At Those "Fuckers" In OKC For Stealing The Sonics. Also, Let's Watch Him Fall Down Over And Over Again
Here's aging dinosaur rocker Eddie Vedder at a recent concert in Charlotte, N.C., disparaging certain "fuckers" in Oklahoma City for stealing the SuperSonics from Seattle. Eddie Vedder is no friend of yours, residents of the Sooner State!...
The NBA Players No One Will Pass To
Now that the NBA's new SportVU site has launched, armchair morons like you and me can avail themselves of all kinds of wonky stats—how often Marc Gasol touches the ball on the elbow, say, or how many of his rebounds Dwight Howard actually has to fight for. But leave that for the professionals. What ...
Oh Yeah, Andre Iguodala Also Made A Ludicrous Pass Last Night
Yeah, 55-foot alley-oops are pretty cool, but so are behind-the-back passes from the corner that lead to an easy layup. Be sure to catch Iguodala's facial expression as he runs back on defense. Not even he can believe that shit actually worked. ...
James Harden Really Didn't Feel Like Playing Defense Last Night
The Houston Rockets surrendered 137 points to the Los Angeles Clippers last night. The Clippers' high-powered offense is mostly responsible for that staggering point total, but it's also very hard to stop teams from scoring when your shooting guard is playing perimeter defense like this. ...
Junior College Player Throws Down Incredibly Filthy Putback Dunk
Meet Javonte Douglas. He's a 6-foot-7 sophomore who plays for the Central Florida Patriots, and he can jump really, really high. Like, "Hey look, my head a solid foot above the rim right now" high....
Dan Snyder Has A Redskins Basketball Court
Dan Snyder hesitates at the top of the arc. "Ahhhhhh," he hisses, simulating the crowd noise of thousands of fans, all here to see Dan the Man land another rim-rattling slam. He fakes left, and drives to his right. A spin move in the paint! Then up, up goes Snyder, dunking the ball with authority on...
Don't Pay For NBA League Pass Broadband! It's Straight Up Garbage.
We're starting to get complaints from people who paid their hard earned money for NBA's League Pass Broadband, presumably because they were unaware that it is just about the worst thing in the world, and are now angry because they're stuck with a non-functional service and horrifyingly non-responsiv...
Jrue Holiday Forgot What Team He Plays For Last Night
What's up, Pelicans fans? Are you excited about your team's new identity and collection of talented young players? That Anthony Davis sure looks like he's going to be great!...