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The Warriors prioritizing Steph Curry’s ‘window’ is what’s wrong with sports today
It’s one of the oldest clichés in sports: There’s no “I” in team....
Lonzo Ball might be a better three-point shooter than your favorite NBA player
Remember when we all made fun of Lonzo Ball’s shot?...
Basketball should be ashamed by Meyers Leonard’s slap on the wrist
The NBA has decided that using an antisemitic slur is worth the same fine as violating COVID protocols or violating anti-tampering rules....
On the anniversary of sports shutting down due to COVID-19, what have we learned about sports, the virus, and ourselves?
It’s been a year since NBA player Rudy Gobert smeared his hands on reporters’ microphones at a press conference and then tested positive for the coronavirus. A year of lockdowns and masking and handwashing and flouting mask-wearing protocols....
I was hours away from a video shoot with a Jazz player the night Rudy Gobert got COVID
Before my trip to Salt Lake City, I signed up for Delta SkyMiles I would never use....
The day it all fell apart: Deadspin talks to journalists all over the sports world about what they remember when everything shut down
A year ago today was our last “normal” day. At least in the beginning. Only we didn’t know it....
Justin Bieber releases Maple Leafs song, merging two great plagues into one
Look, I know you’re expecting a rant and a rave and perhaps for your laptop to start emitting smoke from this, but that would just be wasted emotion. Justin Bieber wrote a song about the Leafs, because of course he did....
College athletes: NCAA must act swiftly against states passing transgender discrimination laws
College athletes are challenging the NCAA to stand up for the rights of transgender athletes....
Don’t look now James Wiseman, but Draymond Green is loving himself some LaMelo Ball
James Wiseman is on the clock....
Where would Victor Oladipo make the most sense?
Who wants Victor Oladipo?...
Deadspin Wayback Machine: On this date, Cardiac Kemba is born and DeAndre Jordan makes Brandon Knight rethink ever stepping onto a court
Today is the anniversary of two of the most iconic basketball moments in the 21st century....
Steph Curry’s ridiculous threes have permanently ruined the NBA
Blame Steph Curry....
How might COVID-19, and tight playoff races, impact this year’s NBA trade deadline? We asked around
The NBA trade deadline is on March 25. It’s reasonable to anticipate ample movement in a standard NBA season, but because of COVID, we’re obviously in unique times. Are teams going to be hesitant to make moves while pushing for the playoffs because of the lingering disease and all that comes with it...
Porto score from Narnia to beat Old Lady
I’ve been dreaming of doing one of these “Old Lady” headlines ever since I started here, so thank you for coming on this journey with me....
NCAA engages in legal circle-jerk over VASECTOMY MAYHEM
It’s only fitting that the NCAA is very concerned with dicks. The NCAA is petitioning to cancel a urology center’s trademark for “VASECTOMY MAYHEM” – which is a phrase that honestly shouldn’t exist and especially shouldn’t exist around the word “vasectomy”– because they’re concerned that people will...
Turns out Meyers Leonard is actually just a racist scumbag
You may remember Meyers Leonard as the one guy who stood during the National Anthem during the NBA bubble last summer. He claimed at the time it wasn’t due to a lack of respect or dismissal of Black Lives Matter, but an attempt to thread a needle apparently only he could see. Somehow he was let off ...
Daryl Morey calls Joel Embiid ‘the most unstoppable thing I’ve ever seen,’ which begs the question: Is he?
Philadelphia 76ers general manager Daryl Morey sat down with Sports Illustrated NBA Senior Writer Howard Beck for a recent si.com story. Within the interview, Morey knowingly referred to Sixers star center Joel Embiid, as in, not James Harden, as the most impregnable offensive force he’s seen....
It's time to put the NBA All-Star Game into the dumpster
It’s a Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the NBA All-Star Game....
Nearly a third of the NBA was in Miami for Atlanta’s All-Star Weekend
Roughly 150 NBA players were in Miami during All-Star Weekend, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst....
‘Happy’ Rudy Gobert day – don't be like Rudy
Exactly one year ago, this happened....