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The NBA Finals Have Blessed Us With Dank Memes
LeBron James and the Cavs just dunked all over Steph Curry and the Warriors, providing the fuel to run a thousand take machines for a century. While the games in the NBA Finals have been lopsided, the bizarre subplots—Draymond’s dick and balls violence, LeBron’s utter dominance, Steph Curry’s terrib...
LeBron James Is Omnipotent
Shortly after Steph Curry left the floor, grinning in embarrassment over getting ejected, LeBron James shot a pair of free throws to deafening “MVP!” chants. He is not, of course, the MVP of this 2016 season, but make no mistake: He is very much still the best player in the NBA, and after a glorious...
LeBron Even Dominated The Camera Operators
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This LeBron James Pass Will Make Your Knees Buckle
The Golden State Warriors are in the process of getting cooked and eaten by LeBron James and his Cavaliers, losing the first quarter 31-11. James got a series of easy dunks, Kyrie Irving roasted poor Steph Curry, but the most spectacular moment was this needle that James threaded through to Tristan ...
J.R. Smith's Daughter Burns Him On National Television
Aside from a 20-pointer in Game 5, J.R. Smith hasn’t really shown up in these NBA Finals. That’s okay! His daughter is proud of him anyway. Why’s that? Because he made it this far into the season without getting kicked off the team....
Police Found Kentucky Basketball Player Passed Out Next To His Car
Kentucky Wildcats basketball player Derek Willis was arrested for public intoxication last weekend, according to WCPO, which got the dashcam video. Police arrived at the scene and found the 20-year-old passed out next to his car on the side of the road....
It’s Time We Talked About The Gawker Sale
For over a year, we at Deadspin have remained fairly quiet about the insane story consuming our parent company, Gawker Media. But while the Hulk Hogan verdict is being appealed and this company is being put up for sale (***flashes bare leg at Mark Cuban***), I think it’s time that we talked openly a...
It Sucks To Be Kevin Love, But At Least He Didn't Actually Get Left Hanging
If you’re a basketball fan who has been on the internet this morning, you’ve likely seen a Vine that appears to show Kevin Love attempting to high five LeBron James, and then getting mercilessly left hanging....
There's Still Nothing Quite Like A Locked-In LeBron James
Whatever happens in Game 6 of the NBA Finals—be it Draymond Green returning to the court to punch everyone’s dicks off, the Cavs getting blown out while Kevin Love flees the arena like Jerry Lundegaard, or Steph Curry turning in another relative clunker—at least we got an iconic LeBron James perform...
Fine, The Cavs And The Warriors Are Going To Play Another Game
Noted Golden State Warriors stan and fanboy blogger Kevin Draper was too busy getting drunk tonight, so we’re the ones helping you cope with the game you watched. It was neither a memorable nor horrible game, but even the NBA gets a case of the Mondays. Here are some thoughts ......
J.R. Smith Gets Into Dustup With Heckling Teens
This past November, Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was involved in an altercation outside of a pizza shop in New York City. A 19-year-old reportedly claimed Smith attacked him, choked him, and slammed him into a wall in retaliation for a joke about him being traded by the Knicks. Deadspin has ...
Draymond Green Is An Asshole
“Golden State’s reliance on an unstable isotope is a high-stakes gamble that has finally blown up in their face,” FreeDarko founder Bethlehem Shoals writes for GQ re: Draymond Green’s Game 5 suspension for whacking LeBron James in the dick and balls. “The degree to which Golden State depends on Gree...
Report: Draymond Green Will Be At An A's Game While The Warriors Play
Draymond Green, a two-bit Kevin Garnett impersonator who plays for the Golden State Warriors, can’t be in the arena for tonight’s Game 5 because of his suspension for punching LeBron’s dick. But he will be close by....
LeBron Did Not Appreciate Draymond Green Calling Him A "Bitch," And The Warriors Don't Care
During his press conference after Game 4, LeBron James alluded to the fact that Draymond Green called him some unkind things during their tiff at the end of the game. He was apparently more specific when talking to ESPN’s Chris Broussard after the game, telling the reporter that Green called him a “...
Peru Knock Brazil Out Of Copa América On Obvious, Uncalled Handball
Peru earned their first in-competition win over Brazil since 1975 thanks to an incredibly obvious handball that interrupted the game for several minutes and appeared to leave the referee in a state of catatonic confusion....
World Cup Host Country Jails Dutch Rape Victim On Adultery Charges
FIFA remains committed to hosting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where a projected 7,000 slaves will die in the process of constructing facilities funded by Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Anheuser-Busch. But the atrocious human rights situation in that country extends beyond the laborers shanghaied into b...
Meanwhile, An Update On Draymond Green
Draymond “The Sterilizer” Green helped his team’s cause en route to the Warriors’ win tonight in Game 4....
The NBA Playoffs Have Been Historically Non-Competitive
No matter who ends up winning the NBA Finals, they will have both won and lost a Finals game by 30 points. That’s as appropriate of a coda as any for what has been a historically non-competitive playoffs....
Klay Thompson Thinks Timofey Mozgov's Screen Was "Kind Of Dirty"
Klay Thompson was briefly removed from Game 3 of the NBA Finals after a collision with Cavs center Timofey Mozgov left him with a contusion on his left thigh. After the game, Thompson was still annoyed about how things went down:...