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James Harden Owned This Child So Hard He Will Never Grow Up
They teach you to watch the hips. But maybe also keep an eye on the ball:...
LeBron Told A Great Story About The First Time He Met Timofey Mozgov
As far as athlete speeches go, LeBron James’s address to a sea of Cavaliers fans at yesterday’s victory parade was pretty great. James spent his 15 minutes on stage cursin’ and jokin’ and thanking each of his teammates individually. The best moment came when he got to Timofey Mozgov....
LeBron Says He's Staying With The Cavaliers
The likelihood of LeBron James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers shrunk once he won Game 7. Now, for the record, he says he doesn’t want to go anywhere else....
Now You Can Watch LeBron's Block From Every Conceivable Angle
Just when I thought I was finally ready to move on from The Block, the NBA went ahead and put together this compilation that shows it from every angle in the arena. The one that starts at the 27-second mark had me hootin’ and hollerin’ all over again....
Not Now, Dwyane Wade
A lot of people are still thinking about NBA Finals. And who can blame them? Some truly wild shit went down in that series, and it capped off one of the most improbable comebacks in sports history. Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade is also thinking about the Finals ... from 2006:...
Sports LeBron James Could Take Up Today And Excel At, Ranked
We’ve got LeBron James Fever. All we’ve been doing for the past two days is talking about LeBron James. Now we’re making lists....
Is LeBron The Greatest Of All Time Now?
Three weeks ago, if you had told me that you thought LeBron James was the greatest basketball player of all time, I would have done the annoying thing where I scrunch my face up and pantomime comparing weights on my hands and go Ehhhhhhhhh and launch into an intolerable disquisition about pure baske...
LeBron James Answers All The Questions
My favorite quote to come out of a post-Finals coronation that was full of good ones came from Cavaliers GM David Griffin. Here’s what he had to say to ESPN’s Zach Lowe right after his team’s Game 7 victory:...
LeBron's Block Still Doesn't Seem Possible
A lot of incredible, spectacular shit went into Game 7. The balance of all this shit tilted slightly in favor of the Cavs, and that was always going to be the case in any scenario that had the Cavs actually winning—in a strictly player-for-player accounting, they are very clearly less good than the ...
LeBron Had More Important Things To Do With His Shirt And Hat Than To Promote Nike
Yes, J.R. Smith is still shirtless from his night in Vegas, but look away from his booze-glazed torso for a second and focus on LeBron James. Here’s the hero of the Finals, at the moment he literally brings home the trophy Cleveland has been awaiting since before he was born. And he’s wearing—well, ...
LeBron Says He Was Motivated By Some Hurtful Parting Words In Miami
One of the running subplots of the 2015 Finals was LeBron James’s reference to a “secret motivation” driving him—something he shared with teammates, and even with Dwyane Wade, but refused to reveal to the public until he won a championship in Cleveland. He didn’t win last year, but that motivation r...
The Moments Mean Everything
It could not have been a better ending, and it could not have been a more incredible path to get there. This is the stuff sports movies are made of, only no movie could possibly provide enough backstory, enough pathos to make the Cavaliers’ championship mean what it does; only real life can give pro...
Safe To Say Scott Van Pelt Won't Be Missing Skip Bayless
Tonight’s conclusion of the NBA season also means the imminent conclusion of Skip Bayless’s tenure as a polluter of ESPN’s airwaves. Many of his co-workers, it seems, are happy to see him leave....
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 ...
Steve Kerr Pulled Another Rabbit Out Of His Hat And Ah Fuck It Was James Michael McAdoo
By now we all know the story of Nick U’Ren, the Warriors lackey who, during last year’s Finals, famously suggested to the team’s coaching staff that they start Andre Iguodala for the first time all season. It was a feel-good anecdote to take away from a Finals that at times bordered on nihilistic—a ...
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 ......