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People Can't Get Enough Of The "Hydrating Kristaps" Meme
Folks, another NBA season is upon us, and wouldn’t you know it, the sports world’s biggest meme market is heating up again. Pop quiz: do you know the hottest NBA meme right now? The answer might be Hoodie Melo. It all started after the world saw some clips of Carmelo Anthony playing basketball nicel...
Report: NBA Approves Lottery Reform That Probably Won't Prevent Tanking
The lottery reform proposal that was submitted to the NBA board of governors earlier this month has reportedly been approved. The new system, designed to curtail tanking, is unlikely to curtail tanking....
Ben Simmons Calls Donald Trump An "Idiot" And A "Dickhead"
Pretty much every pro athlete in America is getting asked about Donald Trump these days, and though many have had interesting things to say, few have cut to the chase quite like Ben Simmons:...
76ers Already In Midseason Form
“The process never ends,” said 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo during media day on Monday, and while those words sounded perhaps a bit conservative at the time, now that we’ve gotten a glimpse at his team in practice, Colangelo could be right....
Sounds Like The Hawks Despised Dwight Howard
Zach Lowe had Kevin Arnovitz on his podcast Tuesday to discuss the five most puzzling teams in the NBA, one of which was the Charlotte Hornets. The Eastern Conference is a lukewarm soup of bad teams, mediocre teams, and the Cavs and Celtics, which means the Hornets could plausibly finish fourth or 1...
The Best Of NBA Photo Day 2017
NBA teams have taken their requisite pictures which can be disseminated in promotional materials you’ll probably throw away almost immediately, but it’s unfair to condemn the practice of making enormous people pose in dumb ways with balls, since the result is so wonderfully goofy. Here are, for one ...
Carmelo Anthony Owns Knicks One Final Time, Will Start At Power Forward For OKC
Carmelo Anthony will be Oklahoma City’s starting power forward, according to coach Billy Donovan and Melo himself. This gives the Thunder a very cool and good starting five with tons of switching fluidity on defense; much more importantly: LOL....
Report: Dwyane Wade Signs One-Year Deal With The Cavs
Fresh off his buyout from Chicago, Dwyane Wade is headed to Cleveland, signing a one-year, $2.3 million deal with the Cavs, according to The Vertical’s Shams Charania....
Michael Beasley Just Wants To Know Who The Real Brain Genius Is
Michael Beasley is new to New York. Already he has said that he is “your favorite player’s favorite player” and that he, at 28, can still be “one of the best in the NBA.” Slow your roll, Beez. There are at least two more reasonable goals for you to achieve first: starting small forward(???) for the...
Carmelo Anthony Begs Donald Trump To Pay Attention To The Disaster In Puerto Rico
After taking a direct hit from Hurricane Maria last week, the entirety of Puerto Rico is without electricity. Sixty percent of the island has no running water. Fuel is running low. Communications are difficult, as phone service is rare. The devastation is indescribable, the images unbelievable. Gov....
Gregg Popovich Goes Off On Trump: "Our Country Is An Embarrassment In The World"
This afternoon at San Antonio Spurs media day, coach Gregg Popovich addressed Donald Trump’s recent comments on Steph Curry, as well as the broader reaction to NFL players taking a knee en masse. Popovich has been giving thoughtful and eloquent responses to questions about politics since the electio...
LeBron James Has Fun Calling Donald Trump A "Bum" Again
Players and coaches around the NBA have taken shots at President Donald Trump and defended Americans’ right to peacefully protest, with LeBron James naturally receiving the most attention for calling Trump a “bum.” When asked about his remark today, James had some fun goading one reporter into repe...
Carmelo Anthony Has Escaped A Hell Partly Of His Own Making
What did it feel like, at the very end?...
Sixers Corner The Market For NBA Okafors
The Philadelphia 76ers have issued a training-camp invite to veteran center Emeka Okafor. In Philly he will join his distant cousin and fellow center, Jahlil Okafor, to assemble the tallest, greatest, and only pair of oft-injured basketball centers named “Okafor” in the history of the world....
Report: Chicago Bulls And Dwyane Wade Agree To A Buyout
K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune is reporting Sunday night that Dwyane Wade and the Chicago Bulls have agreed to a buyout, a move that will immediately make Wade a free agent. This was an inevitability virtually the moment the Bulls completed the Jimmy Butler trade back in June....
Paul George Isn't Done Throwing Shade At The Pacers
Paul George talked to Sam Amick of USA Today about the superstar trio suddenly in place in Oklahoma City now that the Thunder have agreed to a trade to acquire Carmelo Anthony. It’s not all that super clear how Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony will fit together in a game that only...
LeBron James Says Donald Trump Is Using Sports "To Try To Divide Us Even More"
Following up on his savage “u bum” tweet aimed at Donald Trump earlier today, LeBron James took to UNINTERRUPTED this afternoon to offer more expansive thoughts on our President’s deranged behavior:...
Reports: The Knicks Have Agreed To Trade Carmelo Anthony To The Oklahoma City Thunder
Reports came in this week that Carmelo Anthony had added the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder to his list of teams for which he’d waive his no-trade clause. That was apparently as much freedom as Knicks general manager Scott Perry needed: Carmelo Anthony has now reportedly been traded t...
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The Sports World Is Dragging Donald Trump [Updates]
Consecutive temper tantrums had President Donald Trump calling for “son of a bitch” NFL players to be fired for protesting during the national anthem, and then trying to rescind a non-existent invitation to the White House from Golden State Warriors players who’d already said they’d decline any suc...
Donald Trump Continues To Go After Outspoken Black Athletes
This morning, we can be fairly sure, Donald Trump was watching the teevee and saw a Fox & Friends report about how star Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry wants to not go to the White House if the team is invited there to celebrate their recent championship. He punched a message into Twit...