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Steven Adams On Autobiography He Wrote: "I Can Barely Read, Mate"

Steven Adams has an autobiography coming out this year with author Madeleine Chapman. The Oklahoma City Thunder center talked about it today when prompted, and it’s clear that he worked very hard on it....

Maybe Just Get Zaza Pachulia The Fuck Out Of Here

Here are some fun clips. For all intents and purposes, they might as well be the highlights of Zaza Pachulia’s 14-year NBA career....

Cavs Open Investigation After Fan Pesters Patty Mills With Racist Taunts [Update]

Spurs point guard Patty Mills was shooting two free throws in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game in Cleveland when TV cameras picked up a fan heckling from the stands. “Hey Jamaican dog, they want their bobsledder back!” the fan yelled. “Hey Mills, Jamaica just called, they want their bobsledder ba...

Stan Van Gundy Roasts The NCAA, Calls Out Racism Of The One-And-Done Rule

Detroit’s Stan Van Gundy—one of the smartest and most quotable coaches in the NBA—got asked about the NCAA, and the Friday report about the FBI’s enforcement of recruiting violations, ahead of his Pistons’ game against the Hornets on Sunday. He took the opportunity to go in on the NBA’s free minor l...

Jimmy Butler's Injury Could've Been So Much Worse, But The Wolves Are Still In Trouble

So it’s a torn meniscus and likely surgery for Jimmy Butler, after he crumpled to the court Friday night:...

Extremely Pissed Russell Westbrook, On Zaza Pachulia: "He Tried To Hurt Me"

The Warriors pounded the bejeezus out of the Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday night, to the tune of 112-80. 80 points is the fewest scored in a game this season by the Thunder, and 32 points is their biggest margin of defeat. It was a wipeout: the Warriors won every quarter, and held the trio of Russe...

Damian Lillard Rescued His Blazers From The Lowly Suns, And Also The Suns From The Blazers

It is not an exaggeration to say that Damian Lillard’s heroics in the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s Blazers-Suns tilt rescued both teams: the Blazers are smack in the middle of the West’s dense playoff pack; meanwhile the Suns, had they won, would’ve gone from having the worst win percentage in...

Nikola Jokic Is On A Hell Of A Tear

The NBA’s Western Conference is a tangle: the third-seed Spurs are ahead of the 10th-seed Jazz by just 4.5 games; those Spurs have managed to win just three of their last 10 games, and while they’ve been swirling in rare drama having to do with Kawhi Leonard’s injury status, those Jazz have won nine...

Oh No, Not Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler—the Timberwolves’ leading scorer and best player, and the NBA’s leader in minutes per game prior to the All-Star break—went down in a crumpled heap in the third quarter of Minnesota’s Friday night loss to the Houston Rockets. It looked like a non-contact injury, and Butler had to be hel...

Steph Curry Is Funny

Here is a shot that Steph Curry made last night. These are the things about it that made me laugh:...

Russell Westbrook Downs Kings With Soul-Crushing Buzzer-Beating Three

With less than two seconds remaining in tonight’s Thunder-Kings game, Sacramento got what seemed like it should be the killer play it needed to seal a trip to overtime: Vince Carter from waywayway back, and Justin Jackson redeeming him with a put-back that tied the game. ...

Okay What About Gassing Up A Car?

Steve Kerr Says Teens Demanding Gun Control Are "Heroic"

Reporters have quickly learned that it’s worth asking Warriors head coach Steve Kerr about politics, because he’s usually got something to say, and when he does it’s almost always worth hearing. Last week Kerr was blunt in blaming the government for inactivity on gun control that inevitably leads to...

Report: Beef Simmering <em></em>Between The Spurs And Kawhi Leonard

We know now, thanks to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, that Spurs doctors have medically cleared Kawhi Leonard to return from the quad injury that has kept him out all but nine games this season. So the decision to return is all Leonard’s, but head coach Gregg Popovich said yesterday the Spurs don’t expe...

Report: With No White House Invite, Warriors Will Use D.C. Trip To Spend Day With Local Kids Instead

The Warriors won’t be spending any of their upcoming time in D.C. with President Donald Trump, so they’ll reportedly be spending some time on “a private tour of an undisclosed locale” with local children instead....

ESPN's Rachel Nichols Drops Strong Monologue On Mavericks Sexual Harassment Report

Rachel Nichols led off The Jump this evening with a tremendous monologue on the questions posed by Sports Illustrated’s bombshell sexual harassment report about the Dallas Mavericks. Nichols, who writes these monologues herself, went in on Mark Cuban for his baffling insistence that he didn’t know a...

Gregg Popovich On Kawhi Leonard: "I'll Be Surprised If He Returns This Season" [Update]

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said today that he’ll be “surprised” to see Kawhi Leonard, who’s recovering from an injured quad muscle, play again this season. Woof....

Mark Cuban On Not Firing Employee After Domestic Abuse Incident: "Truly A Fuck Up On My Part"

Last night, Sports Illustrated dropped a detailed account of internal sexual harassment and physical abuse complaints reported against a number of Dallas Mavericks male executives and employees, including former team president and CEO Terdema Ussery. After the team failed to soften the backlash with...

Did Phil Jackson Leave This Flirty Note In A Cabin?

A reader who recently stayed at a rental cabin high in California’s Sierra Nevada discovered a note during his stay, lodged in a book called Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere. The message appears to be former Lakers head coach Phil Jackson suggesting, in his own way, that some u...

Fired Mavericks Employee: I Signed A Contract That Said I Would Stay Away From Female Co-Workers

Sports Illustrated dropped a lengthy story Tuesday night that outlines a culture of sexual harassment, abuse, and misconduct in the Dallas Mavericks organization. One of the employees implicated is Mavs.com beat writer Earl Sneed, who worked full time for the team from the 2010-11 season until Tuesd...