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James Harden Is Free To Be Great

The Houston Rockets, while in the final throes of the failed partnership between James Harden and Dwight Howard, transformed from a contender into one of the saddest-ass teams in the NBA last year. Now Howard is gone, Mike D’Antoni is the new coach, and James Harden is, uh, holy shit, look at James ...

Steve Kerr Rips Donald Trump And The Whole Damn Election

The Warriors ran the Mavericks 116-95 in Oakland last night, but way more interesting and important were Golden State coach Steve Kerr’s pregame comments on the campaign and the new President-elect: “The man who’s going to lead you has routinely used racist, misogynist, insulting words. That’s a tou...

DeMar DeRozan Is Off To A Historically Hot Start

DeMar DeRozan is an outlier among NBA shooting guards, in that he can’t shoot. The Raptors wing is a career .282 three-point shooter, which is lower than DeMarcus Cousins’s career mark, and he’s shooting even worse this year. Dwyane Wade had a distinguished career without being able to stretch the f...

Like The Rest Of Us, John Wall Wants Nothing To Do With Wizards Games [Update]

This afternoon, John Wall caught a $25,000 fine after he was ejected for bumping into an official on Monday night. It was perfectly emblematic of a 2-5 season in which they’ve allowed more than 110 points in four of those games and their two most important players appear to hate each other’s guts....

What NBA Players Thought About The Election [Update]

Unlike Nick Saban and his leather-and-laces heart, a range of NBA players expressed their thoughts about the results of the presidential election. Stan Van Gundy fired quite the salvo this morning, and a handful of players have also weighed in....

Stan Van Gundy On Trump's Victory: "We Have Just Thrown A Good Part Of Our Population Under The Bus"

Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy, like a portion of the country, spent his morning processing the news that Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States....

The Pelicans Are A Damn Disgrace

The New Orleans Pelicans are 0-8. In a vacuum, there’s nothing particularly alarming about a bad basketball team starting the season with eight consecutive losses, but the Pelicans have failed in a way that shouldn’t really be possible in today’s NBA....

Here's A Good Dunk

I dunno, man....

Kyrie Irving Pulls Off Very Cool Between-The-Legs Assist

Basketball is happening tonight, and thank God. May this incredibly cool assist from Kyrie Irving quell your election anxiety, if only for a minute....

Mark Cuban Really Believes Banning ESPN Reporters Could Forestall The Coming Robot Content Wars<em></em><em></em>

Late Sunday night, word began trickling out that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban had revoked the credentials of two ESPN reporters, Tim MacMahon and Marc Stein. The initial reporting suggested that Cuban was upset that MacMahon would be spending less time on the Mavericks beat this season, as he’s...

How Long Can You Wear Championship Gear?<em></em>

Hey, it’s Election Day! You should go vote. Unless you forgot to register, in which case it’s probably too late, in which case you are utterly powerless to control the country’s destiny, in which case we may all burn forever as a result of your negligence, in which case you should hide when we come ...

Report: Phil Jackson Still Trying To Fuck This Up

If one were to rank reasons for Knicks fans to feel optimistic about this season, the list would look something like this:...

John Wall Ejected After Bumping Official

The Wizards are 1-5 after a 114-106 loss to the Rockets, and Bradley Beal, when asked what the problem is, said it’s “just heart.” So everything’s great in Wizardland! At least John Wall didn’t have to stick around to the bitter end of this one....

Steph Curry Hits 13 Threes, Breaking Single-Game Record

One game after failing to make a single three-pointer for the first time in 157 games, Steph Curry went crazy on the Pelicans and broke the single-game record by hitting 13 threes. He shot 13-for-17 from three on the evening, and ended up with 46 points in the Warriors win....

Mark Cuban: I Banned Those ESPN Reporters To Win The War Against Robots

Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks pulled the credentials of experienced ESPN reporters Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon this weekend under mysterious circumstances. There was no obvious motive for the Mavericks to do so, and Cuban hasn’t said much to clear it up—but he broke his silence this evening. C...

Several Wisconsin Athletes Decry Racism On Campus, Demand Change

A large group of Wisconsin athletes, most notably Big Ten preseason player of the year Nigel Hayes, tweeted out an essay regarding the racism that they say athletes of color at Wisconsin face every day. The post comes a week after a fan showed up to the Wisconsin football game on Saturday with an O...

Dallas Mavericks Revoke Credentials Of Two ESPN Reporters

The Dallas Mavericks revoked the season credentials of ESPN reporters Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon, according to multiple reports:...

Rudy Gobert Gives Kristaps Porzingis Some Harsh Life Lessons

The New York Knicks’ Sunday afternoon started off pretty well. A 30-20 lead over the Utah Jazz at the end of the first quarter, 14 points from sweet franchise guiding light Kristaps Porzingis, this gorgeous assist from Derrick Rose, all was looking good....

Paul George Kicks Ball Into Fan's Face, Tries Apologizing With Hug

With the Indiana Pacers up by 20 points at the end of the third quarter over the Chicago Bulls, Paul George got frustrated with a foul call and reacted with what looked like it was meant to be a disappointed little kick of the ball into the basket stanchion. Except he missed, kind of badly, and the ...

The Man Has Spoken