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The USA Olympic Basketball Roster Is Set, And We'll Probably Be Fine
One of the big storylines in the run-up to this summer’s Olympics was the fact that many of America’s best basketball players would not be making the trip. Steph Curry and LeBron James both decided they’d rather do other things this summer, Anthony Davis and LaMarcus Aldridge got hurt, and Russell W...
Kings Draftee's Father Is A Fiery, Irrepressible Twitter Troll
Last night, the Sacramento Kings selected Georgios Papagiannis with the 13th pick in the NBA Draft. The Kings, who have two guards under contract, passed on the only prospect to work out for them (Wade Baldwin) to draft a player who ESPN had going in the second round and Draft Express ranked as the ...
J.R. Smith Signed The Pipe
Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith, noted pipe-giver, is on one hell of a post-Finals victory lap. After spending the majority of the last few days shirtless, he is now indulging silly and hilarious autograph requests:...
The Celtics' Draft Night Was A Whole Lot Of Nothing
I don’t pretend to know what kind of NBA careers the many players drafted by Boston last night will have (or won’t have). But it’s hard not to feel like the night was a disappointment for the Celtics, if only because they hoped to come away with an All-Star sure thing to add to a promising young tea...
Here's How The First Round Of The 2016 NBA Draft Shook Out
The 2016 NBA Draft proceeded in a calm, orderly fashion for most of the evening, with only one big trade coming down the pipeline, and the chaos that was promised this year (like the chaos that gets promised every year) mostly amounted to teams staring each other down then doing nothing (as they do ...
Barack Obama To Tyronn Lue: "Tell J.R. And Everyone To Put On A Shirt"
J.R. Smith’s shirtlessness has inspired takes from everyone in the NBA-adjacent universe, from cranky old former baseball players to every publication on the internet, and today the president of the United States of America weighed in. He ended his congratulatory call with Tyronn Lue with a recommen...
DeMarcus Cousins Expresses His Feelings At Kings Reaching To Select Anonymous Greek Center
The Sacramento Kings have been very active this evening, trading Marco Belinelli for the 22nd pick, then selecting Marquese Chriss at eight, only to send him to Phoenix for the 13th pick and Bogdan Bogdanovic (who, we should note, is NOT Bojan Bogdanovic). They then reached for Greek center Georgios...
Thunder Reportedly Trade Serge Ibaka To The Magic
After all the pre-draft noise regarding potential blockbuster trades centered around Jimmy Butler, Oklahoma City moved first and flipped Serge Ibaka to the Orlando Magic for Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova, and the freshly-drafted Domantas Sabonis. Woj broke the news:...
Kris Dunn Gave An Emotional, Tear-Filled Interview After Getting Drafted
Kris Dunn, who was picked fifth overall by the Timberwolves this evening, had an incredibly hard life growing up. He and his brother lived in Alexandria, Virginia with their mother as children, and often had to fend for themselves while she was in prison. USA Today spoke with him about his childhood...
Sixers Select Ben Simmons With The First Pick In The NBA Draft
The Philadelphia 76ers opened the 2016 NBA Draft by picking LSU forward Ben Simmons, as everyone expected they would. They now have about one million dudes above 6-foot-10, and it remains to be seen how they’ll manage to work that logjam out....
Cleveland Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert's NBA Championship Is Nothing To Celebrate
Hundreds of thousands of people crowded downtown Cleveland on Wednesday to celebrate the Cavaliers’ NBA championship, and aside from the 15 million or so people in Northern California, it seemed the rest of the country was celebrating alongside them—and rightly so. The Cavs took down the heavily-fav...
If You Could Have A Do-Over On One NBA Draft Pick, Who Would It Be?
We already asked this question for football. This one is like that one, but for basketball....
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....
Sports Drafts Are Immoral And Bad
The Sacramento Kings came in for even more derisive laughter than the baseline occasioned by any mention of their existence yesterday when ESPN’s Chad Ford posted the following in the little quasi-Twitter scroll thing on the right side of the Worldwide Leader’s busted website:...
Celtics Win Trade Between Nets And Pacers
The Brooklyn Nets have gotten themselves into the pre-draft trade bonanza, reportedly sending forward Thaddeus Young to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for the 20th pick in tonight’s draft and a future second-round pick. To the Pacers I say, “So you just traded for Jeff Teague and Thaddeus Young this...
Former Cardinal Jason Isringhausen Shares World's Least Surprising Take On J.R. Smith's Shirtlessness
Are you ready to be shocked? Well, you came to the wrong blog, my friend....
Shut Up, Joe Lacob
The Warriors spent all season strutting around the NBA with their chests puffed out, telling anyone who would listen that they were better than the elite teams of the past, were horny for trophies, and had successfully re-engineered basketball from the circuits up to create a new, unforeseen way of ...
An Incomplete, Amateurish NBA Draft Preview
The NBA Draft is Thursday, which feels way too soon given that a few Cavaliers are probably still drunk from post-Game 7 festivities. The best perk of a Finals going seven games is a short refractory period between the best actual basketball of the year and the best imaginary basketball of the year....
NBA First-Round Picks Are Getting Royally Boned This Year
We mentioned it briefly last week, but it’s worth noting again: this is the absolute worst year to enter the NBA as a first-round draft pick....
