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D'Angelo Russell On Criticism Of His Rough Rookie Season: "Jesus Still Gets Criticized"
D’Angelo Russell’s rookie season isn’t going so well. He’s only shooting 41%, and his coach seems determined to stunt Russell’s career however he can. So what does he think about the criticism he’s drawn?...
Keeping Up With The Antetokounmpos
Last night, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s older brother Thanasis made his debut for the New York Knicks. He scored on his only shot, as the Knicks blew out the Suns at home. Thanasis has spent the year on New York’s D-League team, before getting signed to a 10-day deal on Thursday to fill out an empty Kni...
Lance Stephenson Dunks On Lakers, Destroys Their Souls
Holy crap. Did anyone know Lance Stephenson could do this? He just chokeslammed the Lakers back to whatever slop bucket they were dredged up from. Once again, the Lakers have proven themselves a valuable source for highlight reel raw materials....
The Spurs Aren't The Only Team With Erotic Passing
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Steph Curry Guaranteed A Victory, And Russell Westbrook Doesn't Seem Too Happy About It
Next Saturday, the Oklahoma City Thunder will play the Golden State Warriors for the first time this season. You may think this game is just a blip on the sports calendar, a solid NBA matchup meant to offer some small amusement to those of us looking for ways to pass the time until the Super Bowl. T...
Kristaps Porzingis And His Agent Wanted Nothing To Do With The 76ers' Process
Though a full accounting won’t be possible for a number of years, so far the breakout stars of the 2015 draft are Karl-Anthony Towns and Kristaps Porzingis. Picking third, the Philadelphia 76ers missed out on a chance at Towns. But they passed on Porzingis, opting for Duke standout Jahlil Okafor, fo...
Draymond Green's Mom Interrupts Interview To Tell Him He's An All-Star
Warriors forward Draymond Green sat down for a regular old interview with CSN Bay Area yesterday afternoon, when a familiar voice came on the line. It was his mother, Mary Babers-Green, with some exciting news: Green had been chosen to the West’s all-star reserves....
Hey, The Lakers Are Good For Something
The sadsack Lakers have proven their worth by facilitating a gorgeous play by the Bulls. They’re here to provide all the fans a highlight....
This Blocked Bradley Beal Dunk Is A Metaphor For The Wizards' Season
Poor Bradley Beal, and poor Wizards, who dropped to 20-24 with their 117-113 loss at home to the Nuggets....
The Lakers Are Honoring Shaq With A Pretty Awesome Statue
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that they will be building a statue to honor Shaquille O’Neal, and it will be unveiled outside of their home arena some time during the 2016-2017 season. All we have to go on now is an artist’s rendering, but it’s a bad-ass looking concept:...
Sting? More Like Stink!
This morning the NBA announced that Sting will perform during halftime of next month’s All-Star Game. I guess I must have missed the part where it also announced that the game would be held in the cabin of Tina Brown’s Jaguar....
Be Cool, Kid
A 4-year-old fan named Lucas showed up at Wednesday night’s Warriors game to ask if Riley Curry, the Sports Baby of 2015, would be his valentine. He had a sign and an eager expression that was just waiting to be shot down....
Karl-Anthony Towns, Who Is Awesome, Did A Bunch Of Cool Shit Last Night
I’m sort of embarrassed at how little we’ve talked about Karl-Anthony Towns on this here website. We’ve heaped plenty of deserved praise on fellow rookie Kristaps Porzingis, but Towns has been just as thrilling (and more productive) in his first NBA season. So, let’s drool over some of the things he...
Blake Griffin Decked Equipment Manager Over Teasing Gone Wrong
The NBA is investigating the incident the Jan. 23 incident in which Clippers forward Blake Griffin punched assistant equipment manager Matias Testi, breaking his own hand. And as part of that investigation, they’re speaking to the other two men who were at the dinner table, C DeAndre Jordan and assi...
NBA Teams Have Found Creative New Ways To Intentionally Foul
Because the NBA refuses to admit that intentional fouling is a real problem, its scourge is spreading. Tonight’s games featured four different players getting hacked, a new strategy that pushes the rulebook to the limit, and a refinement of the most hilarious kind of intentional foul....
The Cavaliers Are Scary On The Fast Break
Now that Tyronn Lue is head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, he wants his team to run more. But after his first game in charge, he was very blunt about the Cavaliers’ inability to do so:...