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Mikhail Prokhorov Still Doesn't Get It
This weekend Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov fired GM Billy King and coach Lionel Hollins, making them the fall guys for a strategy that involved setting a bonfire to the future for marginal improvements in the present. ...
Kobe Bryant Says Soccer Helps Him See Basketball Differently Than Most Players
Kobe Bryant made this observation on Friday night, after the Lakers’ loss to OKC, but it’s very, very interesting and worth highlighting here....
Damian Lillard Went Nuclear On The Thunder
The Portland Trail Blazers were losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder by a score of 103-95 with just over three minutes left to play last night. The Blazers won the game 115-110, because Damian Lillard lost his mind....
It Will Take So Much Money To Get John Calipari To The NBA, And The Nets Might Have It
The Brooklyn Nets cleaned house yesterday, firing head coach Lionel Hollins and GM Billy King at the same damn time, meaning that it’s once again time to wonder if Kentucky head coach John Calipari will come swooping in to save an NBA franchise. ...
The Brooklyn Nets Are Cleaning House
The Brooklyn Nets are the most aimless team in the NBA. They’re old, bad, and they don’t have any of their draft picks, on account of trading too much for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, then watching them tailspin into irrelevancy. This morning, they fired coach Lionel Hollins and “reassigned” GM Bi...
DeMar DeRozan Dunked All Over The Sixers Last Night
The Raptors went down Pennsylvania way to take on a summer league team that’s somehow still playing into January. It was the fourth game of a mini road trip, but they took care of the anonymous group of Benjamin Franklin fans. Toronto is, for my money, the best of the morass of teams fighting for th...
Steph Curry Hit One Of The Most Disrespectful Shots I've Ever Seen
You want to know how much Steph Curry was feeling himself during the Warriors’ 128-116 victory over the Kings? After hoisting a wide open three late in the fourth quarter, Curry turned around 180 degrees, talked some shit to the Kings bench, and began running up the court, all before his shot ripped...
Maryland Breaks Wisconsin's Heart With Game-Winning Three
Wisconsin fought back at home against Maryland from a late eight-point deficit, only to lose at the last second. Down 60-52 with less than 1:30 left, Wisconsin hit a layup and a pair of threes to tie it at 60. But right after Bronson Koenig’s three, Melo Trimble calmly pulled up from well behind the...
Lamar Odom Released From The Hospital, Moved To Rehab Clinic
Three months after being found unconscious in a Nevada brothel, Lamar Odom is leaving the hospital and heading to a specialized rehab clinic. According to US Weekly, Khloe Kardashian “secretly” moved Odom out of a Los Angeles hospital to a nearby facility without the knowledge of Odom’s family....
Steph Curry Is At It Again
Portland actually filed their paperwork correctly and had C.J. McCollum around for last night’s game against the Warriors, but, yeah, no, Golden State rolled easily. That’s thoroughly unsurprising, but this cool little alley-oop from Steph Curry to Andrew Bogut kind of was....
This Toronto Raptors Executive Had An Extremely Tight Wedding
I’m fully aware of the fact that rich people’s ridiculous weddings get written up in places like Vogue precisely because non-rich people will read sentences like, “Everyone gently retrieved their seat assignments from sphagnum moss falling from the boughs of a weeping cherry tree” and go, “Whaaaaaaa...
That's Why The Lakers Need To Cater To Their Youngsters
On Tuesday Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak admitted what everybody already knew: the Lakers are prioritizing the Kobe Bryant Farewell Tour, at the expense of the numerous exciting young players on the roster....
Once Again, God Bless Evan Turner, Who Is Never Not Feeling Himself
It’s high time we checked in on Celtics guard Evan Turner, a perfectly mediocre basketball player whose self-absorption is so steadfast and unconvincing that it’s impossible not to find endearing....
The Bucks Are A Big Fuckin' Bummer
In our NBA season preview post, published, uh, a couple hours after the NBA season began back in October, I wrote the following about the Milwaukee Bucks:...
Dirk Nowitzki Gets Rejected By The Rim, Has A Funny Excuse
Dirk Nowitzki is old as hell. He’s still great, mind you, but he’s very, very old. So old, in fact, that he’s out here getting stuffed by rim despite being seven feet tall....
DeMarcus Cousins Had A Good Time With A Heckler
While wrapping up a 33-point, 19-rebound destruction of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kings center DeMarcus Cousins had a little chat with a heckler in the OKC crowd. ...
Kendall Marshall's Dad Thinks The Sixers Are Racist And A Joke
Veteran point guard Kendall Marshall recently joined the Philadelphia 76ers’ active roster after recovering from an offseason knee surgery. At the time of Marshall’s return, GM Sam Hinkie put forward a theory that the team would have gotten off to a much better start had Marshall’s steady hand been ...
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