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Why Are The Lakers So Flat? Kobe: "Because We're Old As Shit."
Older teams have run the same strategy for years to deal with the NBA's 82-game grind: go through the motions in the regular season, make sure you're healthy and rested for the spring. But these Lakers, built to win in the postseason, wouldn't even be in the playoffs if they started today. They're 1...
Minnesota Timberwolves Guard Lazar Hayward Sees Dead People
You probably don't know much about Lazar Hayward. He was drafted out of Marquette by the Minnesota Timberwolves at the end of the first round in the 2010 draft, was traded to Oklahoma City a year ago, was then shipped to Houston as part of the James Harden deal, and was finally released in October....
Donald Sterling's Son, Who Got Away With Shooting His Childhood Friend In 1999, Found Dead Of Apparent Drug Overdose
Scott Sterling, the 31-year-old son of Los Angeles Clippers owner—and gross weirdo slumlord—Donald Sterling, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose Tuesday night at a home in Malibu, Calif....
Latrell Sprewell Was Arrested For Playing Loud Music
How was your New Year's Eve? Good? Good. Bet you got down. Bet you rocked out to some jams. Bet you waited at least until it got dark to start partying. Latrell Sprewell didn't wait. After neighbors called about music blasting from a house in east Milwaukee Monday afternoon, police arrested Sprewell...
JaVale McGee Hits Buzzer-Beating Three, Unveils Wonderful Celebration
In recent years, the NBA has showcased a variety of creative three-point celebrations. We've seen the championship belt, the three goggles, and the three-to-the-head, among others. But none of those moves are quite like what JaVale McGee dropped on us last night after hitting a buzzer-beating thre...
Avery Johnson Was A Dead Man Walking Even As He Accepted His Coach Of The Month Award
When the Nets fired Avery Johnson this past Thursday after he compiled a .500 record with a new and newly talented roster, many people noted that Johnson had suffered a particularly dramatic reversal of fortune: After going 11-4 in November, Johnson won Eastern Conference Coach of the Month; after t...
This Charles Barkley Slavery Joke On TNT Presented Without Comment
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Dominique Wilkins Wrote To The <i>Times</i>, Unsolicited, A Touching Tribute To His Late Teammate Dan Roundfield
It's important to note that this New York Times feature isn't about famous people who died this year. It's regular people, with photos and remembrances submitted by their friends and family. And there, barely noticeable between a "devoted wife and mother" and an Egyptian immigrant doctor, is Dan Rou...
Sean Elliott Is Hogging All Of San Antonio's Water
San Antonio has been dealing with a harsh Texas drought for the past two years, and the available water resources are dwindling. As a site that has dealt with pressing water bill issues in the past, we at Deadspin feel obligated to tell you that Spurs color commentator—and former player—Sean Elliot...
An Israeli Rapper Made A Song About Gregg Popovich, And Popovich Knows About It
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has an unlikely fan in X Beautiful, an Israeli rapper. He adores the reserved coach enough to make a music video for him, featuring an old man in an Oxford University t-shirt—Arik Henig, a famous television producer—murmuring "He wants a nasty game" (I think th...
The Brooklyn Nets Have Fired Head Coach Avery Johnson
As reported by Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, Avery Johnson is no longer the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets, now with a 14-14 record, have been underwhelming during their first season in Brooklyn, and Johnson's firing comes on the heels of star point guard Deron Williams publicly complainin...
Dwyane Wade Kicked Ramon Sessions In The Nuts
It's easy to still think of Dwyane Wade as the reckless, wide-eyed young star who led Miami to the 2006 title. But he's almost 31 now, a wily veteran with a bag of tricks—like straight kicking an opponent in the groin and playing it off like an accident....
A Stone-Cold J.R. Smith Sank A Ridiculous Buzzer-Beater To Down The Suns
J.R. Smith hit two jumpers in the last 11 seconds of tonight's Knicks-Suns game to tie the Phoenix Suns and, with one second remaining, take a 99-97 lead for the Knicks in one of this NBA season's most clutch performances....
It Looks Like Kyrie Irving Had Himself A Nice Christmas (As Did The Two Ladies On His Lap)
Judging from the picture at the right, Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving had himself a pretty great Christmas. Irving tweeted the photo on Christmas day before deleting it and going into a totally inept mode of damage control:...
Kevin Garnett Wants To Know Why Gerald Wallace Is All Up On His Shorts
Given the pushing and shoving and tetanus shots the last time the Nets and Celtics met, you had to figure yesterday's meeting in Brooklyn wouldn't be played without at least some shenanigans. A Christmas miracle!—Kevin Garnett was involved....
Here Is One Of Our Favorite NBA Photos So Far This Season
Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) is fouled by Denver Nuggets' Danilo Gallinari (8) of Italy during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)...
Look At This Gigantic Ricky Rubio Blanket Someone Received For Christmas
BCS National Championship Game tickets are great, but a huge blanket with Ricky Rubio's face on it, among other Ricky Rubio-themed items? That's also an excellent Christmas gift. Rubio liked it so much he tweeted it out. What a lucky mom....
Your NBA Christmas Day Spectacular Open Thread
Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, you can still celebrate five NBA games on Dec. 25! Unless you don't like basketball. In that case, you're probably low on reasons....
Mark Cuban Answered Questions On Reddit About Being Rich, Trying To Buy The Chicago Cubs, And More
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban visited Reddit on Christmas Eve to answer questions about pretty much anything. Why, you ask? He can do whatever he wants. Don't question Cubes....
Kendrick Perkins Is Angrily Demanding That You Buy A Cubic Zirconia-Encrusted Thunder Pendant, So Get On That
Kendrick Perkins took some time out of his busy basketball schedule to star in a Tim and Eric sketch advertisement for a local jewelry store in Oklahoma City, Mitchener Farrand Jewelers—"the diamond guys on May" and your "official" NBA jewelry store in Oklahoma City....