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Timberwolves Fans Are Too Nice To Burn Kevin Love's Jersey
Seriously though, are you ever allowed to be mad at someone for wanting to leave Minnesota?...

Report: Cavaliers Finally Get Kevin Love, Ship Out Andrew Wiggins
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Cleveland and Minnesota have finally agreed on the exact trade that everyone has assumed will happen for weeks. Cleveland will send Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett, and a protected first round pick to the Wolves in return for Kevin Love, who will agree to a long-term...

NBA Rookies Are Receiving The Best Advice
The New York Times's Sarah Lyall is at the NBA Rookie Transition Program, where the most talented young basketballers in the world learn the important things about their sometimes-rocky transitions to the pros. They're receiving advice on everything from fashion to fan relations to celebrity, an...

Greg Oden Arrested After Allegedly Punching Ex-Girlfriend
Greg Oden was arrested early this morning in Lawrence, Ind., and charged with battery after allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend during an argument....

Which NBA Player Farted And Put His Dick On This MTV Lady?
This is Carly Aquilino, a comedian and cast member on MTV's Girl Code, doing a spot on the Brilliant Idiots podcast, hosted by Charlamagne Tha God (who tells great stories) and Andrew Schulz. Aquilino's story is about the time she hung out with an NBA player who farted very loudly and then put his p...

Jeremy Lin Expertly Dunk Cams His Mom
So what's Jeremy Lin up to this offseason? Oh nothing, just hanging out at his house and pulling off well-orchestrated dunk cams on children, sleeping dudes, and his own damn mother....

Video: Michael Jordan's And Kobe Bryant's Games Were Remarkably Similar
Youtuber Youssef Hannoun has put together this video showing Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant pulling off identical plays, sometimes switching between the two mid-play. It's uncanny....

Why Kids Today Are So Much Better With Computers Than You Were
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That Image Of "Paul George's X-Ray" Isn't Really His
You pretty much know what an X-ray of Paul George's compound leg fracture from Friday night might look like. But lots of folks wanted to see scans of his specific snapped tibia and fibula. So, starting this weekend, this image started making the rounds:...

Spurs Hire Becky Hammon As NBA's First Female Assistant Coach
The San Antonio Spurs announced today they're hiring WNBA star Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, and she will join the team once she finishes her current season with the San Antonio Stars. ...

How Much Did Paul George's Injury Affect The Pacers' Title Chances?
Even as Paul George laid on the parquet of the Thomas & Mack Center, being treated for the stomach-turning break to his right leg, degenerates were just waiting until enough time had passed 1. to talk about it coldly without being Twitter-shamed and 2. for the lines to open up again. Once they did, ...

Dwyane Wade's Save-The-Date Video Is Just As Corny As Everyone Else's
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are getting married on August 30, and TMZ got its hands on the save-the-date video that the couple sent to potential guests. If anything, this is evidence that the gap between Wade and Union and a typical thirty-something suburban couple isn't as wide as you might thi...

Brian Scalabrine Writes "Coming Home" Letter To Join Celtics Broadcast
Brian Scalabrine is coming back to Boston, according to a report by Brian Scalabrine as told by Brian Scalabrine....

Cavs Fans May Soon Be Able To Buy LeBron-Themed Vanity Plates
Per the AP, an Ohio politician is proposing the state sell a LeBron James-themed vanity license plate to commemorate the star's return to Cleveland. James signed a two-year contract with the Cavaliers last month, one that allows him to be a free agent as soon as next June. ...

No Rookie Can Match Mitch McGary's Dunking Skills
The NBA's incoming rookie class was collected in New York City over the weekend for the annual rookie photo shoot. While there, a few of the class' high-flyers participated in an impromptu dunk contest that was carried out over social media. Oklahoma City rookie Mitch McGary was the unquestionable...

Paul George's Injury Has Some In The NBA Rethinking International Play
Paul George's catastrophic leg injury was horrible for him, of course, but rough too for the Pacers and for the NBA, which will be without him for a year. So it's not a surprise that everyone's reconsidering the calculus of international basketball, in which a whole bunch is risked for very little r...

Israel's War Against Hamas Is Justified, Says Cleveland Cavaliers Coach
We will direct you to this David Blatt interview with Israeli newspaper Globes and then back slowly away from the computer. In it, Blatt, the Cleveland Cavaliers' new head coach—and an American Jewish Israeli who once did us the great service of pissing off Coach K—talks about the current wave of fi...

Mark Cuban Suggests An NBA World Cup
Dallas Mavericks owner and naked billionaire Mark Cuban has long been against the NBA's partnership with FIBA and the International Olympic committee, and Paul George's injury in Friday night's Team USA scrimmage gave him another opportunity to rip the current system of international play....

Marcin Gortat, Talkin' About Porn On A Saturday Night
Some random dude on Twitter openly mused about how Marcin Gortat could afford premium porn after his new $60 million deal with Washington. The Wizards center could have easily ignored the tweet, but instead, he went that extra mile to talk to his fans. About porn....
