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Here Is A Perfect LeBron James Dunk
The Heat are in Boston this evening attempting to extend their winning streak to 23 games. The Celtics lead 59-53 at the half after jumping out to a big early lead....
A Baseline's-Eye View Of Blake Griffin Dunking All Over The Knicks
Without Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire, and especially Tyson Chandler, you knew this one was going to be ugly for the Knicks down low. Lob City didn't disappoint, with DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin going to town on a frontcourt consisting of Kurt Thomas, Kenyon Martin, and Marcus Camby (combi...
Here's Bo Ryan Giving Tracy Wolfson The Runaround During Halftime Interview
Something needs to be done about our expectations of the sideline interview. Not a single person with a functioning brain thinks they are worth a damn, yet they persist, making athletes worried, coaches angry and viewers uncomfortable. ...
What Event Would Reset The World Calendar?
When looking through history, we measure years with B.C. and A.D. but you have to imagine that in some time in the future we'll have a new abbreviation, right? Unless we just keep on going to the year five thousand or something. What would be the event that would most likely put our clock back to ze...
Finally, Someone Has Created Dynamic NBA Box Scores
This is for all the basketbloggers out there: you will never need another box score again....
Why Is One Of The NBA's All-Time Greatest Scorers Working As A Crossing Guard Now?
Day after day, Adrian Dantley hangs out on a street corner in his hometown, like some cliché of a pitiful ex-ballplayer years after his athletic prime. But Dantley's neither a cliché, nor is he pitiful. He's a crossing guard....
Portland Fan Picks His Nose In Direct View Of TNT's Broadcast, Winks At Camera
This man has incredible form....
Here's A Weird Picture Of Kobe Bryant's Swollen Ankle
This comes to us courtesy of Vanessa Bryant's Instagram account. It's rather artistic, isn't it? Perhaps she was inspired by the sad movie marathon that Kobe embarked on after last night's game....
Kobe Misses Game-Tying Shot, Sprains Ankle, Is Out Indefinitely
The Lakers lost to the Atlanta Hawks 96-92 tonight when Kobe couldn't convert on a last-seconds baseline jumper to force overtime....
Larry Sanders Gets Ejected, Gives Each Referee A Thumbs Up On Way Out
This is just tremendous. Sanders was ejected from the Bucks game against the Wizards after picking up two technical fouls. Before leaving the court, however, Larry handed out a trio of thumbs ups to the officials calling the game. ...
"He's Playing A Different Game Than Most Other Humans": Ricky Rubio Goes Behind-The-Back Twice For A Layup
This goes down as just two points, Ricky Rubio cutting to the basket and metaphorically pantsing Patty Mills and Aron Baynes in quick succession. But it's a pretty good microcosm of what he's capable of on his best nights: "making art," as the announcer says. Hang this opus in the MIA, because last ...
Should The NFL Draft Become An Auction Draft?
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Russell Westbrook Throws Up A Half-Court Shot That Is Total Nonsense
He was clearly trying to draw a foul here, and although he may have actually succeeded—Gary Neal's hands were right on Westbrook's chest when the shot went up—this shot was ill-advised. You can't really expect the referee to be ready to call a foul on a half-court shot with 18 seconds left on the s...
Good News, Everyone, Dennis Rodman Is On His Way To The Vatican
Dennis Rodman is currently headed to the Vatican to try and arrange a meeting with the soon-to-be-elected Pope. This trip comes on the heels of Rodman's visit to North Korea, where he became super good buddies with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. So I guess this is just what Dennis Rodman does no...
Someone Put A Jim Ross Call Over DeAndre Jordan's Murderous Dunk Over Brandon Knight
DeAndre Jordan: the gift that keeps on giving. ...
ESPN News And NBA TV Both Aired Shows Two Weeks Ago That Had Zero Nielsen Viewers
Kate Aurthur took a look around the TV world to find shows that earned Nielsen's dreaded 0.0 rating—that's the fancy Nielsen metric that means nobody watched—from a random week in late February and early March. ...
Here's Your "DeAndre Jordan Ruining Brandon Knight" Poster
You've seen the video. Now here's your photo keepsake of the exact moment DeAndre Jordan turned Brandon Knight into a puddle of victim. (Photo by Noah Graham, Getty Images.)...
This DeAndre Jordan Alley-Oop Is Disgusting And We Should All Just Go To Bed Now
Honestly, this is just ridiculous. Chris Paul, from essentially the three point line, tosses an alley-oop that Deandre Jordan catches in the middle of the key and, well, yeah. It was authoritative, let’s say....
Amar'e Stoudemire To Get Knee Surgery, Out For Six Weeks
After complaining of knee soreness today before the New York Knicks' game against against the Jazz, forward Amar'e Stoudemire underwent an MRI. The result showed that Stoudemire's right knee needed a debridement, or surgery to removed dead and damaged tissue. He'll miss six weeks....
The Lakers Just Ended Practice With A "1, 2, 3, Championship!" Cheer. This Does Not Mean The Lakers Will Win The Championship.
The Los Angeles Lakers just sent out a tweet of their team breaking from the huddle after cheering "1, 2, 3 championship!" Laker fans are retweeting the hell out of it. Avid and casual basketball fans alike should be heartened by this intrepid display in spite of long odds, and also sad. Unlike year...