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Grant Hill named director of USA Men’s National Basketball Team
You could go so far as to say Grant Hill was always meant for this. ...

The players we’d most like to see in the Big 3’s new season
According to a report from Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the Big3 is returning after their 2020 cancelation due to COVID....

Mick Cronin was UCLA’s third option, and he just ended the Bruins’ 13-year Final Four drought
The beginning of this movie got off to a rough start. And while the final scene hasn’t been written yet, it’s already a triumphant tale....

Forget past chokes, it’s Gonzaga’s time to win the Chip
Let’s be honest with ourselves: The NCAA Championship has been Gonzaga’s to lose all season, and as the tourney starts to wrap up, the same things we knew about this team in October still ring true today....

Aaron Gordon would (still) like to remind everyone that he was robbed in two dunk contests
Aaron Gordon has a new team and with it, a new jersey number. Instead of the double zeros, the new Nugget will rock No. 50....

NBA buyout market roundup: For once, you are allowed to be excited about it
The NBA’s buyout market is generally overrated....

UCLA’s Mick Cronin coming around on what a crappy, exploitative sham the NCAA is
UCLA coach Mick Cronin is peeved about Dashien Nix playing in the G League instead of the Bruins....

Celtics try to fix gaping wounds with a Band-Aid in Evan Fournier deal
The Celtics have been arguably the most disappointing team in the NBA this season. And now they are trying to fix their troubles by putting a Band-Aid on a serious wound....

JaVale McGee is reuniting with Denver, and all is right with the world
Do you remember when LeBron James returned to Cleveland? ...

High Schooler goes one-on-one with Brian Scalabrine, does not go well for kid
For the millionth time, you’re delusional if you think you can beat a former NBA player in a game of one on one....

Stop slandering Lonzo Ball, he could be an integral championship piece
Lonzo Ball is one of the most sought-after players in the NBA as we reach this season’s trade deadline. ...

Deadspin reseeds this senseless men’s Sweet 16
A week into the NCAA Tournament, and madness is the perfect word to describe what has taken place so far in March. The only logical explanation for how things have gone is based on just how nuts this season has been from the jump — given all the pauses and disruptions that have occurred due to COVID...

Porter Moser is Loyola's key to success, not Sister Jean
Florida. Miami. Tennessee. Nevada. Kansas State. Georgia Tech. And now, No. 1 seed Illinois. Those are the programs that the Loyola Ramblers have knocked off since 2017, during the regular season, or in the NCAA Tournament....

Now’s the time for the Hornets to prove they’re here to stay
There are two months left in the season, and the Charlotte Hornets are still sixth in the Eastern Conference. ...

The Celtics have to do something to save their season, no exceptions
It’s obvious, but it still needs to be said....

How Trevor Ariza & P.J. Tucker could shape the Eastern Conference Championship race
With the trade deadline now seven days away, there’s a whole lotta shit that still might happen. ...

Duke? UNC? UConn? Ranking the best NCAA national champs over the past 20 years
Selection Sunday will be the first time we’ve been able to fill out a bracket in two years. A lot has changed since then, especially in college basketball, as it’s been as upside down as the rest of the world is. Juniors and seniors are the biggest draws this season, as only a few freshmen like Okla...

Racist Meyers Leonard traded to OKC, likely to be cut
Meyers Leonard behavior was so racist that a team in 74-percent white Oklahoma is cutting him...

Which team is the only one since brackets expanded to make three title games in a row? (And how’d they do?)
We covered all the teams to make two NCAA title games in a row in this article… except... I left out one on purpose with the way I worded the question. Because there has only been one team since the 1985 expansion to make THREE final games in a row. They won it, lost it (in overtime), and won it bac...

Ranking the greatest college basketball championship teams of the 2010s
There are a lot of words you could use to describe a college basketball season that has been wrecked by COVID-19, but the best one is “weird.” Besides the blue bloods of Duke and Kentucky missing the tournament, and North Carolina and Michigan State having subpar years with even lower seeds than usu...