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Jalen Green’s filthy jam over Anfernee Simons is Dunk of the Year Worthy
During the course of an NBA season, we get quite a few wow moments in many different ways. If it’s not a defender getting crossed up so badly he hits the canvas, it’s a rim-shattering dunk that makes folks rise up out of their seats. Sometimes it’s us watching in awe as players like Stephen Curry or...
Draymond Green passed <i>who</i> on the NBA's made threes list?
The explosion in three-point shooting ushered in by Stephen Curry, alongside fellow splash bro Klay Thompson, has literally changed the game we all know and love over the past decade. Once Golden State proved that you could win a championship playing largely on the perimeter offensively, the entire ...
The best March Madness performances by players on mid-majors
Every year in the March Madness tournament, some school you have never heard of from the middle of nowhere qualifies. They almost are never expected to win, but sometimes, they have one ringer who can carry them very far. Here are some of the best players from mid-major colleges that have dazzled th...
15 most memorable men's March Madness moments since 2000
With March Madness approaching, we are entering the best time of year to be a college basketball fan. To usher in a new year of upsets, stellar performances and champions, here are 15 moments from 2000 to now that are some of the most memorable moments in March Madness history. ...
Here are increasingly radical solutions to combat the NBA’s overpowered offenses
Scoring in the NBA has ticked up at an exponential rate in the last decade. It doesn’t take Hercule Poirot to figure out what killed NBA defenses. This is a shooter’s league now....
The NBA’s UFC card was loaded Friday night
In a surprise act for the NBA in February, there was some life in a couple of regular season games Friday. First, the Miami Heat played a little too rough with Zion Williamson, and it led to four ejections. Then later, a garbage time layup in the Charlotte Hornets-Golden State Warriors game prompted...
5 increasingly unhinged solutions to the NBA All-Star Game
As the NBA has observed its golden era of efficiency proliferate from more streamlined offenses to load management run amok, elements of the league have fallen by the wayside. Marquee hoopers play fewer minutes, fewer games and now they barely expend energy or cross halfcourt during All-Star Weekend...
The NBA All-Star Game has never been better!
Welcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught, and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent universe....
Kenny Smith ruined Sabrina Ionescu's moment
Let’s take a look at a few of the comments after Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu squared off in a 3-point shooting contest on Saturday night, Curry topping the Liberty star by just 3 points, 29-26, both shooting from the NBA arc....
Steph Curry won’t stop hogging Dame Lillard’s limelight
Damian Lillard cannot catch a break when Steph Curry is in the building hogging all the limelight. Lillard has to have developed either a chip on his shoulder or an inferiority complex, after adding another notch to his Hall of Fame belt by being crowned 3-point contest champ for a second consecutiv...
Jordan Poole has been revealed; Kyle Kuzma loses his marbles; Steph Curry nails 100-footer from tunnel
If every NBA player were awarded a mulligan season in their career, this would be the one Jordan Poole would choose to erase and make sure no one ever spoke of again. Entering the 2023-24 campaign, Poole’s first in Washington, there were high hopes of what could be alongside Kyle Kuzma. We’re just a...
So, y’all actually believed LeBron James when he claimed he wanted to play alongside Steph Curry?
Now that the world knows LeBron James was presented with the opportunity to become a Golden State Warrior, it’s time to take a deeper dive into the situation. What this came down to was the Warriors front office calling James’ bluff. LeBron is on record saying he’d love to play next to Stephen Curry...