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Maybe itâs the un-superteam thing Barkley likes in Bulls
Anyone whoâs followed the NBA for any amount of time is used to hearing Hall of Fame player-turned-TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley speak his mind whenever a microphone is shoved in his face. ...

Deadspin Waffles: Should the Bulls trade or keep Lauri Markkanen?
Over a week into free agency, Lauri Markkanen is still looking for his moment of clarity....

NBA Free Agency doesnât wait around
We always expect the dawn of NBA free agency to be on the bonkers side, and yet are always surprised with how bonkers it gets. With the offseason once again crunched as the league desperately claws back an 82-game season from players who will barely be able to stand at the end of it, teams are proba...

Deadspin fixes NBA free agency, Part III: Small Forwards
Again, if you see a dude here that you label a shooting guard, then whatever. Think of this more as âSwingmen II.â If your favorite swingman wasnât mentioned on either, then perhaps theyâll make the sleepers for Saturday, Saturday Sleepers, whatever the editors call âem. If he is a part of none of t...

Deadspin fixes NBA free agency â Part 1: Point Guards
Free agency, the part many of you care about most, begins the evening of August 2....

Team USA menâs basketball begins gold medal chase with revenge on their minds
Amid all the chaos, and now finally fully rostered, does Team USA have enough to win the gold medal? The short answer is yes, but as we know regarding international play, chemistry is much more of a deciding factor than the talent of your roster alone. ...

Who should be ânext <i>men</i> upâ for Team USA if more replacements are needed?
This is not what the R&R Partners meant by âWhat happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.â...

This ain't no Dream Team
Alright, this is getting out of hand now. ...

Donât be surprised if Kevin Love is really good in the Olympics
Experience matters and Kevin Love has it....
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Both Team USA Basketball squads looking super stacked [Updated]
Yesterday, the Team USA womenâs basketball squad announced its full 12 for next monthâs Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the menâs roster, while yet to be finalized, is taking shape....

Was Jayson Tatum right? Was Tyler Herro merely a 'bubble fraud'?
Less than eight months ago, Tyler Herro was being labeled the ânext great shooting guardâ in a league filled to the brim with high-end backcourt talent. Herro was set to help lead the Miami Heat on multiple deep playoff runs as part of the teamâs new Big 3 â along with Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. ...

The biggest âsnubsâ from the NBA Awards finalists
Yâall are already mad over âPlayer Xâ not appearing on at least one of these ballots, so weâre gathered here today to commemorate those unable to join their peers as NBA Award Finalists. ...

If No. 1 is Michael Jordan and No. 2 is Zach LaVine... what's the list?
Zach LaVine is officially the best scorer in Chicago Bulls history â except for that one guy....

Celtics and Heat are stepping into a trap
When youâre the Miami Heat or Boston Celtics, every game is a trap game for the rest of the season....

The Washington Wizards could be the Eastâs most dangerous play-in team
Before Mondayâs 146-143 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs, the Washington Wizards had won eight straight games. They were 19-33 before that winning streak and had little-to-no business being involved in the discussion weâre about to have....

Si Woo Kim goes full 'Tin Cup' after breaking his putter
If you break your bat in baseball, you get a new bat....

Bullsâ Nikola Vucevic pickup is a commitment to Zach LaVine
Nikola Vucevic is coming to save Zach LaVine....

Tanks a lot! Rockets going from 44-28 to 11-28 is putrid, but not most historic NBA drop-off ever
On Feb. 4, the Rockets went to Memphis and beat the Grizzlies by 12 points for their seventh win in eight games, moving to 11-10 for the season. Certainly, Houston was outperforming expectations after trading away James Harden, but nobody knew how bad things were about to get....

The NBA ballers most likely to be snubbed from tonightâs All-Star announcement
In advance of NBA consumers getting pissed off at tonightâs full All-Star roster reveal, itâs only right to brace ourselves for the angry fanbases who will defensively rise up in a matter of hours....
