On the surface, Patrick Baldwin Jr.’s Wednesday morning commitment to play college basketball next season for his dad at UW-Milwaukee doesn’t seem like anything out of the ordinary. But when you peel back the layers, you realize that it’s an intriguing case of a top-5 recruit turning down offers from Duke and… Read more…
Tag: Basketball
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 — except for that one guy. Read more…
Jazz fans could be singing the blues if the Dubs are their first-round playoff opponent
There are few men as universally feared in the NBA as Steph Curry. You take your eye off of him for one second and — BAM! — he pulls up from 45 feet, and now you’re down two. But while Curry might instill terror into the hearts of his opponents, the Golden State Warriors definitely […]
LeBron’s out again, so the Lakers need another awesome Anthony Davis game tonight
OK, let’s try this again. Read more…
The story of the New Orleans Jazz and their move to Utah, where jazz didn’t exist
With the NBA playoffs fast approaching, the Utah Jazz can boast the best record in the league. But the best team name? Not so much. Read more…
Highly-replaceable NBA player on mediocre team starts beef with NBA All-Star
Kent Bazemore needs to bow down on this one. Read more…
Tonight, we find out if the Miami Heat are back for real
Other than allowing a 40-point fourth quarter, the Miami Heat displayed one of their most dominant end-to-end performances of the season on Mother’s Day. Tonight, in the second leg of their “Baseball Series” with the Boston Celtics, the Heat face the Boston-based club again at TD Garden, which will air on TNT. The… Read more…
Don’t expect the upcoming Lakers docuseries to be the next Last Dance
2022 will be the “Year of the Lakers.” Not on the court, necessarily, but definitely on our television screens. Read more…
What does Russell Westbrook’s trip-dub record mean?
The trouble for most sports is that their records just aren’t going to mean as much as baseball’s. However broken it may be now, the country’s sporting landscape was shaped by baseball, because it really was the only sport anyone cared about for so long. That will change more and more, but those are still […]
WNBA has an opportunity to take its league to the next level
The 2021 season will be pivotal for the WNBA. Read more…