Chris Webber produced two very underrated Nas songs. Read more…
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Rubio is the latest example of how foreign NBA players are more comfortable on their national teams
Damian Lillard was right about some of these foreign NBA guys. Read more…
Whatever Chris Paul does next is what people may remember most
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Finally, a woman is on a cover of an NBA 2K edition, and who better than Candace Parker?
EA Sports made it a hot line; 2K’s making it a hot song Read more…
If Durant, Dirk, and Kareem NBA 2K22 cover leak is legit, then 2K nailed it this year
It’s NBA 2k cover season, when the storied video game franchise typically announces its cover athletes for the forthcoming September game. Read more…
Basketball gods, please give us a Young-Booker NBA Finals
I’m not sure if the Atlanta Hawks won the series or if the Philadelphia 76ers lost it, but either way, the Hawks and Trae Young have surprisingly made it into the Eastern Conference finals. On the other side of the bracket, the Phoenix Suns and Devin Booker are surging. Dreams are forming in my head […]
Crazy times for Dallas Mavericks
The Donnie Nelson-Rick Carlisle era in Dallas is over… and it’s shaping up to be a real ugly divorce. Read more…
Do those MVP trophies come with a receipt?
No individual award in American sports generates more debate than the NBA MVP. No one cares about hockey, and half the awards are given to players where the voters don’t really understand why they’re voting for them. Baseball awards are too mired in the debate between how we view the game today and how it […]
Kyrie Irving is the NBA’s MVP – Most Valuable Person
When Weldon Irvine wrote “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” for Nina Simone in the late ‘60s, he was talking about folks like Kyrie Irving. Read more…
Nikola Jokić is peeking back at other MVP candidates and smiling like Usain Bolt in Rio
With less than a month to go in the regular season, the NBA’s MVP race is taking up a lot of oxygen. There’s nothing unusual about that. What is strange is the divergence between the reality of the competition for MVP and the conversation around it. Read more…