It’s not breaking news that things are not going well for Russell Westbrook with the Lakers, but things reached a particularly embarrassing point on Wednesday night as the Sacramento Kings’ game ops trolled the former MVP with an “Ice Cold Player Of The Game” scoreboard graphic , on a night when the nine-time All-Star… Read […]
A good portion of fans, most I would say, fail to recognize just how long the NBA season is. Goes for the NHL and MLB ones, too. It’s always hard to explain to a lot of them that there are nights in the middle, or maybe on the second of a back-to-back or the last […]
Those lovable, plucky underdogs, the Golden State Warriors. A couple of tough seasons — really one terrible season and another season that ended in disappointment, proved to be a mere traffic jam on the Warriors’ freeway of dominance. Read more…
Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of Kyrie Irving’s own actions. Read more…
Kyrie Irving is back with the Nets but that doesn’t mean a fairy tale ending to the season is guaranteed Read more…
Christmas at home might be the turning point in James Harden’s 2021-22 season. The Brooklyn Nets played at Crypto. com arena against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day, against the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 27, and within between those two games, Harden’s high school in Lakewood, Calif., retired his jersey. A whiff… Read […]
Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR festivities! Nos. 50 through 11 are available for your enjoyment here . And our top 10 thus far: Read more…
Ever since Kevin Durant abandoned Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City, he’s worn the black hat and played the heel role as well as anyone we’ve seen in recent memory. Sometimes he gets in his feelings and can go a little far with it, but now Durant has gone to a whole other level of jerkness […]
Well, here we go again. It’s Covidmania in professional sports right now, and no league seems exempt from the ramifications of powering through the pandemic. The NBA announced early Sunday afternoon that it had postponed five games due to the glut of players in COVID-19 health and safety protocols . The announcement… Read more…
Kevin Durant and, yes, Kyrie Irving, have entered the chat, err, COVID protocols, becoming the eighth and ninth Nets player to do so, and Brooklyn seems to be going the way of the Chicago Bulls, who are on a break from action due to a similar rash of positive tests. Read more…