The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t repeating as NBA champs. Read more…
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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. Read more…
Duke? UNC? UConn? Ranking the best NCAA national champs over the past 20 years
Selection Sunday will be the first time we’ve been able to fill out a bracket in two years. A lot has changed since then, especially in college basketball, as it’s been as upside down as the rest of the world is. Juniors and seniors are the biggest draws this season, as only a few freshmen […]
Ranking the greatest college basketball championship teams of the 2010s
There are a lot of words you could use to describe a college basketball season that has been wrecked by COVID-19, but the best one is “weird.” Besides the blue bloods of Duke and Kentucky missing the tournament, and North Carolina and Michigan State having subpar years with even lower seeds than usual, freshmen aren’t… […]
Can P.J. Tucker still uplift a championship contender? And which one?
P.J. Tucker’s never been a basketball player you could define solely by numbers. Read more…
Deadspin Wayback Machine: On this date, Cardiac Kemba is born and DeAndre Jordan makes Brandon Knight rethink ever stepping onto a court
Today is the anniversary of two of the most iconic basketball moments in the 21st century. Read more…
Julius Randle is the perfect New York Knick for right now
Kristaps Porzingis was great, but he wasn’t Julius Randle. Read more…
Is Brooklyn the right move for Blake Griffin?
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Blake Griffin has officially been bought out by the Detroit Pistons, and is now cleared to sign with another team via free agency. Read more…
Reports of Kemba Walker’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
Depending on who you ask, Kemba Walker might be anywhere from overly washed to overly joyous. Read more…
Creighton has failed every black player and coach that’s ever been in Greg McDermott’s program
If you read the “Mission Statement” on Creighton University’s website, it’s easy to see that it serves as propaganda, falsely claiming that the university is a place that’s “dedicated to the pursuit of truth in all its forms and is guided by the living tradition of the Catholic Church.” Read more…