Once the NCAA Basketball Tournaments come around, the rest of the NBA season can feel like a slog. If you were already upset about players missing games, the volume gets ratcheted up on that, and at that point it’s fairly clear which teams are the best in the league. It’s also hard to muster excitement […]
The Portland Trailblazers are not the worst team in the NBA. They’re far from it actually. However , their past six games would indicate otherwise. They’re tanking like there’s no tomorrow. Since their Feb. 24 matchup at home against the Golden State Warriors, the Trail Blazers have lost every game they’ve played, and… Read more…
So, apparently, James Harden didn’t pick and choose his trade destination in the deal that sent him to the Brooklyn Nets last January. If you’d asked most people, including those in the media, about how that trade went down, most would undoubtedly have told you that Harden chose to play with old OKC buddy Kevin […]
James Harden has just strong-armed his way out of his second team in two years. What’s weird is that he was in two completely different situations. Read more…
I don’t know whose idea it was to hold the NBA All-Star Draft the same day as the trade deadline, but they deserve a massive raise. Read more…
It all started with Stephen A. Smith’s Thursday appearance on NBA Today, which included a searing hot take about Kevin Durant. The Brooklyn Nets at the time were on a six-game losing streak that on Friday extended to seven. They are currently on a five-game Western Conference road trip that ends following this… Read more…
In his inaugural season with the Los Angeles Lakers, former NBA MVP Russell Westbrook has been underwhelming to say the least. Over his last ten games, the Brodie has averaged 15. 2 points per game while shooting an abysmal 36. 4 percent from the field and 21. 4 percent from deep. Read more…
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 […]
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 […]
In case you’ve ever wondered where you stand with somebody like Kevin Durant , send out a Tweet and just mention his name. He’ll let you know his feelings explicitly. This is exactly what happened last night after Durant dropped a triple-double on the Toronto Raptors in a 131-129 overtime victory. Skip Bayless of FS1… […]