Roughly 150 NBA players were in Miami during All-Star Weekend, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. Read more…
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Adam Silver says NBA players haven’t skipped the line to get vaccinated
NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a conference call with media members on Saturday afternoon, one day ahead of tomorrow’s All-Star Game. Read more…
NBA referees calling games softer than two-ply toilet tissue on a cotton pillow
NBA referees haven’t had the best week in the association. Read more…
Adam Silver triples down on NBA All-Star Game, and it’s probably for the exact reasons you think
The decision to not only hold an NBA All-Star Weekend in Atlanta, highlighted by the game itself on March 7, is as befuddling as commissioner Adam Silver’s efforts to triple-down on it. Last night, Silver spoke to Inside The NBA regarding the All-Star Game, and Ernie Johnson actually opened the floor, discussing his… Read more…
NBA to raise money for HBCUs and COVID relief while throwing superspreader event in Atlanta
The NBA and NBA Players Association are committing more than $2.5 million to HBCUs in addition to providing more support to fair COVID-19 care. Read more…
Hold on to your Grapefruits, it’s time for pitchers and catchers
Spring training starts this week, with pitchers and catchers day arriving on Wednesday for eight teams, and the rest of the majors getting going on Thursday or Friday. Hopefully, this year’s ramp-up to the season will go more smoothly than 2020, when the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues had to shut down and all of… Read […]
The NBA, for some dumb reason, still thinks having an All-Star Game makes sense
The NBA is still trying to conjure the All-Star game for March, and likely in Atlanta, according to ESPN, which seems patently ridiculous. We don’t know how things will look with the coronavirus next week, so we definitely have no clue what they’ll look like in March. But we can guess that it probably won’t […]