With the NBA playoffs fast approaching, the Utah Jazz can boast the best record in the league. But the best team name? Not so much. Read more…
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Highly-replaceable NBA player on mediocre team starts beef with NBA All-Star
Kent Bazemore needs to bow down on this one. Read more…
What does Russell Westbrook’s trip-dub record mean?
The trouble for most sports is that their records just aren’t going to mean as much as baseball’s. However broken it may be now, the country’s sporting landscape was shaped by baseball, because it really was the only sport anyone cared about for so long. That will change more and more, but those are still […]
J. Cole follows basketball pipe dreams to Rwanda for African pro league
They say all rappers want to be hoopers, and all hoopers want to be rappers. Read more…
If Luka Dončić were Black, he’d be labeled a troublemaker with all his technical fouls
This isn’t a column about Luka Dončić. But it is about how Luka Dončić is covered. Read more…
Tom Thibodeau deserves more credit for these Knicks
We need to push pause on the Tom Thibodeau slander. Read more…
Russ and Beal could give top seeds a scare in the playoffs
The Washington Wizards are nothing to play with. Read more…
NBA will respond to Zion injury in way NHL has yet to learn
David Griffin can expect to find himself writing a check to the NBA after the Pelicans executive blasted the league over the lack of calls for Zion Williamson in the paint, now that the star big man will be out indefinitely with a broken finger. Read more…
Blazers welcome back fans just in time to stick it to L.A.
I don’t think anyone will argue that the NBA playoff intensity was alive and well in the bubble last year. There were fantastic games that came down to clutch moments, and there were underdog teams like Miami making a run all the way to the Finals. It was everything on the court you could hope […]
The teams and matchups we most wanna see for the NBA’s Play-in Tournament
Contrary to what LeBron James says, the NBA Play-In Tournament was a great idea. Because of the strange circumstances the NBA found itself in after COVID-19 wrecked 2020, the league had an opportunity to try out some goofy new ideas to make up for the fact that the fans were only getting a 72-game season. […]