The NBA is inching toward a consensus plan to bring the season back
Adam Silver had a conference call last night with all of the important people, which went pretty well, according to Woj: “Owners and...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
Five thoughts on the East and West standings heading into All-Star Weekend
5. The ultimate prize in the East is the second seed. Whoever gets it (probably the Raptors or Celtics) will get to waltz through either...
Dec 16, 20191 min read
12/16/19: By the numbers
2.9 assists The Cavs’ leader in assists this season is Darius Garland … with 2.9. Think Kevin Love is ready to get out of there? 42.8...
Dec 16, 20192 min read
12/16/19: Three things from this weekend
1. The Bucks, man The last time the Bucks lost, on Nov. 8: We were a lowly thrice-weekly newsletter (we’re a big-boy daily now; nevermind...
Dec 11, 20191 min read
Last night was a great night for the little fish
Three random and improbable things happened last night, all intertwined by the thread of the obscure and remote reaches of college...
Dec 10, 20191 min read
None of us should care that the ratings are down
This season, less people are watching the NBA on TV. As of November 22, games on TNT and ESPN were averaging 1.45 million viewers, which...
Dec 6, 20191 min read
12/6/19: By the numbers
37 points The Knicks lost to the Nuggets last night by 37 points, and it wasn’t even their worst loss of the week. Milwaukee put a...
Oct 7, 20194 min read
The NBA’s sudden problem in China
On Friday night, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted a quickly-deleted picture, regarding the ongoing protests in Hong...
Oct 2, 20192 min read
The Celtics are our failed Team USA
What’s good: Last year, the Celtics were demolished by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the playoffs, finishing in the league’s...
Oct 2, 20192 min read
The 76ers are capped to hell
What's maybe good, but definitely a little bit concerning: Folks, Ben Simmons no longer hates basketball. Here's what he told the...
Oct 2, 20191 min read
The Raptors had their fun
What’s good: The Toronto Raptors are the NBA’s defending champions, which means a new benchmark for Canadian basketball prosperity, which...
Sep 27, 20192 min read
For the first time in a long time, we have no clue who's going to win the title
This NBA decade can be vined together by three super teams: the Miami Heat, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Golden State Warriors. Since...
Sep 13, 20192 min read
Aw man, we really suck
Serbia and Team USA were the favorites entering the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Both teams were upset in the quarter-finals earlier this week,...
Sep 11, 20192 min read
In the end, Team USA indeed got its ass kicked
Only yesterday, we lived in a world in which Frank Ntilikina hadn’t beaten Team USA in a high-profile international tournament. Today,...
Sep 6, 20194 min read
Let’s get you caught up on the FIBA World Cup
It would be understandable for the uninformed to punt on the FIBA World Cup. It would be unacceptable for the super-informed, as you, the...
Aug 27, 20191 min read
The toxic ex gets one more chance
Dwight Howard is future Hall of Famer, which is both indisputable and funny to think about. It’s indisputable because he made five...
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Andrea Bargnani’s professions, ranked
The most vanilla No. 1 overall pick of this century has apparently spent his second career by birthing a dozen other careers, all of...
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Team USA got its ass kicked, indeed
Team USA beat Canada this morning, 84-68, in its final exhibition before the 2019 FIBA World Cup starts on Aug. 31. (The US’s first game...
Aug 21, 20191 min read
Guess what Larry Bird thinks of this mural
It is unlikely that you’ve ever considered what Larry Bird with a tattoo of two fornicating bunnies would look like, but artist Jules...
Aug 21, 20194 min read
The best tidbits from ESPN’s The Sterling Affairs
Yesterday, ESPN released a five-part podcast that dove deep into Donald Sterling’s owning and selling of the Clippers, the latter of...
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