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The NBA’s silly season shifted into third-gear Friday with the advent of free agency. And now that the 2020 class of unrestricted and restricted free agents are finally signing new deals, it’s our duty to grade the decisions made collectively by teams and players. While this year’s class isn’t anywhere near as sexy as 2019’s that was […]
Anthony Davis is totally fine being a meme. That’s because he became a champion the exact moment all the social media photoshoppers out there turned the pinnacle of the Lakers star’s basketball career into a punch line. “It was a cool moment, says Davis. “And it’s cool to be a meme.” If you’ve ever played […]
Last night, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in game 6 of the 2020 NBA Finals to capture the franchise’s 17th NBA title. It was the final act to a rollercoaster season that we almost didn’t get to see thanks to Covid-19. It brought a title back to LA for the first time […]
The Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Championship, after defeating the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6. And with it, LeBron James secured his fourth NBA title, and Anthony Davis his first, as the duo reached the top of the NBA mountain in their first year together. As expected, James was named unanimous Finals MVP. With the […]
This one was rough and rugged—anything but pretty. And the roar LeBron James let out after Anthony Davis basically sealed the deal in Game 5 with a dagger 3-pointer with 39.5 seconds to go was a mixture of euphoria, relief, and a siren to the basketball world that he’s only 48 minutes away from history. […]
Welp, that was a breathtaking beatdown. Game 1s haven’t always featured the Lakers’ best effort this postseason, but Los Angeles put on a blistering performance that was downright scary Wednesday in the first game of the NBA Finals that left the Heat wondering what the hell happened and plenty of observers questioning if this series […]
The NBA Finals weren’t supposed to look like this. They were supposed to open in downtown Los Angeles with Staples Center bathed in its favorite colors—purple and gold—and a crowd of 18,997 supporters hyped for the Lakers’ return to basketball’s biggest stage for the first time in a decade. Instead, the Finals will tip from […]
Remember when people were whining about the new NBA All-Star Game format? Yeah, that didn’t last long. After three high-flying but loosely defended quarters, both Team Giannis and Team LeBron locked it down in the fourth, for what became a thrilling, hard-fought race to 157 points. In the end, Team LeBron won 157-155, after Anthony […]
The NBA tunnel has been turned into a runway for players in recent years—more so than even before. Not only are superstars making sure they play well each night on the court, they are arriving to the arena looking good too. Of course, that means that the rare and limited pairs of sneakers aren’t just being laced up on the hardwood […]
It was shaping up to be 48 completely forgettable minutes of basketball between the Lakers and the Knicks Tuesday until one of the league’s best squads lost one of its best players for at least the next few games. During a terrible January basketball evening where New York, making its final appearance this season in […]
