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Kenny “The Jet” Smith walked off the set of Inside the NBA Wednesday to show solidarity with the players who decided to boycott tonight’s slate of games in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake. “I think the biggest thing now, as a Black man, as a former player, I think it’s best for me to support […]
Both Luka Doncic and Marcus Morris have addressed the debated third quarter moment in which Morris stepped on Doncic’s already injured left ankle during Game 5 on Tuesday. “I just hope it wasn’t intentional,” the Dallas Mavericks star said following the game, adding that Morris was talking trash to him throughout the night. “I don’t want to talk […]
The bubble might be popping, but life outside of the Orlando campus is still in a state of terror. As a result, NBA players and other athletes made it clear that they are on the side of the people. Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot a Black man named Jacob Blake multiple times in the back on Sunday evening. […]
J.R. Smith is from New Jersey—not the circus, so he made it clear that he won’t support any clownery. That includes being around people who still listen to Tory Lanez. On Sunday, Smith took to his IG Stories with a post that condemned Tory Lanez for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion. “This clown shoots a female […]
In the end, it wasn’t even close. While a few seeds of doubt were planted when coaches voted Milwaukee Bucks’ Mike Budenholzer and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Billy Donovan as co-coaches of the year in their vote, the media made it loud and clear who the winner of the official award should be. Raptors head coach […]
Mark Jackson and George Karl got into a back and fourth after the former shared his thoughts on Carmelo Anthony‘s defense during Thursday’s Lakers-Blazers playoff game. Jackson, who’s an ESPN NBA color commentator, said that “there should be a shared responsibility for whoever allowed that defense to be played” when talking about Carmelo’s defense in the […]
It seems Leon Rose’s lucky charm bracelet didn’t do much for the New York Knicks, which failed to move up in the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery. Though the team only had a 9 percent chance at securing the No. 1 overall pick, many fans were hopeful the Knicks would at least land a top-five pick this year. So, […]
Body cam footage of the Oracle Arena incident between Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri and Alameda County sheriff’s deputy Alan Strickland at Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals has been released, KTVU FOX 2 reports. After the game ended, with the Raptors winning the NBA championship against the Golden State Warriors, Ujiri began to make his […]
A scuffle broke out in the 3rd quarter of game 1 of the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers first-round playoff series, leading to Kristaps Porzingis being ejected after he received a technical foul, his second of the night. It all went down after Porzingis tried to get in between Marcus Morris Sr. and Luka Doncic after the two players […]
The defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors begin their quest to repeat on Monday. They finished 7-1 after the 2019-20 season resumed, and in beating the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat early on, made a statement that they very much deserve to be in the thick of the conversation to win it all with the Lakers, […]
