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As a New York Knicks fan, Tuesday’s NBA Draft Lottery was a blur. After months of wishing and praying and hoping for the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, the Knicks’ season-long tank job proved to be unsuccessful when the ping pong balls determined that the organization would be picking third. Despite the Knicks […]
On Monday, Slam released a cover story based around soon to be No. 1 pick Zion Williamson and, more specifically, how soon to be No. 1 pick Zion Williamson loved his year at Duke and would’ve stayed there for year two if there wasn’t so much riding on his decision to turn pro. The cover begins […]
On Monday, much to the shock of no one, Duke freshman Zion Williamson declared himself eligible for the 2019 NBA Draft. Williamson racked up numerous accolades in his sole season in Durham, including the ACC Player of the Year Award, a nod as a Consensus First-Team All-American, and also the Consensus National Player of the […]
With the first of three weekends in the books, the NCAA Tournament has been pretty light on upsets. So maybe your bracket looks pretty clean unless you tried to get cute: Still, having a clean(ish) bracket and being perfect are two radically different things. Though most of the higher seeds beat who they were supposed […]
For the duration of the NCAA Tournament you can expect to see this commercial put together by DeVry the NCAA showing their idealized depiction of dual-life as both a student and athlete: Taking exception with this ad were a number of student-athletes who would appear to be calling its accuracy into question: there’s a […]
The national anthem protest that began in the NFL has now spread to college basketball. Ole Miss players knelt on the hardwood Saturday while “The Star-Spangled Banner” played, much in the same way that numerous professional football players have over the last several years. While the NFL protests take place amid the constant threat […]
Wednesday’s ACC showdown between Duke and North Carolina was fetching nearly $3,000 for the cheapest ticket in Cameron Indoor Stadium just to see Blue Devils forward Zion Williamson compete against his school’s biggest rival. Less than a minute into the game, Williamson left with a knee injury when he planted his foot awkwardly, causing his Nike PG 2.5 PEs to literally split in half. […]
Unlike everyone else, Zion Williamson didn’t think his 360-degree dunk against Clemson on Saturday was all that impressive, modestly rating it “a 7 or 8.” Just so we’re clear, Williamson honestly believes that the slam where he effortlessly spun in the air before throwing it down with force during a game was nothing more than above average. Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t buy […]
Lonzo Ball was royalty on UCLA’s Westwood campus during his lone freshman season; LiAngelo Ball, not so much. The middle Ball brother, like Tiffany Trump, is usually an afterthought. But his arrest in China with the Bruins is the biggest reason patriarch LaVar Ball says his youngest, LaMelo Ball, isn’t going to UCLA. “Heck no, he won’t be at UCLA,” […]
LaMelo Ball had a press conference on Friday upon his arrival in Ohio. That’s where he’s playing high school basketball for SPIRE Prep Academy. Initial reports pegged the move as a showcase for NBA scouts to see how he fared against competition his own age in anticipation for the 2020 draft. But at his press conference to […]
