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Following the Memphis Grizzles’ 142-112 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 3, Ja Morant wanted to set the record straight about his knee injury. Morant got injured late in the fourth quarter and was visibly limping off the court during a timeout. After the game, he tweeted and deleted a clip of his […]
Lil Baby is getting a head-start on his summer takeover. On Saturday night, the ATL rapper appeared in a new Beats by Dre commercial alongside Memphis Grizzlies Ja Morant. The 90-second spot was soundtracked by Lil Baby’s “Dark Mode” record, in which he reflects on his status in the game, keeping his eye on the ball, and looking out for […]
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was not happy with Dillon Brooks’ flagrant 2 foul on Gary Payton II. It all happened in the first quarter of Game 2 between the Grizzlies and Warriors on Tuesday night in Memphis. Brooks was ejected and Payton II left the game with an elbow injury following the foul. “Well, I don’t […]
Vanessa Bryant narrated a touching tribute to her daughter Gianna for her 16th birthday. In partnership with Nike, the 60-second video is modeled after Kobe Bryant’s Oscar-winning animated film Dear Basketball, with narration provided by Vanessa. “From the first time you imagined winning a WNBA Championship, I knew one thing was real. You were special,” Vanessa says in the video. […]
Scottie Pippen believes he should’ve been named Defensive Player of the Year at some point in his career. The Chicago Bulls legend caught up with Trash Talk’s Bastien Fontanieu in the above clip, and opened up about his time in the league in promotion of his book, Unguarded. When Fontanieu asked Pippen “what happened” with him never earning […]
Once a teammate, always a teammate. Lamar Odom has gotten the late Kobe Bryant’s face tattooed on his neck, and he opened up to Page Six this week about why he felt the need to honor his former Lakers peer. As Odom explains, he had dreams about Kobe in the Celebrity Big Brother house. “It’s […]
Stephen A. Smith prompted reactions once again on Monday after he suggested that Kyrie Irving would use Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an excuse to not play. Prior to Monday’s First Take, Smith promised to go off on the Brooklyn Nets following the team’s third consecutive defeat at the hands of the Boston Celtics. “Honest to God […]
When Kyle Lowry inevitably gets his statue in front of Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, it will likely depict him taking a charge. Over the course of his career with the Raptors and current stint with the Miami Heat, the point guard has proven himself to be a master of drawing offensive fouls. If you ask Denzel Washington, however, […]
Stephen A. Smith laid into Ben Simmons during the halftime show of Sunday’s game between the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets following the report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski indicating the Brooklyn Nets star will miss Game 4 on Monday after he “awoke with back soreness today.” Wojnarowski reported on Friday that Simmons planned on playing, […]
Another animal rights activist was successful in their disruptive protest during tonight’s Grizzles-Timberwolves game. On Saturday, Sasha Zemmel of St. Louis, Missouri dressed as a ref and tried to enter the court. Her idea was to stop play and approach Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor’s seat to issue a “technical foul and ejection,” along with a […]
