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Marc Gasol never panics. The red double-decker bus with “2019 Champions” emblazoned across the front that Gasol, teammates, coaches, and other staff rode through Toronto’s core as a sea of Raptors fans celebrated their first NBA title had run out of beers. Gasol chugged more than his share, to be fair, but four hours into […]
All NBA players will soon sport the iconic Jumpman logo. Jordan Brand announced on Tuesday that the iconic logo—based off its namesake Michael Jordan—will appear on the right shoulder of the jersey and left leg of the shorts for all NBA “Statement Edition” uniforms in the 2020-21 season, ESPN reports. Those Statement jerseys are the more […]
On Sunday, Shams Charania reported the NBPA has partnered with Russell Westbrook‘s clothing line, Honor the Gift, to design shirts emblazoned with social justice messages that weren’t on the NBA’s approved list for use on the back of players’ jerseys for the upcoming restart. According to Charania, the options include: Systemic Racism Police Reform I Can’t Breathe No Justice […]
As NBA play prepares to commence in the Disney bubble in Orlando on July 30, the Orlando Magic has reportedly had to lay off 31 employees because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Orlando Magic writer John Denton reported on Saturday morning that the NBA team was forced to lay off a large portion of their staff yesterday […]
James Harden is catching heat over the design of his coronavirus protective gear. On Thursday night, the Houston Rockets star was spotted in Orlando rocking a face covering that appeared to feature a pro-law enforcement graphic. The piece showed a skull on top of a black-and-white American flag pattern with a single blue stripe running through it. Twitter users […]
We’re almost back to real basketball. All the teams that have been invited to Orlando have arrived there to quarantine and start practicing for the first time in what feels like five years. We’ll see if this thing gets off the ground and actual games actually start at the end of this month. If nothing […]
The NBA bubble is the focus of the sports world right now. As the league attempts to restart their season after shutting down in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 22 teams have taken over the Walt Disney World sports complex in Orlando. There’s really no telling if this entire thing will work yet, but […]
He is—in relative terms in a land of giants—small in stature and raw, magnetic star power. But as days went by and Kyle Lowry appeared absent from the Toronto Raptors’ stay in Naples, Florida prior to their arrival in Orlando, it became increasingly clear who possesses the central gravitational force for the defending NBA champions. […]
Washington Mystics star and reigning WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne told ESPN Monday that the league’s panel of physicians have denied her request to opt out of the 2020 season due to medical concerns. “The independent panel of doctors the league appointed to review high-risk cases have advised that I’m not high risk, and should be permitted to play in […]
In what should probably serve as a cautionary tale for other players attempting to test the sanctity of the NBA’s Disney-quarantine bubble, the Kings’ Richaun Holmes is currently on day two of a mandatory 10-day quarantine, after he briefly left the league’s isolation zone to pick-up some food being delivered to him. Holmes’ transgression comes […]
