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The NBA has created an insolated bubble for the 22 teams that have a strong chance of making the postseason and winning a championship. Despite being far removed from the playoff picture, however, the remaining eight teams are not willing to give up on their season. On Saturday, The Athletic reported that the eight teams that […]
July 30 can’t come soon enough for NBA fans. The big day will mark the resumption of the 2019-2020 NBA season following a months-long suspension forced by the coronavirus pandemic. As the league prepares for the much-anticipated restart, officials have shared a number of key details that game audiences can expect. On Friday night, ESPN aired a one-hour “NBA Countdown” special in […]
Terence Davis Jr. has definitely not been making banana bread during isolation. Before the NBA went on pandemic-prompted hiatus, the Toronto Raptors guard was one of the league’s biggest rookie stories, eking out a spot in the reigning champs’ rotation thanks to his explosive offense. In February, he led all rookies in scoring, topping the […]
The calm could only last for so long. On Wednesday, Kevin Durant stirred the pot once again when he called Kendrick Perkins a “sell out” under an Instagram post about his comments in regards to Kyrie Irving‘s opposition to a season restart in wake of the ongoing protests over police brutality and systemic racism across the country. Perkins appeared on ESPN’s […]
It looks like the NBA is finally set to make its return to action during the month of July in Orlando, Florida. After a layoff that’s longer than a typical offseason, games will be returning. As far as what that means for the offseason, it looks like things will get rolling in the middle of […]
Houston Rockets guard Austin Rivers penned a lengthy response to the stance against restarting the season in late July amid protests across the country over police brutality and systemic racism. Rivers, son of Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc, directs some of his argument at Kyrie Irving, who is reportedly spearheading the movement that opposes the idea of having […]
Stephen Jackson criticized the NBA on Saturday for choosing to continue the season. The former NBA player took to Instagram to share his disapproval of the 2019-2020 NBA regular season continuing in Orlando in July, saying that other things are going on in the world to focus on besides basketball. “I love the NBA man, […]
Kawhi Leonard was the best single-season player, DeMar DeRozan sits atop some of the key all-time stat tallies, and Vince Carter has taken Canadian basketball to a place it likely never would have gotten to without him. But when you add all those things up—skill, longevity, impact—it’s hard to look past Kyle Lowry as the […]
Fresh off completing his residency program in 2014, Shankar Sivananthan thought the best gift he could give himself was season tickets to the Toronto Raptors. He had followed the team since its inaugural season led by Damon ‘Mighty Mouse’ Stoudamire and finishing up his education meant he could devote the time he wanted to his […]
San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Lonnie Walker IV has revealed the real reason why he cut his trademark hair, saying in an Instagram post that it became a “cloaking device” after he endured abuse and rape as a kid. Now, he finally feels like he can move on. The 21-year-old began growing his hair in […]
