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In the main event of NBA All-Star Saturday Night, some of the league’s youngest high flyers took part in tonight’s Slam Dunk Contest. Making up the field was Kenyon Martin Jr. (who feels old?), Mac McClung, Trey Murphy III, and Jericho Sims. However, it was McClung who stole the show, just four days after signing […]
Earlier tonight, some of the most deadly sharpshooters from around the NBA took the court in Salt Lake City for the 2023 NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest. This year’s field of shooters was stacked, including All-Stars Tyrese Haliburton, Damian Lillard, Lauri Markkanen, Julius Randle, and Jayson Tatum, as well as Tyler Herro, former champion Buddy Hield, […]
Some of the most skilled players in the NBA took the floor earlier tonight to compete in the 2023 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge. The contest was broken down into three different teams. Team Antetokounmpo, which consisted of Jrue Holiday (who replaced an injured Giannis Antetokounmpo) and brothers Alex and Thanasis Antetokounmpo. The hometown Utah Jazz were represented […]
The future of the NBA is bright and its most promising young talent was on full display during the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars Game earlier tonight. NBA legends Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah, Jason Terry, and Deron Williams each led teams comprised of rookies, sophomores, and stars from the NBA G-League in a four-team tournament to […]
Earlier tonight, stars from the worlds of sports, music, and entertainment got NBA All-Star Weekend underway in Salt Lake City at the 2023 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Utah Jazz minority owner Dwyane Wade and Jazz team governor Ryan Smith served as captains, with the Antetokounmpo brothers and Lindsey Vonn coaching for Team Wade and Lisa Leslie, Fat […]
The reserves for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game were announced on Thursday. With only seven spots to fill in each conference, there will always be players who didn’t make the cut, and therefore considered a snub. That’s where James Harden comes in. Harden was among the notable names who were not selected for the All-Star Game. The 33-year-old […]
The rivalry between Michael Jordan and Isaiah Thomas has long been attributed to a well-documented theory that the Detroit Pistons point guard allegedly froze out Jordan, preventing the ball from getting to his hands, during the 1985 NBA All-Star Game. Thomas has consistently denied the conspiracy, but that hasn’t stopped basketball fans from discussing it anytime the beef […]
Saturday’s NBA Slam Dunk Contest was awful. There’s really no way around it. You’ve seen the latest Shaq meme, and if you were in the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse like I was, know that everyone in there felt the exact same way as he did. The Dunk Contest used to be appointment viewing for me and the majority […]
Some of the NBA’s most well-rounded players came together for a new version of the NBA All-Star Skills Challenge Friday night in Cleveland. This year, players were broken up into teams of three. The hometown Cleveland Cavaliers were represented by All-Stars Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen, along with rookie sensation Evan Mobley. Another team was […]
We’re in midst of a shooting revolution in the NBA, and some of the league’s best were on display during the 2022 3-Point Contest earlier tonight. The above point couldn’t be emphasized any more than it was tonight, with the performance by Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns. Towns, the self-proclaimed “Best Shooting Big Man of […]
