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LOS ANGELES—The story, Saturday, was supposed to be about LeBron James. Instead it was about a brawl that marred the home debut of the Lakers new star, set the stage for possibly some lengthy suspensions, and just might tarnish the reputation of one of LeBron’s new running mates if the allegations against him are indeed […]
The Lakers have come to be known as the Meme Team for the eclectic cast of characters around LeBron James, but they’ve been missing one important ingredient to fully realize their potential. After missing their first 15 three-pointers in Thursday’s road opener against the Blazers, they finished just 7-of-30 from deep in a 128-119 loss. In other words, they […]
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski believes the Los Angeles Clippers have put themselves in “great position” to sign Kawhi Leonard next summer. “What the Clippers are doing right now is very below the radar,” Wojnarowski said on his podcast The Woj Pod. “What they’ve done to put themselves in position. They didn’t gut themselves and they’re not […]
The Warriors tipped off in the late game Tuesday night, collecting their championship rings before withstanding a third quarter comeback by a Thunder team missing Russell Westbrook, ultimately winning 108-100 at home. The real news came after the game, when Kevin Durant took to Instagram and his brother, Tony Durant, appeared to prematurely foreshadow KD’s summer plans. Here’s the comment that […]
You spend all offseason practicing. You hype yourself up in the locker room. You go out on opening day and… you get caught by someone on the other team and turned into a poster or worse, Twitter fodder. It can happy to any of us, provided that “us” is “some of the best basketball players in […]
It’s hard to gauge the veracity of a “whisper,” but we’re gonna try. The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor included a disarming paragraph about the prospect of LeBron James teaming with Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler in his preview column on Tuesday because both Kawhi and Jimmy will be unrestricted free agents this coming summer: There are whispers around the […]
Southeast Division Atlanta Hawks If This Squad Was A Drake Lyric: Sex, love, pain, baby, I be on that Tank shit Buzz so big I could probably sell a blank disc “Best I Ever Had” Atlanta’s the only steadfast tank team heading into the season, even if we know Drake’s dapping the R&B singer with […]
With the 2018-19 NBA regular season set to kick off this week, Nike is making sure some its younger crop of stars will be laced in special pairs for the occasion. Back in September, Nike allowed nine rookies and sophomores in the NBA and WNBA to design special Nike iD colorways of signatures like the PG 2, KD […]
Miami Heat president Pat Riley denied claims that he called Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau a “motherf*cker” for requesting too high a price in trade negotiations for disgruntled superstar Jimmy Butler. Riley shared most of a statement on the rumor to the Heat’s official Twitter account on Oct. 12. Pat Riley Statement “As to what […]
The Lakers landed LeBron James this summer, but it wasn’t the foregone conclusion many followers of the league have surmised. No, it took an embrace of power as serious as Daenerys Targaryen’s on Game of Thrones. That’s the metaphor running through the first part of Sam Amick’s densely reported Athletic feature on how Lakers owner Jeanie Buss actually went about landing […]
