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If you want to get technical, the second half started a long time ago, since teams have played roughly 70 percent of the schedule. But as we enter the dog days of the NBA season—when the calendar turns to March and players are fighting off fatigue and injuries, eagerly anticipating either the start of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jarrett Allen went for comfort over flair to kick off his first-ever All-Star Weekend, and people reacted loudly enough on social media to draw a response from the Cavs center. The 23-year-old’s Friday fit had Twitter users speculating if he bolted into the first store he saw or was maybe trying out some teacher cosplay. Plenty […]
Could LeBron James return to the Cavaliers for a second time? It’s not out of the question. Though his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers doesn’t expire until next year, the 37-year-old says he’s open to rejoining the Cavs sometime after. “The door’s not closed on that,” James told the Athletic’s Jason Lloyd during the NBA All-Star weekend in Cleveland. “I’m not saying I’m […]
Not many people would have expected to see the Chicago Bulls tied for the best record in the Eastern Conference at the All-Star break before the season began. But that’s the beauty of sports, you can predict and speculate all you want, but nothing truly matters until the games are played and the season is actually […]
Tonight, the NBA’s most impactful rookies, emerging second-year standouts, and sleepers from the G-League took the court in Cleveland Ohio for the 2022 NBA All-Star Rising Stars Game. This year’s Rising Stars featured a new format which saw the players divided into four teams—Team (Rick) Barry, Team Isiah (Thomas), Team (Gary) Payton, and Team (James) […]
Tonight, the stars were out in Cleveland, Ohio to kick off NBA All-Star Weeknd in the always fun NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. As usual, the game was a mixed bag in terms of quality, but was entertaining as always. Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett and Olympic gold medalist Gianmarco Tamberi provided some highlight-reel dunks, […]
Kyrie Irving hopped on social media Friday to defend himself and teammate Kevin Durant, after a troll on Twitter said the pair would have the combined maturity level of an “upset eighth grader.” “I think if you combined @KDTrey5 and @KyrieIrving maturity you would get the grand total of an upset 8th grader,” the Twitter […]
“The way players are playing suggests less of a major move,” said Toronto Raptors general manager Bobby Webster via a Zoom press conference on Feb. 8. A few hours prior to the 3 p.m. trade deadline, the Raptors traded Goran Dragic and a lottery-protected first-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs for Thaddeus Young, Drew Eubanks, […]
