The Chicago Bulls are now on the same page with both Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade. After taking some time following the end of the season, the Bulls finally met with Butler, a powwow that ended up going very well. Now they’ve also met with Dwyane Wade—after Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Although nothing [...]
June 12, 2017
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The International Olympic Committee announced on Friday that men’s and women’s 3-on-3 basketball has been added to the list of sports that will be a pert of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 3-on-3 game has long been a sacred part of street ball and pick up games across the country and there have [...]
June 12, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Scandal alert! Okay, not really. But we have to find a way to be sensational and drum up some drama with the NBA Finals being so one-sided. And Kevin Durant and Draymond Green have given us this (not-at-all real) drama. ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe previously revealed that Green called Durant almost immediately after Game 7 of [...]
June 12, 2017
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LeBron James wouldn’t be alone if he thought the Golden State Warriors adding Kevin Durant was unfair. Plenty of people would be right there with him. And you can easily envision him being right there with them. His Cleveland Cavaliers are down 3-0 in the NBA Finals without a puncher’s chance in hell of coming [...]
Contrary to all recent reports on the matter, projected No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz has agreed to a workout with the Sacramento Kings on Sunday. This could just be a courtesy for Fultz for whatever reason, or maybe he lost a bet with Vlade Divac who knows, but it is hard not to look into [...]
June 9, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Draymond Green didn’t wait long after Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals to begin recruiting Kevin Durant on behalf of the Golden State Warriors. In fact, he may not have even crossed the 90-minute mark of patience. ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe published a fascinating piece on how Green and the Warriors felt after he was suspended [...]
One of these days we won’t have a Lonzo Ball-Los Angeles Lakers rumor to write about. That day is not today. According to ESPN.com’s Chad Ford, the organization remains split on whether to select him with the No. 2 pick: The Lakers want to control the narrative, which is that they — not LaVar Ball, [...]
While they may not have won 73 regular season games like last year and they don’t have Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson or Larry Bird on their team, the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors have been the most dominant team in NBA history and tonight they can complete the first perfect postseason in NBA history by sweeping [...]
June 9, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Fred Hoiberg has not been given a fair shake through his first two seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bulls, but that doesn’t mean he’ll bolt the first chance he gets. Exhibit A: He’s coming back for next season. A source told CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish that Hoiberg had become a “real candidate” for [...]
A funny thing happened after the Cleveland Cavaliers lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday: J.R. Smith tweeted “Cavs in 7.” Or rather, Smith’s Twitter account posted “Cavs in 7,” because he says he didn’t do it. The tweet is since deleted, but here’s a screenshot courtesy of [...]