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As I watched the Cavaliers completely obliterate and embarrass the ever confusing and bi-polar Toronto Raptors in Cleveland in Game 5, it became pretty clear to me that this has potentially been the most lopsided postseason in NBA history. There have been eight games decided by 30 or more points in the 2016 NBA Playoffs [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t just trade for Channing Frye so that he could drain threes. He’s apparently an expert pep-talker, too. Kevin Love did not have good outings in Games 3 and 4, both losses, against the Toronto Raptors. He shot a combined 5-of-23 from the field, and head coach Tyronn Lue wasn’t able to [...]

Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey and Draymond Green would probably get along really well. Neither of them likes to sugarcoat anything. True to form, Casey didn’t sugarcoat the performance of his team during its 116-78 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, per the New York Times‘ Scott Cacciola: [...]

Despite the Warriors recent struggles and losing by an average of 26 points in Games 3 and 4 in Oklahoma City, Draymond Green has complete confidence that the Warriors will respond in Game 5 at home and bring the series back to Oklahoma City for a Game 6. He told The Undefeated’s Marc Spears Thursday [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have won six of their past 7 playoff games by an average of 15 points per victory. That’s an impressive stat or accomplishment for an NBA team in the increased stakes and high level of competition of the NBA Playoffs. When you consider that run of dominance has come against two [...]

What, did you think we were done talking about Draymond Green’s kick to Steven Adams’ groin in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals? That’s cute. While the NBA elected not to suspend Green, and though the Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled the Golden State Warriors in Game 4, the kick is still having a lasting [...]

Two NBA head coaching vacancies remain: the Houston Rockets’ and Memphis Grizzlies’ positions. Soon enough, though, the Rockets may stand alone, as the only team in the league without a head coach. Because the Grizzlies, for their part, seem enamored by Miami Heat assistant David Fizdale, who has been brought back for a second interview, [...]

Draymond Green was not put on this Earth to sugarcoat anything. Following the Golden State Warriors’ Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night, Green didn’t mince words when describing his performance, per ESPN.com’s Ethan Sherwood Strauss: Draymond Green sat at his locker, still in uniform, long [...]

Hey! Remember that one time Dikembe Mutombo loaned Bismack Biyombo the rights to his iconic, post-block finger wag? Mutombo doesn’t, either. From ESPN.com’s Mike Mazzeo: Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo may not have gotten permission from Dikembe Mutombo to use the retired shot-blocking star’s finger-wag celebration, but Mutombo says Biyombo “really doesn’t need it.” “You [...]

Kevin Durant is not immune to doubt and fear. It’s understandable if you thought otherwise, given the way he performs on the basketball court, displaying almost an effortless-looking greatness. But contrary to what his size and length and skill set implies, he is human. And as a human, he was naturally scared for his NBA [...]