Best Player

Kevin Durant just won his second NBA championship and NBA Finals MVP award in as many years. And he’s…he’s…well, he’s still basically trying to defend his decision to join the Golden State Warriors. Speaking with Yahoo Sports’ Michael Lee, the two-time champ, for some reason, said it’s easier to be the best player on an [...]

Who would Michael Porter Jr. pick with the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft if he were the Phoenix Suns’ general manager? Himself. Duh. Okay, that’s expected. It takes a special kind of self-aplomb to be a professional athlete. Few of this year’s prospects will just come right out and say they’re [...]

Ben Simmons doesn’t care about being the NBA’s best rookie. He has his sights set on something bigger. Like the league’s (unofficial) best-player crown. As he told ESPN.com’s Niall Sewang: “My goal is to be the best in the league,” he told ESPN. “I’m not worried about other rookies — I’m worried about the guys [...]

In what figures to be one of the deepest and most intriguing NBA Drafts in a while and with more than a few trade rumors circulating you can expect potential shockers when teams walk up to the podium next Thursday night. There has been a consensus for months that Markelle Fultz, the silky smooth combo [...]

Gregg Popovich had some high praise for Kawhi Leonard following the San Antonio Spurs’ Game 6 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. The highest praise, actually. He called Leonard the best player “in my opinion”: [tweet https://twitter.com/danfavale/status/857815607848443904] What Popovich said isn’t egregious, but the best player in the NBA isn’t Leonard. It’s LeBron James, who remains superhuman. [...]

September 11, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Kevin Durant is unlike most of America’s biggest basketball stars. He couldn’t wait to wear the red, white and blue this summer. Especially on Sept. 11. With a special memorial message on his sneakers, Durant carried the United States into the gold-medal game at the world championship, scoring [...]

September 2, 2010 – Kevin Burke Six NBA Championships in eight years. That’s what made the Chicago Bulls the team of the 90s. They were the team everyone else wanted to beat and they were the envy of the league. Many feel that if Michael Jordan didn’t take a hiatus to play a mediocre outfield [...]