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While Steph Curry continues to be the most underpaid athlete in all of sports (currently on a 4-year, $44M deal), the Warriors are able to keep everyone in place and happy. But when Curry is up for new money, will the Warriors still look the same? Time will time. But for the immediate future, they’ll [...]

Plenty of people thought that Aaron Gordon, not Zach LaVine, should’ve been named the NBA’s Slam Dunk Champion at this year’s All-Star Weekend in Toronto. Paul George of the Indiana Pacers is, apparently, among them. Ahead of the Pacers’ Thursday night loss to the Orlando Magic, George, who has participated in the dunk contest himself, [...]

Here’s something you don’t hear everyday. Jason Terry, though still playing for the Houston Rockets, interviewed with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to become their next head coach, as relayed to us by Terry himself through Mark Berman of Fox 26 in Houston: Terry said the interview took place on Thursday in Houston, site [...]

Let the Chicago Bulls’ rumor mill churn on. Pau Gasol is expected to decline his player option for next season and enter unrestricted free agency in July. Though his name popped up at will ahead of the trade deadline, it was assumed once he wasn’t moved that he would remain with the Bulls beyond this [...]

The Golden State Warriors only need to win 3 of their last 5 games to break the Chicago Bulls 72-10 record best season in NBA History. For as much fanfare as Stephen Curry gets, the past week Klay Thompson has been the key factor, lighting up opponents at an incredible pace night in and night [...]

With April on the horizon, so too are the NBA playoffs. And the league’s power structure is getting topsy turvy as a result. The Golden State Warriors are still chasing history, because, well, the Golden State Warriors chase history. The San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder have all entered rest and relaxation [...]

Blake Griffin hasn’t touched an NBA court since Christmas Day, and when he is not busy punching equipment managers or shooting Kia commercials he apparently found some time to make a cameo on the popular Comedy Central series, “Broad City“ In the show, which aired Tuesday night, one of the shows main characters meets Griffin [...]

D’Angelo Russell has officially apologized for posting a video of Los Angeles Lakers Nick Young ostensibly talking about sexual conquests that took place while he was dating and/or engaged to present-day fiancee Iggy Azalea. From ESPN.com: “I feel as sick as possible,” Russell said in a news conference before the team’s 102-100 overtime win against [...]

Yahoo and “The Vertical” writer Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Yao Ming will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this September. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/715208085304963073] Ming was the 1st pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds and just under 2 blocks in his eight-year NBA career before nagging foot and [...]

During this historic season by the Golden State Warriors it seems as though they are aiming to break every record to measure a team’s greatness and they have broken many. They now hold the record for the best start to a season at 24-0, the most consecutive home wins in NBA history at 53 and [...]