NBA

Byron Scott’s motto should totally be, “Why have three when you can have two?” The Los Angeles Lakers head coach has a well-documented and iffy relationship with the long ball. He’s on record as doubting the impact of three-pointers on championship teams. Ahem: [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/523211292081790978] One season and 61 losses later, things haven’t changed much. [...]

Welp, here we are, at the end of another NBA regular season, preparing for a postseason gauntlet that, for the first time in five years, won’t include the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder did their part on Wednesday night, slaughtering the tanking Minnesota Timberwolves 138-113. Russell Westbrook did Russell Westbrook things, exploding for 37 points, [...]

LeBron James has a sense of humor. Hopefully Kevin Love does, too. Much has been made about the relationship between these two. Most recently, Love said Russell Westbrook was having a better season than LeBron. Shortly thereafter, a report alleged that LeBron was growing frustrated with his new teammate. Before that, there were tweets like [...]

J.R. Smith would like to teach Kevin Love a lesson in teammate support. Asked about LeBron James’ triple-double performance in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Monday night win over the Detroit Pistons, Smith waxed MVP status, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “Who? The real MVP?” Smith said, his message echoing to the sellout crowd of 20,562 who were [...]

The New York Knicks are already zeroing on their free-agent consolation prizes. Big names like LaMarcus Aldridge, Marc Gasol, Goran Dragic, Kevin Love and Paul Millsap are tossed around haphazardly when it comes to the Knicks’ offseason plans. Each of those players would certainly expedite their rebuilding process, and each, subsequently, is a pipe dream. [...]

Russell Westbrook giveth, and he taketh away. In the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 116-104 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, he tooketh away. He didn’t cost the Thunder a victory per se. He tallied a career-high 54 points to go along with nine rebounds and eight assists—another superhuman stat line for a desperately energetic player [...]

The New York Knicks have high hopes for the 2015 offseason, from who they’ll draft to who they’ll sign in free agency. Enter Donnie Walsh, former Knicks president and current reality-check carrier. Speaking on SiriusXM Radio, Walsh implored the Knicks and their fans against placing too much stock in free-agency coups. He did everything except [...]

Campaigning for NBA awards has become an actual thing. Take the Charlotte Hornets, who are backing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist for Defensive Player of the Year (he won’t get it). Take the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are publicly supporting Andrew Wiggins’ Rookie of the Year case with custom-made socks. Take the Houston Rockets and general manager Daryl Morey, [...]

Jason Kidd and Giannis Antetokounmpo aren’t communicating very well these days. Or rather, they weren’t communicating very well for one day—Wednesday night to be exact. Antetokounmpo was benched in the Milwaukee Bucks’ loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers and he has no idea why. From the Journal Sentinel‘s Matt Velazquez: Giannis Antetokounmpo was the only Milwaukee [...]

Gregg Popovich may not smile much, but that doesn’t mean the San Antonio Spurs’ locker room isn’t the happiest place on Earth. It is. At least to Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown. In a phenomenal feature for The New York Times Brown speaks candidly on the trials and tribulations of coaching through Philly’s extensive, [...]