NBA

Teammates who won an NBA championship are forever linked to one another. Not to mention forever texting one another. Paul Pierce revealed that he, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins, who all won a 2008 title with the Celtics, still talk frequently, specifically within a group text message that, given no other context, is [...]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Especially when said meal is used as a jumping off point for free-agency and trade chatter. Baxter Holmes of ESPN.com tweeted out the following pictures of…gasp…Kobe Bryant and Rajon Rondo getting their breakfast fill together on Thursday: [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/540582513169940480] [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/540587325940854784] Star meet-and-greets tend to fuel [...]

LeBron James is sympathetic towards his buddy Carmelo Anthony’s situation with the Knicks. This is to say, he feels bad that Anthony finds himself immersed in a dumpster fire. Ahead of the Cavaliers’ ugly, nail-gnawing win over the Knicks Thursday night, LeBron commented on the debacle Melo faces in New York, per Newsday‘s Jim Baumbach: The Cavaliers [...]

Not signing Jimmy Butler to a contract extension before the Halloween deadline is going to wind up costing the Bulls. A lot. Millions of dollars. Tens of millions of dollars, actually. Rather than sign the extension Chicago was slinging, the 25-year-old, who is averaging career highs in points (21.6), rebounds (5.6), assists (3.5) and field-goal [...]

The NBA’s Eastern Conference is ugly. The NBA’s Western Conference, meanwhile, is pretty flipping fantastic. This will now conclude the portion of the article where we talk about anything besides the 76ers’ suckitude. Well, not really. There are loads of other things to discuss. Like the Warriors being incredible. And the Grizzlies drinking from the Warriors’ Gatorade [...]

Yogurt-coated moths! Tree monkey-shaped lightbulbs! Onion-scented udder cream! See, I can say totally outrageous things too. Just like Kobe Bryant. Relax, I jest. Kobe told Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski that the concept of his impatience is a myth, and I agree with him. Kind of. First, here’s what he told Woj: “The idea of me [...]

Lance Stephenson may have overstayed his welcome in Charlotte. Yes, it is only his first season with the Hornets. And yes, said season isn’t even 25 percent done. But the Hornets look like the Bobcats, and it’s forced them to scour the trade market for reinforcements, according to Grantland’s Zach Lowe: The Hornets have been [...]

Come join Lakers head coach Byron Scott on this limb, won’t you? It’s fantastically flimsy and precariously situated between a raging inferno and toxic-smog factory, all of which are perched above perilous waters rife human-guzzling crocodiles. What’s that? Oh, you won’t be joining him? Only Kobe Bryant will? Okay, then. Scott has touched on some [...]

Rare is the NBA free-agent-to-be who divulges his plans months or years in advance. Marc Gasol is no exception. The 2015 free-agent class is loaded with star possibilities. From Goran Dragic to Rajon Rondo to Kevin Love to LaMarcus Aldridge to DeAndre Jordan and others, this upcoming summer will be awash with available talent. Slowly, [...]

There’s a lot for the NBA to be thankful for this time of year. Stephen Curry’s bombs; Marc Gasol’s everything; the Mavericks offense; the Kings’ illogical record; Jimmy Butler’s surge; Anthony Davis’ god mode; San Antonio being San Antonio; Damian Lillard’s cold-bloodedness; and so much more. Truth told, there is also plenty the league could [...]