NBA

It’s never too early to speculate on how NBA free agency will unfold. Apparently. Ahead of the Dallas Mavericks’ loss to the Portland Trail Blazers Thursday night, Dirk Nowitzki was asked about LaMarcus Aldridge’s free agency. The context of the conversation is unclear, though one must assume he was asked if Aldridge would be a [...]

LeBron James wants you to shut up. Basically. In the wake of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 1-3 start, critics are coming out of the woodwork. Reports are surfacing. Hot takes are getting hotter. Rumors of discord between the King and Kyrie Irving are afoot. The Cavs’ defense ranks 28th in efficiency. The offense looks disjointed at [...]

J.R. Smith’s reputation precedes him. During the fourth quarter of the New York Knicks’ 98-83 loss to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, Smith appeared to hit Glen Rice Jr. in the groin as he was driving right. Though nothing happened at the time, Smith was later suspended for New York’s game against the Detroit Pistons [...]

You guys. It wasn’t a dream. The NBA is still back. Shhh. Stop fist-pumping and -bumping and -twerking so loudly. You might scare the regular season away. There. That’s better. The first week of the 2014-15 season was crazy. There were plenty of exciting games, and even more devastating injuries.  There were surprise wins, and [...]

Kevin Durant wants y’all to know he left Team USA this past summer for the reason y’all already think he left Team USA this past summer. Paul George’s injury spooked him. During an hour-long HBO Sports documentary entitled “The Offseason: Kevin Durant,” the now-injured Oklahoma City Thunder superstar basically admits that he left Team USA’s [...]

Thaddeus Young believes in the Minnesota Timberwolves. It’s been forever since the Timberwolves made the playoffs (i.e. 10 years). Not even Kevin Love was enough to slingshot them up the Western Conference standings and into the postseason. That’s one of the many reasons why dealing him was so painful: He’s a superstar, and superstars help [...]

Kobe Bryant remains loyal to the Los Angeles Lakers. Many are waiting for all hell to break loose in Los Angeles, where the Lakers are 0-4 and continuing their downward spiral. Kobe doesn’t like losing. There will come a point when he explodes, making waves in all the wrong ways, feeding a rumor mill that [...]

If at some point a 39-year-old Ray Allen decides he wants to play, Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks will take notice. Although it’s been widely assumed that Allen would follow LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers, his continued absence from the basketball court is ominous—at least on that front. Perhaps he understands that the Miami Heat [...]

Get your custom-made Marc Gasol New York Knicks jerseys now. Or, you know, do the smart thing and wait eight to nine months, when you’ll actually know where Gasol is playing. Impending cap space has the Knicks all aflutter about their future prospects. Not just in 2015, but 2016, when they will (probably) join the [...]

Isaiah Thomas loves playing for the Phoenix Suns. But he would have loved playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, too. During a wide-ranging interview with Grantland’s Zach Lowe, Thomas touched upon his free-agent exploits from this past summer. When asked about the Lakers’ interest, he was candid and insightful, and said just enough to make [...]