Retire

With Tim Duncan retiring from the NBA, it’s only natural our attention start shifting to San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. Sure, Manu Ginobili probably won’t play beyond next season. But Popovich and Duncan were synonymous with one another. It’s tough, in turn, to imagine one without the other. Maybe Pop will soon follow [...]

Tim Duncan finally commented on his retirement. And his comments were so Tim Duncan. Duncan spoke to ViVid Streaming on Wednesday in the aftermath of the San Antonio Spurs’ Monday announcement that he would be retiring from the NBA after 19 years. As expected. He was nothing if not humble in his send off, which [...]

Well, it happened. Tim Duncan retired. Just like that. There wasn’t really a warning. There were hints, none of them strong. Which is just how Duncan would have wanted it to be. He is unique in that he doesn’t give two flying effs about convention, about how he should leave the game, or about how [...]

July 11, 2016 is a day that will forever be significant in NBA history. It is when one of the greatest players in the history of the game officially decided to hang them up and end his 19 year NBA career. Tim Duncan is as synonymous with the Spurs as any player with any professional [...]

Have we seen the last of Paul Pierce in the NBA? We'll know soon enough. Here's what Pierce told The Boston Globe‘s Gary Washburn: Paul Pierce told the Globe on Wednesday night before Game 3 of the NBA Finals that he hasn’t made a decision on whether he will return for a 19th season but [...]

Tim Duncan has yet to decide whether he will return to the San Antonio Spurs in 2016-17 for a 20th season. Because, duh. The Spurs’ Game 6 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder is still fresh. The reality that San Antonio wont get its foregone Western Conference Finals matchup with the Golden State Warriors hasn’t [...]

Carmelo Anthony has now had some time to think about his situation with the New York Knicks since their regular season ended, and about whether he still wants to be part of their long-term future. His verdict? He wants to stick around. Still. Per The Wall Street Journal‘s Chris Herring: [tweet https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/725691514005913600] [tweet https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/725691684252729347] If [...]

The inevitable “Is this the end of the road?” questions were lobbied at Dirk Nowitzki after the Mavericks were eliminated from the postseason in Oklahoma City last night, and Dirk took no time to dispel any notion that may have seen the last of his beautiful blonde locks and one-legged fadeaways on the NBA hardwood. [...]

Dirk Nowitzki isn’t ready to call it NBA career. Not now, now after this season, not even following next season. The Dallas Mavericks’ sweet-shooting big man owns a player option for next season, which he’s supposed to exercise in attempt to give the team ample cap flexibility in free agency. It was not widely expected [...]

The NBA will never be the same. Longtime referee Joey Crawford is retiring after 39 years, effective immediately. A knee injury is causing him to hang it up right away. He will be missed. Crawford has provided some of the more comical moments in league history from a refereeing standpoint. Everything from him falling while [...]