The Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the 2016 NBA Finals…easily the most overused and ill-considered joke in recent NBA Twitter history. Why? No, it’s not that I hate fun. It’s because it discredits what the Cleveland Cavaliers accomplished. They were staring defeat
The 2017 NBA Playoffs are mercifully here. After weeks of basketball with relatively low stakes at hand—unless you were pining to see who won the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, or whether the Utah Jazz or Los Angeles Clippers secured home-court advantage in
Over the past few weeks, Rudy Gobert has hijacked all of your Twitter feeds. It feels like every time the Utah Jazz play, there’s a new viral video of Gobert either swatting a shot out of mid-air with a look of disdain on his face
One weekend of Madness is in the books, and the landscape of the NCAA Tournament is already vastly different. Gone are the likes of Duke and Louisville, as well as reigning champ Villanova. And with them, we also lost various intriguing prospects. But despite short
The flowers are blooming, and the New York Knicks are tanking on accident. It must be March. The third month of the year signifies an important time for basketball fans, one that includes cramming in those last bits of research on the college teams they
On July 3, Adrian Wojnarowski of the Vertical reported that the Brooklyn Nets agreed to a four-year, $50 million contract with restricted free agent Tyler Johnson. One thought immediately began reverberating throughout the league: ‘Who?’ At that point, Johnson, who spent four years at Fresno State,
The Toronto Raptors are clearly in win-now mode. With their best player—All-NBA point guard Kyle Lowry—fast approaching 31 years of age, it made sense to become one of the most active teams at the 2017 NBA trade deadline. On Feb. 14, they sent Terrence Ross and
It’s uncommon to see a player in the 12th year of his professional career take the proverbial next step, but Lou Williams appears to have done just that. The veteran combo guard is currently setting career highs in multiple categories, including points per game (18.6),