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
You’ve watched a plethora of games. You’ve followed the debates throughout the entirety of the 2016-17 campaign. You’ve seen the endless stream of highlights. You’ve checked out the numbers. Now, after so many NBA events have come and gone, it’s finally awards season. Eight different writers
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
Another trade deadline came to pass on Thursday, ending, like the others, without the Boston Celtics trading for a superstar, a failure to some, an inconsequential result to others. Only, what if this is actually a success story? What if, by standing pat, the Celtics
The downfall of the NBA’s back-to-the-basket big man has been well-documented. In the span of two decades, the sport lost the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning. That, coupled with the league’s newfound hyperfocus on three-pointers and layups, expedited the
When Andre Drummond fights for a board with three members of the opposition and successfully corrals it, he gets credit for a single rebound. The same is true when he hauls in the ball with no one in the immediate vicinity. But should those plays really
It’s one of the NBA’s most exciting plays. A deadly ball-handler directs everyone out of the painted area, clearing the court so he can take his defender in a one-on-one battle. With some flashy handles, a few eye-fakes and terrifyingly quick changes of direction, he