The Golden State Warriors superstar guard’s ability to annoy basketball fans has given him the most undesirable of auras: that of a Duke playerBasketball fans were first introduced to Steph Curry 20 years ago the same way we learned of Riley Curry two years ago: he was the cute child a famous NBA father occasionally brought to work. A decade later we saw him again, knocking down jumpers for tiny Davidson College in the NCAA tournament and delivering hopelessly dorky rap verses about the campus dining hall. College Curry was the same kid we met in the 90s when Dell Curry was still in the league, just taller and with more range. But today that kid has turned into, well,...
After missing two years with mental health issues, the former Bucks forward has been offered a second chance by the Cavaliers. Welcome back, LarrySay what you want about the Cleveland Cavaliers, but you can’t say they don’t have backup plans. Days after losing Andrew Bogut 58 seconds into his Cavaliers career, the Eastern Conference leaders brought in former Milwaukee Bucks forward Larry Sanders to take his roster spot. Last night, Sanders appeared in his first NBA game in over two years, appearing in the final minutes of a blowout win over the Detroit Pistons and drawing a positive ovation from the home crowd. Related: Is Kawhi Leonard the NBA's most valuable player? | Hunter Felt Continue reading...
The NBA has no shortage of worthy MVP candidates, but the San Antonio Spurs star might have established himself as the frontrunnerFor most of the season, Kawhi Leonard was having one of the quietest MVP campaigns in recent memory. That changed on Monday night when Leonard scored 39 points as the San Antonio Spurs fought back from a 16-point deficit to beat the Houston Rockets. In the game’s final 30 seconds, he single-handedly secured the 112-110 win with a soon-to-be legendary sequence where he put the Spurs ahead with a three-pointer and then raced to the other end of the floor to block James Harden’s potential game-tying lay-up. The win helped the second-placed Spurs keep pace with the Golden State...
Golden State feared the worst when Kevin Durant went down with a knee injury, but his MCL strain may not be the nightmare scenario it first seemedIt’s likely that there has never been a NBA team so relieved to receive the news that one of their best players would be out for at least four weeks. When Kevin Durant went down with a knee injury in Tuesday’s 112-108 loss to the Washington Wizards following collision with Zaza Pachulia, the Golden State Warriors scheduled a MRI for Wednesday and braced for the worst. Luckily for them, the worst didn’t arrive. Related: Warriors to sign Barnes after Kevin Durant ruled out 'indefinitely' Continue reading...
The TNT mainstay has provided fine entertainment over the years but it is becoming increasingly hampered by hot takes and bullying“Inappropriate. Whiny. [LeBron James is] all of the above. The Cleveland Cavaliers, they have given him everything he wanted. They have the highest payroll in NBA history. Does he want all of the good players? He doesn’t want to compete?”Skip Bayless has forged a career as a LeBron James troll. From ESPN to FS1, he fills time through the calendar year ripping the greatest basketball player in the world. As James continues to pile outstanding season on outstanding season, Bayless’ unyielding attacks have grown increasingly pathetic and baseless, whatever credibility he once had as a talking head falling away faster...