With the first round of the playoffs set to begin Monday, the NBA will soon announce the winners of this year’s regular-season awards, based on pre-bubble performance. This year’s finalists for the MVP have already been announced, with only Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James expected to receive first-place votes. This fits a pattern that has […]
Which NBA Contracts Were Gems This Season, And Which Were Stinkers?RAPTOR on this shortened season’s under- and overvalued salaries. More NBA:2019-20 RAPTOR player ratings2019-20 NBA predictions By Ryan Best After 140 days without basketball, NBA action is set to resume inside the Orlando, Florida, bubble on Thursday. There are eight “regular-season” games left to be […]
This week, the Hot Takedown crew examines the issues underlying the contentious salary negotiations between MLB owners and players, which could prevent the league from starting its season by the Fourth of July. The owners had proposed a 50/50 revenue split that was a nonstarter for several reasons. While a “salary cap”-style system isn’t awful […]
As we watch Michael Jordan vanquish each of his contemporaries in ESPN’s “The Last Dance” — which wraps up with its final two episodes on Sunday — it’s hard not to imagine the best of today’s game lacing up against them. What if LeBron James had played against these guys? The tone of that question […]
With the top record in the Western Conference — a blistering 24-3 mark — the Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the NBA’s early season success stories. Last year, L.A. finished out of the playoffs after LeBron James was limited to a career-low 55 games and his teammates mostly failed to pick up the […]