Three years ago today, on February 7, 2023, LeBron James made NBA history. In the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James …
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Kevin Durant has spent his NBA life in iconic uniforms – Oklahoma City blue, Golden State gold, and everything that followed – but when the conversation turned to his eventual …
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Loaded The Truck, Hit The Road, Lit Up The Scoreboard: Jock Landale’s Perfect Hawks Debut
Jock Landale didn’t just arrive in Atlanta like a normal trade-deadline addition. He showed up like a guy who’d been personally offended by the concept of “waiting around.” Faced with …
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Today marks 18 years since one of the most jarring stylistic pivots of the 2000s: on February 6, 2008, the Phoenix Suns acquired Shaquille O’Neal from the Miami Heat in …
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11 Years Ago, All 5 Atlanta Hawks Starters Make History As Co-Players Of The Month
Eleven years ago, for the first time in NBA history, five teammates shared the honor of being named co-Players of the Month. The Atlanta Hawks’ starting five; DeMarre Carroll, Al …
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Negative 30 Minutes: Ousmane Dieng And The Most Backwards Trade Timeline In Deadline History
Trade deadline season always produces one or two “wait… what team is he on?” moments. This year’s clubhouse leader might be Ousmane Dieng, whose social-media timeline briefly made it look …
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When the smoke clears, and, for Washington, when the injuries finally do too, the Wizards’ outlook for next season suddenly looks nothing like the rebuild they were selling a month …
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On February 5, 1978, 48 years ago today, the NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta offered a small moment of etiquette that has outlived most of the box score. John Havlicek, …
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Nick Wright’s James Harden Verdict: Why One Trade Debate Turned Into A Full-Blown Indictment
Nick Wright’s latest James Harden takedown didn’t land in a vacuum, it hit right as Cleveland’s point-guard future became a national trade-topic. On FS1’s First Things First, Wright argued that …
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Draymond Green Faces The Unthinkable, And Says It Out Loud: “If It Ends, What A Run It Has Been.”
The NBA trade deadline has a way of turning even the most untouchable relationships into math problems, and for the first time in his Warriors career, Draymond Green is speaking …
