Stan Van Gundy has spent enough time on playoff sidelines to know the difference between a star who’s supported and a star who’s surviving. This week, the former Orlando Magic …
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Three years ago today, Damian Lillard delivered a performance for the ages, setting franchise and career highs with 71 points and 13 three-pointers as the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a …
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NBA City: The NBA’s First Restaurant Tip-Off And the Long Road To The Final Buzzer
27 years ago today, on February 25, 1999, the NBA took a very late-’90s swing at expanding its brand beyond arenas and television. The league and Hard Rock Cafe International …
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In an NBA that already runs on tracking data, video rooms, and proprietary models, the newest frontier is no longer whether teams use analytics, it’s how far they’re willing to …
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Draymond Green has never been interested in letting a critique hang in the air untreated, especially when it’s framed as something deeper than basketball. And after Kendrick Perkins questioned Green’s …
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“Could Buy The Whole Sonic”: Cade Cunningham’s Max-Extension Reality Check Hit At The Drive-Thru
The money in the NBA can feel abstract until it isn’t, until it shows up in your account in a number your brain can’t immediately process. Cade Cunningham put that …
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Pablo Torre has added fresh fuel to one of the NBA’s oldest and most corrosive conspiracy theories: that the draft lottery can be “steered” when the league wants a certain …
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Kyrie Irving Sitting Out Makes The Most Sense For Him, And For What Dallas Has Become
The Dallas Mavericks made it official on Wednesday: Kyrie Irving will not return during the 2025–26 season as he continues recovering from the torn left ACL that ended his 2024–25 …
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A new anti-tanking concept is gaining traction in NBA circles: freezing draft lottery odds at a predetermined point in the season so that results after that date no longer change …
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Kevin Johnson, Michael Jordan, And The Church Across The Street
There are certain matchups that don’t need scouting reports, only a deep breath. Kevin Johnson says he found out he was getting one of those matchups the way you learn …
