Game 3 needed a star to settle it. In Philadelphia, that star was Jayson Tatum. The Boston Celtics beat the 76ers 108-100 on Friday night, reclaiming home-court advantage and taking …
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The Portland Trail Blazers’ coaching search has not yet produced a permanent hire, but it has already produced a perception problem. On The Athletic NBA Daily, Zach Harper relayed one …
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The hardest part of Michael Beasley’s recent reflection is not a wardrobe mistake itself. It is the grief sitting behind it. Beasley, speaking years after the infamous moment when he …
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Caitlin Clark has spent the past two years living in front of cameras. On Indiana Fever media day, she briefly decided to stand behind one instead. After finishing her press …
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Joe Mazzulla’s most memorable Coach of the Year comment was not a campaign speech. It was a dismissal. After being named one of the finalists for the award, the Boston …
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The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 1 of their first-round series against Houston, but Shannon Sharpe’s takeaway was less about the scoreboard than about the warning signs buried underneath it. …
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For decades, Nike’s grip on basketball felt close to cultural law. That is what makes the current conversation around the company so striking. Nike’s stock has been battered over the …
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25 years ago today, on April 18, 2001, A.C. Green walked off the floor in Orlando having done something no NBA player has managed before or since: he had just …
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Mitchell Robinson has been with the Knicks long enough to remember when hope in New York felt fragile rather than routine. Now, as the longest-tenured player on a team that …
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The Miami Heat are once again being cast in their familiar role: star-hunters waiting at the edge of the market for the next franchise-shifting opportunity. This time, according to a …
