05/29/09: Kobe and crew knock off Carmelo’s best team
On this day 11 years ago, the Lakers beat the Nuggets in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, 119-92, to clinch the series and knock...
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- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
The All-New York native team
New York City and basketball go together like pandemics and $1,200 checks. It is the unquestioned mecca -- especially for point guards....
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
The Grip Asks: Is this Reddit user onto something?
A few days ago, this year-old Reddit post resurfaced. It asked, simply, and ingeniously: “Serious question: why can’t 4 Warriors...
- May 29, 2020
- 3 min
Michael Jordan is the poster boy for the great player-bad general manager paradox
As a player, Michael Jordan had too many memorable moments to count. As an owner/executive for the Wizards and then the Bobnets/Horcats,...
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
Biggie Smalls’ contribution to NBA history
Biggie Smalls would have been 48 yesterday. The great rapper didn’t have much connection to the NBA -- not that that’s stopped today’s...
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
The Grip’s equation for deciphering the all-time top-10 list
We have good news. We’ve created a simple but foolproof equation for deciphering the 10 best NBA players of all-time. Here it is: A...
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
05/22/2006: The Mavericks squeeze by the Spurs
On this day 14 years ago, one of the great second-round series ever wrapped up, with the Mavericks defeating the Spurs in San Antonio in...
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Some of the best times hip hop name-dropped MJ
A great barometer for how popular an NBA player is can be answered in one simple metric: Has he been name-dropped in a hip hop song? For...
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
"The Mailman doesn't deliver on Sundays"
The 1998 NBA Finals was memorable enough that it often overshadows the 1997 NBA Finals, which also featured a six-game series between the...
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
MJ’s final (Bulls) moments are why he’s untouchable
The reason Michael Jordan will always be the Greatest of All-Time is because he had a sense of the moment that no one in the history of...
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
The Double-A Southern League of the mid-’90s dug the long ball, especially when hit by the greatest
Sunday’s episodes of “The Last Dance” covered Michael Jordan’s foray into baseball after his first retirement. Decades later, this...
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
The NBA is inching toward a consensus plan to bring the season back
Adam Silver had a conference call last night with all of the important people, which went pretty well, according to Woj: “Owners and...
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
No one murdered defenders like Dr. J
The NBA version of Dr. J (1976-’87) had glimpses of his mystique, like the dunk above, but the ABA version of Dr. J (1971-’76), fresh off...
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
New York’s last basketball title
Three years after the Knicks won their second title, in 1973, New York basketball won another title, when the ABA’s New York Nets beat...
- May 8, 2020
- 1 min
Toni Kucoč’s 1994 buzzer-beater over the Knicks
GIF’d above is the game-winner Toni Kucoč hit in Game 3 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Knicks, in the first...
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
“The Last Dance” is basically a commercial for Michael Jordan. Should that matter?
In an interview on the Dan Patrick Show earlier this week, “The Last Dance” director Jason Hehir said this, about episodes seven and...
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
The Grip asks: Is this the greatest buzzer-beater ever?
The shot alone is a worthy candidate for greatest buzzer-beater, but the surrounding circumstances elevate it to another level. Four...
- Apr 24, 2020
- 3 min
Prepare to enter the terrifying mind of Dennis Rodman
We’ve almost made it to Week 2 of “The Last Dance,” or as we like to call it, “Week 2 of content-wringing from ‘The Last Dance.’” At one...
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Coronavirus symptom-free after contracting James Dolan
(A screenshot from the time James Dolan promised a “successful offseason,” then signed four power forwards instead of Kyrie Irving and...
- Apr 20, 2020
- 3 min
The background characters of “The Last Dance,” episodes one and two
The first and second episodes of "The Last Dance" premiered on ESPN last night. [WATCH: Episode 1|Episode 2] Though a little bit...