Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020; Gianna Bryant, 2006-2020
Kobe Bryant was effortlessly relevant, from his emergence as an Italian-speaking teenager in the mid-1990s to the final night of his...
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- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
AD’s contract situation, explained
Yesterday, Anthony Davis declined a mondo contract extension with the Lakers which would have given him $146 million over the next four...
- Dec 9, 2019
- 2 min
12/9/19: Three things from this weekend
1. Long live Chris Paul, basketball genius If you didn’t catch Friday night’s miracle win for the Thunder -- and a miracle it was --...
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
Twitter found Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s burner account
Twitter, social media, the Internet and Jeff Bezos are all mostly bad, but every so often one of those four things does something...
- Jun 13, 2019
- 2 min
Nick Van Exel’s sudden love of iced coffee is the best
We’ll get to the NBA Finals, but first… The absolute most endearing NBA-related thing right now is Nick Van Exel’s newfound love of iced...
- May 29, 2019
- 1 min
The Lakers’ continued free fall, summed up in three bullet points
ESPN’s Baxter Holmes dropped a big, illuminating piece yesterday on the Lakers’ tire fire, which mostly served as an indictment against...
- May 20, 2019
- 1 min
Magic just can’t help himself
Magic Johnson went on First Take this morning, for some reason, and used his time to hurl a huge middle finger toward Rob Pelinka: “So...
- May 15, 2019
- 4 min
Last night changed the NBA. We’re just not sure how yet.
The hottest of hot takes would be to anoint Zion Williamson either a loser or a winner after last night’s NBA Draft Lottery. In reality,...
- Apr 10, 2019
- 2 min
The free bird screws his old team
According to a few different reports, nobody within the organization had any clue that Magic Johnson was going to hold an improvisational...
- Mar 15, 2019
- 1 min
Who wants LeBron?
Jeff Van Gundy floated the idea of trading LeBron on Saturday during the 76ers-Warriors game. Yesterday, B/R’s Ric Bucher dropped a piece...
- Mar 13, 2019
- 1 min
The Lakers’ lost season is good for something
Take it from Zach Lowe -- this year for the Lakers has been a complete trainwreck. But the recent white flag has brought back Andre...
- Feb 26, 2019
- 1 min
LeBron, who loves his team, hates his team
After the Lakers beat the Rockets on Thursday night, LeBron James, speaking of his current team, which he tried to wholesale trade for...
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