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Mar 28, 20202 min read
If the NBA does return, it’s going to look weird
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst dropped an interesting piece today on how the Chinese Basketball Association’s drive to cable-jump its season...
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Mar 26, 20201 min read
03/25/2006: Andrei Kirilenko’s 15-14-3-3-10 night
On this day 14 years ago, Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko recorded a triple-double the extremely hard way against the Kings, finishing with this...
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Mar 26, 20201 min read
The NBA COVID-19 infection masterlist
Since Rudy Gobert’s positive diagnosis on March 11, the virus has reached most corners of the league. Here’s the running list, via...
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Mar 26, 20202 min read
That time Joel Embiid guilted the 76ers’ ownership into paying its employees in full
Yesterday, on day No. 13 without basketball, or anything, really, we all witnessed the power of two formidable entities: Joel Embiid and...
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Mar 13, 20201 min read
The last bucket of the men’s NCAA basketball season
While every other conference in college basketball was announcing the cancellation of its tournaments, the Big East Tournament briefly...
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Mar 13, 20202 min read
It feels like this all happened very quickly
For an idea of how shockingly quick this -- the cancellation of every sport and every league across the country -- happened, in our last...
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Feb 29, 20201 min read
The all-leap-year-day team
Every four years, for some reason that maybe five people in the entire world could actually explain, we all get an extra day at the end...
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Feb 28, 20202 min read
The Harden-Giannis is officially sizzling
A week ago, we wrote about Giannis’s apparent disdain for James Harden. During All-Star Weekend, Giannis took consistent shots at him:...
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
2/24/1978: Kevin Porter’s 29 dimes
On this day 42 years ago, New Jersey Nets guard Kevin Porter set a then-record with 29 assists in one game in a 126-112 win over the...
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
The Pelicans are coming
Zion Williamson destroying Are these people current NBA players, or prime ministers of the former Yugoslavia? contestant Alen Smailagić...
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
Jayson Tatum’s Sunday was a lot like a moment Paul Pierce had 19 years ago
On March 13, 2001, this footnote in Celtics history happened: Third-year player Paul Pierce and the Celtics went to Staples Center to...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read
2/19/1971: Walt Wesley, of footnote fame, drops 50
On this day 49 years ago, Cleveland center Walt Wesley put up 50 points and 12 rebounds in a 125-109 victory over the Cincinnati Royals,...
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Feb 19, 20202 min read
Jerome ‘Big Snacks’ James: The Knicks’ piece-de-resistance
On this day 11 years ago, the Knicks traded Jerome ‘Big Snacks’ James to the Chicago Bulls for Larry Hughes, ending one of the most...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read
What does Giannis have against James Harden?
There appears to be a burgeoning, mostly one-sided beef between Giannis and James Harden. A timeline: Feb. 6: While drafting his...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read
There was defense in the All-Star Game
This block on LeBron courtesy of Giannis, which got flipped from a goaltending call to a clean rejection, was the perfect embodiment of a...
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Feb 19, 20202 min read
John Beilein is a college coach without NBA survival skills
On Sunday night, during the most riveting All-Star Game of the last 20 years, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Adrian Wojnarowski reported that...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
2/14/2012: Lin ... puts it up ... bang!
On this day eight years ago, Jeremy Lin scored 27 points and nailed a game-winning 3-pointer on Valentine's Day to give the Knicks their...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
2/14/20: Tankathon Update
It’s the All-Star Break, which means all these bumbling teams will take a few well-deserved days off from all their losing. A few notes:...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
Five thoughts on the East and West standings heading into All-Star Weekend
5. The ultimate prize in the East is the second seed. Whoever gets it (probably the Raptors or Celtics) will get to waltz through either...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
Jayson Tatum’s grown-man move
Jayson Tatum dropped 39 points last night in a Game of the Year candidate against the Clippers. The Celtics won, 141-133, in double...
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