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Andrew Wiggins Robbed Nikola Jokic Of His Dignity

Andrew Wiggins demolished Nikola Jokic in the fourth quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves win over the Denver Nuggets with this one-handed jam.

Report: Vacation Ruined

What Makes A Dunk Contest Champ?

I used to say that the dunk contest was dead. The days when the NBA’s elite players competed were long gone, I said, along with lots of basketball fans. Most of the modern dunks are rehashes of old ones. The event has plateaued.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Is So Bad He Made The NFL Look Like The Good Guy

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott went on Glenn Beck’s radio show yesterday and spewed some bullshit about the NFL (too political!), Colin Kaepernick (snowflake!), sanctuary cities (bad!), and something called the Convention of States project (good!), which, apparently, is a retrograde initiative designed to slash the federal…

Draymond Green Criticizes James Dolan's "Slave Master Mentality"

The pissing match between Charles Oakley and James Dolan’s Swollen Ego has mercifully ended, and now the Knicks’ moribund season can float away on an ice floe and die in peace. The fallout from the extremely public spat, however, isn’t over.

No One Knows What The Sixers Are Doing With Jahlil Okafor

As hot as the 76ers were in January, this is not the season for them to be good. It’s the season to develop their good young players (Joel Embiid, maybe Ben Simmons) and to see about trading those who are expendable for their future (uh, just about everyone else). Well, Embiid and Simmons are hurt—with strangely…

How In The World Did LeBron Make This Pass?

A half-baked theory: LeBron saw John Wall’s otherworldy self-nutmeg pass last night and decided to one-up him tonight. And, uh, yeah he sure did.

Tyronn Lue Can Do A Solid Tom Thibodeau Impersonation

Before the Cavs-Wolves game started tonight, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue graced us with his Tom Thibodeau impersonation. Fittingly, it was mostly grunts.

Report: Charles Oakley Once Again Allowed To Watch Sloppy Basketball At MSG

Former Knicks great Charles Oakley can once again watch all the triangle offense he desires at Madison Square Garden. The Oakley ban is gone, according to The Undefeated’s Mike Wise:

Report: Magic Trade Serge Ibaka To Raptors, Continue To Play Themselves

The NBA hot stove has been burning early and often this year, and according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the next player on the move is Magic big man Serge Ibaka.

Kevin Love To Miss Six Weeks After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

The Cleveland Cavaliers announced today that forward Kevin Love would miss an estimated six weeks, after undergoing “arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body from his left knee.”

It Is Time For All NBA D-Leaguers To Be Paid A Living Wage

The NBA announced an extensive multiyear partnership agreement between the D-League and a popular sports drink company this morning, which will see the popular sports drink company’s logo on all basketballs, jerseys, and court side signage, as well as the league being renamed for the 2017-18 season to incorporate the…

Okay, I'm All In On Derrick Jones Jr. Winning The Dunk Contest

There’s no denying that Suns rookie Derrick Jones Jr. knows how to do some big-ass dunks, but I’ve remained skeptical of the teen’s sleeper candidacy in this year’s dunk contest. In-game dunks and dunk-contest dunks are totally different beasts, and it’s hard to say Jones Jr. really has a shot at defeating the likes…

The Warriors Were No Match For The Mighty Nuggets' Historic Three-Point Barrage

The Golden State Warriors, former NBA Finalists, traveled to Denver to play a depleted Nuggets team tonight. The Dubs were without Klay Thompson and Shaun Livingston, but the Nuggets were short five players of their own due to a series of injuries and short one Mason Plumlee on account of he just got traded yesterday.…

John Wall's Tweener Pass To Otto Porter Was So Smooth

In the third quarter of the Washington Wizards’ drubbing of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a steal by Markieff Morris led to a Wizards’ breakaway and this pass by John Wall, which is right up there for dime of the year.

Adam Silver And Michael Jordan Met With James Dolan And Couldn't Get Him To Back Down

This afternoon, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Michael Jordan met with James Dolan and Charles Oakley to try and mediate a peaceful end to their very public dispute. (Frank Isola first reported the news, and the NBA confirmed it shortly after.)

Chris Andersen Is Going To The Hornets

Okay.

The Raptors Are Sliding And Kyle Lowry Is Giving Ominous Quotes

“Keeping the same situations over and over, and not being successful, something’s gotta give, something’s gotta change,” said Kyle Lowry after the Raptors pissed away a 16-point lead over the Pistons to lose their 10th game in 14 outings. Some of those were particularly ugly for a team that fancies itself a contender…

The Shady 76ers Are Mad At Joel Embiid For Dancing

Philadelphia 76ers fans haven’t seen much of historically great rookie Joel Embiid lately, as he’s missed 12 of the team’s last 13 games with with a knee injury. They did, however, get to see him in action at a Meek Mill concert this weekend:

Anthony Davis Teases Nut-Grabbing Buddy Hield

Pelicans rookie Buddy Hield was ejected from yesterday’s game agains the Kings for whacking DeMarcus Cousins right in the yams. If you were wondering whether Hield’s teammates found the situation to be as amusing as you did, allow Anthony Davis’s Snapchat to clear a few things up for you:

Buddy Hield Ejected For Brutal Nutshot On DeMarcus Cousins

NOOO. Buddy, you can’t do that. It’ll earn you an ejection every time, and shared pain among many, many men.

Someone Wanted You To See This Sketchy And Feeble Pro-Dolan Protest Outside MSG

Yesterday afternoon, tipster John Rats sent us a link to a Craigslist post seeking “enthusiastic people to take part in a Pro-Knicks rally before this Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.” Naturally intrigued, we responded to the ad, which promised $50 to anyone who came out to “support the Knicks organization…

Nuggets And Blazers Get The NBA Started On The Race To The Trade Deadline

The Trail Blazers and Nuggets have kicked off the NBA’s trade activity with a week and a half to go before the deadline, with Denver sending Jusuf Nurkic and a 2017 first-round draft pick to Portland in exchange for Mason Plumlee and a future second-round pick.

Friendship

When down 20, the time is right to ignite whatever strands might have still connected you.

Draymond Green Scored 4 Points Last Night And Got A Triple-Double Anyway

About a year ago, we published a blog asking for someone to name the rare stat line that Draymond Green had pulled off multiple times that season—a triple-double with perfect shooting from the field.

The Nets Lost Again, But Brook Lopez Blocked The Shit Out Of Rodney McGruder

Ever since he somehow survived Larry Nance, Jr. dropping a piano on his head, Brook Lopez has been biding his time, waiting patiently for an opportunity to earn his soul back from the basketball gods. That time came in the third quarter of Friday night’s game against the Miami Heat; in related news, Rodney McGruder is…

Kyrie Irving Did Whatever He Wanted With The Basketball

From the very first possession of the game, you knew Kyrie had the ball on its usual leash. He flies past Russell Westbrook off a pick, loses control and more or less rolls the ball across the paint, then resettles in the corner and loops back around to the arc. By now he’s cut an odd path through the court—a Family…

Report: James Dolan Fires Madison Square Garden Head Of Security

Madison Square Garden and New York Knicks owner James Dolan fired Madison Square Garden’s security chief this morning, reports DNAinfo, two days after Madison Square Garden security tussled with former Knick great Charles Oakley, which ultimately saw Oakley get arrested.

Neither MSG Security Nor A Hockey Game Can Stop Pro-Charles Oakley Chants

It’s been a full day since Charles Oakley got tossed out of Madison Square Garden and arrested following a fight with MSG staffers. Tonight, the building was back in use for an NHL game. The New York Rangers hosted and beat the Nashville Predators, 4-3, but the Knicks’ contentious handling of Oakley was still the…

"That's Some Bullshit!" Shouts Charles Oakley As He's Dragged Out Of MSG

Here’s some fresh footage of Charles Oakley getting booted from Madison Square Garden in the first quarter of last night’s Knicks-Clippers game, courtesy of a Deadspin reader. (An Easter egg: John McEnroe in the background, always the right guy to help cool down a testy situation.)