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What's Black And White And Red All Over? This Weak Shit

Today the Brooklyn Nets announced that they’ll start the season with a resounding L:

Tom Brady sent Isaiah Thomas an encouraging text after winning the Super Bowl

Thomas has Boston’s greatest athlete in his corner

Michael Jordan Dunked On The Warriors' Trophy-Humping Owner

Warriors owner Joe Lacob is precisely the kind of Silicon Valley-bred dipshit who deserves to have his ego deflated whenever possible. Thankfully, NBA legend and pettiest human on earth Michael Jordan is here to do just that.

Dirk Turned Back The Clock, But It Didn't Even Matter

The Mavericks have been quite feisty over the past few weeks, quickly climbing out of the Western Conference toilet and into the group of bad teams contending for the eight seed. Tonight, they played the Blazers, a fellow mediocre contender to get waxed by the Warriors in the playoffs, and lost in one of the more…

Dan Gilbert Offers To Trade Wayne County A New Jail For MLS Stadium Land

Dan Gilbert—Cavaliers owner, comic sans enthusiast, and predatory lending magnate—recently submitted a bid with Pistons owner Tom Gores (who he partnered with last year) for an MLS expansion team in Detroit. Part of that bid was the outline of a stadium plan. Gilbert and Gores don’t have a stadium deal in place,…

LeBron Says Carmelo-For-Love Trade Rumor Is "Trash," Reporter "Is Trash Too"

What do we know? We know Phil Jackson wants to move Carmelo Anthony before this month’s trade deadline. We know player/coach/GM LeBron James wants the Cavs to make a move to get better ahead of another title push. We know the Knicks are big on Kevin Love, even though a Love-for-Melo swap doesn’t really make any sense…

The Wizards Are For Real

Take heart, D.C. fans. Sometimes the best basketball player alive is just gonna throw in a one-legged 25-foot turnaround fallaway jumper high off the glass to tie the game with 0.3 seconds left in regulation in your building. It happens! Or anyway, it happened.

DeMarcus Cousins Lost His Shit Again

On Saturday night, we all got to see the best version of DeMarcus Cousins. This is the version that, while still unable to prevent himself from screaming at the refs and picking up a technical, can singlehandedly down the Warriors with a 32-12-9. Last night, we got the bad version of Cousins.

This Man Is 40 Years Old

Let us all praise Vince Carter on this wonderful evening.

Holy Shit, LeBron

LeBron James forced overtime against Washington with a shot that ranks among the most legendary in his career. Incredible.

Paul Pierce Gets Huge Ovation With Closing Three-Pointer In His Last Game In Boston

Paul Pierce played his last game in Boston today, four years after the Celtics traded him away. In the starting lineup for the first time in more than a month to celebrate his final game at his old stomping grounds, Pierce got a standing ovation from the crowd in recognition of the 15 years he spent as a Celtic.

DeMarcus Cousins Was His Best Self And The Kings Took Down The Warriors

What should have been an easy win for the Warriors became an overtime upset, courtesy of DeMarcus Cousins and the Kings.

Zach LaVine To Miss Rest Of Season With Torn ACL

Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine will miss the rest of the rest season with a torn ACL, the team announced today.

Yogi Ferrell Fucked Around And Earned Himself A Two-Year Contract

Yogi Ferrell, formerly a righteous Hoosier, is now a righteous Dallas Maverick.

Sage Northcutt Takes Dark Turn, Beats Ass Of Houston Rockets Mascot

We’ve finally found something that can turn Sage Northcutt, once an innocent apple-ripping MMA-fighting puppy dog, into a ruthless assassin: Mascots.

Shaq Looked Like He Really Wanted To Punch Charles Barkley In The Face

Last night’s edition of Inside The NBA featured a lengthy segment on the great LeBron-Barkley beef of 2017. You don’t need to watch the whole thing—unless you want to see Charles Barkley deploy the “I’m not mad, this is actually funny to me” defense unironically, which, now that I think about it, is a pretty good…

Report: Jordan Farmar Floated To The Top Of The Toilet Bowl

On Wednesday, the Cleveland Cavaliers went about sorting through a bunch of crap in an attempt to find LeBron James a reliable playmaker who can come off the bench. The tryout was attended by the likes of Lance Stephenson, Kirk Hinrich, and Mario Chalmers, but according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, the standout performer…

Mo Speights Fall Down Go Boom

Rim’s tougher than it looks.

Tim Hardaway Jr. Went Bonkers And Outdueled James Harden

With just over eight minutes left tonight, the Houston Rockets held a 20-point led over the Atlanta Hawks. James Harden was cooking and scoring from wherever he wanted and his fearsome arsenal of shooters were doing their thing. Teams with the best player on the court playing at home against a team on the second night…

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Gregg Popovich Gave An Insightful Monologue On White Privilege And Black History Month

The San Antonio Spurs are putting together another excellent season that is flying completely under the radar. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, however, has spent the year righteously fired up about the spate of horrific things that have befallen our country and he’s given speech after speech before games decrying the…

Basketball Is Alive And Well In The Big Apple

Settle down and enjoy this hot New York slice, flagged by Bleacher Report.

Look At These Wonderful Gifts JaVale McGee Got For His Teammates

Deadspin favorite JaVale McGee has found himself a productive and comfortable place on the Warriors’ bench. In addition to providing the team with some dunks and rebounds in his short minutes, he’s also giving solid gifts.

Steph Curry Is Steph Curry Again

It had been something of a down year for Steph Curry—at least a “down year” by the standards of a two-time reigning MVP. His shooting numbers weren’t quite there, and Kevin Durant had assumed the mantle as the Warriors’ biggest threat. Well, Curry hasn’t had to answer any questions about a slump since about a month…

Whatever Works, Man

The whole Curry family is having a good night.

Isaiah Thomas Is The Fourth-Quarter King

He’s only 5-foot-9, but there’s nobody more terrifying in the fourth quarter than Isaiah Thomas. The Bogues-ian Celtics all-star has scored 15 or more points in the 10 fourth quarters this year, twice as many as any other player. He’s averaging 10.5 points in the fourth quarter this year. To put that in perspective,…

Dell Curry's Still Got It

Hey man, if you’re going to ping your dad while he’s warming up for work, you better be ready for him to hit a three in your face.

Goodness, This Blake Griffin Pass

Blake Griffin just returned from a lengthy injury layoff to recover from knee surgery, and it appears that he’s been antsy to get back. He went all And-1 to scoot this pass in to J.J. Redick in the first quarter tonight, and thankfully, Redick hit the layup.

Hmm, I Guess Maybe The Wizards Are Good Or Whatever

The Washington Wizards struggled through most of the first half of last night’s home game against the extremely shitty New York Knicks. If you’ve followed the Wizards at all in … well, ever, then it was the type of game you’re used to seeing them piss away (or, sometimes even more maddeningly, to seeing them pull…

Former Refugee Luol Deng Speaks On Trump's Muslim Ban: "That Light Is Turned Off"

Lakers forward Luol Deng was born in what is now South Sudan, and had to flee the country during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He and his family became refugees in Egypt, where they waited for five years before being allowed to emigrate to the United Kingdom. After last night’s game against the Nuggets, Deng shared…