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$500,000 Raised For Craig Sager's Foundation, No Thanks To Stephen Curry

A celebrity three-point challenge followed by a series of Stephen Curry bricks led to Craig Sager’s son—with help from Shaquille O’Neal—sinking a bucket that led to a $500,000 donation to the Sagerstrong Foundation.

DNCE Stands For "Destroyed Nearby Crowd's Ears"

Move over, Aloe Blacc. There’s a new worst NBA All-Star-related musical performance, and it’s this hilariously off-key appearance by Joe Jonas.

The Man You've All Been Waiting For

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Carmelo Anthony: Late All-Star Selection "Was A Downer," No Refunds On His Canceled Vacation

Carmelo Anthony found out on Wednesday that he was a last-minute All-Star selection, chosen to fill in for an injured Kevin Love and make his tenth appearance at the game. Good news?

Russell Westbrook Answers Every Question About Kevin Durant By Talking About Fashion

Russell Westbrook, who is averaging a motherfucking triple-double but is somehow a reserve on this year’s All-Star team, took questions from reporters in New Orleans today. His whole press conference is above, and it’s worth watching all eight minutes of it if only to appreciate one man’s dedication to his trolling…

Joel Embiid Considered Quitting Basketball When He Was Injured

Within the limited minutes he’s allowed, Joel Embiid has proven himself one of the finest two-way rookies in recent memory, but it bears remembering why he’s a rookie at all. Embiid was already hurt when the Sixers drafted him with the third pick in 2014, and he continued to struggle with right foot injuries for two…

It's Time For The Celtics To Get Isaiah Thomas Some Damn Help

One of the big subjects of talk around the NBA these past few weeks has been LeBron James’s workload. And with good reason, too: LeBron’s 32 years old now, with a hell of a lot of basketball miles behind him, and as the past two seasons have shown us, the Cavaliers’ title chances correspond pretty directly to his…

It Was A Bad Night For Marcus Smart

With the Boston Celtics leading the Chicago Bulls 103-102 in the waning moments of Thursday night’s game, Jimmy Butler attempted a game winning shot and missed.

Rajon Rondo Threw The Spiciest Outlet Pass Of The Season

Rajon Rondo’s season has been a moribund slog, aside from that incredible Instagram shot at Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler, but holy smokes, look at this pass!

Half Of Chris Paul's All-Star Fan Votes Came From Justin Bieber And His Fans

NBA fans have voted on All-Star starters for decades, and have voted for them online since 2001. This year fans were able to vote on the NBA’s website, app, and a variety of social media platforms. But as Zaza Pachulia’s near-All-Star appearance showed, it’s a pretty easy system to game, right?

Glen Davis Talks A Whole Bunch Of Shit About Doc Rivers

Glen “Big Baby” Davis has always had something of a tense relationship with his former coach, Doc Rivers. During an interview with Fox Sports’ Chris Broussard, Davis released some of that tension and took a few shots at Rivers.

This Is Still Russell Westbrook's Season

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 57 games into their season and Russell Westbrook is still—still!—averaging a triple-double. After laying 38-12-14 on the Knicks last night, Westbrook is heading into the All-Star break averaging 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists per game. It seems all but guaranteed that he will go…

I'm So Mad That This Sentence Exists

Brands are bad, marketing is bad, entertainment is bad, corporations are bad, the media is bad, flacks are bad, press releases are bad, the state of sports business reporting is very very bad, Hollywood is bad, soda is bad, tie-ins are bad, synergy is bad, Darren Rovell is post-human, commercials are bad,…

Warriors Prove Their Basketball Strength By Bludgeoning Kings With Insane Third Quarter Run

The Sacramento Kings went into halftime of tonight’s game against the Golden State Warriors with a three-point lead, all the momentum, and 24 minutes of Draymond Green-less basketball ahead of them. Instead of DeMarcus Cousins leading a valiant repeat victory, they ended up crammed in the dang toilet and fossilized…

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.)