An anonymous member of the Clippers organisation on Kawhi’s tenure: “This has been a nightmare. He’s an incredibly talented player when he’s healthy, but as everyone knows, he’s rarely healthy and his camp is just so difficult to deal with. His time here, thankfully, is coming to an end soon.”
Spike Lee to Tyrese Haliburton: “Even today, me and Reggie squashed that shit, it has been squashed. But you, you brought the shit back. We had the thing squashed man; it was dead, and you brought it alive”
[Caught in 4K] Side-by-side video of NBA commissioner Adam Silver blatantly lying about not knowing anything about Clippers sponsor Aspiration.
[Holmes] “The Spurs were maybe the most respected, most revered pro sports team in America,” one former staffer said. “It was like if this guy is willing to tell those people to go f— themselves, he can’t possibly be afraid to tell us to go f— ourselves. … Everybody was afraid of Kawhi leaving
If KL2 Aspire LLC went by another name, we would never know about the Aspiration scandal.
Steve Kerr on the Draymond/Poole punch: “I tried my best to handle it, but when the video made it out… the video was much more difficult than the fight itself”
[Holmes] Dennis Robertson gave a series of verbal requests that the Clippers would need to agree to before Kawhi would consider signing there
[Johnson]: “In that ESPN article, they mentioned that Draymond and Jimmy have checked in and reached out to Jonathan Kuminga. I can confidently say that Jimmy Butler has also reached out to the team and been like, ‘what’s going on here? I just wanted to know the plan.’”
Tyrese Haliburton to Spike Lee on the hardest NBA arena to play in: “You think it’s hard to play in the Garden? You’ve seen me play in the Garden”
The NBA has a massive timeout problem and why it leads to declining ratings
Westbrook on KD leaving OKC: “I’m pissed. I’m livid. I feel like we let that opportunity slip away. I start laughing instantly I’m like this can’t be true, nah no way (KD) would go to that team, they just beat us.”
[Afseth] “I think LeBron plays one or two more seasons unless the Lakers win it all next year,” an anonymous NBA executive told Lakers Daily. “Bryce [James] will be eligible for the 2026 draft. There are some whispers that LeBron wants to play with him too.”
[Holmes] “They are done building around him” a deep look inside the tumultuous Kawhi Leonard Era in Los Angeles.
[Fischer] I’m being told from various high-level sources from around the NBA that they do not expect any resolution to this investigation until after the All-Star Game, when the Clippers are set to hold
[Highlight] Mavericks comeback down 9 with 34 seconds left vs Knicks. NBA teams were 0-13,884 in the last 20 seasons when trailing by at least nine with 35 or fewer seconds remaining in regulation.
It’s crazy to me that Kyrie and Luka only had one full season together.
Cooper Flagg’s Mother Sets $180K Limit For His First Car Purchase
[Highlight] Phil Jackson blocks Pat Riley
[Cwik] After not being hired for another head-coaching job over the offseason, Malone will run it back with ESPN during the 2025-26 NBA season. Malone will join “NBA Countdown” this year, ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro
[The Athletic] Adam Silver said the league will review its rules around owner and player investments: “It’s based on the amount each owns in those entities, but the value is getting much higher, and the world is getting more complicated. Those are things we’re gonna look at.”
Team NBC and Peacock: Grant Hill, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Jamal Crawford, Carmelo Anthony, and Reggie Miller”
[Begley] I can say that there remains strong support internally for retiring the number… But the internal discussions about the topic have continued in recent weeks. The decision to retire – or not retire – (Carmelo) Anthony’s number will ultimately be made by owner James Dolan.
Adam Silver gets ahead of Torre’s claim that he lied about not knowing of Aspiration’s existence: “I said I never heard of it— I meant in the context of the accusations here. I was certainly aware of the brand.”
“I think we’re that team in the league that everyone underestimates consistently… does it matter, no” - Andrew Nembhard
Bob McAdoo makes 2 threes in a row during the ‘83 Finals after going 0/1 from three the entire regular season, as Sixers fans chant goodbye. He’d never make a 3-pointer again.
[Slater] The message from Jonathan Kuminga and his agent Aaron Turner to the Warriors this week: Flip the team option to a player option and Kuminga will sign deal and buy-in to mission of getting Steph Curry another title. GSW has been reluctant to add a player option in any offer.
This past season, 20 star players did not meet the 65 games requirement for award considerations
Down by 21 with 9 mins left in the 2001 All-Star Game, Iverson led the East All-Stars to the comeback victory. Many considered this to be the greatest NBA All-Star game ever played.
[Abbott] Similarly, billionaire Mark Cuban has gotten himself some airtime. He argues that he, Cuban, knew Aspiration was a fraud from the first email he ever received. But curiously he also later argues that it makes sense that Steve Ballmer would not have known that Aspiration was a fraud.
Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals: “The Greatest Game Ever Played”
[Stein] “There is an undeniable sense that many around the league regard the Clippers as guilty until they are proven innocent. People were outraged and convinced that the Clippers are poised to receive some type of penalty. The general perception of their alleged transgressions is that negative.”
Do you think cap circumvention happens more often than we think? If so, who would you want investigated next?
[Rohrlich] Chris Bosh’s former personal assistant claims NBA star ‘ignored’ her sexual assault at basketball camp
Oldheads, which player was more popular among fans in the 90s - Shaq or Barkley?
Spurs Victor Wembanyama aka “Wem-ben- yum-yum” makes a cameo on Futurama, voicing an alien basketball player, of course
Molly Qerim is leaving ESPN
Despite rebranding back to their original name, the Charlotte Hornets have been just as bad as the Charlotte Bobcats.
[Highlights] The rookie Chris Copeland scores a Career High 33 Points Full Highlights vs. Atlanta Hawks in MSG - 4/17/2013 - last game of the season
[RotoWire] The Dirtiest NBA Teams: Fines & Suspensions Rankings. The Miami Heat are statistically the dirtiest team in the NBA over the last 10 years, per.
[EuroHoops] Giannis Antetokounmpo, Alperen Sengun apologize for social media comments during EuroBasket
Stephen curry & Jordan Spieth just surprised students at Carver High School with a BRAND NEW WEIGHT ROOM as part of Armour Day
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Charania: “Warriors owner went out and sat face to face with Jonathan Kuminga in the last month, and Joe Lacob essentially asked Kuminga, ‘Do you want to be here? Do you want to be with the Warriors?’ and Kuminga flipped that really and said, ‘Do you even want me?’”
[The Sporting Page] Pat Riley vs. Phil Jackson | True Highlights | Role Player Edition
[Highlights] Sedale Threatt Career-High 42 Points vs. New York Knicks in MSG. Lakers won 106-104. March 10, 1992
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[Highlights] The rookie Marquis Daniels with 31 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, and 3 Steals, and 2 Blocks vs. Miami Heat. The Mavs lost 118-119 in OT, after Steve Nash missed the potential game-winner. March 26, 2004
[WSJ] Silver: “Another player could have said ‘Oh, now I’m part of the Lakers’ Luka didn’t try to hide his disappointment and was in a bit of a funk for a while. It was the first true setback of his career. I was hoping personally for him that he would ultimately see this as an opportunity to reset”
Kawhi executed the DENNIS system perfectly
[Hollinger] Voiding Kawhi Leonard’s contract would be the “most problematic” penalty for the NBA. Opposing teams are likely hoping for a contract voiding while retaining the cap hit, but that “to me, is an unlikely endgame.”