Jaylen Brown got clamped by a principal, so he proceeded to dunk on him the next play
Lauri Markkanen checks out of the game against the United Kingdom with 43 points in 23 minutes with 80% True shooting
JDub on his ‘welcome to the NBA’ moments: “I got a couple…Klay - I was playing defense on him, he hit one from behind the backboard & as it’s going in, he slapped me on my butt & goes ‘good try, rook.’…KD’s back in OKC & he’s talking back to the fans while shooting over me. It was horrible bro.”
Laker legend Robert Horry on why Luka will never be a Top 5 player to him: “No, Luka would never make that… I’m old school. You got to be able to play defense for me. I love Luka’s game, but look at guys like MJ, Kobe, Olajuwon, Duncan, LeBron, Kareem. All these guys, to me, played on both ends”
[Highlight] 18-year-old Miikka Muurinen levitates to slam one home against Great Britain
After over 300,000 votes, here is r/NBA’s top 100 players. At the top we have Jokic, Giannis, Luka, Steph, SGA, Tatum, Edwards, LeBron, Wemby, and Durant as the top 10 in that order.
Markieff Morris says the Heat wouldn’t let him return after he was injured by Nikola Jokic: “It was a two-week injury. I got cleared in two weeks, but they made it seem — because Miami wouldn’t allow me back on the court — that I was injured for six months.”
Olden Polynice does the DX “suck it” to the Kings thinking the game is over, meanwhile Peja has just tied the game at the buzzer
[Charania] The Dallas Mavericks are waiving 2023 first-round pick Olivier-Maxence Prosper via stretch provision, sources tell ESPN.
Michael Beasley opened up on what he’d change about his career: “If I could do it all over again, I would have just listened to Pat Riley. Pat told me to get a condo for me and my mom. I got a 6-bedroom house, dogs, homies staying in… that’s where the problems came from.”
Lauri Markkanen continues his impressive FIBA campaign in a win against Great Britain: 23 MINS | 43 PTS | 2 REB | 1 AST | 4 STLs | 13-22 FG | 7-13 3P | 10-11 FT | +25 +/-
Interesting Fact: From 1977-99 there were 11 MVP winners who were 30 or older when they won it, from 2000-2025, it’s only Steve Nash
Before Game 7 of the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals, Michael Jordan declared that the Bulls will win.
Turkey beats Czechia 92-78, Alperen Sengun DOMINATES
Coach Ty Lue: “When I was coming up, guys cried about not playing enough minutes. Now guys cry about playing”
[BasketNews] Panathinaikos head coach: ‘Give me Sengun and we’ll beat Rockets’
What if there was a professional league for players UNDER 6 feet ?
Insane: Lauri Markkanen is the longest-playing active player who has never made the playoffs.
Nikola Jokic in a win against Portugal: 22 MINS | 23 PTS | 10 REB | 3 AST | 2 STL | 2 BLK | 8-10 FG | 1-2 3P | 6-6 FT | +12 +/-
[Charania] Former Villanova head coach Kyle Neptune has agreed to a deal to become an assistant coach with the Charlotte Hornets under Charles Lee, sources tell ESPN.
Kyrie: “I’m building towards becoming 1 of the biggest farmers ever, like I’m just going to put it out there: 1 of the biggest farmers ever. I wanna be able to supply food and groceries to the world in the best way I can and create small holistic wellness villages where people can retire”
[Highlight] Take a look at Tyrese Haliburton’s four game-winners from the 2025 NBA Playoffs
ESPN replacing Doris Burke with Tim Legler on NBA Finals broadcast team: Sources
[OC] NBA MVPs sorted and ranked by their Chinese zodiac sign
Sengun nearly makes history by narrowly missing what would be the 5th triple double in EuroBasket history with 23/12/9 on 86% TS
Rokas Jokubaitis, whose draft rights are owned by the New York Knicks, in a win today against Montenegro: 21 PTS │ 12 AST │ 3 TOs │ 3 STLs │ 9-16 FG │ 2-2 3P │ 1-2 FT │ +30 +/-
Underrated Unbreakable Record? Mark Eaton’s 456 blocks in a season.
Darvin Ham says the Greek national team runs more sets than the Bucks, and Giannis has to play more of a Superman role with Milwaukee
Today is the 28th, lets all remember the time Chris Bosh annihilated some kid in high school.
[Highlight] Phil Jackson slips and falls off a pump fake by Happy Hairston
[Highlights] Elgin Baylor highlights
[GAME THREAD] Czechia vs Turkiye Eurobasket 2025 Group Phase
[Highlight] Isaiah Rider makes a behind the back, no look, 3PT shot falling out of bounds
[Highlights] LeRoy Ellis Game 7 1966 NBA Finals Highlights vs. Celtics. Celtics won the game 95-93, and the championship
Jeanie Buss on Slovenian Radio: “Nobody knew the trade was going to happen. I knew but Luka didn’t know. I’ve never had a player come to the Lakers & be as sad as he was because the trade was a huge surprise to him, so he had to process it. I think now he’s embraced the Lakers and he’s all about LA”
[Game Thread] Serbia vs. Portugal - 2025 EuroBasket - Group Stage
[Highlight] Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado stretchered off the court after a hard fall
Jalen Williams on his NBA comparisons: “My ceiling was Harden and then they were saying I played like Joe Ingles. That was the two when I was coming out of college.”
If you include American Basketball Association (ABA) nominations, Bobby Jones is the first player in professional basketball history to be named to the «All-Defensive First Team» 10 times.
Panathinaikos head coach Ergin Atama: “If you took out one star player from these NBA teams, I believe that many EuroLeague teams can beat the NBA teams.”
Staley confirms she met with Knicks, would’ve accepted head coach job
Jalen Williams on his critics: “That’s the media. I’m never going to be perfect to anybody and I’m not. I don’t really need the league to give me flowers. I don’t really care. I got a ring.” Also specifically called out Stephen A. Smith
[The Athletic] Doris Burke has signed a multi-year extension with ESPN, the network announced. She will be on ESPN’s No. 2 NBA broadcast team with play-by-play announcer Dave Pasch.
NBA Champion Jordan Loyd cooks Luka Dončić-led Slovenia in a win: 32 PTS │ 64% FG │ 88% 3P │ 88% FT │ +18 +/-
[GAME THREAD] Lithuania vs Montenegro Eurobasket 2025 Groups
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[RoadTrippin] Perkins offers Kyrie farming lessons: “I’ll show him how to grow cucumbers, tomatoes. I’ll show him how to kill a chicken in 30 minutes, have it ready to cook… If you wring the neck and you drop it, the chicken will still take off running with its neck broke.”
[Woike] Luka Dončić on Jeanie and Rob’s visit to Poland to show him their support ahead of EuroBasket: “It means a lot,” he said. “It’s a long flight. I think it’s like 11, 12 hours, so it means a lot for them just to be here to support me. We had a great lunch today, it was great to see them.”
In the past 10 seasons, there have been 20 players who have been top 5 in MVP voting. All of these players have played with another player on the list in these seasons except Tatum and Mitchell
[Highlight] Nikola Jokic nearly makes the absurd no-look rainbow shot to beat the shot clock