Durant On Warriors: “I didn’t have no relationship with nobody on the Warriors… They never been a winning organization when I was in the league. Nobody liked Golden State. It felt like an underdog to me because I’m looking at the totality of the franchise, not what happened these last 5 years”
[ESPN] Gregg Popovich once called Steve Kerr to tell him he’d finally decided to retire. Steve congratulated him on a Hall of Fame career. A week later Pop signed an extension with San Antonio. “I realized he couldn’t do it,” Kerr said. “He couldn’t walk away…the job itself is so addictive.”
14 Years Ago Today - Chris Bosh Pours Champange All Over His Face After Winning Championship
Arguably LeBron’s best pass ever - an absolute bullet to Big Z for the easy basket (2006)
Charles Oakley: “Patrick (Ewing) always been like that. He never stood up for nobody. And the coldest thing out of this all, I took a case for Patrick on an airplane. Put that out there. I took a case from him. Ask any teammate, Chris Childs, Charles, Allen, John, they might not say nothing”
NJ father and son attacked after Knicks championship game in San Antonio
Charles Oakley: “I was supposed to be on the Roommate podcast. I get a call the day before. They said, we have to cancel you. And then three weeks later, guess who was on there? Dolan.”
Kevin Garnett Speaks on Wemby: “I would love to work with big fella, but this generation has a preference on how they want to workout, and I have to respect that.”
When Russell Westbrook Hit a 40 Foot Game Winner The Same Night He Broke The Triple Double Record - 50 Points 16 Rebounds 10 Assists
AJ Dybantsa says he didn’t work out for any NBA teams: “I didn’t work out for none, I just visited the cities. Take me to the facility, take me to dinner, talk. I don’t gotta workout. They know what I can do.”
LeBron James Turns Glass Bottle Into Bazooka At Reunion
Jared McCain Mistaken For Dylan Harper in Public Today
Og Anunoby’s First Move After Winning The Nba Championship Was Handpicking Five Shelter Cats In New York City For Adoption - Three Have Already Found Homes Within Days
14 years ago LeBron won his first championship.
[Fischer] The Los Angeles Lakers have called the OKC Thunder to inquire about Lu Dort. The Thunder may pick up Dort’s player option and seek to trade him in order to acquire assets.
Top 10 highest paid players next season
Kawhi Leonard: “You see the drip…I’m always fresh if the Feds watching that’s what 2 chainz said”
[Afseth] Wizards plan to draft AJ Dybantsa at No. 1
Karl Anthony Towns to Jalen Brunson: “I want to make sure I amplify you to a whole other level that you havent even recognized for yourself. I want to be that partner in crime that you haven’t had, and I want to make sure that every step of the way, anytime you go anywhere, you’re never alone.”
Lance Stephenson just started throwing punches at everybody and the refs had to call the game before this Michael Beasley and Dwight Howard got ejected. All of this is on the first day of The Big 3 season
Jalen Brunson won 7 trophies this year
[Bill Simmons Pod] Doc Rivers on James Harden: “James doesn’t give everybody else enough room to be great, he is the only one that can be great on his team.”
Rudy Gobert reflects on his matchup with Victor Wembanyama and gives him his flowers:
“My goal was to impact him physically. I know Victor well so I thought that over the course of a game or a series I could really wear him down over time, physically.
AJ Dybantsa being from the Boston area: “This is my last year being a Celtics fan”
[Amick] The New Orleans Pelicans and Minnesota Timberwolves both have interest in trading for Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant.
The Big 3 Season Opener Ended In A Forfeit After Michael Beasley and Lance Stephenson Were Ejected - Leaving Miami 305 Without Enough Players
Kobe Bryant puts up an absurd 45 points on 20-26 shooting in December 2000. Kobe has the ball in clutch time in a 1 point game and the opposing announcer has a panic attack when Kobe gets the ball. “HE’S GOING TO NEED HELP, PLEASE HELP”
[Charania] Free agent guard Collin Gillespie intends to sign a four-year, $48 million deal to return to the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN. Gillespie spent three straight seasons on two-way contracts after going undrafted out of Villanova in 2022 and now earns a lucrative long-term deal.
[Scotto] The LA Clippers are interested in Jaylen Brown and have future first-round draft picks and first-round picks from Indiana, including the fifth pick in the draft, as potential trade chips.
[JR Smith] on Instagram: “He reached out! We GOOD! God Bless the young GAWD!Greatest PG I’ve played with”
[Lowlight] 5 years ago Ben Simmons passes up a wide open dunk.
Anthony Davis gets two bad calls in under 15 seconds. AD goes berserk and rushes at the ref. Demarcus Cousins has to stop him from first-degree murder
How Knicks’ OG Anunoby is helping NYC shelter cats find their forever homes
Jimmy Butler sends Giannis & the Bucks packing with a clutch 42-point game 5, 2023 playoffs rd 1
Jose Alvarado on Victor Wembanyama not shaking hands with the Knicks: “I got mixed emotions… the way he did it was a little too crazy for me because I loved how he competed during the game.”
Introducing The Brick Awards: celebrating the NBA’s worst, ugliest, and most embarrassing moments of the year. Drop your nominees.
Interviewer: “Jaxson Hayes got Slovenian citizenship, what is your view about that. You probably care about those things.”
Luka: “Yes… I basically had nothing to do with that, so, I’m only playing for national team. But yes, boy is really okay. Good player, so it’s amazing.”
When the NBA was formed via merger in 1949, eight of nine NBL teams entered the new NBA. The ninth, the all-Black, Black-owned Dayton Rens, was excluded. After inheriting the NBL’s worst record midseason, the Rens had a playoff-caliber mark, but the NBA cited the inherited record to disqualify them
The Lakers have been linked to Thunder guard Lu Dort as a potential trade target to pair with Luka Doncic
The 2018 draft is the 6th draft class in history to produce multiple Finals MVPs
Josh Hart says the Spurs not giving them credit for their wins throughout the Finals fueled them even more
Rookie Chris Paul beats the buzzer as he showcases his bag
[Fischer] The Dallas Mavericks are showing interest in moving back in the draft with both the New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies have a known desire to acquire a top-10 pick.
13 Years Ago Today, the Heat Went Back to Back. Watch LeBron Guard Every Position on the Floor.
[Former Laker Head Athletic Trainer Gary Vitti] “I love Shaq, I absolutely adore him… but you had to be looking over your shoulder all the time. All the time.”
2009 Western Conference Semi-Finals. Series tied 1-1 going into a pivotal game 3. Ron Artest is trying to get into Kobe’s head. Kobe hits a ridiculous shot at the end of the 3rd quarter to silence Artest. Lakers win the series in 7 and end up winning a ring
[Fischer] I’ve also heard that Atlanta sees great value in Swain at No. 23, but the Hawks have been signaling for some time that they are prepared (and perhaps even prefer) to trade their second pick in the first round after No. 8 for future draft capital.
This past season, future Hall of Famer and 40-year-old Kyle Lowry averaged 1.2 points and 0.8 assists on 16% shooting. What is the worst that a future NBA hall of famer has ever been at any point in their careers?