JaVale McGee “I didn’t understand how strong the media was. I did one bad play, but I had 15 and six blocks, but y’all didn’t show none of that. I can be the clown in the league. You got the WWE, the villain, the good guy. But both are getting paid.”
OG Anunoby is intentionally missing shots in Times Square so people can try to recreate his iconic game-winning tip-in vs. the Spurs in Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals.
Wemby making Gobert look like an undersized shooting guard.
Jeannie Buss used Jim Buss’s incompetence to fully take over the Lakers. She used Jesse, Joey, and Janie as allies to do so. She then told Jesse that he and Joey shouldn’t have been born and fired all 3 of her allied siblings. Now she herself is being forced out.
[Highlight] Jokic plays his best defense of the night in a loss to the Ant-less Wolves
[Charania] “That letter included my name in it, which I do find interesting. I do have to make it clear, I fully stand by my reporting. What I reported was that there was a majority vote”
[Charania]Statement from Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse Buss after attorney of Jeanie Buss made clear she will battle her family members on selling their remaining 17.8% Lakers ownership stake:
From 2009 to 2018 Russell Westbrooks FT% was 81.4%. From 2019 to 2026 FT% went down to 67.9%. What happened?
Anthony Edwards meets Lebwrong James and company in the Philippines
What is the NBA equivalent of the Brewers beating the Mariners 22-0?
Tyrese Haliburton on Giannis being the toughest player for the Pacers to scheme against: “We’ve just had so many different battles with Milwaukee that it’s hard not to say Giannis… Whatever scheme, he averaged I think like 50.” via Numbers on The Board Podcast
The Cleveland Cavaliers hype up fans for the 2015 playoffs
Derek Jeter on Michael Jordan playing baseball: “He went from Little League to Double-A and hit .200. That’s not easy to do. My first year, I was a high school Player of the Year. I went to rookie ball and hit .202. I had a great two weeks. I was hot the last two weeks to get just over .200”.
It’s probably common knowledge but I had no clue Wilt averaged 48.5 MPG in his historic 1962 season playing all 80 games…
Fire Adam Silver
[Ringer] Pina: “What does Jaylen Brown do at basketball that’s definitively better than what Paul George does at basketball?” Mann: “People are unbelievably disrespectful to Paul George… he’s been a better, more versatile defender. He’s a way better pick-and-roll processor. He’s a better shooter.
[Highlight] Russell Westbrook alley-oop dunk off the give and go with Kevin Durant in the 2017 All-Star Game, and the bench celebrates with them shortly after (with replays).
[Highlights] Kobe Bryant’s outrageous contested shot-making compilation from the 2009 NBA playoffs, when he won his 4th ring
Half-LeBron-Club - update? See more…
Pablo Torre on ESPN’s report regarding negotiations between Steve Balmer and the NBA: “This is typically not how investigations work whether in the criminal justice system or in journalism. The subject of the investigation does not get to negotiate with the group that is doing the investigating.”
[Highlight] The showtime Sixers make an appearance in Game 6 against the Celtics
[HIGHLIGHT] 3 years ago Jayson Tatum sets game 7 scoring record by putting up 51 to eliminate the Philadelphia 76ers
[Highlight] 38-year-old Jamal Crawford hits the game-winner jumper over Malcolm Brogdon to beat the Bucks (with replays).
Suns and Bucks commentary. 11/23/2018
[Sports Business Journal] YouTube in discussions with NBA for aggregated streaming hub
[Shelburne] When the family met to discuss it Tuesday, no mention was made of Walter’s impending sale to Kushner and Iger. One family source told ESPN that meeting “spooked” everyone and prompted new calls among the five siblings to sell the remaining family shares…. with Jeanie Buss abstaining
[Charania] The New Orleans Pelicans are signing F Malik Dia to a two-way NBA deal, sources tell ESPN. Undrafted out of Ole Miss, Dia averaged 10 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Pelicans in summer league in July.
Jeremy Lamb hits a miracle buzzer beating game winner from half court to beat the Raptors!
[Baxter] The investigation into Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers, and Aspiration Could Go Into Arbitration. “Where this is ultimately heading”
First NBA trip, star rest and itinerary
Dennis Schroder on moving so much: “The media make it worse than it is,” he assures. “The teams pay for everything for us, we continue to live just as we lived before. The children are homeschooling, our family comes to visit two or three times a year - nothing changes.”
[Highlights] Immanuel Quickley responds to LaMelo Ball’s clutch shot with a clutch 3 buzzer beater
After seven seasons spent in the NBA, former Pacers, Rockets and Wizards guard Garrison Mathews joins Euroleague side Olimpia Milano
Brice Sensabaugh with a career-high 43 PTS in Chicago | January 14, 2026
“Where was this love for Westbrook during his career?” Is getting old
[Shelburne] Also: Am told by multiple sources that Lakers governor Jeanie Buss did not vote to sell. The other five siblings did.
[Charania] Breaking: The Buss family has decided to sell its remaining 17.8% ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to new majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, sources tell ESPN.
[Holmes and Charania] The NBA has found no evidence showing LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard in order to circumvent the salary cap, sources tell ESPN.
[Highlights] Dennis Rodman 1996 Finals Tape: 14.7 RPG, 7.5 PPG, 2.5 APG.
Anthony Edwards disses Nike in freestyle preformed in the Philippines
Kobe Bryant scores a difficult 21 straight points for the Lakers against a swarming Celtics defense (2010 NBA Finals Game 5)
[Highlights] Joel Anthony full highlights vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (112-110 W in OT):
7 Points on 3⁄3 FG, 1⁄2 FT, 4 Rebounds (1 Off. Reb), career-high 8 Blocks, 2 PF, and a +/- of 3 in 25:13 minutes played off the bench. 4/13/2016
[Charania] Jeanie Buss was the lone family member not in favor to sell as the five siblings voted 5-0 to sell the Buss stake, sources said. Jeanie Buss’ attorney says tonight that she intends to battle the remainder of the family in order to keep their shares.
[Amick] An ESPN spokesman sent this statement to The Athletic: “We stand by our reporting, which included numerous attempts by ESPN to get comment from the NBA.”
[Pablo Torre] In response to the Holmes/Charania report: “When the time is right: I am extremely, extremely excited for our episode about this. 👀”
Can Nikola Jokic now sign for veteran minimum and get 300 million on the side for planting few trees?
Tyrese Haliburton: “[The Kings] were telling me after my rookie year ‘Hey man you’re gonna be here awhile, you should look into buying a house’, I was like ‘I’m good, I’m good, I don’t gotta worry bout nothin’.”
[Holmes] Jeanie Buss to her half-brother Jesse Buss in 2019: “You should’ve never been born.”
Could Ime Udoka actually be fired if the Rockets underperform again?