LeBron James (41, ineligible for end of season awards) has played more minutes this season (1780) than MVP frontrunner Victor Wembanyama (1694)
[Highlight] Luka when asked what getting the MVP award would mean to him: “Yea hopefully but the better I play the more I go down in ratings so I don’t know what more I can do”
[Highlight] LeBron James finds LeBron James Jr. for the 3-pointer
[Highlight] Jeremy Lin provides an excellent analysis on Luka’s offensive tendencies
[Highlight] Austin Reaves when asked about Luka’s high scoring stretch: ‘Yeah and he continues to drop in the MVP race..maybe he’s got to score 60, I don’t know’
Update: Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Edwards are 2 missed games away from being disqualified for major awards (65 games rule)
Jonathan “Lost faith in Steve Kerr” Kuminga continues to struggle and put up another stinker tonight in Boston for Quin Snyder: 18 mins, 3 points on 0/0/75 splits, -12.
Jared “Sold High” McCain Today: 0 PTS | 1 REB | 1 AST | 0-4 FG | 12 MIN
Young Celtics fan is thrilled to meet White Mamba
Luka Doncic drops a 40-piece versus Nets: 41 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK
Luka is averaging over 37 points in the month of March, has 150 more points than 2nd place Kawhi Leonard and the Lakers are 13-2. Absolutely historic month we have all been witnessing.
Luka Doncic will be suspended against the Washington Wizards after getting his 16th technical foul
With 5:29 remaining, the Jazz led the Nuggets 124–114 but ended up losing 135–129. Kyle Filipowski and Brice Sensabaugh didn’t play at all in the fourth, while Elijah Harkless, Bez Mbeng, and Kennedy Chandler played the entire quarter. Anti-tanking rules go into effect in May.
Josh Hart responds to Stephen A. Smith dismissing his support of Mikal Bridges and telling him to be quiet and play: “For me, I think Stephen A., as a part-time Knicks fan, needs to shut the hell up. He barely knows guys that are on the team.” SAS also admits he doesn’t know current players as much.
[All-Access] A view from the court in Los Angeles as LeBron James assists his son Bronny James on the 3-pointer. It’s the first father to son assist in NBA history.
[NBA on Prime] LeBron James asking which Bron was checking in.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shot a career low 0/10 3FG v Chicago Bulls last night. He finishes the game with more free throw makes (9⁄12) than field goals (8⁄24).
[Vorkunov] The Connecticut Sun are being bought by the Fertitta family, the owners of the Rockets, for $300 million and the franchise will be moved to Houston, according to sources briefed on the deal.
Wembanyama’s last 17 blocks led to a Spurs possession or “How efficient Wembanyama’s blocks are ?”
Luka Doncic records his second 40-point game in a row, 6th in the last 12 games and his 15th of the season
Jokic post-injury (27G): 25.9⁄13.7⁄10.7 with 4.3 TOVs on 54/32/80 (63.0 TS%), 11.8 BPM. Jokic pre-injury (32G): 29.6⁄12.2⁄11.0 with 3.5 TOVs on 66/44/85 (71.3 TS%), 16.4 BPM.
[Highlight] Kawhi Leonard with the game-winner over Jay Huff!
Luka continues his scorching hot 40 point scoring streak dropping 41/8/3 with 4 stocks against the Brooklyn Nets
[Highlight] Jokić with the heave to end the third quarter
[Highlight] Bill Simmons on Rockets poor chemistry & body language: Sengun makes this INSANE block at the buzzer to preserve the tie and send the game to overtime, one of the best plays of his career, he busts his lip on the floor. None of his teammates celebrate or even seem to acknowledge him.
[Highlight] Down 1 with 0.4 sec left, Nesmith’s inbound pass goes into the hoop
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (47-26) defeat the Brooklyn Nets (17-56), 116-99 behind Lukas 41 point performance
Only approximately 3% of male names in the U.S. start with the letter “K”. However, 4 of the 5 top scorers in NBA history start with K: Karl, Kobe, Kareem, and Kevin. The only exception is King James.
[Highlight] Luka Doncic and Ziaire Williams are called for double technical fouls after a referee review of some jostling between the two. That is Doncic’s 16th meaning he will be suspended next game
Bronny Claims LeBron Broke a Backboard After Losing a 1-on-1 Game Against Him
[Charania] Golden State’s Stephen Curry will be re-examined next week as he attempts to ramp up again with his ailing knee, sources tell me and Anthony Slater. This extends his prolonged absence to at least 25 straight games after he was unable to scrimmage this week as previously hoped.
Jayson Tatum on shaking off rust and improving each game
[Post Game Thread] The Boston Celtics (49-24) defeat the Atlanta Hawks (41-33), 109-102, behind Payton Pritchard’s 36 points off the bench.
The best tanking solution: No team owning their own 1st round pick?
LeBron is averaging 18.5⁄6.3⁄6.7 since the All-Star break on 54/34/74 splits and the Lakers are 14-3. LeBron has deliberately taken a step back offensively since the break and both he and the Lakers have benefited.
Tanking Solution: Outlaw Basketball
Kawhi Leonard has become the 14th player in NBA history to record a 20+ point streak of 50 games or more – and the first in NBA history to do so at age 30 or older.
[Hine] Naz Reid fined $50,000 for what he said that got him ejected vs. Houston, the league announces.
[Highlight] Luka hits a step back 3 for his 15th 40 point game of the season
NBA MVP Ladder writer Shaun Powell on June 6th 2021… “For those at home who’ve been keeping score since the 2018 draft, Trae Young is going deeper in the playoffs than Luka Doncic”
[Highlight] Jamal Murray with a sick half court bounce pass between Cody Williams’ legs to Christian Braun for the layup (with a replay)
Team records for all top 4 MVP candidates without them, Nuggets 10-6 without Jokic, OKC 8-4 without Shai, Spurs 10-5 without Wemby, Lakers 6-6 without Luka
[Highlights] Kawhi Leonard hits the jumper over 2 Pacers, with 0.4 seconds remaining, giving the Clippers the lead, Nembhard banks in the long inbound pass - turnover. Mathurin misses both clutch free throws, Pacers call a timeout, Jay Huff gets fouled on the inbound, but misses both FT to tie
[Highlight] Lebron with a ridiculous finish at the rim
Zach Harper: “Talking to some Utah people, around the team and part of the team, that said they felt picked on. I said ‘Everybody is going 75 on the freeway. You went 85. You got pulled over.’”
Out of 10 games tonight 7 of them involve a team that is actively tanking.
With a sizable lead in both rebounds per game (12.8 to KAT’s 11.9) and assists per game (10.8 to Cade’s 9.9), Nikola Jokic is on pace to be the first player in NBA history to lead the league in both categories
[Highlight] LeBron James Jr. hits the three pointer off a LeBron James assist