Given what we’ve achieved together over the past year, it’s fair to say that Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors created a new template for the NBA. You know as we do that what was referred to casually — and often dismissively — in the media as “load management” wasRead More →
When Kyrie Irving declared a week before the trade deadline that he didn’t “owe anybody s—,” he inadvertently provided the Los Angeles Lakers leverage in their trade talks with the New Orleans Pelicans surrounding Anthony Davis. Due to an arcane cap rule, the Boston Celtics, who had been hoarding theRead More →
A stunning display to open the third quarter — Leonard opened the scoring with a 3-pointer over Draymond Green, then stole the ball from Green, dribbled it up and made a second 3-pointer over his outstretched arm — erased that deficit in a span of 16 seconds, and gave TorontoRead More →
“I got back home, went to the hospital, got a CT scan to make sure that no bones were broken in my face,” VanVleet said Sunday afternoon. “Then [I] went and made a visit to the dentist, and went home and went to sleep.” It was unclear whether VanVleet wouldRead More →
The Golden State Warriors aren’t the only team feeling the hurt of Kevin Durant’s calf-induced absence from the 2019 NBA Finals. Without Durant on the court — and with LeBron James home for the postseason for the first time since 2005 — Nike is facing its first Finals since 2006Read More →
Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins wasn’t supposed to play in this year’s NBA Finals after he suffered what many within the organization feared was a season-ending quad tear on April 15. On Sunday, after scoring 11 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out six assists in 28 minutes duringRead More →
Toronto Raptors star point guard Kyle Lowry tried to avoid discussing his left thumb injury on Wednesday during NBA Finals media day — but he did admit it’s affecting his play. “It’s about passing. I’m a big passer,” Lowry said during an appearance on ESPN’s The Jump.nike nfl jerseys cheapRead More →
The NBA spoke to the Toronto Raptors during the Eastern Conference finals about Drake’s activity and presence on the sideline, a league spokesman told ESPN.cheap nfl jerseys china nike Last year, the NBA warned the rapper, who also is a global ambassador for the Raptors, after a confrontation with then-ClevelandRead More →
Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard does not want to use his separated rib as an excuse for his struggles in the Western Conference finals. Lillard confirmed on Sunday that he suffered the injury to his left side when Golden State Warriors center Kevon Looney fell on him during a scrambleRead More →
Through the first three quarters of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, Antetokounmpo scored just six points. He finished with 12 total. He missed two key free throws in the first overtime and fouled out less than a minute into the second overtime. He committed eight turnovers in all.nflRead More →