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His path reads like the script of a sports drama: a boy from a family without papers sells trinkets on the streets of Athens, hides from nationalist raids, accidentally catches a coach’s eye — and years later lifts the NBA trophy above his head, then carries the national flag at the Olympics. The st...
The very first Sunday morning of the offseason brought a surprise visit from the police for the 35-year-old power forward: right at Broward County Airport, former NBA player Marcus Morris was arrested on a warrant from another state. The story instantly spread throughout the league—from locker rooms...
Bold Opt-Out: A Step Toward Long-Term Stability Star combo guard Kyrie Irving made a strategic move by declining the $43-million option in his previous contract and choosing a longer horizon of cooperation with the Dallas Mavericks. The gesture signals the player's desire for a sustainable proje...
The Eastern Conference standings right now look less like a table and more like a classic Mexican standoff: everyone is standing there with guns drawn, waiting to see who flinches first. Boston and Indiana have fallen out of the picture due to injuries, Cleveland and New York look shaky, and sitting...
In a league where championship windows can open and slam shut in a single offseason, true rivalries are rare. But the NBA Cup semifinal in Las Vegas suddenly reminded everyone: a classic doesn't always begin with a seven-game playoff series — sometimes one game is enough, when youth boldly steals a...
There are two kinds of emotions that come with game-winning shots. The first is pure math: a good situation, the right shot, the game is closed out. The second is when an entire story gets packed into a single motion: expectations, disappointment, other people’s decisions, and your own personal...
Sometimes you look at the standings and think: “Alright, slumps happen.” And sometimes you look at a team — and it’s not a slump. It’s a move-out: boxes, bubble wrap, and a sign that says “closed for reconstruction.” I put together the first weakness ranking of the season — not “the worst,” but th...
The start of the season for the Oklahoma City Thunder has been almost flawless. The reigning NBA champion is showing a level of form at the very beginning of the campaign that befits a contender not only for the trophy, but also for a special place in history. On the night of November 16, the Thunde...
For nearly two decades LeBron James wrote his career as both writer-director and leading man: the environment was tuned to him, partners were selected, coaching staffs were rebuilt, and game concepts were revised. Today, with the horizon of the end drawing closer, a paradox has appeared for the firs...
Deadline Sensation: The Trade That Changed Everything At the very end of the season, the front offices of the Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets set off a fireworks display on the trade market. Thirty-six-year-old sharpshooting forward Kevin Durant, a two-time NBA champion and one of the most skille...
