A Beverly, Massachusetts, middle school tradition made a dramatic comeback this year with a buzzer-beater play to tie an annual basketball game.Every year before the pandemic, bragging rights have been on the line at Beverly Middle School, where the eighth graders take on their teachers to close out their middle school careers in a basketball … Read more
The Flint basketball scene has seen a huge change in the past 20 years. What was once a hot-bed for NBA and college talent is drying up. Flintstones are getting lost in the shadows. Most people will agree that the golden era of Flint basketball was the early 1980s. But in recent years the city … Read more
The feud between Warriors fans and Charles Barkley appeared to reach a new level Thursday night. Once Golden State knocked off the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, the postgame coverage commenced on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” – with Warriors fans seemingly tossing yellow T-shirts in Barkley’s direction. Barkley, who originally … Read more
Getty Kyrie Irving # 11 of the Brooklyn Nets tries to keep the ball from James Harden # 1 of the Philadelphia 76ers. As a part of the trade that had the Brooklyn Nets trade All-Stars James Harden and Paul Millsap to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, and Andre Drummond, the Nets … Read more
Frank Ntilikina was a Knick between 2018 and 2021.Image: Getty Images 2021 saw the end of one of the most famous Finals streaks of all-time. Thirty-seven consecutive NBA Finals between 1984 and 2020 saw at least one teammate of Shaquille O’Neal’s on one of the competing rosters. No one on last year’s Suns or Bucks … Read more
James Worthy, NBA Hall of Famer, does not like what he sees from the game today. Worthy spoke with the “Stoney & Jansen Show” on 97.1 The Ticket and voiced is frustrations with modern professional basketball, saying the “rush” of players spending less time in college is hurting the sport at the next level. “I … Read more
Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports There has been a lot of talk on the Russell Westbrook trade front lately, so let’s just get right into it. According to The Athletic’s Johan Buvathe Los Angeles Lakers are now leaning towards keeping Westbrook, as opposing teams are still asking for a first-round pick to take on the former … Read more
Stephen A. Smith completely lost it on ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” when he learned that Jalen Rose was responsible for the single vote Kyrie Irving received for All-NBA Third Team. Ahead of Game 5 between the Celtics and Heat on Wednesday, Rose expressed his regret over voting for the Nets point guard, who played just 29 … Read more
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.Image: Getty Images Logically, it makes zero sense to give Kyrie Irving a long-term contract. Regardless of your stance on vaccines – because somehow public health is a political issue as well – his decision to not receive a vaxx for COVID was selfish. It was a choice … Read more
If a Yankees fan wants to know what life might have been like had the Reds drafted Derek Jeter with the fifth pick in 1992, it would not require any great stretch of his or her imagination. Just a phone call to a Knicks fan who has lived that life ever since Golden State drafted … Read more