NBA All-Star x HBCU Student Showcase: Eric January

Houston huddled in the tunnel before tip-off and discussed the importance of throwing the first punch, only to be walloped 117-109 on Sunday by a Los Angeles Lakers squad now acclimated to the Rockets’ speed-borne surprise from Game 1. “Like I said after Game 1: sometimes you need one game to be able to understand…

As ESPN’s Royce Young writes after the Thunder escaped with a three-point win over Atlanta on Friday, OKC is trying to make Carmelo Anthony more efficient by making more of his shots off the catch and from beyond the arc: “I think for me it’s just a matter of accepting that role. That’s all it…

Ring out the old. Ring in the new. The calendar does another 360, so it’s time to slam dunk into 2017 with a few resolutions for some worthy NBA characters and teams: DeMarcus Cousins: You’re big. You’re talented. You can do almost anything you want on a basketball court. Except win. And apologize properly. You’re…

The Golden State Warriors will have a few new looks in their uniform arsenal as they begin defense of their 2021-22 NBA championship. Golden State unveiled the Classic Edition uniform, which will feature the long-awaited revamp of the iconic “Run TMC” style uniforms. The throwback threads will feature the classic, upward-slanted ‘Warriors’ script on the…

First, no Ricky Rubio. Then, a gimpy Derrick Favors. Finally, a hopping Dante Exum. Some NBA playoff teams lose in full, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men eliminated at once by a superior team. The Utah Jazz are at risk of going down in pieces, losing what for them might feel like…

We’re almost to the midway point of the 2019-20 NBA season. Through Thursday, 566 (46%) of the season’s 1,230 games have been played. Here are some things of note as we head into the Week 13 weekend… Heat picking up quality wins When the Miami Heat won in Indiana on Wednesday, the quality of the…