24.5 points, 9.9 assists (2nd in NBA), 5.6 rebounds, 1st seed in the East all year, a PS3 video game main character face—everything coming up Cade Cunningham. A first-team All-NBA spot guaranteed—Top 5 MVP finish automated. Cade Cunningham led a team of guys who will swing on you if you graze their sneakers walking past […]
Look, guys, believe it or not, I’m not Scrooge McDucking into a pool of gold dublooms every AM. Stephen A. Smith is one of the most financially successful black men in media and if I want to make the big dollars, I need to follow his formula to get paid: smooch rich white men—telling them […]
Last season, the Houston Rockets made the playoffs, first time post-Covid, post-James Harden, post-Daryl Morey, post-haste. 7-game battle with the Golden State Warriors but lost in the first round. The problem was clear: Houston needed playmaking in the halfcourt. Their defense could generate turnovers—getting Amen Thompson out for highlight reel fastbreaks—but when the game slowed […]
The Knicks flew to Hollywood with championship rings in their mind’s eye. Winners of 6 of their last 8 games, including big victories over Houston and Denver, putting Wemby in the Spurs in handcuffs, San Antonio scoring only 89 points in the Garden, the Knicks were a Top 5 defense, speeding toward the postseason playing […]
At the trade deadline, the Boston Celtics went hunting for a big man to improve their rebounding and size, got their hands on Nikola Vucevic from the Chicago Bulls. And now their big acquisition will be in sweats, stuffed into a tiny black steel chair watching Jayson Tatum’s triumphant return from the best seats in […]
10 months ago, one of the best players in the NBA tore his achilles in a second round matchup their team was about to lose to the New York Knicks, with or without him. Friday night, Jayson Tatum returned to remind the world how much of a Jayson Tatum fan Jayson Tatum is. Here’s what […]
After witnessing the 15 minutes Kawhi parted the Red Sea at the All-Star game and my singular favorite tournament of the sports calendar: Unrivaled’s psychotic 1-on-1 games, I was ready to see the New York Knicks lock in after the All-Star break, snatch their lick back from Detroit on Prime Thursday, Action Bronson and Joe […]
Doc Rivers alluded to Shams manufacturing Bucks trade reports last week. Felt like an annoyed, soon-to-be-fired, out-of-touch, artifact blowing off steam. Giannis hemming and hawing all trade season, yo-yoing a trade demand behind the scenes while pretending the entire situation was out of his control, Shams his go-to reporter for all the PR-coded tweets he […]
BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are trading center Nikola Vucevic and a second-round pick to the Boston Celtics for Anfernee Simons and a second-round pick, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/aScaobfZmv — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2026 Celtics receive: C Nikola Vucevic 2nd round pick Bulls receive: SG Anfernee Simons 2nd round pick Boston Celtics […]
Just in: Chicago, Minnesota and Detroit have agreed to a multi-team deal that sends Jaden Ivey and Mike Conley Jr. to the Bulls and Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric to the Pistons, sources tell ESPN. Detroit also receives a 2026 first-round protected swap from Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/pgxqr1WT90 — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2026 Bulls […]
BREAKING: The Memphis Grizzlies are trading star forward Jaren Jackson Jr., John Konchar, Jock Landale and Vince Williams Jr. to the Utah Jazz for Walter Clayton Jr., Kyle Anderson, Taylor Hendricks, Georges Niang and three future first-round picks, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/ax6oQpZx0S — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2026 Grizzlies receive: G Walter Clayton Jr. […]
All my life, LeBron James flew into Manhattan to harass my beloved Knicks. In his final game at MSG, LeBron James and the Lakers lost, held to only 44 points in the second half. Luka Doncic got his in, 30 points, 15 rebounds, 8 assists, the usual, but OG Anunoby’s 25 points, Josh Hart scoring […]
BREAKING: The Cleveland Cavaliers are trading De’Andre Hunter to the Sacramento Kings for Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis, sources tell ESPN. The three-team deal includes the Chicago Bulls acquiring Kings forward Dario Saric and two future second-round picks. pic.twitter.com/Hoc6bP0hhj — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 1, 2026 Cavaliers receive PG Dennis Schröder SG Keon Ellis Kings […]
Earlier this week, 35-year old, 9-time All-Star, Paul George, dropped 32 points on the Milwaukee Bucks in a statement game. The scoring hits endorphins but his defense, as if out of a time machine, kidnapped after a game with the Indiana Pacers, placed into 2026 to be the best on-ball defender on the team. He’s […]
The Knicks won their 3rd straight, bodying the Sacramento Kings in a 103-87 burial at MSG—outscoring the Kings 31-15 in the 4th—Jalen Brunson, the reigning Clutch Player of the Year, doing that thing he always does. Jalen Brunson was having his WAY vs the Kings: 28 PTS 4 AST 1 BLK (?) pic.twitter.com/j39HlKGh5O — Knicks […]
After busting the engine to start 2026, losing 9 of 11 games, #NeverForget, blown out most nights, Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson in and out of the lineup, sky falling, air raid sirens blaring, Knicks fans returning to their doomsday shelters built to protect themselves from Kevin Knox bricks, the team kinda looks like they’re […]
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