Welcome to Free Throws, Deadseriousness’s weekly NBA column, getting some shots up and tossing around some basketball takes. This week, we have the Cavs’s amazing sweep of the almighty Heat Culture, the Lakers magical season abruptly ending and the legacy of Knicks point guards. Cleveland Defeats Heat Culture Cleveland vs. Miami was not your […]
For too long, we have allowed LeBron James to go about his career without any real criticism, examination or pushback. He’s been untouchable from his first steps onto an NBA court—never questioned or faulted for any mistakes he’s made. The media, as well as the fans, all treat LeBron like an untouchable diety—fearing internal damnation […]
Coming into Thursday night’s showdown of my favorite basketball team and ESPN’s, the Knicks were 0-8 against the top 4 teams in the NBA—including the Lakers flying into Madison Square Garden and beating them by 16 before they stole Luka from the Mavs. Meanwhile, LA was on a 7-game winning streak with JJ Redick suddenly […]
This is an excerpt from the Let’s Get This Dread Newsletter. Subscribe for the full Lessons Learned From The NBA This Week article. Rooting for the Boston Celtics or Los Angeles Lakers will always feel like dweeb endeavors. Vanilla ice cream, Dasani water, white generic New Balance behavior. “Hey, I’m not starting this car until […]
On Saturday night, I watched my guy Jey Uso win the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble then switched over to ABC to catch the second half of the Lakers coming into my city for a battle against the Knicks. You know the game is over when the white Knick on the end of the bench starts […]
We always want what we can’t have. JJ Redick didn’t need to be the Los Angeles Lakers head coach. His life was fulfilled. JJ is one of the best college basketball players ever. 15 NBA seasons, playing in massive games for the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers and establishing himself as one […]
JJ Redick has managed to become the star of the NBA offseason and while typically, I’d complain about how often we’ve talked about JJ, it’s far better than the alternative: thinking about the Celtics championship. Ew. However, this new JJ Redick story may somehow be worse than the Celtics winning the title. A woman posted […]
This month-long Lakers JJ Redick flirting has come to an end. Los Angeles has made their final decision. ESPN Sources: JJ Redick has agreed on a four-year contract to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Rob Pelinka offered job this morning and Redick’s started working on a staff to surround himself with […]
As we quickly approach the offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers head coach position remains vacant. Let’s fix that today. We have to factor in the specific variables that go along with coaching the 2024-25 Los Angeles Lakers: LeBron James’s vacation home is soon-to-be occupied. The teacher in their 25th year, coasting, playing movies, running through […]
From the moment LeBron James arrived in LA, the Lakers have had an internal power struggle between the owner—a 60-year-old woman who inherited the team from her father and now gets most of her basketball-related advice from a former player’s wife—a former agent turned GM—who built a championship team in 2020 that he immediately blew […]
I’ll never know what it feels like to follow in your father’s footsteps when your father is the greatest to ever do the thing you are attempting to do. My dad worked for New York State and I’m sure he was good at his job but I wouldn’t say I felt a ton of pressure […]
It feels silly to speculate about a team trading away LeBron James but there was a tweet this week that made a LeBron trade seem like a real possibility. Hearing from @nba peeps @KingJames is the top of the @Lakers list to trade the 39 year old. Pelinka is looking for the right team to […]
I was excited about the NBA In-Season Tournament. I’m all in on finding ways to make games in November matter. The Lakers beat the Pacers 123-109. LeBron adds another bullet point to his resume while Indiana proved they aren’t some vague team of the future. They’re here now. Let’s start with the winners of […]
Prior to this season, Cam Reddish’s best basketball was played in 2017 in a high school gym. He went to Duke alongside RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson where he was so clearly the worst player of the three. Cam was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in 2019 and rode the bench for 2 and half […]
Julius Randle can no longer play for the New York Knicks. Through 6 games, Randle is averaging 13.7 points on 27% shooting from the field, 22% from 3 and 61% from the free throw line all while simultaneously taking the most 3’s and free throws and the 2nd most shot attempts. Currently, he is the […]
On Monday night, Bronny James was hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest during a practice with the USC Trojans basketball team. You wouldn’t have known it from LeBron James’s Twitter account though as he posted memes through it. Wow, he’s just like me. Posting through trauma. It appears Bronny is recovering fine. I remember when the […]
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