Tag: Damian Lillard
NBA’s UFC card was loaded Friday night: Butler choked, punches fly
In a surprise act for the NBA in February, there was some life in a couple of regular season games Friday. First, the...
The NBA All-Star Game has never been better!
Welcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught, and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the...
5 Increasingly unhinged solutions to the NBA All-Star Game
As the NBA has observed its golden era of efficiency proliferate from more streamlined offenses to load management run amok, elements of the...
JJ Redick says it’s ‘always an excuse’ with Doc Rivers
Former NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick is tired of Doc Rivers’ excuses. The First Take host went off on his former coach Tuesday morning,...
Who is each NBA teams’ Mr. Franchise in the 21st century?
Photo: Getty ImagesThis one wasn’t even close. No player comes close to Howard’s impact or resonance with the Magic. It seems...
Kenny Smith ruined Sabrina Ionescu’s NBA moment
Let’s take a look at a few of the comments after Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu squared off in a 3-point shooting contest...
Steph Curry won’t stop hogging Dame Lillard’s limelight
Damian Lillard cannot catch a break when Steph Curry is in the building hogging all the limelight. Lillard has to have developed either...
The NBA dunk contest is crapshoot that lacks star power
NBA All-Star Saturday was a hit once again, but one of the main events may have missed the mark. The slam dunk contest...
Steph Curry bests Sabrina Ionescu in their 3-point shootout
The better player won. Steph Curry beat Sabrina Ionescu in their 3-point showdown at the NBA’s All-Star Skills contest last night, 29-26.Hey Shannon...
The Dallas Mavericks just went all-in on the wrong players
The NBA trade deadline was unsurprisingly mundane except for one team: the Dallas Mavericks. Sitting at 29-23, good for eighth in the West,...
