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On an early defensive possession in the Los Angeles Lakers’Game 3 victory, Steph Curry turned on the jets along the baseline and left Jarred Vanderbilt eating dust on a drive to the rim. The only deterrent between Curry and two points was…

Miles Bridges has been suspendedPhoto: Rusty Jones (AP)The NBA on Friday announced that Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent forward Miles Bridges — who pleaded no contest to a felony count of injuring a child’s parent in exchange for…

Let’s not bury the lede here. The last five to eight minutes and overtime between the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves was some of the worst basketball on offer this season, and certainly a contender for worst fare offered up…

We have arrived at the Elite 8, and this round is going to be a good old-fashioned slobber knocker.Start these debates at a party with strangers and the host will kick you out because mingling would cease, and rage would consume the event.…

It’s Sweet 16 time. The primaries are over and it is time for the general election. In real-life debates, this is about the time when candidates would be making disingenuous retorts about each other’s bad-faitharguments.Since this is a…

Sue Bird (now retired) of the Seattle Storm exits the locker room before Game Four of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs semifinals.Photo: Steph Chambers (Getty Images)Last month, the WNBA’s Seattle Storm was valued at a record $151 million as reported…

Dwight Howard: Deep threat?Photo: APIn what universe did any NBA fan ever think they’d hear Dwight Howard’s name followed by the phrase, three-point sniper? I’m still in disbelief typing this, but it took Howard traveling to Taiwan and…

According to a poll of ex-NBA players by The Athletic, LeBron is the best active playerPhoto: APIt’s official, the old heads of the NBA heads have welcomed LeBron James as one of their own. The Athletic recently polled 101 former NBA…

Dwyane Wade is among the players announced as finalists for enshrinement in the 2023 class that’ll be going into the Basketball Hall of Fame this summer.Photo: Rick Bowmer (AP)The list of finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall…

LeBron James celebrates after a shot to become the all-time NBA scoring leader, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at 38,388 points on Feb. 7, 2023, in Los Angeles.Image: Getty ImagesOn Tuesday night, LeBron James became the NBA’s Vitruvian…