“Basketball language is like a different language.” English is the second (or third or fourth) language for a lot of NBA players, and I always wondered which language those guys used to think the game. So we asked. ESPN story: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

The thing that I will always remember Chris Paul's playing days for is trying to unapologetically squeeze out every single edge. I got to talk to him one-on-one once, for a fun story on how he was one of the league's premier sign stealers: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Stephen A. Smith vs. Gavin Newsom is gonna make me turn into a libertarian

bummer that cp3's career ends so anti-climactically, but his resume is absurd. only other players to make as many all-nba (11) *and* all-defense (9) teams, per @stathead.com: mj hakeem kareem kobe duncan

"But what was made clear again on Thursday is that LeBron isn’t just good for his age. He’s elite with no context necessary... And it’s the reason that when his story does end, it will be up to him, because Father Time hasn’t had a say in the matter." www.silverscreenandroll.com/lakers-analy...

The Jazz, Wizards and Raptors all benched starters in the fourth quarter last year. None got fined for that. But the Jazz just got fined for doing it this year? Even though other teams are also doing it and didn't get fined? I wrote about the NBA's inconsistency: www.forbes.com/sites/bryant...

this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Over the last month, VJ Edgecombe has not been the same player he was from October to January. Has he hit a rookie wall? I looked at several different metrics to answer that: www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

ohhhh yes, make it messy Jazz

LeBron James has 10 points, 6 assists and 2 rebounds in the first seven minutes against the Mavericks. LeBron James is 41 years old.

This month's games have taught me one thing. We need to bring back shame. Here are my Shame Power Rankings, breaking down how ethical each team's tank in the bottom 10 has been: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

“What if we tried 99 Red Balloons, but in real life?”

My 4-year-old came home from pre-K today saying 6-7. My 4-year-old is getting homeschooled starting tomorrow.

Given the extraordinary women’s halfpipe outcome we just witnessed at the Olympics, have to bump this article from three years ago www.forbes.com/sites/michel...

Where was this last year when the Jazz, Raptors and Wizards repeatedly did the exact same thing that the Jazz are being fined for now?

Gaon Choi, 17, denied Chloe Kim's attempt at a historic Olympic three-peat in women's halfpipe. But Kim, a longtime mentor to Choi who worked through a torn labrum to even compete in these Games, says this silver may be even more meaningful than her two previous golds. www.forbes.com/sites/michel...

This has gotta be one of the worst Super Bowl ads of all time

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I’m trying to imagine how a working fan in Minnesota who loves the Timberwolves might read this message… “What’s the exact penny” that the Wolves can charge to “maximize revenue” is quite a thing to be saying out loud. It is quite honest, I suppose

Every single person involved in this better wind up at the Hague at some point in their miserable, pathetic lives.

Reminder, here is how Skeleton is scored: - the bones are their money - so are the worms - the bones equal dollars - they will pull your hair up but not out - all they want is another chance at life

Myles Garrett rockin’ Chloe’s face

My conspiracy theory is that Joel Embiid sat out the past two games because he had zero interest in being chosen as an injury replacement for the All-Star Game

john fetterman wants you to believe the 'sexism' problem is calling Kristie Noem a (very tame) name instead of how pregnant immigrant women in minneapolis cant go to the hospital or get prenatal care bc they're too afraid of being kidnapped & brutalized by ICE

. @blazersedge.bsky.social night is one of the coolest things anyone at SBN has ever done. If you have the means and can donate a ticket to help a kid see their first NBA game, you can do so here. Even just $20 can give a kid a lifelong memory: www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazer...

What do Giannis, LeBron, Tatum, Hali and J-Dub all have in common? All five made the All-NBA team last year. All five are already ineligible this year. (And Jokic/Curry aren't far away.) I wrote about how the 65-game rule is backfiring on the NBA + its teams: www.forbes.com/sites/bryant...

The Spurs agreed to release Jeremy Sochan yesterday. Should the Sixers go after him on the buyout market? I broke down the pros, cons and financial ramifications at On SI: www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

If the NBA lets the Clippers get away with this unpunished, might as well fold the league

Is this a good time to mention that I wrote about how the Jazz and Wizards are all but daring the NBA to enact tanking reform (which will inevitably have unintended consequences and backfire somehow)? fansided.com/nba/the-jazz...

The Utah Jazz' doctor walking in to tell people that Jaren Jackson Jr needs to miss the rest of the season

Sixers On SI will do a mailbag over the All-Star break. Hit us with your questions and comments and we’ll respond!

VJ Edgecombe knows he belongs at #NBAAllStar26 Weekend. Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard brings confidence to Rising Stars game and ambition to be Bahamas’ first #NBA All-Star. @andscape bit.ly/4abFve8

tell it to the hague, buddy

Commissioner Jessica Tisch making a public spectacle of Hannibal Lectering Luigi Mangione while letting her Epstein-network relative walk free to prey on young girls really sums up the state of things

EXCLUSIVE: Went one-on-one with Pacers general manager Chad Buchanan on the Pacers trade for Ivica Zubac, the draft pick(s) they sent away, Zubac and Toppin's health, and much more: www.forbes.com/sites/tonyea...

An abomination from start to finish: www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

Getting embarrassed on their home floor by a division rival is exactly how every team wants to go into the All-Star break

while games are on tonight, i want to bump here: i'm going to use all-star break next week to do a mailbag. would like to do make part 1 a Grizzlies-centric one, and 1 a draft-centric one. hit me with your questions to answer

When we find out all the shit that's happening in the kids camp it's gonna rock people to their core. Done in your name with your tax money by your reps in Congress. Remember who this administration is and who this party is. The Epstein Class. And Dems know it! They bring up Epstein all the time. So

We sitting here talking about Epstein, man! Not the Dow, not the Dow being over 50,000! We talking about Epstein!

Lady, this is a Wendy’s

The Sixers are 4-2 since Paul George’s suspension. New On SI on the trends that have emerged: www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

Any Democrat who votes to give a single cent to ICE moving forward should be primaried into the center of the earth

‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up I'm gifting this article.