For the first time in the 2024-25 season, we bring you NBA Power Rankings here at The Athletic. You may remember me from such films as the 213 LA Clippers …
Let me apologize in advance for cheating a bit. We use the term “breakout” like it’s just spontaneous combustion, but that’s rarely how it happens. Like most reactions, usually they …
By Shams Charania, Marcus Thompson II and Mark Puleo The end of Steph Curry’s contract with the Golden State Warriors got farther away Thursday, as the star guard agreed to …
Forty years, and a lifetime later, Kiki VanDeWeghe is still pissed. “Oh, yeah. Very much so,” VanDeWeghe said, calmly but firmly. “It still bugs me today. People say, ‘Well you …
What time is it? That’s right … it’s time to make some outlandish statements that people will look back on next spring and cackle hysterically. OK, that’s not actually the …
By David Aldridge, Sam Amick and John Hollinger Amick: The most painful of waiting games is almost over, gentlemen. Maybe not for James Harden and Damian Lillard (yes, they still …