Good morning. Let’s basketball.
Good morning. Kirk Hinrich ruined everything.
That and much more in Wednesday’s NBA newsletter.
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: Kevin Durant is back! But his return was against the Pelicans, and it was one of those nights when Anthony Davis was so good he attracted all the defensive attention, allowing Tyreke Evans to pop off. Thunder lose, drop to 5-13, 5.5 games out of the No. 8 seed.
WELL HELLO STEPHEN: Mr. Curry beats the Magic from (where else?) downtown.
IF I’D TOLD YOU ... that a team would beat the Nuggets on a brilliant out-of-bounds plays, the Blazers would have been one of your top three guesses, right? Because that’s what happened. Terry Stotts, y’all.
YOUR LATEST ANTHONY DAVIS EYE-POPPING VINE: The Brow deflects two passes in six seconds.
HE’S ON SOME DUMB SHIIIIIII: Kirk Hinrich with maybe the dumbest foulest of the decade leads to overtime in Bulls-Mavericks. Derrick Rose with a brilliant buzzer-beating banked three to send it to double overtime. Dallas still wins. Ban Kirk.
MORE MORE MORE: Our NBA Scores hub has all your recaps, including another Lakers win and the surprisingly hyped Cavs-Bucks tilt.
ALL-STAR JERSEYS! I personally they are slick as snails.
TODAY IN AWFUL: Madison Square Garden security booted a Nets superfan with a prosthetic leg whose crime was apparently cheering too loudly.
WHAT THE LEAGUE IS THINKING: Zach Lowe reports on league movement on crazy conference imbalance. This season has to be the breaking point.
WOW: Brian Scalabrine tells the tale of when Kevin Garnett ended Big Baby Davis’s reign as arm wrestling champ of the C’s.
YOOO: The Suns’ arena will now be called Talking Stick Resort Arena as a local casino bought naming rights. Smoothie King Center, you have some competition.
HISTORY AIN’T CHEAP: Philip Barnett on the price of Kobe chasing history in Los Angeles.
HOLD THE DAMN PHONE. From a SLAM interview with Lil B: “I actually work out in the same gym as the Grizzlies owner, Robert Pera.”
#ENDTANKING: Econ prof Jeremy Arkes presents evidence as to why his solution would best end tanking.
IT’S HAPPENING: Kawhi Leonard is becoming the Spurs’ go-to guy.
HEY: Talking Stick Resort Arena. I mean, Talking Stick Resort Arena.
ALL THE PROOF YOU NEED: Kentucky is the second greatest state in the union. (California, of course.)
TRACING THE SOURCE: Eddie Maisonet with the definitive history of Dwight Howard hate.
Happy Wednesday. See you next time.
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