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Come Fan with UsMonday, August 17, 2026

Good morning, Steve Ballmer is screaming about the Clippers

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Good morning. Let’s basketball.

BASKETBALLERS! BASKETBALLERS! BASKETBALLERS! We knew that new Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is a maniac when placed in front of a camera or a crowd. Now we have more proof. And now every NBA writer secretly hopes the Clippers win a title so we can see the spectacle.

BROW BEASTIN’: Anthony Davis stole the show in Chicago and is taking over Team USA, writes Ricky O’Donnell.

A COMPLICATED MESS: Interesting read on the Greg Monroe-Stan Van Gundy affair.

BRAND BETRAYAL: Noted NBA hipster Matt Bonner was forced to buy a new car. The horror.

CHEATER: Kobe Bryant cheated the Ice Bucket Challenge.

BORN READY TO OWN A FANCY CAR: Fred Kerber crashed Carmelo Anthony’s All-Star practice session in NYC and got a few words with the Knickerbocker. But nothing beats this passage: “One of the last to arrive was [Lance] Stephenson, who pulled up as a passenger in a new Rolls Royce and then blew past the only questioner just like a guy who, well, pulled up as a passenger in a new Rolls Royce.”

SAYING GOODBYE TO ANTHONY RANDOLPH.

YEP: Coach K’s class pictures from West Point look like a promo for The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

CAPTAIN KYRIE: Kyrie Irving talks about needing to improve as a leader. I’m actually not so sure he needs to worry about that any more.

DO THE RODMAN: Ian Mahinmi airballed two consecutive free throws during a French national team exhibition. Blessed.

MICHELE ROBERTS, MISANDRIST HERO.

Happy Tuesday. See you next time.

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