Only built for champion Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are WNBA champions once again! Maya Moore daggered the hell out of the game with 30 seconds left and the LA Sparks just one possession behind. (Kobe loved it.) It’s the Lynx’ fourth title in the seven years since Moore arrived as a rookie in 2011. In fact, Moore hasn’t gone so much as two years without a title ... ever. In her life. Sylvia Fowles, who forced a trade to Minnesota in 2015, won her second Finals MVP. She’s not going away any time soon.

This was revenge for the Lynx, who lost Game 5 to Candace Parker and LA a year ago. They partied hard in the locker room, as this Swish Appeal video shows. The Mystics, Liberty, and Mercury are fascinating challengers ... but I would take a 2018 rematch of these teams in a heartbeat. Maybe with some better officiating, though.

Be sure to check out Swish Appeal for more follow-up on Thursday.

Jersey Week continues! Tim Cato has the story of how the worst NBA jersey ever -- the mythical silver Mavericks joint -- became a rare collectors’ item. Also, we tracked down every jersey malfunction and mistake we could.

It, uh, looks like James Harden and Chris Paul can play together just fine. The test, of course, will be how this holds up into February, March, and April.

Speaking of CP3, this “close-out” on Andre Roberson was incredibly disrespectful.

The annual GM survey is out. Here are the six most surprising results. It looks like at least one and possibly two GMs voted that the Cavaliers would win the title. Literally every other GM who voted (except Bob Myers, since GMs can’t vote for their own teams or players) picked the Warriors. Smart dudes.

Mark Cuban says there’s a 90 percent chance he is not running for president in 2020 which means — guess what — Cuban is definitely running for president.

Remembering the biggest miracle in WNBA history.

Milos Teodosic should be greeted with laurels and chants in every NBA city he visits if he keeps doing things like this.

How to play a college basketball version of NBA 2K18.

Will the Jimmy Butler-Andrew Wiggins combo work?

A top-15 recruit referenced anonymously in that FBI report on college basketball corruption announces he will attend North Carolina. Hmmm.

There are few things more beautiful in sports than the old Slow Break, when a center lumbers coast-to-coast. Here’s a Dwight Howard vintage from Charlotte’s preseason game.

Steve Kerr on gun policy reform after Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Victims’ Fund.