Ascension to the highest throne once looked inevitable, but wasn't. Is this different? Good morning. We have an essay on the Thunder ahead of the final night of the play-in tournament. Let's basketball. The first rise of the Oklahoma City Thunder was simultaneously predictable and sudden.
The thing about the Sacramento Kings' long playoff drought is that they still had stars during that time. Mike Bibby, the prototype Jamal Murray "he's never been an All-Star" lead guard, was around for the first few years of the drought. In those early post-Adelman
The Warriors, who a few weeks ago looked reborn as legitimate championship contenders, almost let their nightmare finish to the regular season extend into the play-in. After racking up a 20-point lead against a Grizzlies team that looked ready to quit, Golden State slowly bled out until Memphis had caught
Good morning. Milwaukee is tripping through Giannis Antetokounmpo's prime, with just one playoff series win since the 2021 championship. If they can't make a run now, a major overhaul is required. Let's basketball. A championship buys you precious little runway in the NBA. The
Good morning. An incredible game between the Warriors and Clippers ends up with a James Harden triumph in the Bay Area. Golden State heads back to the play-in. Plus: a lot of NBA randos played a lot of minutes on Sunday! Let's basketball. Here's how the
Good morning. The East playoff and play-in brackets are completely settled. The West is ... not. Plus: Isiah Thomas makes a fool out of himself (again), Giannis hurts his friend's feelings and more. Let's basketball. Scores Hawks 124, Sixers 110 | Box Score | Nine offensive rebounds for Mouhamed
Good morning. We have a special treat as the regular season wraps up: Paul Flannery, the legend behind the new Hoopology newsletter, has an essay on the reigning champs as they embark on their repeat attempt. Plus, we have an assessment of what changed Thursday night and what's
Daily notes on the profound and profane in the NBA.
Good morning. Luka Doncic posits what it would be like if The Count of Monte Cristo were a fairy tale. Plus: Harrison Barnes screwed the Warriors (complimentary), the Nuggets won a fired coach bounce game and more. Let's basketball. If you were turning the Luka Doncic saga into
The Denver Nuggets, three games from the postseason and two years removed from the franchise's first NBA championship, fired coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth on Tuesday. This comes a little more than a week after another West postseason contender, the Memphis Grizzlies, fired their head
Here in the final week of the NBA regular season, much remains at stake. The West has six teams in a jumble from seed Nos. 3 through 8. Two of those teams will have home court advantage in the first round. Two will be in the play-in tournament. All of
Good morning. The Houston Rockets, already sitting at 52 wins with three games left, just had one of the more incredible weekends of the season, locking up Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Stephen Curry in succession. Is Amen Thompson the best perimeter defender in the NBA? Are the Rockets ready ready for
Good morning. You can count on three things these days: death, global financial meltdowns at least once a decade and Steph Curry vs. LeBron James basketball wars. Let's basketball. Scores Bucks 126, Sixers 113 | Box Score | There are nights in which Giannis Antetokounmpo looks like the most unstoppable
Good morning. The Sacramento Kings are again embarrassing themselves, losing to the East's worst squad to fall four games under .500 with 10 days to go and risking a miss of the play-in tournament. Plus, other games were played. Let's basketball. Merely being locked in a
Good morning. The Nuggets and Timberwolves played an instant classic in the Mile High City. Stephen Curry went nuts. We are witnessing all-time legends do amazing things, sometimes on the same night. But you know, the 2001 Lakers would beaten all their asses, right Shaq? Let's basketball. Scores
Good morning. The West playoff race is tighter than John Stockton's shorts. The East has a fun race, too. And the West play-in battle is super depressing and will result in fans in three NBA cities having nubs for teeth by mid-April. Let's basketball. In the
Good morning. Memphis, on track to make the NBA playoffs in the tough Western Conference, fired their coach with nine games remaining. What are they thinking? Plus, we have reaction from a spicy weekend of NBA action. Let's basketball. On Friday, the Memphis Grizzlies pulled off something that
Good morning. The Bulls and Lakers present us with perhaps the most unglued 12.6 seconds to end an NBA game in memory. Oh, and the Pacers scored 162 in regulation. Let's basketball. Comments Are Back Whoops! I forgot to turn comments on before Thursday's newsletter.
After an eventful day, LeBron tips in a Lakers win. Welcome to the New GMIB, Same as the Old GMIB This should be the first issue of GMIB you are receiving via our new platform, Ghost. If you read the newsletter via email and you received this, we're
PLUS: news about the newsletter, the salary cap and Dame Lillard. Cap Goin’ Up On a Tuesday The NBA announced new salary cap growth projections on Tuesday; as expected, the cap is increasing 10%, the maximum possible under the current collective bargaining agreement. This is largely due to the NBA’