The Heat coach calls his view of the NBA regular season "Darwinist." It feels more nihilistic. Perhaps the right defense of stat-padding that allows for critiques of other controversial tactics is more existentialist in nature.
Bam Adebayo's modern record can stand another day.
We rewatched every bucket (and foul drawn) to find out.
The best scorer in the world asserts his dominance again.
A few teams are heating up at the right time to give us plenty of intrigue for the last two guaranteed playoff spots in the East.
It seems like a great sign that the young, new Spurs keep shredding the other elite teams in the NBA.
Daryl Morey could be correct about McCain having no future with the Sixers, leading to his trade. The problem is everything else the team did betrays the real motive here.
Daily notes on the profound and profane in the NBA.
The Wizards' would-be star will suit up and will probably sign an extension. Good and good.
Lu Dort tripped Nikola Jokic and drew the eyes and ire of a dozen fandoms. Are the Thunder villains? Maybe, maybe not. But they are picking up enemies.
In building a case for his own prominence and pre-eminence, Deandre Ayton shows he has no clue what the Lakers need or how he could rescue his career.
Teams with great regular season records are likely to win the title, news at 11.
The Pacers coach went after the NBA for fining them for tanking-related reasons. He has a point, but not all the points.
Convincing the league to pull the trigger seems like a longshot. But there's a solid path to a viable system if the NBA is bold enough to decouple losing and elite prospect acquisition.
The Pistons and Spurs, two title contenders who were awful as recently as two years ago, face off Monday. Is there a recent precedent for a team to make a deep run without any recent playoff series victories?
NBA basketball has returned. Let us dispense with all the nonsense!
It's more complicated than you think.
We have five tiers to sort teams into with a third of the regular season remaining. Who makes the cut as a title contender? What do the playoff and play-in races look like?
Has purposeful losing become a contagion? Can targeted punishment deter the most anti-competitive behaviors until meaningful reform is achieved, or will it prevent meaningful reform?
The NBA All-Star Games were actually good. Credit Victor Wembanyama.