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There were times when the point guard would come off a screen with no clear plan in place. He’d run around in circles around the paint with behemoths of men jostling for position, cutting, rotating, pushing, reaching and, by all accounts, wondering.
Houston has a lot of questions to answer with the Melo signing
Carmelo Anthony, who was recently traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks and subsequently waived, is set to become a member of the Houston Rockets for the veteran’s minimum of $2.4 million for the season.
What the Kawhi/DeRozan deal means for the Spurs and Raptors
The most fascinating part of the Kawhi Leonard for DeMar DeRozan deal isn’t about Leonard wanting out of San Antonio, it isn’t about DeRozan wanting to
Jeff Kwatinetz is loving Year 2 of the BIG3
Jeff Kwatinetz is a busy man. In the midst of preparing for Week 3 of his BIG3 league, now in its second season, he spent a few hours speaking with lawyers before hopping on the phone to speak with Yardbarker about a project that he’s dedicated to bringing to the world.
James Harden isn't leaving MVP conversations anytime soon
Today’s NBA, if nothing else, is a beautiful brand of basketball. We’re seeing the apex of coaching innovation being driven by numbers and a whole new range of skill sets from every position that we just didn’t have 20 years ago.
How Ben Simmons' season of the future makes him Rookie of the Year today
Not only are rookie seasons allegories, they are the auspicious fulfillment of allegories. They will eventually become a part of a time capsule that we’ll use to help remember what yesterday was like as they forge a new future in a league so concerned with the present.
How the NBA Finals changed the legacies of three superstars
Even with the fourth consecutive installment of the Warriors v. Cavs Finals matchup, this year’s postseason was still riveting and incredibly memorable.
NBA Finals Preview: Can LeBron James beat the Warriors?
The journeys that have led to each of the four consecutive Cavs-Warriors matchups have been entirely unique. LeBron James has had a stranglehold on the entire Eastern Conference for nearly a decade while the Golden State Warriors are a machine built to search and destroy everything in its place.
Western Conference Finals preview: Rockets' 'obsession' meets Warriors' toughest test
As soon as the Rockets acquired Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers, there was a sense of imminence that this would be the way the Western Conference Finals would be decided.
Pelicans proving they're on the rise this postseason
The New Orleans Pelicans may not win a single game in their second-round series with the Golden State Warriors. Their chance to steal a game with Steph Curry still out ended with the Warriors winning by 16.
Young 76ers face first major test of the post-'Process' era
On Feb. 2, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Miami Heat to bring their season record to 25-24. They were showing flashes of what the future would hold with both Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid healthy, but they were barely playing .500 basketball.
Celtics showing Giannis still has room to grow
If there is any evidence needed to show that Giannis Antetokounmpo is still very much in the growth years of his career, one doesn't need to look any further than his Game 5 performance against the Boston Celtics.
Fifteen years later, we'll never see the 'next Michael Jordan'
Even in an age in which nearly every single detail about an athlete’s life is documented for public consumption, it’s still hard to imagine the density of the media circus surrounding Michael Jeffrey Jordan on the night of his final (actual final) game of his NBA career.
NBA first round Western Conference Playoff preview
The Western Conference saw 10 teams finish better than .500 with a 46-win team getting left out of the mix. 47 wins were table stakes, meaning that we have a collection of eight phenomenal teams competing for one spot to represent the conference.
LeBron James' rare quest for eighth straight NBA Finals
Apple released its original iPad in the last year that LeBron James failed to lead an NBA team to the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant was at the tail end of its apex, and Stephen Curry hadn’t quite changed the way franchises thought about geometry and gravity in relation to the three-ball.
Whose legacy is most impacted by the 2018 playoffs?
The NBA playoffs aren't just about a fight for the title in the immediate sense — they're about building individual and team-based legacies. Many of our
Who should be NBA MVP? The case for the top five candidates
The NBA is in the process of preparing for the postseason, which means it’s time to give a fair evaluation of the season and start thinking about regular-season awards.
Five non-playoff NBA teams that could make the postseason next year
With the regular season coming to an end and the playoffs right around the corner, a few teams barely missed the cut and are left wondering what went wrong.
Rudy Gobert is the NBA's most dominant defender
There may not be a statistical figure you’ll see all season that shows the comprehensive impact a single player has on his basketball team more than this: The Utah Jazz concede the best opponent field goal percentage when Rudy Gobert is on the bench; the Utah Jazz concede the worst opponent field goal percentage when Rudy Gobert is on the floor.
10 young NBA players who took a leap, and 10 who didn't
There is a tremendous amount of young talent in the NBA right now, but not every talent grows at the same rate. There are a few guys who are far ahead of schedule in terms of their development and some others who are a bit behind the eight ball. Here we detail the 10 players 23 and younger who took a major leap and 10 who didn't.
Jaylen Brown can only control so much — and that's OK
“Just breathe and control what you control; it’s simple.” There is so much wisdom packaged in that pithy, nine-word sentence from one of the NBA’s most fascinating young talents.
The Raptors' young bench could lead Toronto to the NBA Finals
It only took a mere four games for the Cleveland Cavaliers to eliminate the Toronto Raptors in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs last year.
Jamal Murray's heel turn is exactly what the Nuggets need
Jamal Murray became of age to drink legally in the U.S. less than a month ago and played in his first NBA game fewer than two years ago. Despite his age
Clint Capela makes the Rockets nearly unbeatable
As of this writing, the Houston Rockets sit a game above the Golden State Warriors for the best record in the NBA and look like the team with the best shot at unseating the champs from their throne.
