SAN FRANCISCO – Over the past two weeks, Warriors forward Draymond Green has witnessed an advanced form of an already-potent illness sweep through the NBA. No one knows who Patient Zero for this ...
The NBA invented the 65-game limit rule to address what it perceived to be a major problem (that, fairly or not, will always get tied back to Gregg Popovich and the Spurs): load management. The idea ...
Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins claimed that NBA players and teams were picking games to sit out stars for “load management” before the season even started. The overall conversation was about the ...
The Timberwolves’ 30-point win in Dallas on Monday helped contribute to a, umm, record, and not one the NBA wanted to see set. Again. Through Friday’s results, there have been 89 games decided by 30 ...
Floyd Mayweather abandons his NBA expansion ownership pursuit, citing owner stress while facing $340M in lawsuits and unpaid rent. Floyd Mayweather just pumped the brakes on his NBA ownership dreams, ...
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Jacob Bronsther is an associate professor of law at Michigan State ...
On Wednesday, Adam Silver walked to the podium and said this about tanking: "We are going to fix it. Full stop." Full stop! That's not the self-proclaimed “incrementalist” talking. That's the ...
The NBA season is too long, at least according to several critics (myself included!). Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has been pushing the NBA to play fewer than 82 games for years now, and ...
As the NBA continues to deal with its load management problem and battles the players union over its 65-game rule for postseason awards eligibility, Towns said it’s a point of pride that he suits up ...
Tanking has been a huge talking point this NBA season. It’s not a new talking point, to be sure. Intentionally losing for the purposes of securing a high draft pick is one of the loudest annual ...
There are some big games on Wednesday in the NBA. Atlanta visits Detroit in a matchup pitting a Hawks team that is rolling against a Pistons team trying to lock up the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed.