What can hypothetical future contenders like the Hawks, Bulls, Spurs and Pelicans learn from this year’s conference finalists? In the penultimate episode of The Good Place, Chidi Anagonye offers a Buddhist perspective on death: “Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it
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The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to extend a job offer to Doc Rivers soon. The Philadelphia 76ers needed a new head coach. Doc Rivers needed a new job. The two are now on the verge of coming together. Rivers and the “brass” in Philadelphia are watching Game 1 of the NBA Finals together and a
After a few days on the open market, Doc Rivers is now the new head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. Earlier this week, an NBA head coaching market that was rich before got even more lucrative, as Doc Rivers entered the fray. Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers mutually parted ways after the team’s shocking
Oct 15, 2020 Sports Africa Network recently hosted a roundtable with five basketball players from the African continent. The discussion revealed the tremendous potential the sport has for enhancing mutual understanding between Africa and the USA, while highlighting the challenges remaining. Thirteen Africa-born men play in the NBA today, nearly enough to fill a team
The Los Angeles Lakers head coach, Frank Vogel, seemed to have run his course in the NBA, right up until he worked the historic franchise back into champions. If there is one thing we all know about sports, it’s the wealth of cliches and coach-speak used to describe them. From lunch pails to hard hats;
1:00 PM ET Phil Mickelson will take part in another high-profile match, but this time Tiger Woods will not be part of it. Charles Barkley will partner with Mickelson in a match against Stephen Curry and Peyton Manning on Nov. 27 at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Arizona. Called Capital One’s The Match: Champions for
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. As I pointed out in last week’s NBA Power Rankings, the Warriors are the team with the most potential to disrupt this offseason, by far. While James Harden,
6:23 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Sometime between now and the 2020 NBA draft on Nov. 18, the league should lift the monthslong transaction moratorium, allowing its annual round of offseason chaos to officially begin. There are many things the NBA will need to sort out over the next few months, from the salary cap rules
Derrick Rose (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images) Aaron Rodgers has some thoughts about the idea he’d finish his career away from Packers by Josh Hill Derrick Rose might get traded to the Lakers this offseason After LeBron James helped a future Hall of Famer in Dwight Howard get his first ring as a member of
5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality Sid Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday. He was 100. Hartman, whose first newspaper column was published in 1945,
Can a defensively struggling superstar lead an NBA franchise to playoff success? The Atlanta Hawks may find themselves betting on it. Is a stout defense necessary for a team to succeed in today’s NBA? Or can a gargantuan offense prove enough to skirt the obligation of defending, even to the point where the typical blood-sweat-pain
12:22 PM ET Former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey took out a full-page advertisement in the Houston Chronicle on Sunday to thank the numerous people who helped him during his 13 seasons with the team. But he saved his most effusive praise for Rockets star James Harden, writing, in bold, “James Harden changed my
Gayle Benson, New Orleans Saints. (Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports) 3 offseason moves the Toronto Blue Jays must make after early playoff exit by Brad Berreman New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson nearly had her car jacked with her inside of it. Stopping an attempting carjacking is now on New Orleans Saints owner Gayle
7:00 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2020 NBA champions, blitzing through the bubble playoffs with a 16-5 record and finishing off the Miami Heat in six games in the NBA Finals. Now what? As the league enters an offseason of more uncertainty, we’re taking a way-too-early look at where all 30 teams
James Harden isn’t going to win an NBA title with the Rockets. A move to the 76ers could help him finally secure a championship ring. The chances of the Rockets actually trading James Harden this offseason are extremely low. That doesn’t moving him wouldn’t be in the best interest of both Harden and his current
The Denver Nuggets made the mistake of leaving Carmelo Anthony off their legendary players graphic. That was just petty, Denver Nuggets. Now that the NBA offseason is upon us, team social media accounts have to find a way to pass the days and weeks leading up to the draft and free agency. The Nuggets chose
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers. (Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports) Braves’ pitching staff is shutting out everybody in October by John Buhler LeBron James signified the importance of Game 4 of the 2020 NBA Finals through text. LeBron James‘ Los Angeles Lakers are one win away from winning an NBA Championship. If the Lakers
Goran Dragic is listed as active for Game 6. The Miami Heat have been shorthanded for most of the 2020 NBA Finals, scratching and clawing their way to Game 6 after another tremendous performance from Jimmy Butler got them a win in a do-or-die Game 5. The Los Angeles Lakers are one win away from
The New York Knicks are interested in signing Fred VanVleet if he gets away from the Toronto Raptors in free agency. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, the New York Knicks have identified a free agent that will help them turn their garbage barge around. Fred VanVleet is going to hit free agency whenever
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. Every Rockets’ playoff exit over the last few years has come with rumblings about the future, about just how much rope Daryl Morey and Mike D’Antoni have, about
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6:30 AM ET It’s the never-ending debate among today’s NBA fans: Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James. Or should that be LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan? While arguments can be (and have been) made for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell and other NBA greats, the modern debate over who is the greatest since
Gary Payton wants to end up on an NBA coaching staff. Being an NBA point guard is the best way to get an NBA head coaching job, as the likes of Doc Rivers, Isiah Thomas, and Steve Nash, just to name a few, have all landed head coaching positions without any prior experience as a
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George. Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images 3 reasons Georgia football will beat Alabama football without Nick Saban by John Buhler The Clippers have some major chemistry problems, and it stems from Kawhi Leonard. The Los Angeles Clippers were among the title favorites for the 2019-20 NBA season, but they were booted
2:08 PM ET New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson was the victim of an attempted car theft last Saturday afternoon but was unharmed, Saints spokesman Greg Bensel confirmed. “I can confirm that an incident did occur in Orleans Parish involving Mrs. Benson while she was in her vehicle,” Bensel said in a statement.
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Rockets GM Daryl Morey stepping down after postseason exit by Mike Luciano Once Giannis Antetokounmpo hits free agency, NBA insider Shams Charania has confirmed the Miami Heat will do whatever it takes to sign him. While the 2020 NBA season may have just wrapped up with the Los Angeles Lakers
8:17 PM ET For the third time since May, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association are extending a negotiating window that preserves each side’s rights to terminate the collective bargaining agreement due to the pandemic, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The NBA and NBPA agreed on a new Oct. 30 deadline to complete ongoing
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 03: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope #1 of the Los Angeles Lakers (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) 5 Fall cocktail recipes to make while watching UFC 254 by Amy Kaplan Browns’ Odell Beckham Jr. leaves practice early with illness by Cole Thompson Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is opting out of his deal with the Lakers.
Austin Rivers found out he’s having a baby boy with an alley-oop. Gender reveal parties are getting grander and more extreme these days (and sometimes even dangerous, if you live in California), but Houston Rockets guard Austin Rivers had the right idea. For his gender reveal with his girlfriend, model Audreyana Michelle, Rivers finished off an
Daryl Morey has stepped down as GM of the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets knew they needed to make major changes this offseason, as they came up short of even reaching the Western Conference Finals for the fourth time in the last five seasons. While most expected a trade or two, Tilman Fertitta instead cleaned
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