New York media members saw this coming, but many still weren’t prepared for the exhausting four-hour press conference new head coach Tom Thibodeau recently put them through. Sweating, no longer able to hold up their recording device and several of them openly weeping, it became clear the media was wildly out of shape and lacked the stamina to cover a Thibodeau-coached team. Mid-way through the press conference a dozen reporters suffered ...
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Several league officials in Orlando are confirming the strange spike in NBA players needing to leave the bubble to attend to “urgent family matters.” “It’s the craziest thing,” the source said. “We are only weeks into the bubble and their family members are dropping like flies!” “My family was having urgent matters right and left when I was in that stuffy hotel room,” Zion Williamson said, now comfortably back in his New Orleans ...
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You don’t become the most iconic winner in the history of sports by being Mr. Nice Guy. So while The Last Dance dazzled us with glorious slow-motion moments of the 1998 Bulls, Americans were also left with a blueprint of Michael Jordan’s vicious brand of bullying. Now experts are telling us, since the documentary series aired, Americans bullying each other is up over 350%. “Your punk a** is trying to talk to ...
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Many basketball fans are enjoying the Chicago Bulls documentary, The Last Dance. But Rockets GM, Daryl Morey isn’t one of them. In fact, reports from Houston are that while watching another two episodes of the program, Morey collapsed. Doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital were stumped as to what exactly happened to Morey. But when the Rockets team physician arrived, he knew exactly what the problem was. “Don’t you understand?!” the Rockets doctor ...
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Disappointing news for some small-market teams was announced today as Adam Silver designated the Pistons, Cavaliers, and Kings as non-essential businesses. “It’s a safety thing,” Adam Silver said on a conference call. “We just can’t risk those teams gathering a large audience and potentially inducing sickness upon their community—or worse, a big market community.” Broadcast personnel from TNT, ESPN and NBATV have been warned not to go near a non-essential team’s arena. ...
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Los Angeles citizens are known for two things: their beloved NBA basketball and strictly following all of the laws. So when it was announced that local health officials would allow the Lakers to resume practice activities, it was a cause for celebration. “I can’t wait to pace the sidelines like the prowling lion that I am,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. Avery Bradley was also relieved by the news commenting, “I’ve ...
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Say what you will about Americans, but we love a good rehabilitation story. So after Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder killed that family, our nation is thankful he eventually landed on his feet and got a good job as an NBA coach. The details of Snyder’s horrific crime have always been a bit foggy. For one thing, not only was he never officially charged with killing a family, his criminal record ...
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Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan has been fined $13 billion for spending nearly 10 hours talking about players not on his team. The statement from the league is as follows: “We understand Mr. Jordan was doing his little documentary about dancing goats or something, but he mentioned dozens of players not on the Hornets roster and we are choosing to make an example of the man.” While many sports fans are furious at ...
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If you think player empowerment is new, you’ve not met ESPN’s The Jump host, Rachel Nichols. Rachel is often criticized for being too pro-player and a recently discovered childhood school paper will likely add fuel to those flames. As Dennis Rodman’s infamous mid-season ‘vacation’ away from the Bulls was happening, a young Rachel Nichols was right on brand: Defending the player. In a school paper that was supposed to be about the ...
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