If you’re not excited for the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest, you haven’t been watching near enough NBA basketball. This season’s crop of contestants includes first-time All-Star Victor Oladipo, a new-look Larry Nance Jr., and rookies Dennis Smith Jr. and Donovan Mitchell. While all these dunkers are special in their own right, no one in this year’s competition throws down […]

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Anthony Davis has quietly put together one of the best seasons of his short career. It doesn’t feel like all that long ago when collective NBA world had deemed Davis as the heir apparent to LeBron James’ throne. The All-Star forward and DeMarcus Cousins were finally leading the New Orleans Pelicans in the right direction this […]

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Friday was a night of reunions for familiar faces all around the Association. While Jimmy Butler and Dwayne Wade made warm returns to the cities where their storied careers began, Blake Griffin welcomed his former teammates to the Motor City with a cold shoulder. Griffin didn’t take well to the news that he had been […]

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