There’s a relic of network television shows that doesn’t necessarily make sense in today’s world of streaming and on-demand viewing: the clip show. Essentially, it was a way for shows to share some of their most popular clips before the Internet took off. Sure, sometimes there’s a loose storyline around the clips — two characters talking about when they first fell in love, or even just a blatant “wow, 100 episodes!” like Seinfeld did. But largely, it’s an episode of highlights. If you ask die-hard fans of a show to name their least favorite episode, you’d probably get a handful of pe ..read more

have a New Year’s resolution nearly every year to read a certain number of books. There’s something comforting about curling up with a good tome, maybe while sipping on a vat of hot chocolate, perhaps while scratching a dog’s belly. Then, as July starts, I realize I am very far behind in my goal, and I have to go into hyperspeed. Soon, I’m flipping through pages like I have to finish the book before my daughter gets taken, a la the movie Taken. I don’t have a daughter, and I don’t have any affiliation with Liam Neeson’s enemies, so this is a far-fetched fear. Even so, it kicks me int ..read more

There doesn’t tend to be a ton of NBA action around the Fourth of July. Unless there’s a delayed start like there was during the 2020-21 season, both the playoffs and NBA Draft are already wrapped up. And while we’re in the midst of free agency, agents and players alike usually spend the holiday grilling burgers, hot dogs, and veggie skewers, eating watermelon and potato salad, and dipping sour cream and onion chips into guacamole, hummuses, and salsas. But the end of the NBA season also coincided with another exciting development: the arrival of All That and Kenan & Ke ..read more

NBA free agency got started last night, and we’ve already had a flurry of activity. Bradley Beal signed a deal worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars to stay with the Washington Wizards. The Nuggets kept their two-time MVP Nikola Jokic to the tune of five years and $264 million, the biggest contract in NBA history. Kevin Durant requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, and the NBA imploded. But none of that is as fascinating as the time the Los Angeles Clippers, in an attempt to get center DeAndre Jordan to re-sign with the team, locked the big man in his own house like ..read more

With both the NBA playoffs and NBA draft behind us, and free agency not starting until later in the week, we’re officially in a bit of a dead period in the NBA. But rather than twiddle and/or sit on our thumbs, why not revisit a few of the most delightful photos from NBA history? Let’s jump to it! Tracy McGrady Dunks on Shawn Bradley You may remember Shawn Bradley as the tallest Monstar from Space Jam. But he was also an NBA player who bounced around a few teams, including the Dallas Mavericks. In the 2005 playoffs, we had ourselves a good Texas vs. Texas battle. And Shawnathan Bradley ..read more

https://twitter.com/sreekyshooter/status/1540160612130496512The NBA Draft came and went last night. It’s always cool to see guys realizing their dreams as they enter the incredibly competitive NBA. You get a lot of fancy high-fives and handshakes, some tears and raw emotion, and all kinds of wacky suits (though I don’t think any surpassed Drew Gooden’s Dr. Evil look.) You also get trades that are often announced on TV several minutes after they’ve been reported online, so there’s minimal suspense when they happen. Of course, let’s not forget the tear-jerking stories of some players ..read more

During the Golden State Warriors’ championship-clinching Game 6 victory, they scored 21 points in a row. That’s a lot of points, and it definitely changed the tide of the game. Boston had jumped out to an early lead, but after the Warriors’ run, the Celtics couldn’t recover. Golden State’s streak was certainly impressive. But it wasn’t nearly as incredible as some of these wild NBA streaks. Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points in a row in one game In a typical NBA game, one player shares the floor with four teammates. That’s a total of five players per team, for the math whizzes in the room ..read more

Congrats to the Golden State Warriors, who won the NBA championship last night. It’s their fourth title since 2015 and caps off an impressive comeback. This is a Warriors team that didn’t even make the playoffs the past two seasons. Pundits everywhere asked hard-hitting questions like “Are the Warriors done?!” and “Is Draymond Green’s career basically over?!” and “Should I try to cook tempeh at home or will that light my kitchen on fire?!” But those questions were not overreactions. The Warriors are not, in fact, done. Draymond Green seems like he can still play basketball pretty well (an ..read more

Last time, I mentioned how I was visiting Chicago for a wedding. Well, that wedding did, in fact, happen, and it was a delight to catch up with old friends. One of those friends posed a classic basketball conundrum: If I were to bet on the NBA Finals, currently tied at 2-2, which team would I choose to win? I said I thought the Warriors’ experience would be helpful but that I truly didn’t have a guess. After all, trying to correctly anticipate sports outcomes is an exercise in futility, yet many talking heads get paid to do just that. Sure, you could spout off all kinds of statistics until you ..read more

AI seems like one of those ethereal concepts that have always been around, but it’s still kind of hard to explain just what it does. Movies make it seem like robots are the most terrifying thing ever. Something like Ex Machina made me scared to ever go to an evil genius’s private island. Meanwhile, Upgrade had me wondering if I’d ever get a computer chip planted in my brain. But AI and machine learning aren’t totally scary. In sports, they’re downright useful. Here are three cool examples of AI and basketball in action. Stats Perform is Making Broadcasts More Entertaining I ..read more