NBA legend Scottie Pippen despised Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause, so much so that he verbally abused him on the team bus rides for everyone to see and hear. Jonathan Daniel /Allsport Pippen didn’t respect Krause after Krause tried to trade him numerous times and didn’t extend his contract during his final year in Chicago. Despite hating him, though, Pippen gave Krause a massive public compliment that sort of went under the radar. In the final episode of the famous “The Last Dance” docuseries, Pippen called Krause the greatest general manager in the game. Althou ..read more

Nuggets Forward Aaron Gordon said he is not revealing in the Lakers’ inability to beat them. Instead, he’s celebrating the Nuggets’ achievement. They own a 3-0 lead in their first-round NBA playoff series and have beaten Los Angeles 11 straight times. “I gotta be honest with you,” Gordon told Sam Amick of The Athletic. “It’s never about the other team. It’s always about the guys in our locker room. It’s always about our group of guys. So we don’t really think about our opponents.” Gordon added that his goal from the very moment he was acquired by the Nuggets (in a trade with the Magic) was win ..read more

Late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and San Antonio Spurs icon Tim Duncan are two of the best players in NBA history. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images Since both played in the same generation, an obvious question needs to be asked: Was Bryant better than Duncan? As both Bryant and Duncan won five championships apiece, many debates have gone on about who had the better career. With all due respect to Duncan, Bryant had the better career, partially because Duncan had more stability with the Spurs around him. Duncan played for the same coach his entire ..read more

Derrick Rose was a superstar for his hometown Chicago Bulls in just his third season in the NBA. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The 2008 No. 1 overall pick became the youngest MVP in NBA history during the 2010-11 season. He averaged 25.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 7.7 assists while leading the Bulls to the best record in the NBA. However, Rose and the Bulls ran into the Miami Heat in the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals. After winning Game 1 at home in blowout fashion, the Bulls lost four in a row and watched LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh advance to t ..read more

LeBron James is trying to keep a positive mindset despite the Lakers’ 3-0 series deficit vs. the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. Justin Ford/Getty Images “It’s one game at a time, at this point,” James told reporters. “You lose, you go home. So we’re going come in with the mindset of, ‘Let’s get one.’ Force a Game 5 and then we go from there. So as long as you still have life, then you always have belief. I just think you play until the wheels fall off.” James added he can’t speak for how others in the locker room are feeling. “You’d have to ask the individuals that question and se ..read more

NBA legends Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley were teammates on the Houston Rockets during the 1998-99 season.  PAUL BUCK/AFP via Getty Images The Rockets went 31-19 in the regular season but lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1999 playoffs.  In the summer of 1999, Pippen requested a trade from the Rockets and was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers. Barkley took a shot at Pippen for leaving Houston after one season, telling the media that Pippen owed him an apology.  That’s when Pippen destroyed Barkley during an interview. “I wouldn’t give Charles Barkl ..read more

Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell is expected to decline the player option on his contract after the season and become an unrestricted free agent, per NBA insider Brian Windhorst of ESPN. The Lakers trail their first-round playoff series to the defending champion Denver Nuggets, 3-0, and are on the brink of being swept by Denver for the second straight season. They’ve lost 11 straight overall to the Nuggets — and for LA, changes are highly likely coming this summer. Russell, 28, is in his second stint with the Lakers and has been both hot and cold, and wildly inconsistent, for most of ..read more

Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls faced the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals.  DAN LEVINE/AFP via Getty Images The SuperSonics were coached by George Karl, who went to UNC, the same school as Jordan. MJ and Karl knew each other pretty well and occasionally played golf together in the summers.  That’s why Jordan was furious when Karl didn’t say hello to him when the two were at the same spot for dinner.  “He walked right past me,” Jordan said in The Last Dance documentary. “I say, ‘Really? So that’s how he’s gonna play it.’ It’s a crock of sh-t. We went to Carolina ..read more

Michael Jordan thought Scottie Pippen “was being selfish” when he requested a trade from the Chicago Bulls during the 1997-98 NBA season.  VINCENT LAFORET/AFP via Getty Images Pippen postponed his foot surgery on purpose until October 1997 as his way of thumbing his nose at Bulls general manager Jerry Krause for not extending his contract.  In November 1997, Pippen publicly demanded a trade from the Bulls, stating he wouldn’t come off the injured list until the team traded him. “I felt like Scottie was being selfish,” Jordan said in ESPN’s The Last Dance docuseries. “Worrying about h ..read more

LOS ANGELES — After winning 112-105 in Game 3, the Nuggets are now one game away from sweeping the Lakers in the playoffs two consecutive years. To note, the last time the Lakers beat the Nuggets was December 16, 2022, as this is now the 11th straight loss vs. Denver, which is the fifth-longest active losing streak for a franchise vs. any team in the NBA. Ashley Landis/AP Photo LeBron James finished with 26 points (12-for-20 FG) nine assists and six rebounds, while his counterpart Anthony Davis had a game-high 33 points (14-for-23 FG) and 15 rebounds. “We’ve been, me and this guy [Davis] have ..read more