When Channing Frye retired from the NBA in 2019 after 14 seasons, he was faced with uncertainty for the first time. Basketball had taken up much of his life by him; it had conscripted him when he was a 6-foot-2 sixth-grader, and he dove in to make a career out of it. But now that …
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CLEVELAND — When Cleveland Cavaliers coach JB Bickerstaff walked in for his postgame news conference, he mainly had one play on his mind. Asked about Evan Mobley’s defensive effort against Joel Embiid, Bickerstaff turned his focus to an overturned foul that occurred in the Cavs’ 118-109 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. As Embiid had the …
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CLEVELAND — The review, and the subsequent overturn, will get the headlines. It is the type of play that trends on Twitter. Here’s the situation: Joel Embiid had five fouls when he isolated against Evan Mobley late in the fourth quarter. Like many opposing big men before him, sensing a potentially game-changing play, Mobley hunted …
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— Written by David Aldridge, James Edwards III and Josh Robbins The 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year race has plenty of deserving candidates. With only four weeks remaining in the regular season, who are the favorites for the award? To answer that question, The Athletic has assembled three of its writers who voted …
MIAMI — When Kevin Love took the floor for his pregame warmup, he made his way to center court to catch up with some of his former teammates. He and Darius Garland did their choreographed handshake that they used to do in Cleveland and hugged each other. Ricky Rubio and Donovan Mitchell both ran over …
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers coaches hatched the plan during the All-Star break, after Kevin Love was already gone. But it wouldn’t have mattered if he were still here. JB Bickerstaff and his assistants decided to increase minutes for the Cavs’ top players over the final 21 regular-season games so that they would be in shape …
Want this content directly to your inbox every day for free? Sign up here. Scottie Barnes had one of the worst ejections possible. What a league. Beantown Drama Celtics Choke Against Cavs Donovan Mitchell rattled both the Celtics and the rim in the Cavs’ 118-114 overtime win last night, a thunderous punctuation to a ridiculous …
February is the shortest month of the year, and even with the NBA All-Star break, there was plenty of action on the hardwood. And due to some trades, there are some new faces in new places. Besides Valentine’s Day treats (the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves, and Donovan Mitchell and Dillon Brooks probably didn’t exchange …
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The 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year almost certainly will be someone who has never won the award before. Jordan Clarkson and Tyler Herro, the two most recent winners, are now entrenched as starters for their respective teams. So who leads this year’s race? To answer that question, The Athletic turned to three of …
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There’s really just one reason I first started watching basketball: it was fun. That has colored why I kept watching the sport for the last [redacted] years — because it remained fun. Even now, while covering the NBA, it remains a driving ethos. So, this month, as everyone threw out their All-Star teams and snubs …
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