Add Anthony Black’s mom to the growing list of breakout stars at the 2023 NBA Draft. After the former Arkansas guard was selected with the sixth overall pick by the Magic on Thursday night, Jennifer Black gave the best sales pitch when asked by ESPN’s Monica McNutt what type of player Orlando is getting. Jennifer … Read more
It didn’t take long for a certain member of Victor Wembanyama’s family to capture NBA Twitter’s heart. Moments after the San Antonio Spurs selected the French phenom with the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday, the 19-year-old Wembanyama was featured on ESPN with his family, including brother Oscar and sister Eve. … Read more
Filed under: these didn’t age well. ESPN analyst JJ Redick took a stroll down memory lane this week to recap some of the worst NBA takes of the season by sports media’s biggest personalities — even adding a few of his own into the mix. As the latest installment of “Islands in the League” got … Read more
Who could he be talking about? Gilbert Arenas recently opined as to why NBA players are often linked to strippers, just two days after former adult film star Moriah Mills threatened to release alleged Zion Williamson sex tapes. “The NBA… you have basically 22 hours every single day trying not to get in trouble,” the … Read more
Fool me once … I’m Kendrick Perkins. The former NBA big man and current ESPN analyst was duped by a viral Twitter rumor about Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga, falsely claiming he had shot up to 7-foot-2. “From reports, I’m hearing that Jonathan Kuminga is now 7-2,” Perkins said on “SportsCenter” Tuesday. “The kid has gotten … Read more
When Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic takes the court in June 2023 for his first NBA Finals appearance, his wife, Natalija, will surely be cheering him on nearby. Jokic, who won back-to-back league MVPs in 2021 and 2022, wears his wedding ring on his shoelaces every single game. The 28-year-old center said he stole the … Read more
Who knew that breast milk would be the reason Jalen Brunson cut phone ties with Josh Hart? The Knicks teammates had NBA Twitter in disbelief over their latest social media exchange that began Tuesday. “Have yall ever tasted yall significant others breast milk? Asking for a friend,” Hart asked his 500,000-plus followers. Brunson then replied, … Read more
The round mound of rebound is less rotund. On an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” last week, Charles Barkley revealed that he is down over 60 pounds since he started taking the weight-loss drug Mounjaro. “I started taking this drug called Mounjaro about six months ago,” Barkley said. “It’s been amazing. My doctor, she … Read more
Stephen A. Smith has a succinct message for Kyrie Irving: If you don’t like people talking about your basketball status, then quit. Smith expressed this remark on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Friday. “Respectfully, to Kyrie Irving, who doesn’t want us talking about him: Don’t play basketball,” Smith said. “We talk about basketball. Nobody’s talking about … Read more
Ayesha Curry has shared much with fans over the years, but if she could do things differently in showing off her family life, she would. In her May 2023 cover story with Insider, the wife of Warriors superstar Steph Curry expressed remorse for overexposing the couple’s eldest child, 10-year-old daughter Riley, on a public platform … Read more
Jimmy Butler is focused on leading the Heat back to the NBA Finals, while others are caught up in a potential romance between him and Shakira. NBA Twitter is buzzing about dating rumors involving the Heat star and the Colombian songstress ahead of Thursday’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals between Miami and Boston. … Read more
The Denver Nuggets are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but conversation around LeBron James’ retirement tease has overshadowed their success. Charles Barkley was outraged Tuesday night during TNT’s Celtics-Heat coverage, saying the spotlight should have been on the Nuggets for their accomplishment. “I was so mad [Tuesday] morning … Read more
Air Jordan might want to switch his name to Road Jordan now. Michael Jordan has added a rare Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster — claimed to be “the world’s fastest and most powerful convertible” with a top speed of 300 mph and a price tag of $3.5 million — to his collection of vehicles. And as … Read more
Jack Nicholson has had some grand times at Lakers games over the years, but Saturday night was not one of them. After the Nuggets defeated the Lakers 119-108 to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals, Denver star Nikola Jokic’s brothers, Nemanja and Strahinja, heckled Nicholson. “OMG the Jokic brothers exchanging pleasantries … Read more
It seems unlikely ESPN’s NBA analytics formula has ever watched basketball before. While it is certainly surprising that the Heat are beating the Celtics so summarily that Magic Johnson is flat-out saying Boston has “quit,” the idea that they could win the series was not nearly as unlikely as ESPN’s analytics forecasted. Before the series, … Read more
Former NBA All-Star Kenyon Martin had a weird criticism of Julius Randle following the Knicks’ Game 5 win over the Heat. No, it wasn’t knocking his 1-for-7 first quarter, which saw him get a mixed reaction upon returning to the court following a Knicks run in the second. Nor was it about his inconsistent defensive … Read more
Two of the most tantalizing mysteries in the history of sports media have been solved. It’s been a matter of intrigue that one NBA MVP voter had left Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic entirely off the top five of his ballot. It wound up being Mark Jackson, which then begged the question, how could someone who … Read more
It is certainly not uncommon to see Eli and/or Peyton Manning appear in a commercial, but one may be surprised to see the famous quarterback brothers in the NBA’s new “We are all in the Finals” campaign. Eli recently told The Post he wasn’t sure how they were selected for this spot, but that he … Read more
Jack is back… again. Jack Nicholson returned to Crypto.com Arena on Monday night, where the Lakers took a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals against the reigning champion Warriors. It came just over a week after the three-time Academy Award winner made a rare public appearance in the opening round in Los Angeles, … Read more
Former NBA star Chandler Parsons sees the “race card” in the forecast if Nikola Jokic is not suspended for Game 5 of Nuggets-Suns. Jokic received a technical foul for shoving new Suns owner Mat Ishbia during Sunday’s game after Ishbia held onto the ball during a play stoppage, a bit of gamesmanship that could have … Read more