LeBron James had Los Angeles Lakers fans panicking after his April Fool’s Day tweet. After ruining Space Jam, LeBron James backed up his Razzie Award-winning performance as a fictionalized version of himself by sending Los Angeles Lakers fans everywhere into a full-blown panic. It may have been April Fool’s Day, but nobody is laughing. How could they
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LeBron James greeted former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Kevin Love before Monday’s game, and then he posterized him. On Monday night, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James made his return to Cleveland to play his former team, the Cavaliers. Prior to the game, James greeted and spoke with former teammate Kevin Love. But during the game,
Mar 29, 2022; Dallas, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (yellow hoodie) sits on the Laker team bench during the second quarter of the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Trevor Bauer suing journalist & The Athletic for
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning.’ Award races are heating up, statistical achievements are falling left and right and the playoff picture is coming into focus. To break down some of the biggest questions in
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. The Eastern Conference playoff picture has come into focus. The Knicks and Wizards are all but eliminated leaving us with 10 teams locked in for the playoffs and play-in
Former Cavaliers teammates LeBron James and Kevin Love are as close as ever—even after LeBron embarrassed love with a monstrous poster dunk. Initially, the reunion between LeBron James and Kevin Love at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse was a joyous one, with LeBron and KLove embracing like old times. That all changed toward the end of the
If LeBron James continues to lead the league in scoring, he will claim the second seasonal scoring title of his 19-year NBA career. The debate continues to rage as to whether LeBron James is basketball’s GOAT, and the only thing that can strengthen his case is winning more titles. Of course, those titles aren’t restricted
As he returned home to Ohio for All-Star Weekend, LeBron James pondered the possibility of returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the near future. It would be poetic for Akron’s own LeBron James to retire where it all started: in Cleveland, Ohio as a Cleveland Cavalier. James left Ohio and the team that drafted him
NBA legend Larry Bird predicted that LeBron James made his surrounding cast look better during his first stint in Cleveland, and he turned out to be right. When it comes to overall NBA excellence, it’s virtually impossible to beat Larry Bird. Bird remains the only person to win in NBA history to win Rookie of
Lakers point guard Russell Westbrook says he doesn’t care about trash talk, but Timberwolves Patrick Beverly and Karl-Anthony Towns couldn’t help but talk. The trash-talking NBA players endure beyond the confines of the game tend to cross the line, as the Russell Westbrook situation has proven in Los Angeles. Westbrook has been a mind-boggling disappointment
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James celebrated Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving’s historic 60-point performance against the Orlando Magic. When NBA fans saw Karl-Anthony Towns and Kyrie Irving join the exclusive 60-point club in the same week, it garnered reactions from across the league. Most points in a half this season: 36 — Karl-Anthony Towns
Skip Bayless’ feud with Russell Westbrook’s wife took a step in the right direction over the weekend, when Bayless address the interaction itself. This is not the first nor will it be the last public feud in the long, storied career of sports talking head Skip Bayless. At a certain point, you almost have to
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 13: Kyrie Irving of Brooklyn Nets is seen during NBA match between Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn of New York City, United States on March 13, 2022. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Seahawks: Tyler Lockett expresses desire to play with
The Clippers 21-point victory over the Lakers on March 3 further shapes the narrative between the crosstown Los Angeles rivals. Although Los Angeles basketball star and former Clippers point guard Baron Davis once hoped to bring the team their first division and conference title. The division titles came in 2013 and 2014, but the Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers shooter Reggie Jackson tripped up Russell Westbrook in the most embarrassing way before scoring 3 soon after. When Reggie Jackson and Russell Westbrook both played in Oklahoma City, it was Jackson who played behind Westbrook. Now that both point guards are in Los Angeles—for the Clippers and Lakers, respectively—it’s Jackson who was
All Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors could do was watch in awe, as LeBron James scored 56 points in an inspiring Lakers win. LeBron came up huge when the Lakers needed it most, dropping 56 points on the Warriors — a true title threat this season — to lead his team to a
Apr 8, 2021; Sacramento, California, USA; Detroit Pistons guard Cory Joseph (18) celebrates as a time out is called against the Sacramento Kings during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Raiders prove completely fraudulent in putrid loss to Bengals by Byron Smith Tiger Woods offers auspicious message,
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