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After exhausting the far reaches of the internet and our collective memory, we can safely relay that we’ve never had the opportunity to recall the father of an NBA team’s best player suing the team itself over an incident with the franchise’s mascot. It appears that we could have, fingers crossed, a situation like this lining up in Minnesota right now. Karl Towns Sr. , father of Minnesota Timberwolves second-year star Karl-Anthony Towns Jr., is said to be considering such a suit. Continue to Article

March 04, 2017 10:04:pm EST

Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer was suspended for one game by the NBA for bumping a game official. NBA executive vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe announced the suspension one day after Budenholzer made contact with a game official with 2:42 remaining in the third quarter of the Hawks' 135-130 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Continue to Article

March 04, 2017 9:20:pm EST

If you were wondering what the Golden State Warriors would look like without Kevin Durant, the answer came Thursday night. The Warriors’ first game without their All-Star forward, who suffered a Grade 2 sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee on Tuesday and is out for at least the next four weeks, went about as poorly as the team could have feared. Golden State struggled to generate offense all night long, watching shot after shot rim in and out as their remaining All-Stars and role players tried but failed to pick up Durant’s slack. Continue to Article

March 03, 2017 12:00:am EST

At the beginning of the season, the Orlando Magic envisioned playing a strong defensive style. The team acquired Serge Ibaka and Bismack Biyombo in the offseason to shore up their relatively weak rim protection, hoping to wall off the paint and prevent drives to the basket. Orlando's defense struggled to get itself going and the team is essentially out of the playoff race. Continue to Article

March 02, 2017 10:33:pm EST

At the beginning of the season, the Orlando Magic envisioned playing a strong defensive style. The team acquired Serge Ibaka and Bismack Biyombo in the offseason to shore up their relatively weak rim protection, hoping to wall off the paint and prevent drives to the basket. Orlando's defense struggled to get itself going and the team is essentially out of the playoff race. Continue to Article

March 02, 2017 10:33:pm EST