Make no mistake, David Stern is an imposing figure. Otherwise, players like the Cavs’ questionably clothed Damon Jones wouldn’t scramble to stay on his good side.
Before a recent playoff game, Jones casually strolled through the corridor, resplendent in a jacket that I’m sure once had four legs and sporting a pair of sunglasses that could [...]
Forgive me, LeBron, I made a mistake. I questioned why, in the name of all things sacred, you would pass on a game winning shot.
Again and again, you talked about the confidence you had in your teammates. Again and again, I rolled my eyes. But all along, you knew what you were doing. You knew [...]
The kid made an amazing play. But it never should have happened.
With 3.6 seconds left in overtime, LeBron James found himself in surprisingly good position to take a game-winner. Brendan Haywood covered Larry Hughes on the inbounds. Antawn Jamison was looking for help corralling LeBron in the left corner. It never arrived.
The baseline was LeBron’s [...]
23.
In Basketball, it is one number. One man. One set of skills, believed to be umatchable.
It is so sacred that, at first, the thought of LeBron James wearing Michael Jordan’s number in the NBA seemed a bit flip, if not downright blasphemous.
C’mon. This is Jordan we’re talking about here.
But from LeBron’s number 23 came other [...]
