NCAA Five Ways the NBA Changed off the Court This Offseasontheringer.com - Haley O'Shaughnessy The middle of September usually marks a whole lot of nothing for the NBA. Content from players is limited. Workout videos are posted by trainers, …
Steph Curry Steph Curry Is Already Laying the Groundwork for the Year of Stephtheringer.com - Shaker Samman Two weeks remain until NBA players report for training camp, but Stephen Curry is getting a head start on setting his narrative for the 2019-20 …
FIBA World Cup The Winners and Losers of the 2019 FIBA World Cuptheringer.com - Dan Devine The 2019 FIBA World Cup concluded on Sunday with two medal-round games that featured four of the best teams in the world, plenty of players …
Markelle Fultz What Does Orlando Know About Markelle Fultz That We Don’t?theringer.com - Paolo Uggetti Markelle Fultz is back in the news—this time, for a good reason. The Magic announced Monday that they will pick up Fultz’s contract option for the …
Brandon Ingram Brandon Ingram Is the NBA’s Most Intriguing Rookie Extension Candidatetheringer.com - Jonathan Tjarks Extending a player’s rookie contract is one of the biggest gambles an NBA team can make. Given how young many players are when they are drafted, it’s …
Jayson Tatum Should the Celtics Be Worried About a Team USA Hangover?theringer.com - Shaker Samman No NBA team had more representatives on Team USA’s roster than the Celtics. Which is to say no team had as much of a hand in its failures than …
Shaun Livingston Shaun Livingston Redefined Successtheringer.com - Rodger Sherman If Shaun Livingston had merely kept his leg and learned to walk again, that would have been enough. If Livingston had been cleared to play …
Shaun Livingston Former Warriors guard Shaun Livingston retiressfexaminer.com - Ryan Gorcey Former Golden State Warriors guard Shaun Livingston announced his retirement Friday morning on his Instagram, ending a 15-year NBA career. “I’m …
Lebron James Team USA Can Learn Something From the NBA’s Superteam Eratheringer.com - Dan Devine After 13 years of international dominance, the U.S. men’s national basketball team is now on a losing streak. One day after a 10-point loss to France …
Alex Caruso The Longtime Come-up of the Lakers’ Alex Carusotheringer.com - Paolo Uggetti This offseason, Alex Caruso’s phone has blown up twice. The first time was expected: Caruso, who spent the last two seasons as a two-way player for …
Team USA It’s Time for the Next Generation of Team USA to Step Uptheringer.com - Jonathan Tjarks There was one clear lesson from Team USA’s 89-79 loss to France at the FIBA World Cup on Wednesday: They didn’t have enough talent. The Americans …
FIBA World Cup Team USA Lost the FIBA World Cup. Let’s Figure Out What’s Next.theringer.com - Dan Devine Everybody knew the Team USA that took the court in China for the 2019 FIBA World Cup would be the most vulnerable version in more than a decade, once …
United States Team USA’s Loss Was Predictable, Not Shockingtheringer.com - Zach Kram Here’s the strange thing about Team USA’s surprising, but not really all that surprising, defeat in Wednesday’s World Cup quarterfinal: In six World …
Ninja The NBA Is Banning “Ninja-Style” Headbands. We Have Some Questions.theringer.com - Haley O'Shaughnessy The NBA wants you to know that size and length matter. For headbands, anyway. On Monday, the league announced in a statement that the “ninja-style” …
Team USA Team USA Is Getting Closer and Closer to Being Its Best Selftheringer.com - Dan Devine It was the glass-half-full take, heading into the 2019 FIBA World Cup, so I wrote it: While this Team USA didn’t have the marquee names and offensive …
Marc Gasol Marc Gasol Is the Key to Spain’s Gold-Medal Chase and the Raptors’ Futuretheringer.com - Jonathan Tjarks Marc Gasol is no longer one of the best big men in the NBA, but he can still shut down the best when he needs to. He frustrated Nikola Jokic in an …
Dennis Rodman Dennis Rodman’s Life Less Ordinarytheringer.com - Brian Phillips Against all the odds—I mean, like, literally all of them—there is a sound journalistic reason to make a documentary about Dennis Rodman in 2019. I’m …
FIBA World Cup Everything You Missed at the World Cup While White-Knuckling Through Team USA Gamestheringer.com - Dan Devine The second round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup gets underway Friday, with the top 16 teams from the original 32-team field moving on to another group …
Team USA What Team USA Needs to Fix to Avoid an Ugly Exit at the World Cuptheringer.com - Jonathan Tjarks Team USA has been as disappointing as everyone feared it would be at the FIBA World Cup. The Americans’ 3-0 record in group play doesn’t mean …
Kawhi Leonard Franchise-Altering Shots Are Rare: The Last Four NBA Seasons Have Had Five of Themtheringer.com - Haley O'Shaughnessy My song of the summer is Damian Lillard’s series-clinching shot in Game 5 against the Thunder. I revisit the replay so often that YouTube is …
Zach LaVine The NBA’s Next Scoring Champ Will Be … Zach LaVine?theringer.com - D.J. Foster Five seasons. Two teams. One major ACL injury. Zero playoff appearances. Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine’s ascent to stardom has been delayed by bad …
Giannis Antetokounmpo Giannis Can Be the World’s Best Player … If Greece Figures Out How to Use Himtheringer.com - Jonathan Tjarks For the first time in more than a decade, Team USA doesn’t have the best player at a major international tournament. Giannis Antetokounmpo, not …
Team USA Team USA Finds Its Star (and Its Style) in Its First FIBA World Cup Gametheringer.com - Danny Chau The group phase of the 2019 FIBA World Cup is all about small victories, in one way or another. And the packed crowd at the Shanghai Oriental Sports …
New York Knicks Are We Sure … the Knicks Don’t Have a Plan?theringer.com - Haley O'Shaughnessy The NBA offseason established a bunch of new story lines that require closer inspection. Throughout the next month-plus, we’re giving second thoughts …
Team USA A Brave New World: The Five Teams That Can Beat Team USAtheringer.com - Danny Chau Everyone loves a good, round number. So, here’s one: 2,300. That’s the margin by which Team USA had outscored the rest of the world in the 78 major …
Kristaps Porzingis Are We Sure … the Mavs Didn’t Get the Offseason Right for a Change?theringer.com - Jonathan Tjarks The NBA offseason established a bunch of new story lines that require closer inspection. Throughout the next month-plus, we’re giving second thoughts …
Team USA How Worried Should We Be About Team USA?theringer.com - Rodger Sherman When the FIBA Basketball World Cup begins in China on Saturday, Team USA will enter the tournament as the favorite. But for the first time in more …
Jeremy Lin In China, Jeremy Lin Will Get to Control the Game, Againtheringer.com - Dan Devine Jeremy Lin’s been a basketball player for most of his 31 years. But that descriptor doesn’t quite explain everything he’s been. “When I was growing up …
Darius Garland The Rookie Curve: Can Darius Garland Make It Work Next to Collin Sexton?theringer.com - Jonathan Tjarks The summer is a time to dream big about newly drafted rookies. But paths to NBA stardom are never linear, and every rookie has a unique set of …
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