LeBron James and Draymond Green CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 10: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors exchange words during a time out during the fourth quarter in Game 4 of the 2016 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 10, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Green’s recklessness focuses Warriors, gives Cavaliers hope for NBA Finals Game 5

Game 4 of the NBA Finals spent 45  minutes sucking all of the suspense and intrigue out of the series, but the last three wound up making a huge difference. Draymond Green will not play Game 5 for the Golden State Warriors, while serving a one-game suspension. If you’re reading this column, you know why, […]

CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 10: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors handles the ball against Richard Jefferson #24 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the second half in Game 4 of the 2016 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 10, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Warriors figure out successful formula in time to win Game 4

The Golden State Warriors play good defense, they shoot 3-pointers at a historic clip, and they have possibly the best bench in the history of basketball. All of those things were reasons for them winning 67 games last year and 73 this year, which is pretty impressive. But when the story of this team is […]

Crossover Chronicles Podcast: Amin Elhassan of ESPN

ESPN Analyst Amin Elhassan, who worked with both Cavaliers’ GM David Griffin and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr when they were all with the Phoenix Suns, has a unique perspective on this NBA Finals matchup. We talk extensively about the Game 3, the series, the Oklahoma City series, and what’s going on with Steph Curry. […]

CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 08: Channing Frye #9 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving #2 react during the second half against the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 8, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

2016 NBA Finals finally start for Love-less Cavaliers; Now what?

Most sports fans are non-players. Very few people who write articles like this actually played the sports they write about at a level above high school, and there are many (like me) who never played it above recreational ball with friends. It’s easy for us to lose sight of how important emotion is in the […]

Watch: NBA Players read mean tweets

It’s another edition of Jimmy Kimmel’s mean tweets but this time it’s with NBA players! Featured are: Jalen Rose Klay Thompson Blake Griffin Andre Iguodala Russell Westbrook Reggie Miller Doc Rivers Magic Johnson Shaq Steph Curry DeAndre Jordan Dikembe Mutumbo Wait for it, because the last two are the best…..

Golden State Warriors’ Harrison Barnes (40) dunks past Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving (2) during the second half in Game 1 of basketball’s NBA Finals Thursday, June 2, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, Pool)

Cavaliers’ execution, not strategy, doomed them in Game 1

The general narrative following Game 1 of the NBA Finals was that if the Golden State Warriors could beat the Cleveland Cavaliers by 15 with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson scoring only 20 points combined, the Cavs stand no chance in this series. I disagree. Well, sort of. I completely agree that the Cavs have […]

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