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Album of the Week: “Tha Carter III,” Lil Wayne (2008) Call ’em April babies, ’cause they fools. We are nearing the end of this season of Power Rankings, and I know many enjoy a freezing cold take, so allow me a more lukewarm one. Predictions are fun. I consider myself a basketball meteorologist. I’m going…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. There’s so much chaos happening in the NBA that I don’t even have the space for a proper college basketball championship section. So I’ll go over it quickly here. Geno Auriemma made up some stuff about…

We’re down to the last seven days of this season, and there is a ton to track. The Western and Eastern conference standings are all over the place. The tanking has been out of control, with almost one-third of the league trying to lose. And we have all kinds of squads going on big runs…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. On Saturday, the NBA gave us one of the most entertaining games of this or any other season, an overtime classic between the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets featuring MVP candidates Victor Wembanyama and Nikola Jokić going head-to-head, one that culminated in…

If the playoffs started today, we’d be confused about why the final days of the season and the Play-In Tournament were scrapped. Because the playoffs are supposed to begin April 18 with all of the pomp and circumstance and lead-up we’ve grown accustomed to. We’d also be worried that another pandemic is affecting the NBA…

It’s still intoxicating, the hope Stephen Curry brings. At 38, after a 27-game hiatus caused by runner’s knee, he returned Sunday to a team comfortably in 10th place. He rejoined a Golden State Warriors lineup — shuffled enough to impress a Las Vegas blackjack dealer — that had 10 minutes available for a G-Leaguer called…

SAN FRANCISCO — Steph and Seth Curry couldn’t believe their dream of playing together on an NBA floor finally came true Sunday night. After a season defined by injuries for both veteran guards, the Curry brothers made their long-awaited debut in the second quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ 117-116 loss to the Houston Rockets,…

DALLAS — On his way out of American Airlines Center on Sunday, LeBron James exchanged a hug with Cooper Flagg. After tallying 45 points, eight rebounds and nine assists, Flagg had just outdueled James in the Dallas Mavericks’ 134-128 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Before finding the exit, James showed respect to a teenage…

It is often the case that the most famous athletes in the world are the highest paid. After all, they command the most eyeballs, generate more attention than their team-mates, and tend to be the focal point of the club or franchise they represent. It is why Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest soccer player of…

DALLAS – Luka Dončić traveled to Europe on Sunday to receive aggressive treatment on his injured hamstring in an effort to speed up his recovery, league sources told The Athletic. Dončić suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain Thursday in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team ruled him out for…