The Bryant family celebrated Halloween on Saturday by dressing up in Star Wars costumes for a photoshoot. This Saturday is Halloween, where individuals dress up in their favorite costumes to share on their social media accounts. Typically, we see plenty of posts on Instagram from our favorite athletes across all professional leagues. But if we
Month: October 2020
LeBron James explained how the Lakers almost walked out of the NBA bubble, before a consultation with former President Barack Obama. LeBron James was fully ready to walk out of the NBA bubble with the entire Lakers team, but a conversation with a former president convinced him otherwise. In an interview on HBO’s The Shop,
Jared Dudley wants the NBA to play a 72-game season for 2020-21 instead of the proposed 50-game slate which would reduce player salaries. Lakers forward Jared Dudley has zero interest in playing a 50-game schedule for the 2020-21 NBA season. It’s 72 games or nothing. Dudley tweeted his opinion on Friday, pushing back against Mark
Sue Bird posted a photo of Megan Rapinoe popping the question to announce the engagement of two of the world’s most accomplished athletes. Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe have accomplished pretty much everything in their sporting lives. Now they’re tackling the next great challenge: Getting married. The WNBA star and World Cup winner announced their
In this week’s NBA Power Rankings, we look at cannabis entrepreneurship, NBA Draft comparisons and those darn Warriors. Our new look NBA Power Rankings are back, a non-traditional structure for a non-traditional era of professional basketball. The world is no longer just about wins and losses and teams are no longer the primary crucible of
The NBA’s City Edition jerseys have been hit or miss. Unveiling a new NBA jersey is equal parts exciting and nerve-racking. While it’s cool to see some of the fresh new threads teams will unveil, it also becomes painfully obvious which teams tried to do too much and came up with some of the worst-looking
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. The past six months have been a steady churn of front-office turnover, all over the NBA. Teams like the Knicks, Nuggets, Rockets, Bulls and 76ers have basically remade
The first offseason step for every WNBA team is assessing the previous roster. Looking at each team’s own free agents, who is the one that must be kept? As the Seattle Storm celebrated its second title in three years earlier this month, the vast majority of WNBA teams were already well into their offseason planning.
Jason Watts will be looking to make history on NBA Draft night, as the first player selected from a Canadian college since 1994. To say Jason Watts’ basketball journey is unconventional would be an understatement. He spent the last three years starring at tiny Lambton college in Ontario, Canada. In his final season, he averaged
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Giants had discussions about trading for Kenny Golladay by Mike Luciano With the NBA hoping to start its 2020-21 campaign in December, could it end up making some serious, changes similar to Major League Baseball? The 2020 NBA campaign recently came to a close, but fans are already counting down
Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images What bad contracts could the Knicks eat with their cap space? by Mike Luciano After winning another NBA Finals title, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is teaming up with Barack Obama to make a difference off the court. Life sure is good for LeBron James these days. After helping
The New York Knicks might be able to add a veteran by taking on a bad contract. The New York Knicks have the worst winning percentage in the NBA over the last 20 seasons, and the front office is looking for a quick fix this offseason. Not only did they hire a coach in Tom
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. Hiring a new president of basketball operations does not mean the superstar tandem of Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons is over as we know it. Yet, at least.
The Minnesota Timberwolves own the No. 1 and No. 17 overall picks in the 2020 NBA Draft. This is who they should prioritize selecting. The 2020 NBA Draft is less than one month away and, in an ironic twist, the team that owns the first overall pick is probably the last team in the league
Sam Cassell is reportedly set to follow Doc Rivers to the Philadelphia 76ers after losing out on the Clippers head coaching gig. After he was passed over for the LA Clippers head coaching position, assistant coach Sam Cassell will leave the organization. Los Angeles’ loss is the Philadelphia 76ers‘ gain. As expected, Cassell will follow
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images 3 reasons to watch UFC Vegas 12: Uriah Hall vs. Anderson Silva by Ivan Surlina After much speculation, the Houston Rockets have selected their new head coach. Just over a month after Mike D’Antoni announced that he would not be returning as head coach of the Houston Rockets, the team has
TORONTO, ONTARIO – OCTOBER 13: The Raptor, mascot for the Toronto Raptors, waves a “We The North” flag before the Raptors play the Chicago Bulls in their NBA basketball pre-season game at Scotiabank Arena on October 13, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using
HOUSTON, TX – JULY 13: Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey listens as Dwight Howard is officially introduced as a Houston Rocket during a press conference on July 13, 2013 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) Yankees will consider bringing Lance Lynn back to the Bronx by Rucker Haringey Club Brugge vs. Lazio
With Bruce Springsteen’s latest record out now, what other records by The Boss should NBA stars be listening to? Now that the offseason is upon us, NBA players have a ton of time to unwind after the longest, most uncertain campaign in league history. With all this spare time, I’m sure many players are exploring
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. With the NBA reportedly targeting a Dec. 22 start date for the upcoming 2020-21 season, we have little time to waste. Assuming the league follows through on that
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