Hassan Whiteside might be on the move this offseason after one year in Portland. In an age where back to the basket centers are going the way of the dinosaur, Hassan Whiteside remains as one of the last of a dying breed. While he can be a bit of a headcase at times, Whiteside was
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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. So many players have changed their reputations in the NBA Bubble, taking leaps and making statements about ceilings raised. And perhaps no trio has forced more perceptual change
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 21: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz (Photo by Ashley Landis-Pool/Getty Images) Patrick Mahomes isn’t satisfied with just one Super Bowl ring by Braulio Perez The Utah Jazz will extend Donovan Mitchell this offseason. The Utah Jazz gave it everything they had in Game 7 of their playoff
The final sequence in Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz was insane. We could talk about how Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz came to life in the second half of Game 7 in their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. We could talk about how low-scoring the game
(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Patrick Mahomes gets engaged to girlfriend Brittany Matthews by Alicia de Artola The Denver Nuggets stole Game 7 in a series of frantic final moments, completing an improbable 3-1 comeback over the Utah Jazz. The first-round series between the Nuggets and Jazz had been an offensive supernova, defined by the
Utah Jazz superstar Donovan Mitchell smashed a bike in the tunnel while Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray collapsed in exhaustion after Game 6. It has been a tale of two Sundays for the opposing young guards of the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz. Last week, Donovan Mitchell was exuding all the confidence in the world.
In Game 6, the Denver Nuggets forced a Game 7 against the Utah Jazz thanks to Jamal Murray. When the Utah Jazz built a 3-1 series lead, it seemed like the Denver Nuggets‘ season was dead in the water. Instead, Jamal Murray willed them back from the brink for the second straight game, forcing a Game 7
The Nuggets came up on the wrong end against the Jazz in Game 4 despite a thrilling duel between Donovan Mitchell and Jamal Murray. After getting shellacked in Game 3, and with the Denver Nuggets facing the possibility of falling into a 3-1 hole against the Utah Jazz, Sunday’s Game 4 felt like something of
The Nuggets lost by a wide margin in Game 3, and the side-effects are a Twitter meme Denver’s Game 1 victory feels like a long, long time ago at this juncture, with the Jazz winning both Games 2 and 3, and the latest triumph coming in impressive blowout fashion. But this isn’t a recap of
A quarantined Mike Conley is forced to celebrate the Utah Jazz’s Game 2 victory from a distance and the strangeness of bubble life continues Life in the NBA Bubble has led to a number of unique moments, from players running into each other after a tightly contested playoff game to intense games of cornhole. Now,
In Game 2, the Utah Jazz evened the series with a blowout win over the Denver Nuggets. After Donovan Mitchell’s 57 points weren’t enough for the Utah Jazz to win Game 1, the situation looked grim in Salt Lake City. However, a more concentrated burst from Mitchell in Game 2 proved to be the difference,
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 first four games of the 2020 NBA Playoffs gave us a bit of everything — epic scoring performances, a blowout, an overtime squeaker, controversial calls and the
Donovan Mitchell and Jamal Murray combined for 93 points but Murray’s Nuggets escaped with the Game 1 win. Both teams entered this game shorthanded with Gary Harris and Will Barton out for the Nuggets and Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley both out of the bubble completely for the Jazz. (Conley left for the birth of
Which fringe players moved from the deep bench into playoff rotations during their team’s NBA bubble games? While teams like the Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, and San Antonio Spurs were going full-bore wire to wire in an attempt to secure a spot in the play-in game, other NBA teams used the seeding
No need for a long preamble. The first round of the NBA playoffs is finally here. Let’s break down the most interesting question that will define each series. Lakers vs. Blazers What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object? The Lakers clinched the No. 1 seed in the West fairly early in the
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Dee Gordon has an idea about how to get more Black kids into baseball by John Buhler Watch Seok Hyeon Ko one-punch KOs Mun Ho Park in under a minute at AFC 14 by Thomas Albano Mike Conley shared a picture of his newborn son on Instagram. The 2020
Utah Jazz guard Michael Conley is leaving the bubble. As the Utah Jazz are set to tip off their first playoff game on Monday afternoon against the Denver Nuggets, they will need to find a way to win without star guard Mike Conley. It was announced today that Conley left the bubble this morning in order
Saivion Smith diagnosed with COVID-19, placed on reserve list by Amy Kaplan PHILADELPHIA, PA – JANUARY 06: Danilo Gallinari #8, Chris Paul #3, head coach Billy Donovan, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2, Dennis Schroder #17, and Steven Adams #12 of the Oklahoma City Thunder look on against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on January
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Pelicans and Jazz took part in a powerful moment during the national anthem. It was entirely predictable. It was inevitable. And in fact, ESPN had already been reported that it would happen. But when the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz chose to kneel in front of the words
NBA to paint Black Lives Matter on court when sport returns by Amy Kaplan DeAndre Jordan has COVID, won’t be at NBA resume by Chad Porto Rudy Gobert (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) Rudy Gobert says his sense of smell still hasn’t come back. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert informed French newspaper L’Equipe (h/t ESPN)