Category: NBA

  • The Worst Pre-Game Speech in NBA History

    Pre-game pep talks are about as common in sports as celebrities visiting Epstein’s island. But what about when a motivational talk doesn’t only fail to achieve the intended outcome of firing the team up, it leaves them completely deflated? This is the story of the worst pre-game speech in NBA history. It Looked Really Good…

  • Red Auerbach Was A Savage

    Deflated footballs, sign-stealing in baseball, the city of Boston has a long and sordid history of sports scandals. But long before Bill Belichick and J.T. Watkins, there was Red Auerbach, who did anything and everything to gain a leg up on his competition. All the Bullshit Red Did This is how legendary Lakers two-guard Michael…

  • Gilbert Arenas’ Groin Hygiene Adventure

    Gilbert Arenas is an interesting guy. From having Western-style gun standoffs with teammates in the locker room to running 60 red lights inside a four-month timespan in 2013, and aspiring to be the black Mr. Beast. No one will ever accuse No Chill Gil of being dull. But the most interesting thing of all about…

  • Qyntel Woods’ Driver’s License Was a Trading Card!?

    The early 2000s Jail Blazers era in Portland was rife with a record-setting amount of technical fouls on the court, countless arrests off the court, and a lack of valid ID? 2002, 21st overall pick Qyntel Woods embodied this as much as any other player on that roster. Swingman Cited Before being charged with first-degree…

  • The Story of Club 21: Money Laundering, Murder & Dominique Wilkins

    In the late 80s and early 90s, Atlanta Hawks star Dominique Wilkins was flying high. Dubbed “The Human Highlight Reel”, Dominique was one of the NBA’s best and most exciting players, until a shady business deal almost cost him everything. Let’s go to the Club There was nothing quite like the 90s party scene in…

  • Troy “T-Hud” Hudson Should Have Shut Up and Dribbled

    Undrafted point guard Troy “T-Hud” Hudson is most remembered for a brief run as a “Laker Killer” in the first round of the 2003 playoffs, a series which his team lost btw. But “T-Hud” also has three rap albums and more than 800 tracks to his name, with names such as “I’m a Gangsta” and…

  • Ron Artest Used to Hate Wearing Pants

    The man formerly known as Metta World Peace and Ron Artest had a highly memorable and decorated 18-year NBA career. We all know about the time he beat the shit out of a beer-slinging Detroit Pistons fan, but he also admittedly liked to sip Hennessey during halftime as a member of the Chicago Bulls and…

  • Luke Ridnour Was once Traded Four Times in Six Days

    The whole thing was rather “funny” said Luke Ridnour about never visiting a single one of the four teams he was traded to in a span of six days during the summer of 2015. If you’re a professional athlete, being traded and having to find a new place to live and strip club to frequent…

  • Jayson Williams Was The GOAT…if hoops were 9 feet tall

    Jayson Williams is most remembered for shooting and killing his limo driver. But before all that drama, he was a top NBA prospect who the Sixers thought would be the next Charles Barkley. Fat, out of shape, and injured Immediately upon being drafted 21st overall in the 1990 NBA Draft, Williams was traded by the…

  • How Ass Man Organized the First NBA Game

    Frank J. Selke was a tough, hard-nosed, god-fearing man who was an assistant general manager with the 1945 NHL champion Toronto Maple Leafs. As is customary, Frank’s name was engraved on the Stanley Cup as “F.J. Selke (Ass Man)” and he helped organize the first game in the history of the NBA. The BAA & the Ass Man…