Los Angeles Lakers

Westbrook's stat line on Thursday night was indeed abysmal, worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy, even. But if I wanted to focus on the numbers, I would turn off ESPN and attend a Math 1A lecture.

The 2021 NBA offseason was a whirlwind, but here are the teams that have had the best offseasons thus far.

This draft was a far better show than last year’s – partly due to the venue, but mostly due to the abundance of fans in attendance.

Not all championships are created equal, but that’s always been true; the pandemic didn’t make it so.

If you won’t acknowledge an individual’s greatness because he plays for a losing team, why condemn him for joining a team that has a chance at winning?

Life in our society is not composed of neatly arranged, mutually exclusive categories. When an athlete begins playing at a professional level, they don’t leave behind their identity.

The defending NBA champions could have run it back with the same team and probably felt pretty good about it. Instead, the Lakers decided they could get even better and did just that.

In perhaps his most defining moment, NBA commissioner Adam Silver found success not only on the basketball court but in everything he accomplished off of it.

As when a Monster Energy drink looks like it would be green based on the can but is actually orange, appearances can be deceiving.