Getty Image/Merle Cooper The Western Conference playoffs are going to be gruelling this year. These are the players who will have the biggest say in how they go.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/most-important-player-each-team-2024-nba-playoffs-western-conference/
Getty Image/Merle Cooper With the NBA playoffs starting this weekend, we looked at the player on each Eastern Conference team who has to bring their A-game.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/most-important-player-each-team-2024-nba-playoffs-eastern-conference/
TNT Charles Barkley gave his thoughts on the lifetime ban the NBA gave to Jontay Porter.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/charles-barkley-jontay-porter-five-years-suspension-video/
Butler will miss the Play-In finale and likely the whole first round if Miami can beat Chicago without him.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/jimmy-butler-out-heat-play-in-several-weeks-knee/
Getty Image What Reed said is objectively true, but the Knicks will certainly still take the added motivation.
Getty Image Players in the NBA see what's coming with Wemby, and some want to join him in San Antonio.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/victor-wembanyama-other-players-messages-join-spurs/
Getty Image The Bulls will face the Heat in Miami for the 8-seed after lighting up the Hawks on Wednesday night.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/coby-white-bulls-hawks-play-in-highlights/
Getty Image Butler suffered the injury in Wednesday night's Play-In Tournament loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/heat-fear-jimmy-butler-out-indefinitely-mcl-injury/
Getty Image Caitlin Clark is going to put pen to paper on a lucrative sneaker deal before she plays her first WNBA game.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/caitlin-clark-deal-nike-signature-shoe-details/
Getty Image Nic Batum was an unlikely hero as the Sixers took down the Heat.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/sixers-heat-nba-play-in-tournament-nic-batum-highlights/
ESPN/TNT Charles Barkley and Shaq had plenty to say about the recent criticism they received from Kendrick Perkins.
YouTube/Indiana Fever A reporter made things very weird with interaction involving Clark's heart hands gesture at her intro presser in Indiana.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/caitlin-clark-press-conference-creepy-reporter-interaction-video/
Getty Image Who knew Beyoncé was a hardcore Gamecocks fan?
https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-sent-dawn-staley-flowers-ncaa-championship/
Getty Image Williamson suffered the injury late in the Pelicans loss to the Lakers on Tuesday night and will miss at least two weeks.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/zion-williamson-out-hamstring-strain-pelicans-kings-play-in/
Getty Image Porter is out of the NBA after he was found to manipulate outcomes and bet on NBA games. What can players, the NBA, and fans learn from it?
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/jontay-porter-lifetime-ban-nba-gambling-takeaways/
Getty Image The league found Porter not only manipulated prop bets to help bettors, but also bet on 13 NBA games while in the G League.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/jontay-porter-banned-life-nba-gambling-rules-bettors-props/
TNT Shaq was the only one who seemed to notice, with Chuck just trying to remember George Lucas' name.
Getty Image The NBA released the full TV schedule for all 8 first round series.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/nba-playoffs-2024-first-round-tv-schedule/
Getty Image Klay Thompson could leave the Warriors this summer, but Steph Curry would like to keep him around going forward.
Getty Image Two of Zion Williamson's loudest critics heaped praise on him.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/charles-barkley-shaq-praise-zion-williamson-performance-lakers-video/
Getty Image New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau even spoke about a version of it featuring him in a recent press conference.
https://uproxx.com/music/lil-yachty-concert-stage-meme-video-explained/
Getty Image Sacramento got its revenge on Golden State for last year behind a huge night from Keegan Murray.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/kings-eliminate-warriors-play-in-tournament-highlights/
Getty Image Lakers-Nuggets will get the primetime slot on Saturday night's quadruple-header of playoff basketball.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/nba-playoff-schedule-saturday-game-1-first-round-espn/
Getty Image Los Angeles will now take on Denver in the 2-7 series.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/lakers-beat-pelicans-play-in-tournament-western-conference-highlights/
ESPN/TNT Perk took a shot at his TNT counterparts over their lack of belief in the Knicks.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/kendrick-perkins-shaq-charles-barkley-dont-watch-basketball-knicks-video/
Getty Image The 2024 edition of the Play-In has the potential to be the best one yet, and we looked at the four games we'll see to kick things off.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/2024-nba-play-in-tournament-games-ranked/
Getty Image One of the game's all-time great dunkers has officially called it a career.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/blake-griffin-retirement-announcement-nba/
Getty Image Milwaukee will likely have to take care of homecourt without their star, as he recovers from a calf strain.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/giannis-antetokounmpo-will-miss-start-bucks-pacers-series-calf/
Pablo Torre was able to get the Knicks 2010 recruiting video for LeBron and it is so much worse than you would imagine.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/knicks-recruiting-video-lebron-sopranos-trump-unearthed/
Getty Image "Excuse my French, that’s my guy I love competing against him, but I shouldn’t get traded for Grant Williams."
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/bobby-portis-grant-williams-trade-rumors-response-video/
Getty Image Caitlin Clark was the first of 36 players who were selected in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Getty Image Kevin Durant was pretty candid about why he remained healthy this season.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/kevin-durant-healthy-season-floppers-crash-dummies-quote/
ESPN Caitlin Clark is on her way to Indiana, where she will team up with All-Stars Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston on the Fever.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/indiana-fever-select-caitlin-clark-no-1-pick-2024-nba-draft/
Getty Image LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Steph Curry headline the American roster.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/usa-basketball-roster-11-players-12-man-olympic-team-report/
Getty Image/Merle Cooper As Osborne gets set for the WNBA Draft, she spoke with us about her development at UCLA on and off the court.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/charisma-osborne-wnba-draft-ucla-interview/
Getty Image Allen is sticking around in Phoenix long-term after leading the league in three-point percentage.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/suns-grayson-allen-contract-extension-details/
Space City Home Network Boban Marjanovic is a man of the people and made sure L.A. fans got a free chicken sandwich in the last game of the regular season.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/boban-marjanovic-misses-free-throw-clippers-fans-chicken-video/
Getty Image The Thunder are the West's top-seed as the playoffs get set to begin.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/western-conference-nba-playoffs-matchups-play-in/
Getty Image The Knicks moved into the 2-seed on the NBA's last day of the regular season, and the East playoff picture is set.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/eastern-conference-nba-playoffs-matchups-play-in/
Getty Image There is still a lot to sort out as the NBA reaches the final day of the regular season.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/nba-playoff-play-in-seed-scenarios-last-day-season/
Clark went onto 'Saturday Night Live' and took Michael Che to task for his past jokes about women's sports.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/caitlin-clark-weekend-update-snl-michael-che-womens-sports-video/
Getty Image The clock got an extra 1:06 added in the third quarter after a shot clock violation by Memphis and no one noticed.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/lakers-grizzlies-clock-error-reset-third-quarter-extra-time-video/
Getty Image Lisa Leslie wants Caitlin Clark to represent the United States in Paris this summer.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/lisa-leslie-caitlin-clark-olympics-team-usa-basketball/
Merle Cooper The NCAA Women's roster of superstars is bringing more eyes to the WNBA this year -- and hopefully more money, too.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/how-the-wnba-can-cash-in-on-caitlin-clark/
Getty Image Kevin Harlan, who is as good as it gets when something silly happens during a sporting event, got really into this call.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/kevin-harlan-call-of-the-year-someone-threw-chicken-wing-floor-video/
TNT A legitimately informative segment involving Charles Barkley made Shaquille O'Neal lose his mind.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/charles-barkley-demonstration-fall-on-your-ass-applause-shaq-video/
Getty Image Kentucky will instead hire BYU coach Mark Pope, according to reports.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/kentucky-coaching-search-billy-donovan-chicago-bulls-report/
Of course, Chris Brown was involved. Of course.
https://uproxx.com/music/lil-dicky-recalls-embarrassing-chris-brown-story-new-heights-video/
Getty Image Jrue Holiday will remain with the Celtics for the next few years.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/jrue-holiday-contract-extension-celtics-details/
Getty Image/Merle Cooper The Celtics are heavy favorites to win the East, so we ranked the East playoff teams from least to most likely to give them a scare.
https://uproxx.com/dimemag/eastern-conference-playoff-picture-top-celtics-challenger-rankings/