Harrison Faigen

2 weeks ago | sbnation.com | Harrison Faigen

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images With the Lakers trailing 2-1 in their series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and facing a (probably insurmountable) 3-1 deficit in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, head coach JJ Redick made a decision: He was either going to sink or swim with the guys who got him to this point.

1 month ago | sbnation.com | Harrison Faigen

Image via TNT broadcast Ja Morant dropped 30 points against the Heat to give the Memphis Grizzlies a much-needed win as they look to stay afloat in the Western Conference playoff picture, but that wasn’t the most ruthless thing he did in Miami on Thursday night. Morant was seemingly looking to make a statement in his first game since making headlines earlier this week when the NBA warned him about doing a finger-gun celebration in a game against the Warriors.

1 month ago | msn.com | Harrison Faigen

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1 month ago | sbnation.com | Harrison Faigen

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Listed at seven feet and 248 pounds, Karl-Anthony Towns is already one of the largest players in the NBA. But while there may be bigger players than him in the league, his pregame fit on Wednesday night proved that there is no bigger Assassin’s Creed fan in the world.

2 months ago | sbnation.com | Harrison Faigen

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images There have been a lot of memorable AIs in Philadelphia 76ers history, from Allen Iverson, to Andre Iguodala, to Al Horford if you used an uppercase “I” in a typo instead of a lowercase “l.” But as the Sixers’ deeply cursed season winds down, general manager Daryl Morey might have just revealed the AI that will go down as the most infamous in Philly: Artificial Intelligence.