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We’ve got an exclusive 32-page mini mag on Starting Lineup’s New NBA Action Figures. Shop here. The skepticism didn’t really make much sense in the first place, and it probably still exists, somehow, in the minds of those fans and observers who don’t pay particularly close attention to the game. That’s the only explanation for why…

This story appears in SLAM 241. Shop now. My name is Sammy, and I’m a collect-aholic. It’s an addiction—more like an obsession. My pursuit to possess every SLAM cover ever released is something that I act upon daily. It’s the eBay search that I’ve saved and the hashtag that I follow. It has me empathizing…

Josh Englert’s path to becoming a content creator capturing the game, as well as future NBA players, began when he bought his first camera, a Canon 80D, after graduating high school. The Minneapolis-native began experimenting with video content, even filming music videos for his friends, and eventually, Englert found himself traveling around Minnesota to shoot…

In case you missed it, this weekend was filled with some tough injury news and season or career-high efforts across the League. Anthony Davis is out for a month, Nikola Jokic put up a dominant 40-27-10 triple-double, Jordan Poole dropped a career-high 43-ball, and Devin Booker rode the hot hand and scored a season-best 58…

In the 2021-22 season, then-Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles went down with a catastrophic left ACL injury. In only 45 games, the Australian averaged 7.2 points, 3.5 assists, and 2.9 rebounds on 40.4 percent shooting. When Ingles became a free agent during the offseason, the Milwaukee Bucks signed him to a one-year deal. Now, the…

It’s been a surreal shooting display for Tyler Herro of the Miami Heat in the last two outings. Nights that not even all-time great three-point shooters like Stephen Curry, Ray Allen, or Reggie Miller have ever achieved. Herro makes NBA History by becoming the first player to record nine or more three points on back-to-back…

The Chicago Bulls’ struggles this season linger after two consecutive losses to the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks. Chicago dropped both games due to critical mistakes late in games, like giving up a game-winning circus layup, off an inbound pass, to AJ Griffin with .5 seconds on the clock. The downplay continued at home…

Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson helped led his Utah squad to a huge victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night at home. Clarkson understood the assignment and went off for a season-high 39 points in the gritty OT thriller. Clarkson shot 15-of-26 from the field to go along with a season-high eight rebounds…

We’ve got an exclusive 32-page mini mag on Starting Lineup’s New NBA Action Figures. Shop here. Before we knew how good Joel Embiid really was—back when he was still a kid, mostly just seven feet of raw potential—we already knew one thing for sure: This dude was a lot of fun. Going back to his…

This story appears in SLAM 241. Shop now. Better late than never, a hero of the historic Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas is getting some love. Former star player, coach and athletic director Barbara Brown-McCoy was good enough to make a US Olympic team but played her best basketball in the late-’70s, when proper opportunities…