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Stephen Curry made a 3-pointer, as he tends to do. Then he turned around, faced the Hawks bench and did a little shimmy right in front of an opposing player. Right in front of him. Right after a made 3-pointer. In a victory on the opponents home court.Lets Curtis Samuel Jersey get really mad about this and ignore that the Hawks player was Kent Bazemore, one of Currys closest ex-teammates. Lets roar about how Curry and the Warriors have an ego the size of California. Lets turn against the first 50-5 team in NBA history, the team that is looking likely to end this season the best in NBA history. You know we were going to do it eventually, right?MORE: | Sports culture doesnt allow us to appreciate nice things sometimes. Nice things like the best shooting season weve ever seen from a player whose story up until this point is basically a Disney movie: smallest kid in school cant get a big-time scholarship and deals with subpar competition and ankle injuries to become the best player in the world.Maybe thats the problem here. Curry was too perfect up until this point. He was the role model for kids Camaron Cheeseman Jersey . He recorded videos for his hometown churchs mens group during the playoffs last year. He does charity events and raises his two daughters and sticks by his wife to the point that hes one of the rare NBA players known for not being a partier.The hate doesn't flow as easily toward him as it does with, say, Ru sell Westbrook. He's not imposing. He's not surly. He shimmies.The people who wantto hate Curry must dig deep. Of course they wantto hate him he is at the top, and theres always hate at the top. But we doubted anyone could; , and none could find the bruise on the apple, as Politicos Michael Kruse put it. There was good reason to ask whetherhed ever be put through the ringer as so many of our greatest are: Curry has humble roots, a likable personality, an adorable family and a set of good ol Christian values.The guy has the background of a presidential candidate more than anyone in this election, even.MORE: Then he got better. Yes, he got too good. Winning the MVP Jon Bostic Jersey and the championship last season was fine. (We even took the NBA Finals MVP away from him, in case that all became too much.) But now hes challenging a hallowed Michael Jordan Bulls record. Hes taking and making 30-plus-foot shots without hesitation. Hes about to break his own 3-point single-season records with 20-plus games to go.Suddenly, Stephen Curry doesnt seem like such a perfect idol for your kids if youre the type of person looking to athletes as role models in the first place, that is (stop that). Except, you know, he probably is. This Curry still makes goofy videos with his wife (and ). This Curry still puts in devoted hours of hard work, before and after his warmup shows. This Curry still is a guy who last night, after the shimmying was done, exclaimed Mother Sucker! when a teammate poured cold Gatorade on him.Theres a circular logic to all the criticisms. Curry was beloved for being like the everyman, in stature if not in skill. But he takes pride in his accomplishments, and suddenly hes no longer the same person? Confidence creates Dyami Brown Jersey succe sand succe s creates confidence. That fancy watch you bought when you got a raise thats Curry to sing up the 3-point goggles after a big shot. Curry is showing off because he has something to show off. The problem with that is in the eye of the beholder. If you have an i sue with Curry and the Warriors showing off a little ego while they are 50-5 and defending champions, mind you that is a reflection of your own insecurities.MORE: The thing is, we want to criticize Curry. No one wants to fall into another trap, another lull, the way we did with Lance Armstrong or Tiger Woods or pretty much every baseball player. Skepticism comes naturally to the modern sports fan and journalist. So Terry McLaurin Jersey every dash of flash, every solitary lo s (the Warriors havent lost two in a row yet, by the way), every non-humble quote gets di sected.Were prodding the apple for bruises and finding nothing but our own fingerprints. Curry is left to shimmy away.(H/T and for the Vines.)

The NBADevelopmentalLeague, by design T.Y. Hilton Jersey , isbuilt for players on the rise. One former NBA All-Starhopes the league will sparka comeback.Baron Davis, twice named an All-Star in his 13 NBA seasons, is expected to signa contract to play in the league, according to his agent.MORE: | "He is looking forward to playing in the D-League and showing teams what he is capable of," Brandon King Jersey . "He feels that the timing Jonathan Taylor Jersey is right. More than anything Baron has put in the training and is confident in his body. He feels he is ready to return to the NBA."Davis, 36,said last summer that he was interested in getting back in the league, claiming that he could "."He last played with the Knicksin 2012, averaging 20.5 minutes.The third overallpick of the 1999 Rodney McLeod Jersey NBA Draft, Davis played for the Hornets, Warriors, Clippers andCavliers before joining New York. He averaged 16.1 points and 7.2 a sists per game for his career, and Kylen Granson Jersey was selected third-team All-NBA in 2004.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony is set forFriday, honoring some of the that contributed to the game. NBA.com's staff has used Hall of Fame week to break down the careers of the members of Chris Rumph II Jersey the Cla s of 2018.Grant Hill's prime years, often forgotten because of his injury history. Adamssuggested that, during Hill's peak, he was on par with some of the greatest to ever play the game.Hill was every bit as productive as Kobe Bryant . Maybe not as a scorer, but in DeAndre Carter Jersey terms of overall value, the numbers suggest a peak player right on par with Bryant, even if that peak was substantially shorter. Given most arguments for Hill revolve around an acceptance of advanced metrics not yet in the public eye during his peak or even Bryant's, it's understandable why that might come as a surprise to some.MORE: And the comparisons did not stop there. Adams also addre sed how the first couple yearsof Hill's career wereon par with another Justin Herbert Hoodies Sweatshirts 6-8 forward who might be considered the greatest player of all time. (Hint: It's LeBronJames.)Hill also served as his team's primary scorer, leading the Pistons in each of his first six seasons while topping out at 25.8 points per game his final season in Detroit. Carrying the mantle as his team's top scorer and distributor? Sounds awfully familiar. to explain how thecall to the Hall of Fame gavehim some much-neededvalidation."And maybe I'm getting too Chase Daniel Jersey deep with this, but the Hall of Fame is very validating for me and I didn't realize how much I needed it, how much I needed that recognition that...I don't always see what I did back in the day, back in the 90s. I remember the end. And I remember the hard times, Joey Bosa T Shirts the struggles."Despite the injuries and questions about what could have been, Hill is certainly a deserving Hall of Fame inductee.

Shots fired.After being ,along with fellow Maxx Williams Jersey rookie Julius Randle, D'Angelo Ru sell has to make the most of his pre-game routine. That includes working on his post moves. While going through psuedo 1-on-1s with a trianer, the Ohio State product, yelled "Kobe!" to signify he was going to mimick his teammate. Well, at the Deandre Hopkins T Shirts end, his impersonation got a little too real when he completey airballed a fadeaway from the baseline.MORE: | The jokes write themselves. D'Angelo says he's about to imitate Kobe. Then D' Arizona Cardinals Sleepwear Underwear Angelo airballs a shot Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) Kobe's farewell season has been anything but fond for Lakers fans. The team is 3-18, heading into Wednesday night Isaiah Simmons Jersey 's game against the Timberwolves. The Black Mamba is averaging a team-best 16.2 points per game on a career-low 30.6 percent shooting from the field, including an embarra sing 21.9 percent clip from 3-point range.I doubt Ru sell airballed the shot on purpose, but boy if it wasn't telling Michael Dogbe Jersey of just how bad things are for the Lakers right now. They can't even get warmups right.

It will be a battle for Eastern Conference supremacy when the first-place Raptors visit TD Gardento take on the No. 2 Celtics on Saturday night.Boston (52-23) is coming offa thrilling last-secondwin in Utah on Wednesday. Without All-Stars Kyrie Irving (knee) and Al Horford (ankle), Jaylen Brown led the way for John Elway T Shirts the Celtics with21 points; his3-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining in the game gave Eric Saubert Jersey Bostonitsfifth straight win. The shorthanded Celtics were also without Marcus Smart, Marcus Morris and Daniel Theis in their win over the Jazz.DEVENEY: After theirrecent surge, the Celtics are just three games behind Toronto (55-20) for the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed. Saturday is one of two remainingmeetings between the Atlantic Division foes this season they meetagain on April 4. The Kyle Fuller Jersey teamssplit their first two meetings;each game was won by the home team. A win Saturday would make the Celtics' outside shot at first place in the East much more realistic.In its most recent outing Tuesday night, Toronto Melvin Gordon III Jersey used a balanced offensive attack to defeat Denver 114-110.Seven Raptors scored in double figures;DeMar DeRozan, Jonas Valanciunas and Fred VanVleet each scored a team-high 15 points apiece.MORE:Toronto has relied heavily on its bench production this season.At 42 points per game, the Raptors'benchis the fourth-highest scoring reserve groupin the league. VanVleet leads a six-player second unit that also featuresOG Anunoby,C.J. Miles, Jakob Poeltl, Norman Powell, Pascal Siakam and Delon Wright.Will Torontouse its depth to move closer to clinching the first No. 1 seed in franchise history, or will the Stephen Weatherly Jersey Celtics continueto gain ground?Raptors vs. CelticsTime:7:30 p.m. ETLocation:TD Garden, BostonTV:NBA TVStreaming:

It looked inevitable a month ago and impo sible a week ago but theWarriors and Cavaliers will once again meet in the NBA Finals.The Warriors staved off Tashaun Gipson Jersey elimination for three straight games against theThunder, capping the comeback Monday night with a to win the Western Conference and advance to the Finals.MORE: | The Thunder controlled the first half, but were severely outplayed inthe third quarter when the Warriors outscored them 29-12 to turn a six-point halftime deficit to an Caleb Johnson Jersey 11-point lead."We started trusting each other, we started making 3s, but more important, we started pa sing the ball,"Kerr told TNT after the third quarter.The Thunder managed to cut the lead to four points with just under two minutes remaining, but were never able to regain the Chicago Bears Women Jersey lead.The Warriorsbecame just the 10th team in NBA history to win a seven-game series after trailing 3-1. They will now face a Cavaliers team they beat in six games during last year's NBA Finals and both times during the regular season."It'll be fun," Draymond Green said of the looming rematch with the Cavs. "They're rolling right now. They've got a lot of guys playing well, but it'll be a challenge."MORE: Tweet of the NightShaunLivingston shows some of the athleticism that made him the fourth overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft.Livingston glides to the rack for the FLUSH on NBA on TNT! NBA ( Khalil Herbert Jersey @NBA) Stud of the NightCurry displayedthe form that won him unanimous MVP honors, scoring 36 points and dishing out eight a sists in the game-clincher.Dud of the NightKevin Durant had decent numbers, scoring 27 points,but took just 11 shots in the first three quarters and looked pa sive at times.Looking AheadCavaliers atWarriors: Game 1 of Red Grange Jersey the NBA Finals will take place at Oracle Arena on Thursdayat 9 p.m. ET.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told his team to "stay angry" to maintain their fine form and push for a top-four finish.A 4-1 win over West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday saw Klopp's side stretch their Deion Sanders Jersey unbeaten run to five matches in all competitions.With his team in third and four points clear of fifth-placed Chelsea, Klopp urged Liverpool to maintain their aggre sion."Now we need to stay angry with the rest of the George Kittle Jersey world. We need to stay aggre sive," the German said."You lose a little bit if you win all Jimmie Ward Jersey the time. We didn't win all the time but two, three or four weeks in a row. Then it is hard to win the fifth one as well, to stay on track and do it."We all know if we lose to Newcastle Liverpool's next game on Saturday , we K'Waun Williams Jersey stand here and talk and it is different. We have to keep going."Four goals. Three points. Liverpool FC (@LFC) Liverpool have been dominant in their recent run, which has included away wins at Porto, Southampton and Huddersfield Town.But Klopp warned his team not to lose their edge, with a trip to Manchester United on Ronnie Lott Jersey March 10 among their upcoming fixtures."You have a good moment, you have to keep it going that's the most difficult thing to do,"Klopp said. Joshua Garnett Jersey "When the sun is shining, you're having a good run and you have all this pre s work to do, LFC TV and stuff like that."They are all so positive then we start doing the funny things and all that stuff so you get completely soft."

Braves pitcher Shelby Miller has become the unwitting personification ofwhy pitcher wins might not be the best way to evaluate talent.Since coming within one out of a no-hitter May 17 in a win against the Marlins in Miami, Miller has had 19 straight winle s starts.MORE: When he takes the mound Saturday against the Nationals hoping to end the team's 10-game losing streak, hell also seek to end the second-longest winle s stretch for a pitcher in Atlanta history, despite having posted an ERA of 3.13 during that time. His overall 2.56 ERA ranks fifth in the NL, while hes sixth in pitcher WAR Nick Williams Jersey , fifth in ERA+ and tied for first in shutouts (2). He even took another no-hitter into the eighth inning.Point is, he's been good, regardle s of the win tally.Meanwhile, the Braves have scored two or fewer runs for him in 14 of those past 19 starts and have gone 3-16 as part of season thats spun out of control and could ultimately see them lose 100 games. have scored a total of 14 runs while Shelby Miller has been on the mound in his last 14 starts, including none in 8 of them Kevin McAlpin (@KevinMcAlpin) Millers streak has become so outrageous that it requires proper perspective. So here are 19 things that have happened in baseball, the greater sports universe and the world during Miller's 19-game winle s streak, in no particular order.19.Entering Saturday, 141 players made their major-league debuts. One hundred and forty-one, including 35 pitchers who have earned a win. One of those, Bostons Eduardo Rodriguez, has won eight times since his May 28 debut.18.NFL players enjoyed their Tommy Hunter Jersey last two months of the offseason, started training camp and played a month of exhibition games. Week 1 starts Thursday. Will the Steelers or Patriots win before Miller?17.The NBA played all itssemifinals andfinals, and is more than two months into itsoffseason. And, except for one semifinal game, ditto the NHL. Just think, the last time Miller won a game the world hadn't seen a single Riley Curry Nae Nae gif. Or a million of them.16.Teams made with 80s sitcom openings. Not the Juan Samuel Jersey Braves, though, so Miller doesnt even have one to take his mind off the misery. Plus, the only show of note set in Atlanta is The Walking Dead, which, though apropos of the 2015 Braves, probably wouldn't be as entertaining for fans. ( doesnt work either.)15.Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, the All-Star Game (Hey, at least Miller was there!), the Hall of Fame inductions (in baseball and football) and both MLB trade deadlines have pa sed. Maybe Labor Day weekend will be different.Brutal stretch for Shelby Miller... 7 IP, 1 ER and gets the lo s again. 19 straight winle s starts while pitching pretty good. Heidi Watney (@HeidiWatney) 14.The Braves traded 15 players who were Millers big-league teammates at some point during the season, including Juan Uribe, who was acquired 10 days after Millers last win and played in 46 games with the Braves before being tradedto the Mets, who have used him in 31 games through Friday. Perhaps related ...13.The Braves have gone from a game under .500 and 3 1/2 games out of first place in the NL East to 20 1/2 games back and 27 games under .500 entering Saturday. Yes, it's been late-'80s bad in Atlanta.12.All six of happened. If not for a , Miller wouldve had the first. The six pitchers who to sed the no-nos Jake Arrieta, Mike Fiers, Hisashi Iwakuma, Cole Hamels, Max Scherzer and Chris Heston have a combined 45 wins since Miller last picked up a W.Shelby Miller is 0-11/3.13 ERA over his last 19 starts. Ryan Mattheus Maikel Franco Jersey made 1 pitch last night (it was a hit) & got the win. Life ain't fair Len Kasper (@LenKasper) 11.Four players have , but none in games Miller pitched. So thats something.10.The HBO show got serious hype for a month, aired a full 10-episode season and is almost two weeks Darren Daulton Jersey into its between-seasons hiatus.9.HBO revealed the Texans would be its newest team, then 2 1/2 months elapsed, the new season premiered and four of its five episodes aired.8.Curt Schilling made more news with his twice. One of the jinks even involved , who was in the news for some reason.7.Oh yeah, Donald Trump announced a month after Miller's last win thathes running for president.Trump wasn't even everywhere yet. That's how long it's been.6.Five MLB general managers have resigned or been fired, while three field managers have resigned or been fired including Mike Redmond, who was let go immediately after Millers May 17 near no-hitter.5. American Pharoah . That happened three weeks after Miller's last win. Who would've thought American Pharoah would secure that victory before Miller secured his?4.The Nationals have gone from so-so to surging to plunging to not plunging as bad as before to leveling out but still . Speaking of the Nats 3.Bryce Harper has finally established himself as the consistently great player he was hyped to be and has become the , much to the chagrin of Braves fans.Meanwhile 2.The man the Braves traded to the Cardinals for Miller, Jason Heyward, has gone a long way toward establishing himself as the consistently great player he was hyped to be, much to the frustrated/jealous/sadchagrin of Braves fans. And finally Jimmy Foxx Jersey ...1.Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said hes started to sour on pitcher wins. Let us repeat: A longtime member of the old-school, busine s-like, by-the-book, we-love-tradition Braves said pitcher wins might not be all theyre cracked up to be. This is a big deal.Fredi on Shelby's streak: "The more Ive seen this, the more I believe, forget about the wins and lo ses for a starting pitcher." Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) And that could be the silver lining in Miller's season:The campaign to #KillTheWin may have found an official face anda wider audience and shifted the discu sion on what defines pitching succe s.

The what might have been series starts tonight, with a pair of 2021 National League All-Stars taking the mound, Zack Wheeler for the Phillies and Taijuan Walker for the Mets.The goal over the next three games? Each team wants to avoid adding to its long list of How the hell did we lose that game? debacles in 2021 and claim the Hey, maybe we could still salvage something! award Matt Beaty Jersey . With only about two-and-a-half weeks left in the regular season, though, its probably more of a battle for the bragging rights of being able to say, At least those guys were eliminated before we were.MORE: The Phillies are 2 1/2 back of the second wild card, with the Reds between them and the ticket to October, and three gamesback in the NL East behind the Braves. The Mets are fiveand 5 1/2 back, respectively. Those might not seem like insurmountable deficits, given a little help with some lo ses by the teams ahead of them. After all, the Cardinals just made up 3 1/2 games in the wild card standings gaining on both the Reds and Padres in an eight-game stretch. The Blue Jays just made up 4 1/2 games in the AL wild card standings in 15 September contests.Heres the piece of information that probably is relevant Walker Buehler Jersey , though:The Mets are three games under .500 for the season 11 under .500 in the second half and the Phillies are a mere two games over for the year, but just 6-8 in September. Quite honestly, its a miracle theyre even still in the October conversation. In 2015, for example, the Diamondbacks finished four games back of .500 (one worse than the Mets now) and they finished 13 games out in the division and 18 games out of a wild card spot.But with all the mediocrity in the NL after the excellent Giants, Brewers and Dodgers, of course opportunity still exists. There just isnt much evidence to support the hope for fans of the Mets or Phillies that their favorite squad has a Max Muncy Jersey strong push to the finish left in the tank. What there is plenty of on both sides, though, is regret.For both squads, the season is full of gut-punch lo ses and inexplicable defeats. We arent going to compile a comprehensive list who needs all that negativity? but well give a little snapshot, to give you an idea if you havent been paying close attention.Mets malaiseThe Mets started in a very Mets way. Ace Jacob deGrom made five starts in April, allowing just two earned runs and compiling a 0.51 ERA, but the Mets somehow lost three THREE!!! of those five games. In the season opener, the club had a 2-0 lead when deGrom exited, but wound up losing5-3. In the other two, they were shut out.On July 7, Tylor Megill pitched six shutout innings in Pittsburgh, and the Mets had a 6-0 lead heading into the eighth. The Pirates scored five in the eighth and won the game on a walk-off grand slam in the ninth. Oh, and this most recent series, at home against the Cardinals one of the teams theyre chasing in the wild card race will stick in their Babe Herman Jersey craw. The Mets were coming off an emotional series win against the Yankees punctuated by Francisco Lindors three-homer game when they were swept by St. Louis, outscored 25-10 in the three games.MORE: Phillies phumblesYou pretty much have to start with the MLB-worst 32 blown saves, right? Even if youtake it down to the MLB average of 22 blown saves,those 10 shoulda-been-wins push them way ahead of Atlanta in the NL East race. The Braves, by the way, have 23 blown saves on the season.There are two second-half series in particular that Phillies fans are still shaking their heads about. The first one was in Arizona, Aug. 17-19, against a Diamondbacks team that has the worst record and the worst ERA in the NL. The Phillies, though, scored just six runs, total, and were swept. And a recent series at home against the Rockies was just as brutal. Aside from that four-game set Cody Bellinger Jersey , the Rockies are just 20-50 on the road this season, but they managed to win three of the four games in Philadelphia. The first one was especially, tough; the Phillies had a 2-1 lead with two outs in the top of the ninth inning and closer Ian Kennedy was ahead of Ryan McMahon, 0-2.McMahon, though, blasted a home run to Maury Wills Jersey put the Rockies ahead3-2, and Sam Hilliard followed with a solo home run to give Colorado a two-run lead in a game theyd win4-3.MORE: So, yeah,lots of regret in New York and Philadelphia.For the Mets, they pretty much have to sweep the Phillies to have any outside hope of getting to October. The Phillies, with their best starters lined up for this series and Bryce Harper making an MVP charge, should still at least be in the picture as long as theyre not swept. Lets see what happens.

David Ortizhas a me sage for all you Jake Odorizzi Jersey flipping haters.The Red Sox slugger has weighed in on MLB's bat-flip debate, and he didn't leave any doubt where he stands.MORE: | "Whenever somebody criticizes a power hitter for what we do after we hit a home run, I consider that person someone who is not able to hit a homer ever in his life,"Ortiz told the on Sunday. Look at who criticizes the power hitters in the game and what we do. Its either a pitcher or somebody that never played the game. Think about it. You dont know that feeling."You dont know what it takes to hit a homer off a guy who throws 95 miles per hour. You dont know anything about it. And if you dont know anything about it, (shut up). (Shut up). Seriously. If you dont know anything about it, (shut up), because that is another level."Ortiz certainly knows Blake Parker Jersey what it takes to hit a fastball out of the park. He has 503 career home runs, good for 27th on the Tony Oliva Jersey all-time list. On plenty of those long balls, "Big Papi" has addeda little extra flavor tothe end of his swing."Of course as a pitcher youre not going to like it if I take you deep, but after I do it, suck it up, man," Ortiz said."Take it like a man. I dont mind anybody doing anything when you strike me out or get myself out. Youre never going to see me criticizing anybody, because you know what? Whatever you do out there, you just motivate me. You just motivate me."If I take Rod Carew Jersey you deep and I pimp the (expletive)out of it, that should be motivation for you to try to get me out in my next at-bat, instead of just talking (expletive). Thats the way I see it."Blue Jays rightfielderJose Bautista sparked the flippingcontroversy during last year's ALDS when after an incredible three-run homer. Baseball stars past and present have since taken strong stances on the i sue.Bryce Harper , while Mike Trout believes bat flips are an .Thenthere's Hall of Famer Goose Go sage, who calledBautista a SPECTOR Justin Morneau Jersey : | FOSTER:In Ortiz's mind,the baseball worldshouldn't be afraid of youthfulexuberance because, "Its what happens in between the two lines, and which should stay there.""I respect you as a person. Im not supposed to go out there and hit you with my baseball bat, but the damn round thing that is coming at me, Im trying to break it. So all this little crying (expletive)that is going on in the baseball game in todays day, people need to stop, man."People need to focus on what is good and what is not. If a player is good, lets enjoy it. It doesnt matter if its a hitter, pitcher, position player. Good players Fernando Rodney Jersey , enjoy it."Opposing pitchers take heed.Ortiz isn't going to stop "pimping" homers, even in his final season.