With All-Star break upon us, let’s dive into the players and teams that have stood out—in good and bad ways—in the first half.
As we pull into the NBA season’s official rest stop, plenty has surprised us.
Klay Thompson had an audacious return to the Warriors. Damian Lillard has been out for a month and a half, yet he’s done more on the court this season than Zion Williamson, who still hasn’t played. We’ve had enough reporting around vaccinations in Brooklyn for a lifetime, and just this past week, James Harden was shipped from the Nets to Philadelphia to become a Sixer.