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Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter When the Lakers will take on the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, it will be the 23rd different team that LeBron James will face in the playoffs. The four-time NBA champion passed Derek Fisher who previously held the record for most different teams…

For three decades we’ve covered many amazing basketball characters, but some stand above the rest—not only because of their on-court skills (though those are always relevant), but because of how they influenced and continue to influence basketball culture, and thus influenced SLAM. Meanwhile, SLAM has also changed those players’ lives…

Photo: Eric Gay/AP Jakob Poeltl, Jeremy Sochan and Zach Collins have prematurely left the San Antonio Spurs’ 143-138 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. Poeltl left the floor in the second quarter after a thunderous dunk in transition. He was ruled unavailable to return due to a right…

Let’s throw it back to Greek mythology for a second. Particularly, the story of Sisyphus. If you’re not privy to the aforementioned tale, the king of Ephyra was advantageously deceitful. Angering Zeus so much so that Sisyphus was condemned to push a boulder up a hill for eternity. Once at…

Patrick Williams is a key defensive piece for a Chicago Bulls squad intent on making consecutive trips to the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and 2017. The beginning of this year’s campaign marked Williams’ return from injury, but it has not gotten off to the start he or…

The Miami Heat seem to be back on track to their winning habits after defeating the Phoenix Suns Monday night. It wasn’t the prettiest of victories to their now three-game win streak, as the Suns held a 13 point-advantage at one point, but the dominance of Bam Adebayo showed up…