Over the course of 5 weeks, we were connected to our TVs to relive the season of the Chicago Bulls 6th title run. This 10 episode program united the country to have basketball back in our lives for one last time in a long one. In these 5 weeks, we got the origin stories of numerous players from the first and second three peat as well as some rivals. Let's jump get into it and reintroduce our sports section Benched to the public. The first 4 episodes were origin stories based

By: Derrick Sholes Finally. The 82-game regular season is mercifully over so let’s pretend I hadn’t mentally checked out three weeks ago as we quickly run through the last bit of regular season randomness before the playoffs begin this weekend: We’re saying goodbye to 14 teams until fall so here are a few things I’m going to miss over the summer: Hornets’ play-by-play guy Eric Collins’ “KEMBA!” yells, these Andrew Wiggins braids, in-season Kings chaos, Metta World Peace 4th q

By: Derrick Sholes Way back in my old Tumblr days, in efforts to gloss over (or maybe ignore) a substantial topic, I’d turn to this thing I apathetically christened DJ’s Random Sh— like the true narcissist I am. It was self-explanatory: I’d share insight on the most random topics instead of sticking to one topic. This is considered the simplest standard blog template everyone has used one way or another—it’s essentially Twitter without the characteristic shackles. I personall

By: Christopher McManus Damian Lillard just wants to be respected. The Portland Trail Blazers point guard and Oakland, CA native had his fair share of trials and tribulations. Despite starting out the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2013 and subsequent All-Star spots for the next two years, he was a replacement after being snubbed in voting in 2015 and once again snubbed this past season. He often expressed his frustration of not being selected only to be criticized further by NBA

We’ve reached the point in the NBA calendar where there isn’t anymore chaos. Where’s the fun in that? I like my NBA in November. Everyone, even the terrible teams still seem hopeful and there’s enough activity and rumors for an admittedly millennial ADHD hoops fan. But just when I think I’ll be bored to death by conversations about Steph Curry, Lebron James, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook (because not even Drake wants to talk about the Raptors anymore) I remember somethin