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Shaquille O’Neal dropped by CBS Sports Radio on Friday to discuss numerous topics, including LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, and the back-and-forth roasting between Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma. We’ll start with James, who is once again this summer’s top free agent. Where will the 33-year-old play next...

The basketball world will soon turn its attention to the NBA Draft. Marvin Bagley III, the freshman phenom from Duke, is widely regarded as one of the top talents in the draft and expected to be taken early in the first round. Bagley dropped by Tiki and Tierney on Friday to discuss the draft, his...

World Series champion and MLB Network analyst Kevin Millar stopped by CBS Sports Radio to discuss the latest headlines from around the league, including Bryce Harper, Jacob deGrom, and Shohei Ohtani. This week, an anonymous NL executive deemed Harper “overrated” and a “losing player.” Nationals...

LeBron James, even at 33, is the best basketball player in the world. But where he plays next season will have less to do with next season and more to do with the rest of his career. “Just watching LeBron, the physical attributes have diminished a little bit,” FOX Sports basketball analyst Jim...

Steph Curry made quite a case for Finals MVP. He averaged 27.5 points, 6.8 assists, 6.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and combined to shoot 21-of-43 (48.8 percent) from three in Games 1, 2 and 4 of Golden State’s sweep against Cleveland. Nevertheless, the honor went to Kevin Durant, who was named Finals MVP...

Former Golden State center Festus Ezeli dropped by CBS Sports Radio on Friday to discuss Steve Kerr, the Warriors, and the NBA Finals, among other topics. He also discussed Mark Jackson. Ezeli played for Jackson from 2012-14 and for Kerr from 2014-16. While Kerr has led the Warriors to NBA titles,...

With the NBA Finals all but over, chatter has shifted to LeBron James’ impending free agency. While conventional wisdom says James should stay in the Eastern Conference, the Lakers are a legitimate destination, especially if Paul George or another star comes with him to L.A. BIG3 founder and...

Whatever happens the rest of the NBA Finals, LeBron James will have a decision to make – and sooner rather than later. Will he stay in Cleveland? Will he go to Philly? Will he head out West to Houston? Or to the Lakers? No one knows. “It is a huge, huge, huge issue for him, for his team, for this...

If the Cleveland Cavaliers lose the 2018 NBA Finals, many fans and analysts will point to J.R. Smith’s end-of-regulation blunder in Game 1 as one of the main reasons why. Wally Szczerbiak believes that is unfair. “Totally unfairly blaming J.R. Smith,” the CBS Sports Network basketball analyst said...

The general consensus among analysts is that the 2018 NBA Finals is a complete and utter mismatch, that the Warriors will beat the Cavs with ease due to the massive talent gap between the two teams. Lionel Hollins, however, doesn’t see that. “The media sees a big gap in talent, but it’s really not...