John Wilmes

Michael Porter Jr., the MVP of the McDonalds All American Game, is headed to the University of Missouri next season.

LaVar Ball has been very high on his son lately, and what's so bad about that?

DeMarcus Cousins is one of the best players in the NBA, and one of its most intriguing eccentrics. This summer, he finally gets to escape Sacramento and ball out.

...and there's not necessarily anything wrong with that. In bringing in a favorite son, the Bulls have created a strange sort of in-between team. But why not?

It feels like a long time ago that Derrick Rose was the future in Chicago. After years of aimlessness and hope, it was high time for the two to part ways.

Over four years at Providence, Kris Dunn became a well-rounded playmaker and a folk hero. Now he's ready to make basketball his business, wherever he winds up after the 2016 NBA Draft.

Four years ago, the Okkahoma City Thunder were in the NBA Finals and looked like the model franchise. Today, they're something different, more defiant, and still pretty great.

Thon Maker is 19 years old, 7'1, and star of one of the most memorable mixtapes on YouTube. In the NBA Draft, none of that will matter as much as how he can play.

The Pistons may be down 0-2 in their series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they are showing a resilient attitude that will serve them well in the future.

Indoor Skydiving, or "Body Flight" to aficionados, is intense, difficult, humbling, expensive, and weird. But is it sports? Spoiler: hell yeah it's sports.

The McDonald's All-American Game is as much a ritual of projection as it is a prep basketball game. Amid all this promise, some stars shine brighter.

For half a decade the Bulls seemed to be separated from a shot at the championship by nothing more than some injury luck. That's no longer the case. So now what?