defector-orange-no-empty-space

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Footer Legal

Header - Categories

Header Menu

The last good website.

Topics

This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

defector-no-empty-space

Defector

Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary

let-drew-cook-final

tip jar sweepstakes

IMG_5859

Giri Nathan

Bronny James looks on during a basketball game.

This Is So Stupid

A Brief, Intolerable Investigation Into Weird Bronny James Rumors

IMG_3819

Tom Ley

2020 NBA Finals – Game Six

Here Come The Lakers, Again

Image from iOS (36)

Luis Paez-Pumar

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat reacts during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Five of the 2020 NBA Finals

2020 NBA Finals – Game Five

Jimmy Butler Had All The Juice

Anthony Davis is unconvincingly sentient on the sideline.

2020 NBA Finals – Game Three

Anthony Davis Is LeBron James’s Best Mecha

headshot1

Patrick Redford

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 06: Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers blocks Kelly Olynyk #9 of the Miami Heat during the second quarter in Game Four of the 2020 NBA Finals at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on October 6, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

2020 NBA Finals – Game Four

If There’s Going To Be A Rockfight, Have The Biggest Rock

IMG_6025-800

Albert Burneko

Jimmy Butler And The Heat Were Too Stubborn To Lose Game 3

Profile Pic

Chris Thompson

Several Heat players ineffectually harass LeBron James.

The Lakers Made The Heat Look Like Helpless Little Babies

LeBron James mean-mugs while his Lakers teammates celebrate

Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Lakers – Game Five

And Now, A Trenchant LeBron James Infographic

Los Angeles Lakers v Denver Nuggets – Game Four

Jamal Murray Found Out Just How Much It Sucks To Run Into LeBron James

lebron james