The Golden State Warriors' star was criticized for his lack of involvement as a scorer against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the postseason.

Bryson Cardinal, the son of former Purdue men's basketball star Brian Cardinal and women's basketball guard Danielle (Bird) Cardinal, has committed to Butler.

Udonis Haslem didn't hold back on his former teammate, refusing to put him on a similar tier as other respected postseason performers.

To call this vindication would be way too simplistic considering how it ended for his own team. So leave to others whether Miami Heat President Pat Riley got his joy back on Wednesday night when

Fields, an Augusta native and 2006 graduate of Laney High School where she played for the long-tenured coach Otis Smart, had a good thing going as girls basketball coach at Butler. She’d been there since 2019 and turned a once also-ran program into a consistent winner in fairly quick fashion.

In five games against the Timberwolves, Butler put up his usual counting stats, but failed to live up to his "Playoff Jimmy" moniker in pivotal moments.

Fans are having a field day roasting him for the duds but Golden State coach Steve Kerr was there to provide some much-needed perspective during his postgame commentary. "Jimmy changed our season," Kerr said.

A: Or is it insanity to suddenly veer from a coalition of leadership that has produced visits to the conference finals in three of the past six seasons? The Heat’s approach has been that the light at the end of the tunnel is not as distant as it appears. The record over the past six years stands as evidence. These are not stumblebums.