Joe Vardon
@joevardon
Covers NBA for @TheAthletic. The white line’s getting longer and the saddle’s getting colder. [email protected]
Why NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants to tap into the European basketball “academy” pipeline — @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/62475…
Tom embodies the Cleveland baseball experience
Here is the introduction video prior to Tom Hamilton receiving the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting Saturday during Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y. It is very cool. ##Guardians. #HOF #MLB
This is cool and I can’t believe it was a year ago today. I watched this with friends at an Irish pub in Lille, awaiting the start of the tournament
Olympic drip still looking immaculate to this day! ✨😎 Flashback to the squad preparing their Opening Ceremony looks & soaking in the energy before the 🇺🇸 #TeamUSA parade at #Paris2024
From facing @WoosterBaseball to Cooperstown. Congrats, Billy Wagner #d3baseball
Our newest Hall of Famer deserves his day. Join us on Saturday, August 16th, for our Tom Hamilton Hall of Fame Celebration where the first 20,000 fans will receive this bobblehead. #GuardsBall
My tribute to Hall of Famer Tom Hamilton, everyone's best friend and the best narrator for the soundtrack to summer that anyone could ask for: nytimes.com/athletic/65065…
LeBron James moved in Las Vegas like he was a member of the Lakers because, well, he IS a member of the Lakers. And to date, there's been no indications that's going to change sources tell me and @joevardon nytimes.com/athletic/64970…
LeBron James hasn’t had buyout, trade discussions with Lakers, both sides expect that he will be with team for training camp. Reporting with @DanWoikeSports, @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/64970…
A friendly reminder that if Edwin Diaz blows this lead and this game is tied ... It'll be settled with a HR Derby!
Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick are here too
LeBron James, Jared Vanderbilt, Jake LaRavia,Deandre Ayton, Austin Reaves, Jaxson Hayes are all here
AJ Dybantsa was MVP of the FIBA World Cup for u19. Don’t be surprised if he’s at the next World Cup — the real one — with his NBA colleagues in 2027, @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/64770…
AJ Dybantsa, the potential No. 1 NBA pick in 2026, leads U.S. to gold: Takeaways nytimes.com/athletic/64770…
After 22 seasons, LeBron James can finally check off a new first — opting into the final year of his contract. More from @joevardon and @danwoikesports ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/64587…
Bulls agree to trade Lonzo Ball to Cavaliers for Isaac Okoro — in a move that gives the Cavs (some) financial flexibility and security at point guard, @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/64587…
If Egor Demin is the surprise of the NBA lottery so far, well, you can read about him @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/63997…
Analysis, fits for every NBA Draft pick from @johnhollinger and @Sam_Vecenie nytimes.com/athletic/64513…
Each year I do maybe one pre-draft story on a prospect. Here is Egor Demin, trying to become the first Russian selected by an NBA team since…who? @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/63997…
Man. Don’t know how to explain it other than shock. Words cannot express the pain of this letdown. The frustration is unfathomable. I’ve worked my whole life to get to this moment and this is how it ends? Makes no sense. Now that I’ve gotten surgery, I wish I could count the…
Breaking News from @TheAthletic: Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton tore his right Achilles during Game 7 of the NBA Finals, league sources confirmed, an injury that will require surgery and is expected to knock him out for all of next season. nyti.ms/3ZMbD2h
One of the great NBA Finals in a long time is over, and the best team from the regular season won -- the Oklahoma City Thunder. But the Pacers were more than worthy challengers, and the Haliburton injury was devastating. @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/64444…
