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The Sixth Man

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Trash Talk • Mount Zion. I hope he stays injury free. If he does, the history books will be rewritten

THE OPENING TIP

THE DEFIANT ONE • NYC-based artist TYRRELL WINSTON finds beauty in old basketballs and weather-torn nets, a talent that’s helping his career take off in a major way.

THE FRANCHISE PLAYER • Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman isn’t a household name, but perhaps he should be—the former pro is a lowkey business legend who trails only Michael Jordan in earnings among NBAers past and present.

THE GRIND GOES VIRTUAL • FIVE-STAR didn’t let the pandemic stop their camps.

THE ULTIMATE TEST • In a new book, a former Ivy League head coach tells the tale of the dark underbelly of college basketball.

LEADING MAN • A basketball legend gets his due.

SLAMADAMONTH • DONOVAN MITCHELL ON MICHAEL PORTER JR

STATE of the UNION • CHRIS PAUL HAS BEEN A NATURAL LEADER SINCE AS FAR BACK AS HE CAN REMEMBER. BUT THROUGH 2020, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NBPA, PAUL HAS LED ALL 450 NBA PLAYERS THROUGH THE MOST TURBULENT OF TIMES—THROUGH A PANDEMIC, A SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT, A BUBBLE, AND A SEASON THAT SOMEHOW STRETCHED 355 DAYS—AND THOSE LEADERSHIP ABILITIES HAVE BEEN MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER. WE SPOKE WITH CP3 ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THE PAST YEAR AND MUCH MORE.

2020 DOME SHOTS • WE COULD FILL 10 ISSUES OF SLAM WITH PHOTOS DOCUMENTING THE LAST THREE MONTHS. HERE ARE 21 OF OUR FAVORITES AS WE SAY THANKS TO THE NBA, THE PLAYERS, THE TEAMS, THE FANS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HELPED US GET TO THE FINISH LINE.

3 the HARD WAY • THREE NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THREE DIFFERENT TEAMS MEANS DANNY GREEN KNOWS A THING OR THREE ABOUT WINNING. AS HE WRITES HERE, THE THIRD WAS THE MOST SATISFYING.

2020 WNBA DOME SHOTS • THE 2020 WUBBLE WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE MOMENTS WHEN EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THEY WERE MAKING HISTORY WHILE LIVING THROUGH IT, TOO. HERE ARE OUR FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THOSE CRAZY AND MEMORABLE DAYS DOWN IN BRADENTON, FL.

Hollywood • THOUGH HER FIRST YEAR IN THE WNBA WAS ANYTHING BUT NORMAL, ATLANTA DREAM STAR CHENNEDY CARTER IS ON HER WAY TO A LONG CAREER IN FRONT OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS.

THE THIRD Coming • FOR DJ WAGNER, SON OF DAJUAN AND GRANDSON OF MILT—BOTH FORMER NBA PLAYERS—BASKETBALL RUNS IN HIS FAMILY’S BLOOD. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HE’LL USE THAT TALENT AND HIS NO. 1 RANKING IN THE CLASS OF 2023 TO LEAD CAMDEN HS TO THE TOP OF THE BASKETBALL WORLD (AGAIN).

The FRESH PRINEESSES of Blair • IT’S STRAIGHT UP DOMINATION WHEN OLIVIA MILES AND DOMINIQUE DARIUS, TWO OF THE BEST GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY, ARE ON THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME.

BREAKING BOUNDARIES • MEET THE SALAM SCHOOL STARS—AN ALL-MUSLIM GIRLS’ TEAM THAT’S CHALLENGING GENDER-NORMS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

BEFORE TOMORROW COMES • WE PARTNERED WITH VOTE4ME TO GIVE SOME OF THE NATION’S BEST YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYERS A CHANCE TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS IN THE DAYS AHEAD OF THE 2020 ELECTION.

SUMMER SWAGGER • NO ARENA TUNNEL? NO PROBLEM.

THE Village VOICE • DURING A SUNNY SATURDAY IN MID-OCTOBER, WE HIT THE STREETS OF NYC TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE IRL WERE WEARING AT TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK FOR OUR NEWEST MAG SECTION: STREETBALL STYLING

KICKS

Back For More • ATHLETIC PROPULSION LABS’ first basketball sneaker got banned from the NBA because it gave wearers an “advantage.” The brothers who launched the company have returned to the game 10 years later, with a duo of brand new sneakers.

Following the Footsteps • The AJ35’s souped up with tons of innovation and a nod to the past

Mentality • Players in the bubble kept...