Puma has reportedly inked another projected top 2018 NBA Draft pick to an endorsement deal.

The footwear and apparel company signed Texas Tech guard Zhaire Smith to a contract Sunday, according to a report by ESPN. Puma reportedly agreed to a five-year shoe deal with Duke forward Marvin Bagley III last week.

James could stay, but he’ll probably go. What makes sense, and what doesn’t? Let’s take a quick look.

By Aidan Fajardo
Listen to your coaches.

That is the advice of Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell to budding basketball players during his press conference at the adidas Sports Performance Store, Two Parkade, Bonifacio Global City on Sunday.

What on Earth are they talking about?

The Golden State Warriors are hinting that there’s a lot of internal drama that the public doesn’t know yet, and all we can do is wait. After winning Game 4 of the NBA Finals and sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers, ESPN’s Marc Spears quoted West saying there was “a lot going on behind that scenes that people will be shocked about when it comes out.”

Kawhi Leonard is not special, and thus, neither is San Antonio.

As Kawhi Leonard’s camp works to get their man traded out of San Antonio, something has become painfully clear: the Spurs’ mystique is dead.

WE CHAMPIONSHIP, BABY!!!!!!!!!!

The Golden State Warriors are, once again, champions. They reign supreme in the NBA, and have firmly solidified their place in NBA history.

James was once considered the platonic ideal for unselfishness. Now, it’s Curry — for an entirely different reason.

The year was 2007, before President Barack Obama and before President Donald Trump, before Instagram, before algorithms changed how we see the world. LeBron James, standing at the top of the key in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons, was about to commit the cardinal sin of the times: he was about to make the right basketball play.

Two years ago Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors because he wanted to grow as a player and as a person. And on Friday night, he celebrated not only his second championship with the team, but his second NBA Finals MVP award as well.