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Kids love to impersonate their favorite sports stars. Driveway hoops, playground hoops and occasionally in the gym, you might catch some grainy footage on YouTube if you search diligently enough. The tongue wagging, the cooking stir, all the way down to emulating the jump shot of MVP Stephen Curry. This one however is more of […]

Golden State Warriors MVP Stephen Curry seems to still feel some affects of the Grade 1 MCL sprain he suffered in Game 4 versus the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. The Warriors have since moved two rounds forward to the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a Game […]

The San Antonio Spurs have long been lauded for their consistency. They’ve managed to stay in contention without missing the playoffs for the last 19 seasons. That’s a monumental accomplishment that’s very difficult to match. Even the best teams of the decades have gone through rebuilding stages by varying degrees, but none ever stayed this […]

It looks as though yesterday’s leak of the new Utah Jazz logo is 100% legit, and now comes the big reveal…the uniforms, and the new hardwood floor design. The Jazz have tweeted their new look out to the public. There are a total of four new uniforms in typical Jazz colors, but altered to fit […]

Classic Pop strikes again. Coach Gregg Popovich is known for giving short, simple answers to reporters who ask obvious questions. Sometimes it comes in the form of a one liner, and sometimes in the form of straight faced sarcasm. Prior to tonight’s match up between San Antonio and OKC with his team on the brink of […]

Inside the NBA has been a stellar and entertaining show over the years on TNT during the NBA season. It has not gone unnoticed in the world of media either. In its 27th year on the air – albeit not always with the full casting crew it has currently – Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal, host Ernie […]

It looks like recently retired Lakers star Kobe Bryant is not done with his former teammate Shaquille O’neal after all. No, he has not announced that he’s joining the NBA on TNT. Kobe has decided to train this summer with Shaq’s son, Shareef O’Neal. Shareef told TMZ that Kobe offered to train with him this […]

Thursday morning the Orlando Magic posted a tweet announcing  coach Scott Skiles’ resignation from the Magic after only coaching for one season. Magic players seemed to be caught off guard with the news and posted a couple of responses on twitter in wonder. Victor Oladipo responded in a tweet surprised but offered that Skiles helped […]

Before Wednesday night’s game between the Warriors and Trail Blazers, NBA commissioner Adam Silver handed Stephen Curry his second MVP trophy, but not before he unknowingly left Curry hanging when he tried to shake Silver’s hand during the presentation ceremony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUc1Ed9EA68 Commissioner Silver, who loves giving daps, high fives, handshakes and one arm hugs to players, didn’t let […]

I want you to take a look at this home . It has 5 bedrooms, a grand living room with a fireplace, a rear patio, private balconies, and much more. There’s a 90 foot swimming pool complete with a spa and waterfall, a backyard kitchen, a hobby vineyard, a putting green, and even a basketball […]

On Monday, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported that there was an “uneasy tension” between Dwyane Wade and Goran Dragic. However, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra says there are no issues between the players, and dismissed the report the morning after Miami defeated the Toronto Raptors in Game 4. Spoelstra told the Palm Beach Post: “It’s silly, but we’re used to it. Before […]

Just when you thought the Matt Barnes fiasco with Derek Fisher was done with, it rears its head again. After getting into an altercation with Fisher at the home of his ex-wife last summer, Barnes served a 2 game suspension, and the jabs have since continued on social media. Barnes ranted about Fisher on New Years Eve […]

Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen looked like he had seen a ghost. His team, after losing important players in the offseason, scrapped their way to the Western Conference Semifinals only to meet the Golden State Warriors. After winning their first home game at Moda Center and leading most of the night in Game 4, […]

The final minutes of Game 4 were not kind to Kyle Lowry as he watched his team from the bench. The Toronto Raptors led the Miami Heat in the fourth quarter by fourth points, with about two minutes left, when Lowry picked up an offensive foul, his sixth of the game, and left the floor for good. Lowry […]

Free agency brings many things. The free agency period is one of the most exciting parts about the NBA off season. Your team likely has a chance to improve, either by addition or subtraction, and if lucky enough, a team might be able to land a high profile star to rank up in contender status. […]

Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside has been ruled out of  Game 4 against Toronto because of a sprained MCL he suffered in Game 3. Whiteside injured his knee trying to catch a pass behind his head, which made him slip and fall backwards on his leg. He received an MRI on Sunday that confirmed a sprained, […]

In the world of sports, it’s easy to find yourself as a fan angry and ranting about many things that happen to your favorite team that were unfavorable. It’s also important to not take things so seriously as well. As the cliché goes, it’s just a game, and that is true by a large account. […]

The 2015-16 season wasn’t a kind one to Chicago Bulls fans. Besides losing Joakim Noah and new coach Fred Hoiberg struggling to connect with the players, the team only won 42 games and missed the playoffs altogether. After the disappointment that this season was, owner Jerry Reinsdorf  has decided that the upcoming ticket price hike for next season won’t be […]

Okay, this isn’t totally a true triangle offensive set set like we saw with Michael Jordan‘s Bulls or Shaq and Kobe‘s Lakers, but it’s close enough and it would surely make Phil Jackson proud. The San Antonio Spurs do a number of amazing things on the court, and their play has been dubbed ‘beautiful basketball’, because of […]

What happens when the Miami Heat lose a game to the Toronto Raptors at home? Heat fans leave the arena early either out of disgust or just because they don’t care all that much. Raptors fans stay and continue to cheer until the very end. It’s no secret that Raptors fans are crazy about their team, […]

This one is interesting. Is Warriors center Mo Speights trolling his followers, or speaking out about the future to come? The Los Angeles Lakers are rumored to go after both Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli this summer when they become restricted free agents. Speights, while filming his two teammates sitting at a table, made a Snapchat story with […]

There are a group of Canadians furious at Dwyane Wade. Wade broke a set of NBA rules and at the same time, people of Canada felt they were disrespected by him in the process. The normal arrangement at Miami Heat home games (per the Palm Beach Post) is to have the U.S. national anthem be performed […]

Stephen Curry who? The Golden State Warriors don’t seem to be missing his three-point shooting as initially thought, at least for the moment. In a competitive matchup on Saturday night, the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Warriors 120-108 at Moda Center, where a little bit of unnoticed history happened. According to ESPN Stats & Info, […]

The Golden State Warriors guard Leandro Barbosa has found solace in a different type of medicine for injuries. He once tore an ACL in his knee and pushed past conventional medicine to get back on the court and play the level of basketball he is playing now. His younger self earned the nickname the Brazillian […]

If you live in Arizona, the Phoenix Suns want you to take a bike ride around the city with their star guard Eric Bledsoe and there’s supposedly no catch. That’s what the Suns tweeted to everyone who would come. You can meet him in downtown Phoenix, just BYOB (bring your own bike). Sounds cool right? […]

James Dolan has a regret. To a long time Knicks fan, that might seem impossible, especially if he hasn’t had much over the years with the amount of mishaps he’s had a hand in. While Knicks president Phil Jackson ponders his path through his coaching search, James Dolan is on tour in Europe with his blues band, JD […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have already set their sights on the next big man they want to don a Lakers uniform, it’s Festus Ezeli, according to SportingNews.com’s Sean Deveney. Not only did they hire Luke Walton as the head coach but now they want a Golden State player. They literally would be taking part of the Warriors and applying […]

If Luol Deng had any reservations that Spoelstra is a patient man, he doesn’t anymore. When it comes to winning a game, Coach Spo has no chill. The Miami Heat found themselves down by two possessions in overtime and Deng, responsible for inbounding the ball, seemed to take his time. For Coach Spo, he didn’t […]

The  Toronto Raptors led by – DeMarre Carroll (21 points,) and Jonas Valanciunas  (15 points 12 rebounds) defeated the Miami Heat 96-92 in overtime on Thursday night, heading back to Miami 1-1. Valanciunas scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the fourth quarter and overtime while Demar DeRozan chipped in 20 points, Kyle Lowry 18 points, and Terrence Ross 10 […]

Los Angeles Lakers former superstar Kobe Bryant is still working and his first project is about to start . Before his retirement, he wrote a “Dear Basketball” poem for the Players’ Tribune. Many fans loved the poem, so Kobe is now collaborating with Sports Illustrated to bring the poem to life in a video production. The short film […]

The last thing you’d expect is an NBA player being an exceptional dancer, but given how they even incorporate dancing into pre game routines, maybe it shouldn’t be much of a surprise. After breaking his hand and watching his Los Angeles Clippers get eliminated from the playoffs, Chris Paul has gone viral on the Internet away from the basketball […]

Recently the NBA shop posted a brand new Toronto Raptors t-shirt design. It was a nice design, but when you start thinking about the context, there was one flaw. The shirt featured a United States flag on it instead of a Canadian flag, which didn’t go over too well with their fans. The caption (which has since been […]

The controversial calls in the playoffs have not gone without notice. NBA referees have issued apologies and made statements on their mistakes, because they’ve actually impacted some of the most important games of the year. Let’s be honest, everything is magnified in the playoffs, so the tension eis higher. Every possession means so much more […]

There is no doubt that the Jordan brand is one of the most successful and powerful shoe lines in apparel history. Everywhere you look since the controversial day the NBA banned the Air Jordan, there has been a non-stop market following Jordan’s shoe evolution. Over the years, Jordan’s shoes have fallen into controversy due to the […]

On Tuesday, the talk of Monday night’s bizarre ending to the Spurs –Thunder game was still a buzzing topic across the league because of a blown call that happened within a hand’s distance of a referee, who was watching the play. After some private time reviewing it away from the crowd and media, The National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) […]

If you’ve never seen the NBA Playoffs illustrated in comic form, then you’re in luck today When the imagination leads to creation, it’s often a beautiful fan, especially when the person making the magic happen is a basketball fan. Initially, we looked at these illustrations for the first round. Now, the second round of the NBA playoffs have been […]

Did you see the guy in purple in the front row heckling Dwyane Wade in the series between the Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets? You might be wondering, who was that guy? What was he saying to the players? Did he help the Hornets lose the series by firing up Miami’s players with his […]

Byron Scott recently spent some time on the Dan Patrick Show and discussed his departure from the Los Angeles Lakers. He felt it would take some time to turn the team around and felt the Lakers were on the same page as he was in regards to the teams current condition. You do have a […]

After Riley Curry captured the world with her baby charm in front of an NBA press conference mic, there is no way to turn away cute little girls now who want to inject their say so at their fathers’ press conferences. Boys aren’t excluded either; Blake Griffin’s son demonstrated his adorable side recently as well. […]