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Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams is not to be messed with. The 7-foot giant from New Zealand is a physical player, and the Indiana Pacers had a firsthand taste at just how physical he is when the two tames played each other Wednesday, a game OKC won 100-95. Perhaps the best example of just […]

It seems that people really do want to know about all things Lonzo Ball. It turns out that the Los Angeles Lakers rookie became the seventh most searched-for athlete on Google, per Tyler Lauletta of Business Insider. The magazine listed the 10 most searched athlete on the search website and included names such as Isaiah Thomas, […]

The Golden State Warriors will be without two of their players when they face the Dallas Mavericks tonight. Forward Draymond Green and center Zaza Pachulia have been ruled out by the team, per Melissa Rohlin of the Bay Area News Group. Rohlin also reported that point guard Stephen Curry was still out with an ankle […]

The Brooklyn Nets have a bevy of young players, and they may be thinking of moving at least one of them. Joe Harris, who is in his fourth year in the league, is having quite the season for the Nets. He’s averaging career highs in points, rebound, assists and minutes per game. And if the […]

More doubt has been casted over whether or not President Donald Trump had anything to do with helping three UCLA players avoid jail after getting caught shoplifting in China. LiAngelo Ball recently appeared on a radio show for an interview along with his father, LaVar, and spoke about various topics. One host asked LiAngelo if […]

During Kobe Bryant’s career with the Los Angeles Lakers, he had an up and down relationship with the media that covered him. There were good stories and bad stories, and he at times let it be known what he thought of certain reporters. Toward the end of his basketball days, however, he started warming up […]

Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol is having a tough season as it is, and now he has to deal with trade rumors. The Grizzlies star hasn’t hidden his frustration with how the season has gone thus far for the team. And after Wednesday’s loss, he discussed where his mindset was regarding the possibility of being […]

The day Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant gets his two jerseys retired is inching closer. On Dec. 18, the collective basketball world will witness the moment, one which has never happened in the history of the sports and probably will never happen. In advance of that historic day, Bryant spoke to Serena Winters of […]

Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel seems to be between a rock and a hard place. After he was traded to the Mavericks form the Philadelphia 76ers, he had the opportunity to sign a lucrative deal with the team that would have been worth $70 million over four years. But he said no, then switched his […]

The Golden State Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans have already played twice this season, and Warriors rookie Jordan Bell has some beef. Bell said Wednesday that Pelicans star DeMarcus Cousins has attempted to bully him in the two matchups, per Melissa Rohlin of the Bay Area News Group. “He thought I was scared of him […]

This 2017-2018 NBA season may be nicknamed “The Year of the Facial Accessory.” Detroit Pistons swingman Anthony Tolliver will be yet another player this year who has needed to wear some sort of apparatus on his face in order to protect or prevent an injury. He reportedly broke his nose and practiced with a mask, […]

Boston Celtics star Gordon Hayward and head coach Brad Stevens go way back. The two basketball lifers first met each other at Butler University, where Gordon played and Stevens coached before they both ended up in the NBA. For years, they competed against each other. But that changed when Hayward decided to join Stevens and […]

Cue the Gordon Hayward-related medical diagnoses. The Boston Celtics star revealed Wednesday that he has taken off the walking boot he wore on his surgically repaired leg he injured on the first day of the season, per Chris Forsberg of ESPN. Celtics forward Gordon Hayward did indeed get out of his waking boot today. No […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball received some serious praise on Wednesday. Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James said he likes how Ball has been poised throughout the season, and sees parallels between the attention Ball’s gotten this season and the attention he’s had his whole career. When Ball was informed of these words from James, […]

There’s at least one member of the Los Angeles Lakers who thinks LaVar Ball isn’t a total clown. While in New York, Lakers center Brook Lopez came to the defense of Lonzo’s father, and dismissed any rumors that the team has been adversely affected by Ball’s antics, per Fred Kerber of the New York Post. […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is not only going for basketball greatness. No, that wouldn’t be enough for Curry. The point guard wants to revolutionize the sneaker industry, not only with his signature shoes from Under Armour, but also in terms of how the company grew exponentially and continues to do so. Curry talked […]

There are those who still believe that Oklahoma City Thunder star Paul George is not committed to OKC for the long haul. George has long been linked to the Los Angeles Lakers — he is from Palmdale, California, and grew up a big Kobe Bryant fan, (but was a fan of the LA Clippers) — […]

In advance of his return to Indiana for a game against the Pacers, Paul George is reflecting on several aspects of his exit from the franchise that drafted him nearly a decade ago. One of the topics he touched on was whether he’s found closure in the months after he decided to leave, and according […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Nick Young isn’t having the best time the last few days. Young is currently in the NBA’s concussion protocol after suffering the ailment in Tuesday’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers. There’s usually no telling how long a player will sit while he recovers from a concussion. To make matters worse, […]

When Paul George decided to leave the Indiana Pacers, it caused a lot of commotion around the entire NBA. At first, it had seemed that he would join his hometown Los Angeles Lakers, but that never happened. Many other teams were rumored to be suitors for him as well. But he ended up being traded […]

LaVar Ball doesn’t seem to know when to quit. After being asked to tone down his criticism of the Los Angeles Lakers and head coach Luke Walton, Ball detailed his discussion with reporters on the night the Lakers played the New York Knicks, per Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. “It was the best thing, man. Everybody’s going […]

Marc Gasol and the Memphis Grizzlies have had a tumultuous season, to say the least. Their point guard is injured and yet to return, their head coach was fired and they went through an 11-game losing streak. But despite all of that darkness, Gasol is still willing to stick with the team and doesn’t want […]

Carmelo Anthony just wants to figure out what’s wrong with the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a recent home loss to the Charlotte Hornets — a team that had only won a single road game before heading to OKC — the Thunder’s star players were looking for answers. And Anthony sounded as perplexed as anyone. Anthony […]

Sacramento Kings guard George Hill has experienced an up-and-down season thus far. On the one hand, Hill is an impact player on a Kings team that made good moves over the summer and is trying to improve. On the other, there are rookie point guards on the team who need playing time, and often it’s […]

Golden State Warriors forward David West is proving the basketball analytics people completely wrong. A look into his shooting percentages this season proves it. He has been a highly effective shooter from midrange distances all year, per Anthony Slater of the Athletic. David West now a ridiculous 20-of-33 on mid-range jumpers from 16 feet and […]

Gordon Hayward just might become a coach someday. While he’s been out with the leg injury, Hayward has tried to keep himself engaged with the team in various ways. One of them turned out be a scout of sorts. He watched a recent Boston Celtics game and gave his thoughts on several of his teammates, […]

Atlanta Hawks starting point guard Dennis Schroder didn’t like when he was benched in a recent game against the Philadelphia 76ers. But him being upset seems to have dissipated since. Schroder has reportedly focused on moving on from the benching, per Michael Cunningham of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Hawks coach Mike Bundeholzer and point guard Dennis Schroder said […]

The New Orleans just got some bad news about one of their best defenders. Tony Allen is expected to be out 3-4 weeks with a non-displaced left proximal fibula fracture, per David Aldridge of TNT. Pelicans announce @aa000G9 will miss 3-4 weeks with a non-displaced left proximal fibula fracture. — David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) December 12, 2017 […]

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid has no problem discussing things that bother him or don’t make sense. That personality trait would be no different if his situation turned out like it did for Jahlil Okafor, who was traded from the 76ers to the Brooklyn Nets. In fact, Embiid knows exactly how he would’ve reacted […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the outspoken type when it comes to issues near and dear to him. So when he gets to talking about basketball, the game he loves and played professionally for so many years of his life, Abdul-Jabbar will ride and die for the game no matter what. He proves […]

It didn’t take long for the Chicago Bulls to move from awkward situation to the next. After Nikola Mirotic returned to the lineup recently, the Bulls forward has been lighting it up and the team has won three games in a row. Mirotic has also let bygones be bygones with Bobby Portis, who punched him […]

With three bona fide superstars, the Oklahoma City Thunder have underachieved so far this season, and Paul George is not happy about it. The Thunder managed to dip even further below a .500 winning percentage with their 116-103 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday in a game where they gave up a big run. […]

Joel Embiid has seen the future. The Philadelphia 76ers star center is enjoying quite a bit of celebrity this season. It’s mainly fueled by his play on the basketball court, but also has plenty to do with his quirky antics on social media. So many people love Embiid, but he thinks that love will soon […]

Carmelo Anthony and the Oklahoma City Thunder suffered yet another mind-boggling loss on Monday. That one was at the hands of the Charlotte Hornets, who trounced the Thunder to the tune of a 13-point win. Anthony scored only 11 points in the entire game, and played 34 minutes. So when the game was done, naturally […]

San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard is coming back, and head coach Gregg Popovich has thoughts. After missing the entire season to this point, Leonard is finally slated to play today, albeit on a minutes restriction. The team has done well without him, and Popovic said bringing back into the fold will likely take Leonard […]

The shooting form of Lonzo Ball has now become legend. It’s herky-jerkey, unorthodox and largely ineffective, as the Los Angeles Lakers point guard has struggled mightily with it so far this season. But the Lakers have said repeatedly that there’s no rush to fix it, and that it may just be a matter of confidence […]

Kobe Bryant is not here for your misconstruing of his words. The Los Angeles Lakers legend recently gave an interview to Chris McGee of Spectrum SportsNet on an episode of “Connected With.” In the interview, Bryant touched on a variety of topics, but only one of them grabbed national headlines. While discussion patience that Lakers […]

Apparently the Chicago Bulls don’t know how to spell. And that wouldn’t be so bad if they had misspelled, say, onomatopoeia. That’s a really hard word to spell. Instead, they misspelled the name of Joakim Noah, who spend nine years playing for the same Bulls franchise, helped them win many playoff games and was essentially the […]

The Houston Rockets have out the entire NBA on notice so far this season, boasting the best record in the NBA. They’ve taken the league by storm in such a way that Rockets legend Hakeem Olajuwon gave his two cents on just how well his former team is playing this season, per Adam Wexler of […]