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Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry has missed the last few games with an ankle injury, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking care of business. Not basketball business, but football business. Earlier in the season, Curry expressed interest in buying the Carolina Panthers, the football team that plays in his hometown of North […]

The most recent odds are out for the NBA Playoffs, and the San Antonio Spurs and L.A. Clippers are right at the center of them. Per the official Twitter account of Basketball-Reference, the Clippers dropped in the odds by a considerable margin. The Spurs, on the other hand, had a big uptick in the percentage […]

With Kawhi Leonard still not playing for the San Antonio Spurs, and the reported meeting imploring him to start playing again, things are shaky in that part of Texas, to say the least. Leonard has missed all but nine games this season due to a strange injury. He was reportedly eyeing a comeback in recent […]

It appears the Milwaukee Bucks will be without star player Giannis Antetokounmpo against their cross-Midwest rival Chicago Bulls, per the team’s official Twitter account. Giannis Antetokounmpo is doubtful for tomorrow’s game in Chicago with a right ankle sprain. pic.twitter.com/UjbOWfInZf — Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) March 22, 2018 The Bucks play the Bulls on Friday, and Antetokounmpo is listed […]

The Chicago Bulls are having an abysmal season and are currently engaged in the Great Tank Race of 2018, trying their hardest to lose as many games as possible for an opportunity at one of the young studs in this summer’s NBA draft. But the Bulls also have plenty of young pieces that need to […]

Things just got a little more problematic for Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks organization as a whole. A former employee believes the Mavericks owner definitely knew about the allegations of sexual harassment in the organization that were first reported by Sports Illustrated. Melissa Weishaupt, who initially told her story anonymously but has now come […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have managed to have a very good season despite all of their young pieces, like Rookie of the Year favorite Ben Simmons. They currently sit at the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference but are in no safe haven as the Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards are breathing down their necks and […]

What do Elaine Benes of “Seinfeld” and Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers have in common? Well… When Ball isn’t playing basketball for one of the NBA’s most popular franchises, he likes to rap and listen to music. So it’s safe to say that he is a musical person. He even has a mixtape […]

The Toronto Raptors have impressed many around the NBA in various facets of their game, especially with the way they have revamped their offense. They currently have the best record in the Eastern Conference, even though they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday in a close game. Against the Cavs, the Raptors really showcased […]

Miami Heat forward Kelly Olynyk is known for being able to do plenty of things on the basketball court. He is a decent shooter from 3-point range, and he is a hustle player that dives for loose balls and boxes out for defensive and offensive rebounds. He provides a lot of those intangibles and winning […]

The Rookie Wall. The majority of first-year NBA players hit it, and it can be an upsetting and frustrating experience. It appears that Boston Celtics star rookie Jayson Tatum ran into it at some point this season. But lately, Tatum has been playing much better, and showing why the Celtics traded down to pick him […]

On a Brooklyn Nets team that had promise at the start of the season but is now heading for a disappointing win-loss record, Joe Harris has actually been a bright spot. Harris, who played on the 2015 Cleveland Cavaliers team that made the Finals, is averaging career highs in practically every category. He’s averaging 10.1 points […]

A former employee of the Atlanta Hawks is suing the organization for racial discrimination, per Raisa Habersham of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The lawsuit states that Hawks external affairs director, David Lee, discriminated against white employees — particularly women. Lee is black. The woman suing the Hawks, Margo Kline, is white. Per Habersham: Kline alleges that Lee was dismissive […]

Miami Heat veteran Dwyane Wade may have some beef with super media personality Bill Simmons. The writer/reporter/TV host of ESPN and Ringer took to Twitter to muse about the current playoff matchups if the NBA season ended today. Currently, the Houston Rockets would face the Utah Jazz, and the Miami Heat would play the Boston […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram has missed the last nine games. At first, the Lakers were still winning games without him. However, it’s been clear that Ingram is not only the key to the team’s success this season, but quite possibly the key to the future of the franchise. The Lakers will have to […]

Houston Rockets star James Harden can score. We all know that. We’ve known it since his days as a sixth man for the Oklahoma City Thunder. While he’s been a member of the Rockets, Harden has continued to show the world just how good he is. Just on Tuesday night, he put up 42 points […]

Vince Carter of the Sacramento Kings has turned into the type of veteran player that every NBA locker room needs. Early in his career, Carter had the reputation of just being a high-fly act. He had to work hard to earn the respect of others as a player who can do it all — shoot […]

The league office on Sunday fined New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry $15,000 for publicly criticizing referees after a recent game, per Shams Charania of The Vertical. The Pelicans lost to the Houston Rockets on Saturday in a game they desperately needed to stay in the Western Conference playoff race. He had several complaints about […]

The Toronto Raptors lost to Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday afternoon, and DeMar DeRozan had a lot of feelings. The game was tied several times down the stretch. It was anyone’s game. Thunder star Russell Westbrook had a triple-double. It was a truly exciting matchup for a game in mid-March. But then, Kyle Lowry committed […]

New York Knicks rookie point guard Frank Ntilikina is not happy with head coach Jeff Hornacek’s reasoning behind playing him limited minutes. Lately, Hornacek has opted to keep Ntilikina off the floor for long stretches when the opponent features bigger and stronger guards, such as Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers or Nicolas Batum of the […]

Russell Westbrook is crazy. With the Oklahoma City Thunder leading by only two with 11.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter of a wild road game against the Toronto Raptors, Westbrook had the ball and was looking to make a play. He received two ball screens and found himself around the elbow — his favorite […]

During the 2011 season, the Dallas Mavericks won the championship. It was a most improbable run for everyone involved, including Dirk Nowitzki. At times during a title year, star players can get frustrated for various reasons. Some have teammates to vent to, others have agents or families. But Nowitzki found respite in talking to — […]

Chicago Bulls guard David Nwaba, a player who has had quite a journey into the NBA, not scared of LeBron James. Nwaba has not been in the league for very long, and James is, well, James. Many young players who have played against him often have a sense of reverence and appropriate fear when the […]

The Denver Nuggets are in danger of missing the playoffs, an outcome head coach Michael Malone would rather not experience. To their credit, neither do the Nuggets. Before the season, the team set a goal that it would make the playoffs. Although they sit 10th in the Western Conference standings right now at 37-31, they […]

When Kemba Walker was coming out of college in 2011, the Charlotte Hornets had already decided he would not be on their draft list. But that year’s conference championship and NCAA tournament changed the mind of none other than Hornets owner Michael Jordan. Walker played for the University of Connecticut back then, and led the […]

Markieff and Marcus Morris are the NBA identical twins you never knew you needed. The twins play for different teams now after starting their careers off together on the Phoenix Suns. Marcus plays for the Boston Celtics, while Markieff suits up for the Washington Wizards. The Wizards and Celtics faced off Wednesday night, and Washington […]

Jarrett Jack is not getting any playing time lately for the New York Knicks. Most veteran players like Jack would be frustrated with that situation and want to leave to have a chance to play on a non-tanking team. But it appears he had the opportunity to do just that, but chose to say with […]

Philadelphia 76ers rookie and No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz is coming dangerously close to missing the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. He’s been ramping work as of late, and has been shown shooting before games and at practices. But with only a few weeks left in the year and no update from […]

Revisionist history is always fun in the NBA when discussing stars like Paul Pierce and Chris Paul. The two have had very different careers. Pierce is considered one of the greatest players in Boston Celtics history and has a championship under this belt. Paul, however, is universally known as a great player who cannot win […]

The Sacramento Kings and Miami Heat are at different points in their respective seasons. The Heat are trying as hard as possible to secure their spot in the playoffs, while the Kings are tanking. Despite those realities, the Kings managed to beat the Heat 123-119 in overtime on Wednesday night. That result goes against every […]

The L.A. Clippers have been without Patrick Beverley for the vast majority of the season. He played 11 games before he started to miss games due to a knee injury. Soon after, it was announced that Beverley needed knee surgery and he would be out for the remainder of the season. Beverley came to the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are one of only three teams that don’t have control of their own G League team, but that was to change next season. However, Pelicans general manager Dell Demps recently revealed that the team will have to wait a bit longer for that to happen, per Adam Johnson of 2ways10days.com relaying an […]

This is the 20th season with the Dallas Mavericks for Dirk Nowitzki. He won a championship in 2011 and is widely considered the best European player to ever lace up his sneakers in the NBA. But Nowitzki is nearing retirement and is beginning to get nostalgic about the all the time he has spent in […]

The New Orleans Pelicans could have given up when DeMarcus Cousins went down with a season-ending injury to his Achilles tendon. But although they lost five of their first six when Cousins went down, Jrue Holiday and the rest of the team decided enough was enough. Since that tough stretch, the Pelicans have won 11 […]

Mark Cuban made headlines recently when he said during a podcast that he had a meeting with some of the players on the Dallas Mavericks and told them losing games was their best option. Well, it turns out star player Dirk Nowitzki thinks that wasn’t the best idea. The NBA, upon hearing the news of […]

Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel hasn’t gotten much throughout his tenure. After a trade last February brought him to Dallas, he did not get the role he envisioned getting. And although he wanted a max salary, he didn’t get that either and ended up returning this season on a qualifying offer. Then Noel suffered a […]

Former Philadelphia 76ers player Trevor Booker was involved in a trade that sent him to the 76ers from Brooklyn for Jahlil Okafor, Nick Stauskas and a 2018 second-round pick. But just two months after that, he moved on after receiving a buyout. Players often seek buyouts when things aren’t working out with their current teams, […]

The Houston Rockets finally lost a game, but James Harden didn’t really seem to be worried about it. The Rockets lost 108-105 to the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Going into the game, the Rockets had won 17 consecutive games and were looking for No. 18 against the Raptors, who have the best record in the Eastern […]

The Golden State Warriors have two of the best shooters in NBA history in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Those two players were even called the best shooting backcourt ever by former Warriors coach Mark Jackson. They continue to make that claim more legitimate Thompson added yet another installment tonight. Thompson became the second player […]