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Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry hurt his ankle in Thursday night’s win over the San Antonio Spurs. There was some initial concern over how serious the injury might be, but head coach Steve Kerr provided an update on Curry’s status before Friday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Kerr said the initial […]

Former NBA player Chris Bosh had his career end suddenly when it was revealed that he had potentially life-threating issues with blood clots. The Miami Heat, his most recent team, waived him in July last year. While the medical issues have been frustrating for Bosh, who has not played basketball for nearly two full years, […]

Oklahoma City Thunder star Carmelo Anthony has been one of the smoothest scorers in the NBA. He can get a basket from just about anywhere on the court in just about every way. In most of this stops in his career, Anthony has been the go-to guy on offense, which has fit the way he […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson has a lot of friends on the team, but his best friend may be his dog, Rocco. The relationship between Thompson and Rocco is well-documented. Thompson even received a birthday cake recently that was shaped like Rocco wearing his blue Warriors jersey. Thompson is on record saying that […]

Former NBA player Steve Francis had himself a nice career once he got into the league. He played 10 years, won Rookie of the Year in the 1999-2000 season and became a three-time All-Star. But before he was an NBA player, he was just a normal kid who struggled mightily in life. As a young […]

Tom Thibodeau got one step closer to bringing his old band of the Chicago Bulls back together by signing Derrick Rose. He joins Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson as players who once played for Thibodeau and joined him in Minnesota to play for him and the Timberwolves. But apparently the owner of the Timberwolves wasn’t exactly […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James can be a free agent this summer, and the entire NBA is going crazy about it. Part of the reason for that is because the Cavs have not been as good as expected this season, and everyone knows that one of the biggest priorities for James is to keep winning […]

After a report on the workplace culture inside the Dallas Mavericks resulted in two firings and an internal investigation, some were wondering how much, if anything, owner Mark Cuban knew about what had transpired. At the time, he claimed he had no knowledge of any sexual misconduct or harassment from his former CEO, Terdema Ussery, had […]

The New Orleans Pelicans did themselves a big favor by beating the L.A. Clippers on Tuesday night behind Anthony Davis’ 41 points. It’s a game they needed in order not to drop in the Western Conference playoff picture. The Clippers, meanwhile, remain outside of the playoffs, but are just a half-game behind the Denver Nuggets. […]

Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport is a big NBA fan, and has appeared on several shows and podcasts to share his thoughts, mostly on his hometown New York Knicks. Some time ago, there was an incident involving former Knicks player Charles Oakley in which he was thrown out of a game after some sort of alteration […]

Golden State Warriors rookie Jordan Bell has surprised many so far this season, including the defending champions themselves. He has carved himself a role in the rotation and proven to be a valuable piece to the puzzle. But on Tuesday night, the Warriors suffered a big blow. Bell went down with an ankle injury during […]

The New York Knicks are on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture, and things are getting worse. Even with the Knicks’ pronounced struggles so far this season, head coach Jeff Hornacek does not seem worried at all about his job status, per Marc Berman of the New York Post. However, with just one […]

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers sure loves himself a good clap back. In Tuesday’s road game against the Charlotte Hornets, there was a sequence that showed just why Embiid is one of the most entertaining players in the NBA. On a defensive possession, he found himself defending Hornets points guard Kemba Walker. Walker did […]

The Chicago Bulls got in trouble this week for the appearance of tanking, and the team recently responded. The Bulls, who have one of the worst records in the NBA, decided to play veterans Robin Lopez and Justin Holiday more minutes to end the season because they had gotten a warning from the league. The […]

Much has been made of Lonzo Ball’s shooting. His form, his percentage (or lack thereof) and his confidence in it. But to his credit, the Los Angeles Lakers rookie’s confidence in his shot and himself has never wavered all throughout the season. It’s true that he struggled mightily for much of the season with his […]

The New York Knicks and the Sacramento Kings televised an episode of the Great Tank Race 2018 on Sunday night and gave audiences not watching the Oscars a ride that went down the wire. It also saw Kings veteran Vince Carter reveal that he is the religious type. In the final seconds of the game, […]

During this NBA season, there has been a narrative that a rift between the players and the referees exists and is widening. Both sides even held a meeting during All-Star weekend to address the issues. Tensions between referees and players have existed in some way for as long as anyone can remember. But there are […]

Pau Gasol understands what his brother Marc is going through right now as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies. The team is in a rebuilding year and is long a ton of games. Marc is frustrated and upset at the losing. Pau lived a similar reality when he was a member of the Grizzlies for […]

The Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns are two of the bottomest of the bottom-feeders in the NBA. But don’t tell them that. Late in the game between the two teams on Sunday, things got a little chippy after the Hawks got called for goaltending. There was pushing and shoving, then more pushing and more shoving. […]

With only about 20 games left in the NBA season, it’s safe to say that Utah Jazz point guard Donovan Mitchell was the steal of the draft. Many will argue Kyle Kuzma for that award — especially delirious Lakers fans — but it’s Mitchell through and through. The Jazz picked Mitchell at No. 13. He […]

New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek was so irate after their loss to the L.A. Clippers on Friday that he is actually thinking of changing the starting lineup with just about 20 games less in the season, per Marc Berman of the New York Post. The Knicks had a slim lead heading into halftime of […]

Kobe Bryant won five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. He won two NBA Finals MVPs and one league MVP award. He is tied for the record with most All-Star Game MVPs (four). Now, Bryant has a legitimate opportunity to win an Oscar for his animated short film, “Dear Basketball,” which is based on the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a five-game winning streak after their comeback win Saturday night against the San Antonio Spurs. There is a stat out there about this Lakers team having one of the best records in the NBA since a point in January. Not many expected winning at this level from the baby […]

When Dwyane Wade joined the Chicago Bulls and later rejoined the Miami Heat, he was faced with tragedies of gun violence that caused him to speak out on the issue. Throughout the last few years of his career, Wade has also been one of the foremost voices for various social causes. Miami Heat president Pat […]

Much hoopla has been made about the Oklahoma City Thunder and how their three stars — Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Russell Westbrook — aren’t getting the respect of the referees. George said as much quite recently. There were numbers to dispute George’s claims that pointed to him being fouled at the rim at the […]

The New York Knicks are in the middle of a very rough stretch, partly because their star Kristaps Porzingis suffered a season-ended ACL injury recently. But beyond that, Michael Beasley thinks the team has other problems that they themselves can actually fix. After a bad loss to the L.A. Clippers on Friday night, Knicks coach […]

The New York Knicks drafted Frank Ntilikina with hopes that he would be their next franchise point guard. But as the season has gone along and moves made, it appears the Knicks would prefer he play more off the ball than be the one running the offense, per Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. The […]

There is some talk that Detroit Pistons coach and team president Stan Van Gundy could lose at least one of his roles after the season if the team’s outlook does not change. Vam Gundy has been both the president and coach for four years, but the Pistons have not done much since then in a […]

Joel Embiid loves to tamper. After the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night, Embiid took to Twitter to post something about the game. This is a normal occurrence, and usually has something humorous incorporated into it. This time, not only was it humorous, but it was tamper-y. Embiid posted that he had […]

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers managed to seal a game with a pretty fadeaway jumper that swished in despite getting double-teamed. Sound familiar? In Philadelphia’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday, Embiid harkened back to a certain Los Angeles Lakers legend by the name of Kobe Bryant, who frequently made those exact same […]

Joel Embiid loves to play basketball and to troll others while doing it. In the Philadelphia’s 76ers’ win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night, the Sixers star extended that sideshow to the Cavs’ home crowd. Late in the game, Embiid was isolated on offense against Larry Nance Jr. He started to turn around, getting […]

The Golden State Warriors made their only trip to Washington D.C. in the last two days, and did not visit the White House, like has become tradition for championship teams to do in the season after winning. The Warriors didn’t really want to go initially, but President Trump made sure of it by disinviting them […]

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant grew up struggling while his mother, Wanda, worked hard to make ends meet as a single mother. That story is well-chronicled, and made a tear-jerking appearance in Durant’s MVP speech in 2014. But now that Durant is an NBA star, his financial situation is markedly different. When Durant joined […]

The beef between Paul Pierce and Draymond Green extends back a few years. It’s mostly one of trash talk, sometimes good-natured, sometimes savage. But at all times, their back-and-forth comments are always funny and entertaining for the fans and media alike. On Wednesday, Green added more fuel to the duel, commenting on the fact that […]

NBA players love to engage in shenanigans in the locker room after a game, and Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors are no exception. After Toronto’s 117-104 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, DeRozan was answering questions to the media by his locker. In the background, you can hear someone yelling […]

Channing Frye, one of the newest members of the Los Angeles Lakers, has joined in on the fun that is the roasting of outfits of his teammates. On one of the trips during the current road trip, Frye was on the bus seated next to Lonzo Ball. Ball, in all his outfit “greatness,” was wearing […]

When it comes to trash talk in the NBA, perhaps no one has carved out a claim to fame more quickly than Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. He not only utilizes his words on the court, but also his various social media accounts whether it’s on Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat. One of the best ways […]

James Harden and his band of merry Houston Rockets have been making noise in the league all year, and are now considered to be the only team with a legitimate chance of unseating the Golden State Warriors in a playoff series. Harden, in addition to saying recently that “this is the year” the Rockets have […]

The NBA is a haven for competitive players that just want to win. With that comes the eventual trash talking that occurs between players on the court, and Houston Rockets guard James Harden had some thoughts on that in a story by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon and Law Murray. The story has comments from players from […]