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The post-Blake Griffin era has begun, and the L.A. Clippers have already moved on. Before Tuesday night’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, the people in charge of the jerseys for each player already put the jerseys of the players the Clippers received in the trade for Griffin. One of those players was Boban Marjanović. […]

The Houston Rockets have had some difficulty staying healthy this season, but one player who has been a staple on the team’s rotation is veteran P.J. Tucker. But it hasn’t just been for the Rockets that Tucker has been a constant for. He has stayed healthy over the past several years for a variety of […]

The NBA has become a 3-point shooting league, and the Phoenix Suns have now solidified their place as an elite franchise from beyond the arc. In Monday night’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Suns — namely Troy Daniels — made a 3-pointer early in the first quarter. That shot gave the Suns a streak […]

So many people had thoughts on Blake Griffin being traded to the Detroit Pistons on Monday, including Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. When Antetokounmpo was asked about his thoughts on the trade, he answered with seemingly the first thing that came to his mind. “He gotta get a jacket, one,” Antetokounmpo said, causing the reporters around him […]

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry has already won two MVP awards in his career, and there is talk that he may win a third. Curry is averaging 28.1 points, 6.5 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game, while shooting almost 50 percent from the field, 43 percent from three and 90.9 percent from the […]

There’s at least one person who is all-in on the Blake Griffin: Stan Van Gundy, head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons. Van Gundy helped orchestrate the trade, and did not seem to mind much about Griffin’s age or injury history. It appears he’d make that deal every time he had […]

The New Orleans Pelicans almost traded for Nikola Mirotic, but the deal quickly fell apart. It appears there is now some reasoning behind the deal not going through. The Pelicans, one of the most frugal franchises in the NBA, are worried about their cap situation this summer, per Scott Kushner of The New Orleans Advocate. I'm […]

The NBA Summer League just got a much-needed expansion. All 30 teams will participate in the summer league festivities, per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. It will be the first time that all teams will compete in the league. The NBA says that for the first time all 30 teams will compete in NBA […]

With Washington Wizards point guard John Wall out with a knee injury, he won’t be able to compete in the All-Star Game next month. Enter Jaylen Brown? At least Golden State Warriors Draymond Green believes so. He told Chris Haynes of ESPN that Brown, a second-year player for the Boston Celtics, should be in the […]

Blake Griffin was traded to the Detroit Pistons from the L.A. Clippers. Yes, that happened. So much has been written and said about the trade in the last 24 hours. So many are still processing what happened, even Griffin. But that’s the business of the NBA. Speaking of business, there is one aspect of the […]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall will undergo arthroscopic surgery in his knee, keeping him out about two months, and teammate Markeiff Morris is right there to support him. Morris, per Jacob Bogage of the Washington Post, offered words of encouragement to Wall after he learned that the Wizards point guard would be going under […]

With the Blake Griffin trade going down, there are many who think New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis could also be in play to get traded. That may sound crazy, especially with Davis’ max contract, but that’s what everyone thought about Griffin. Now we know that anything and everything is possible. In light of that, […]

Washinton Wizards point guard John Wall is having knee problems, and they might be more serious than previously thought. Wall has apparently had his knee drained multiple times, per Candace Buckner of the Washington Post. Scott Brooks said John Wall's knee has been drained "a few times" with the last one happening "a few weeks […]

The New Orleans Pelicans might have announced a new signing on accident the other night during warmups. In a game against the Houston Rockets on Friday — a game the Pelicans won, by the way — New Orleans was going through its regular pregame routine when a new player took the court in his own […]

The Boston Celtics may have lost Gordon Hayward in the first game of the season, but the team hasn’t missed a beat. The Celtics are the top team in the Eastern Conference, and there is buzz around the league that Boston can beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs and represent the East in the […]

When the Milwaukee Bucks fired head coach Jason Kidd, Giannis Antetokounmpo was quite upset. He reportedly called Kidd before he was officially informed to see if there was anything he could do to prevent the firing. But Kidd’s firing went through, the team named an interim coach, and the season goes on as planned. There were […]

Paul George grew up in Palmdale, which is not that far from Los Angeles. As a kid, he was a huge Kobe Bryant fan, and he considers L.A. home. Those things have tied him to the Lakers for quite some time, and he has made no bones about his desire to play for the storied […]

The Houston Rockets will be without one of the their main players in Trevor Ariza for quite some time. Ariza strained his hamstring recently, Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni said the injury should keep him out a few games, per Mark Berman of Fox 26. Mike D'Antoni says Trevor Ariza (left hamstring strain) will miss […]

Washington Wizards guard and All-Star Bradley Beal thinks this season’s All-Star Game will actually have defense incorporated in it. But the reason he thinks so may not be what most think it is. The NBA recently announced that it was increasing the reward for the winning team to $100,000. It used to be $50,000. That […]

L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan leads the franchise with 717 games played in a Clippers uniform. It’s a source of pride for the center, and he wants to keep that streak going. But Jordan may not get that chance. Jordan and the Clippers, despite many conversions, are quite far away from a contract extension, per […]

The New York Knicks and Joakim Noah have a bit of a problem. While Noah has been largely out of the rotation with the Knicks, it’s been widely speculated that he was not in the team’s future plans. But because of his very expensive contract, Noah has been in limbo for practically the entire season. […]

The Detroit Pistons may be looking to unload Stanley Johnson. Per Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, the Pistons have brought out Johnson in some trade conversations, perhaps because he has not produced the way head coach Stan Van Gundy has liked. Van Gundy, it should be noted, is also the president of basketball operations in […]

These days, in the modern NBA, players are getting the opportunity to play for many more years. The best example of this is Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, who is in his 15th lear in the league and is still producing at a high level. But there are also a variety of players this season […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has had the opportunity to play point guard for much of his time with the team. His skills allowed him to play that position, and his tremendous size and length gave him a significant advantage over other points guards in the NBA. Now that he’s developed more point guard […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is a problem for opponents. He’s a super tall and athletic young player who can get to the rim at will and can also play the point guard position. It’s safe to say Antetokounmpo is one of those once-in-a-generation players. And he’s starting to get the attention of coaches around the league. […]

New York Knicks center Joakim Noah has not really been part of the team much this season. He has played in only seven games and is averaging just 5.7 minutes in those games, per Basketball-Reference. But on Thursday, the Knicks received news that meant the team would see even less of Noah for the immediate […]

The NBA just made a big announcement that could chance the economics of the league forever. One of the league’s attorneys testified before a New York State committee and requested a “set of laws that could be the basis for professional sports leagues pushing for national legalized wagering on games,” per Brian Windhorst of ESPN. The […]

Chris Paul doesn’t only make waves and good impressions on his own Houston Rockets team. On Saturday against the Golden State Warriors, Paul went off for 33 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists, leading Houston over the Warriors to snap their 14-game road winning streak. Paul, now infamously, was not chosen for the All-Star team. […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves will have both Karl-Anthony Towns and Jimmy Butler play in the NBA All-Star Game. But they may not be playing on the same team because Stephen Curry and LeBron James will pick teams as captains of each conference. It’s still very possible that Towns and Butler play on the same team. But […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves will not be at full strength when they face the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. Both Jimmy Butler and Jamal Crawford, two of the team’s best scorers, will be sidelined with injuries, per Nick Friedell of ESPN. Jimmy Butler (sore knee) is unlikely to play Wednesday vs. Blazers, according to Thibs. […]

Boston Celtics star Gordon Hayward continues to be on the mend, which is good news for the team and for Celtics fans everywhere. And while there have been many exciting developments in his rehab — the most recent being a video that surfaced of Hayward shooting while standing up — the team has been staunchly […]

When the Oklahoma City Thunder traded for Carmelo Anthony and Paul George, the thought was the team was going to be a force to be reckoned with in the NBA. Those two players, along with Russell Westbrook and Steven Adams, would make a core so dynamic, so powerful, it would immediately catapult them into the […]

Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine recently returned to the lineup after missing the entire first half of the season to recover from an ACL tear. In the five games LaVine has played, he’s averaged 12.8 points and 4.4 rebounds, per Basketball-Reference. In the first four games, LaVine played less than 20 minutes, while getting a […]

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard has been the subject of some speculation lately about whether or not he will stay in Portland, opting maybe to get an opportunity in a bigger market since his current team doesn’t seem ready to compete for a championship right now. As he has done in the past, […]

Bradley Beal just had one of his basketball dreams come true. The shooting guard for the Washington Wizards was named to this first NBA All-Star game, per Candace Buckner of the Washington Post. But that’s not all. Beal will also compete in the weekend’s three-point contest, per Buckner. On Tuesday, Beal, the Washington Wizards shooting guard, […]

NBA fans love buying the jerseys of their favorite players and wearing them around in public. It shows their ultimate fandom. But if that player gets traded, fans have a problem. Now they have a jersey of a player that they like, but they play for another team. But fans can’t return the jersey because […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George has seemed to have found his groove on the offensive end. An odd statement, but George even said it himself in a Tuesday morning media session. After scoring 36 points and shooting 63.2 percent from the field in Saturday’s blowout win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was asked how […]

There’s an old saying that goes, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” But LaVar Ball does things his way. After his criticisms of how the Los Angeles Lakers coached his son Lonzo Ball fell largely on deaf ears, he took his act to Lithuania, where his two younger sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, play professional […]

With all the hoopla surrounding the strange quadriceps injury that has kept Kawhi Leonard off the basketball floor for most of this season, both the San Antonio Spurs and Leonard’s camp are reportedly frustrated about the situation. They’re so frustrated, in fact, that Leonard has been characterized as being “disconnected” from the team. The story sent […]