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Mike D’Antoni has waited a long time to see his Houston Rockets take the floor again after the NBA came to a halt on March 11. Yet the longtime coach has not skipped a beat when it comes to his sense of humor. During his Tuesday media availability with reporters before the Rockets go wheels […]

The mystery surrounding next season’s cap projections has every front office on its toes. Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, isn’t as preoccupied with what can be a thinning luxury tax line — something that could greatly affect the Rockets’ ability to sign valuable players in the offseason. “Our main conclusion is […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie will sit out the remainder of the season and won’t join his team for the restart of the 2019-20 campaign under the advice from team doctors, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Dinwiddie took to Twitter to explain the decision: “After another positive test yesterday and considering the […]

The New York Knicks have an extensive list of candidates that will interview for the head coach position, with veteran helmsman Tom Thibodeau as the frontrunner of that race. However, some Knicks insiders feel Jason Kidd could be the lone long-shot threat to take that vacancy over Thibodeau, according to Marc Berman of The New […]

Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal will not participate in the restart of the 2019-20 season in Orlando due to an injury to his right rotator cuff, the team announced on Tuesday. “This was a difficult decision and one that I did not take lightly as the leader of this team,” said Beal. “I wanted […]

The hovering rift between Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and franchise star Donovan Mitchell has been a key topic of discussion during this long layoff. Their issues stem from well before the coronavirus pandemic hit, as a high-ranking executive described their relationship as a “2 out of 10” in the NBA drama scale. Gobert, who […]

The coronavirus pandemic surely strained the relationship between Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and young star Donovan Mitchell — though their relationship had already shown a few dents, even before the virus hit. According a high-ranking Jazz executive, the relationship between the two vital cogs was a “2 out of 10 on the NBA drama […]

The NBA may be only three weeks away from a restart, but eliminated teams are already starting to make moves ahead of the anticipated 2020 NBA Draft. Killian Hayes, who’s been lauded as a top-10 prospect, is expected to interview with the Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves, but is expected to pass on […]

Zion Williamson turned 20 years old on Monday and the New Orleans Pelicans star is bound to receive plenty of greetings throughout the day, including from his NBA family. Yet one greeting he did not expect was that of Carole Baskin, one of the main characters in the popular Netflix show Tiger King. Baskin — flower […]

The NBA is beaming with young talent, from blazing fast speed demons like De’Aaron Fox to deadeye shooters like Jamal Murray, to high-flying studs like Zion Williamson. All three of these players have one thing in common — they’re all promising, budding stars under 24 years of age. Here at ClutchPoints, we’ll give you the […]

The Washington Wizards are holding their breath, knowing their star Bradley Beal could soon make a decision of whether or not he’ll take on the restart alongside his team. Head coach Scott Brooks said there’s been “no final decision” on the matter but noted Beal’s choice will depend on his conditioning. Brooks noted that “his […]

Jaylen Brown will join the Boston Celtics later this week when they travel to Orlando for the resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season, but he’s not fully content with how the league is handling the restart. Brown cited concerns about the second wave of the novel coronavirus, the current social atmosphere and some family issues […]

Shaquille O’Neal has told plenty of previously untold stories about his time with former Los Angeles Lakers co-star Kobe Bryant. This anecdote was told roughly three weeks before his death, as the big man appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and talked about how a young Bryant met him and Penny Hardaway before […]

It has been nearly three full years since Gordon Hayward suffered a gruesome foot injury that put him out after only a few minutes of the 2017-18 season. The Boston Celtics swingman had issues regaining his footing the following season, as 2018-19 was full of ups and downs for the former All-Star. This 2019-20 season […]

Kevin Durant might not be heading to Orlando to cheer on his teammates at the restart of the 2019-20 NBA season, but he will have some say into how they will look next season. Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks assured Durant would be one of the main voices that help shape the team this […]

A few players have expressed their doubts about the Walt Disney World bubble environment the NBA plans to use this plan to resume its 2019-20 season. San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan has his share of “overwhelming” frustrations with the bubble, as some of the protocols simply don’t make sense when put into bigger context. […]

Shaquille O’Neal has reacted to the announcement that his longtime Los Angeles Lakers running mate Kobe Bryant is now immortalized as the third cover athlete of NBA 2K21. The tweet below shows the cover of the current-generation “Mamba Forever Edition” — one accompanied by the next-gen cover that boasts Bryant with the No. 24 jersey: […]

The video trailer for “The Final Ring,” an eight-part web series detailing Kobe Bryant’s last championship effort with the Los Angeles Lakers, is finally up for a glance. The multi-episode series will be released every Wednesday and Sunday, starting on Sunday, July 5 and concluding with the Episode 8 finale on July 29. The series […]

Not many are giving the Memphis Grizzlies a fair shot to hold the eighth and last seed in the Western Conference. Grizzlies rookie star Ja Morant has heard all the doubts, as the Grizzlies stand the most to lose under the current format that will bring 22 teams to Orlando to resume the 2019-20 season. […]

A recent glimpse into the New Orleans Pelicans’ ramp-up workouts showed a masked Zion Williamson, who would soon receive the Batman treatment in the comments: Built for this 💪 pic.twitter.com/xdB0OMex35 — New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 2, 2020 Looking fit and ready to hit the weight room, images of Bane from the Batman series soon […]

The NBA has returned the latest results from the second round of coronavirus testing league-wide. Nine NBA players have tested positive for the novel coronavirus out of the 344 players tested between June 24-29, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. A total of 25 players tested positive since testing began on June 23 when […]

“The Decision” was a historically massive part of the modern NBA culture. The moment in which the biggest star of the sport, LeBron James, announced his move to the Miami Heat after seven seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers. As ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan recalls it, the “We Did It” rally held by Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, […]

NBA veteran Jamal Crawford is still waiting for the phone to ring. It’s been more than a full year since the perennial scoring threat last stepped on NBA hardwood, even after dropping a whopping 51 points off the bench in his last game of the 2018-19 season as a member of the Phoenix Suns. Nearly […]

The Golden State Warriors were a league laughing stock for the better part of the late ’90s early 2000s, consistently at the bottom of the barrel and one of the few Western Conference teams that represented no imminent danger. It soon became evident that a complete change was needed to turn their fate around. Enter […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has been named one of the cover athletes for the popular video game NBA 2K21. The longtime star will be on the cover of the two “Mamba Forever” editions. 2K Sports plans to release a current generation (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) and next-generation covers for the upcoming PlayStation […]

Nikola Jokic was one of the first players to return a positive test for the novel coronavirus, doing so in his native Serbia before the recent wave of team-wide testing. The Denver Nuggets star isn’t allowed to travel back to Denver to join his teammates at the practice facility until he tests negative twice. Jokic’s […]

The NBA will pay north of $150 million to resume its 2019-20 season at the Walt Disney World Resort, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. This report comes on the heels of a recent chat between NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Sean Gregory of TIME Magazine, who asked the former how the “economic necessity” — aka […]

Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal retold a story he briefly mentioned a few weeks ago during a Juneteenth march to the Martin Luther King Jr. monument in Washington D.C. Speaking as part of a Zoom conference call with local reporters, the league’s second-leading scorer recapitulated how it all went down, sparing no details: Via Dan […]

Kemba Walker has been making wise use of his time during the suspension of the NBA season. The Boston Celtics guard had been suffering from constant injuries to his left knee, playing only four games in February and four others in March. Walker says the long hiatus was a bit of a silver lining for […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has heard the hoopla surrounding the resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season and how it will go down in history as a questionable campaign. Halted for nearly five months due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the NBA had no option but to suspend the season and leave the […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo will be once again fighting for the title when the NBA returns later this season, but he will have to do so knowing there won’t be a home-court advantage like the one his Milwaukee Bucks enjoyed last season. The resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season will put all 22 teams invited at a […]

Many NBA players will return well-rested after a near five-month hiatus from the 2019-20 season. Ben Simmons will be one of them, according to Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown. “He’s good to go,” Brown said on a Zoom conference call on Wednesday, according to Derek Bodner of The Athletic. “He’s put in a tremendous […]

NBA teams already in playoff contention are expected to tread carefully during the resumption of the 2019-20 campaign. Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni is going for broke, hoping to win all eight games remaining in the regular season, but not at the cost of running his players through the ground. According to Kelly Iko […]

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni made a not-so-bold prediction ahead of the restart of the 2019-20 season. With less than a full month left before the NBA restarts at Walt Disney World in Orlando, D’Antoni predicts his star point guard Russell Westbrook will be even more efficient in his return, according to Kelly Iko […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is honored to be on the cover of the next-generation release of NBA 2K21, a nod he received even before completing his first year in the league. The Pelicans phenom became the youngest player to grace the cover of the franchise — something he found truly special: “Realizing that […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie star Zion Williamson has been announced as one of the cover athletes of the popular basketball video game NBA 2K21. This comes soon after Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard was named the franchise’s cover athlete of the year. Williamson’s cover will be displayed in next-generation consoles like PlayStation 5 […]

Marcus Smart received the love from NBA coaches once again, this time in predicting the All-Defensive First Team. The Boston Celtics guard garnered the most first-team votes for a guard, above Philadelphia 76ers standout Ben Simmons, and even outscored two-time Defensive Player of the Year Kawhi Leonard by two points in the total voting. The […]

The 2020 NBA Draft is full of mysteries, not only due to a cut-short collegiate season but also because of the top prospects nebulous short-sample size. Enter James Wiseman, a legitimate 7-footer that has all the raw skills to take the Golden State Warriors one notch above, at least according to Draymond Green. The dynamic […]

A U.S. Senator is looking for answers from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver regarding the league’s relationship with its longtime partner, China. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) expressed “concern” over how the NBA has dealt with a country known for its Communist regime, one that violates plenty of democratic views. In the two-page letter obtained by Sports […]