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Despite a disappointing first season with the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James is still largely considered a star’s best bet to play alongside in hopes to win a championship. However, rumors of his incompatibility with other star players has run rampant throughout this season, a feeling that has only reverberated in front offices. According to […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry’s renewed sense of vision has helped greatly since first getting some contact lenses to help correct his astigmatism, a condition he has had throughout his whole life, but had worsened over the years. The Warriors sharpshooter had shot a pedestrian 36.6% from deep after the All-Star break, but recently […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks are two marquee franchises that now have their doors open to a slew of free agents looking for a new place to call home. However, current and former front office executives believe their less-sparkly neighbors, the L.A. Clippers and the Brooklyn Nets, could wind up being […]

Philadelphia 76ers guard Jimmy Butler admitted he almost quit basketball entirely during his time at Marquette University as a freshman, playing under Golden Eagles former coach Buzz Williams. The Sixers star told Taylor Rooks of Bleacher Report about the time he almost called it quits before even reaching the NBA level. Asked of the saddest […]

What’s a sharpshooter without great eyesight? That’s the very question that plagued Stephen Curry amid a dismal shooting struggle. The Golden State Warriors star had shot a mere 48-of-131 from deep after the All-Star break (36.6 percent), while his prior history predicted much superior shooting percentages (averaged 46.5 percent after the break in his last nine […]

The Golden State Warriors had likely their last statement game of the 2018-19 season with a convincing 116-102 win over the Denver Nuggets, which served not only to settle a potential tiebreaker discrepancy, but to preview a few key important factors as the team approaches the playoffs. The later part of TNT’s Players Only doubleheader […]

Murray State sophomore guard Ja Morant is set to declare for the NBA later today during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨#RacerNation, We have some exciting news to share with you this evening! Join us tonight at 6pm over at the CFSB Center for […]

Paul George raved about teammate Russell Westbrook after an iconic performance saw him trot out a 20-point, 20-rebound, 21-assist performance against the hapless Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard planned to honor the late Nipsey Hussle, also from his hometown of LA, by going all out with a blockbuster […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is expecting his players to adjust to the calls made by the referees as the postseason approaches, as featured star Kevin Durant hit the showers early after being ejected in the third quarter of a primetime Western Conference matchup against the Denver Nuggets. Kerr noted he had no […]

Draymond Green knew the moment Golden State Warriors teammate DeMarcus Cousins set foot in Oracle Arena, it was to settle matters with one of the best bigs in the game in Nikola Jokic. The dynamic power forward praised his frontcourt partner after Boogie posted 28 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, which was arguably his […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had his reservations about Kevin Durant’s quick two technical fouls that saw him get ejected early in the third quarter after arguing a call as he made his way back on defense. “I thought he deserved the first technical, but I didn’t think he deserved the second one,” […]

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry took no mercy on veteran forward Paul Millsap of the Denver Nuggets, throwing him straight into the blender with a slick hesitation move before finding Alfonzo McKinnie for a corner three. Curry attacked the gap early, beating Monte Morris and Millsap to the punch, forcing the latter to […]

Kevin Durant has seen his Golden State Warriors thrive in the last four games with him as the primary distributor, averaging eight assists per game in the last four outings. He claims this wasn’t premeditated. “If I got one shot at the end of the first quarter, it’s how the game plays out. If I […]

The Washington Wizards have fired their president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld on Tuesday, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Grunfeld was initially hired in 2003 and was one of the longest-serving basketball executives in the NBA. Team owner Ted Leonsis wrote the following in a team-issued statement: “We did not meet […]

Jamal Crawford has no intentions to retire, despite his shooting numbers showing he’s likely tip-toeing the end of the line in his recent season with the Phoenix Suns. Crawford was at one point in danger of going unsigned throughout this season before the Suns agreed to sign him to a one-year deal. Despite his less-than-favorable […]

Houston Rockets general manager is likely the biggest proponent of James Harden’s candidacy as a potential recipient of the Most Valuable Player award. The longtime executive didn’t lose a chance to make the case for his star shooting guard, taking to Twitter to prove his point, responding to David Locke’s tweet about All-NBA selections. Morey […]

Tuesday night’s primetime slot is not short of drama for TNT, the channel that will televise a notable tilt between the visiting Denver Nuggets and the host Golden State Warriors, battling for a potential tiebreaker that could decide the top seed in the Western Conference. Yet this matchup will decide much more than who will […]

An NBA Draft scout offered a surprising comparison for top-overall prospect Zion Williamson, linking him to Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green due to his never-ending motor. “His closest analog in the NBA is probably Draymond Green, just way more athletic,” the scout told Sports Illustrated. “Draymond Green with rockets in his a**. Play the […]

Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics was one of the many NBA players touched and devastated by the loss of Nipsey Hussle, the L.A.-based rapper that was shot and killed in front of his own clothing store on Sunday afternoon. Several players took to social media to express their grief and give their condolences. Others […]

The Utah Jazz have found a gold mine in center Rudy Gobert, a 7-foot-1 Goliath who, with time and patience, has become the franchise’s vital cog at the offensive end. Once known as merely a defensive stalwart, Gobert has slowly become more adept on offense, going from a lob-catching target to a lob-catching threat, one […]

The name Rudy Gobert often comes across in conversations for the NBA’s rebounding and shot-blocking leaders, as well as the Defensive Player of the Year — yet the Utah Jazz big dipper has sneakily become an offensive weapon for his team. The 7-foot-1 Stifle Tower was once known as a lob-catching and put-back machine in […]

Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker has reached the top of the charts in a rather unlikely way, as his 47-point, three-assist performance against the Utah Jazz on Monday accounted for an NBA-record 88.7 percent of the starters’ scoring, according to Jason Kubatko of StatMuse. Such percentages are usually tied to giant scoring nights like […]

LeBron James faced a decision similar to the one Zion Williamson will have to make after declaring for the NBA Draft. Many sneaker companies will throw their hat in the circle in hopes to secure a meeting with the most-coveted college athlete, just like they once did for James coming out of high school in […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were on a mission to stop Devin Booker from dropping 50 on them, as the Phoenix Suns phenom is going through the best scoring streak of his young career, dropping 59 points against the Utah Jazz, 50 against the Washington Wizards and 48 against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Cavs bench had told him […]

Al Horford admitted to having a special motivation to notch the first triple-double of his 2018-19 season before trotting out a 19-point, 11-rebound, 10-assist night in the Boston Celtics’ 1101-05 win against the Miami Heat on Monday night. Horford admitted to looking at his wife, Anna, on the sidelines and getting the final nod from […]

Stephen Curry is a few games away from finishing his 10th NBA season, having already smashed plenty of records throughout his time in the league. Yet the Golden State Warriors star still feels he has some years left in his prime, years he will use to go after Ray Allen’s record of the most 3-pointers […]

Before trotting out their best win of the season in terms of victory margin, the Golden State Warriors were shaken by a news report only minutes before tip-off. Kevin Durant informed Stephen Curry of the death pronouncement of friend Nipsey Hussle, a Los Angeles-based rapper who was shot six times in front of his clothing […]

Kristaps Porzingis’ lawyer, Roland G. Riopelle, has cooperated with the New York District Attorney’s office in the investigation of his client’s alleged sexual assault against a woman who lived in his Manhattan apartment building. The woman went to the police after Porzingis allegedly failed to pay her $68,000, which she says he had promised her for […]

Lance Stephenson was determined to get his shot at the NBA Finals this past offseason, and he saw no better path to get there but to play for the Los Angeles Lakers and join a cast spearheaded by LeBron James, who had reached the last eight Finals. Upon seeing that dream blow up, Stephenson drove home […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is glad longtime conference staple Dwyane Wade is choosing to retire after this season, knowing the series of headaches he’s brought his team after several years of competition against the Miami Heat and the soon-to-be Hall of Famer. Stevens stressed outmost respect for his career, noting he’s looking as […]

The Philadelphia 76ers will be without star forward Jimmy Butler for Monday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Butler is dealing with back tightness and will be day-to-day moving forward, unlike his frontcourt partner Joel Embiid, who is slated to miss the next two games for load management […]

Andre Drummond broke into the league already boasting some shot-blocking chops, ones that only became more evident in the second and third year of his career, blocking close to two shots per game as a starter. Yet the fear of being part of the wrong end of a poster was a real one for the […]

Golden State Warriors guard Quinn Cook has begun to flourish in the latter third of the regular season, just in time to secure a spot in the playoff rotation as the team fights for the top seed in a loaded Western Conference. The former two-way player was signed to a full-fledged deal late in 2017-18, […]

LeBron James has been shut down for the rest of the season, effectively missing the team’s last six games of the 2018-19 campaign, including Sunday’s 130-102 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. While head coach Luke Walton played a great role in “convincing” James to call it a wrap, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar knows […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have seen a precipitous fall from the third-place spot in the West they used to occupy not long ago, dropping to the eighth and last seed in the conference after the last two losses. Paul George and company have now lost seven of their last 10 games, leaving him and the […]

Nikola Jokic is facing the aftermath of his frustration with the officials, one that wound up costing his Denver Nuggets a win over the Washington Wizards, as they fell 95-90 on Sunday night. The big man was ejected with 3:47 left in regulations after arguing for contact during a physical finish at the rim, one […]

The alleged rape victim of Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis reportedly contacted the New York Knicks, Porzingis’ former team, in private to work out a $68,000 payment, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The woman had wanted to “mediate in private” with the Knicks in hopes that Porzingis would honor the $68,000 payment, which would be […]

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was ejected with 3:47 left in regulation against the lottery-bound Washington Wizards, resulting in a costly 95-90 loss that now puts them a full game behind the Golden State Warriors for the top seed in the West. Jokic, who has traded barbs with officials in the past, revealed the exchange […]

The Golden State Warriors clinched the Pacific Division title for the fifth straight year under head coach Steve Kerr thanks to a 137-90 landslide win over the Charlotte Hornets. Needless to say, Draymond Green celebrated, but Steve Kerr knows his oomph had a lot more to do with Michigan State taking down Duke to move […]