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NCAA basketball analyst Jay Bilas has always been a huge proponent of college basketball as a tool for incoming prospects to gear up to the NBA game. The recent changes surrounding the eligibility of “elite” high school athletes, who will be allowed to sign with agents once the one-and-done rule is abolished, might suggest the […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and Orlando Magic center Mo Bamba might be entering their rookie season in the NBA, but they already know where to find a good offseason run. The two rookies were spotted playing some of the best pickup runs alongside Carmelo Anthony, CJ McCollum, Enes Kanter, and other known pros, as […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have put a roster together based on the collective youth accumulated through the NBA Draft and loose pieces on one-year contracts to surround their glorified signing, LeBron James, with working pieces. Veteran forward Michael Beasley was one of them, and while he currently understands the skepticism surrounding the roster, he does […]

Tyler Johnson will enter his fifth NBA season with a veteran approach, putting his health and conditioning ahead of any potential improvement in his game. The hybrid guard played 72 games last season, but was hampered by on-going injuries, which cost him the benefit of the doubt after signing a beefy four-year, $50 million deal […]

Michael Beasley is entering his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers with a tempered expectation of what this upcoming season will be, coming from a franchise like the New York Knicks that got their playoff hopes smashed rather early into the 2017-18 campaign. The veteran scorer knows that this is still a process for […]

Miami Heat guard Tyler Johnson had a bit of a head-scratching 2017-18 season. Poised to make his mark as one of the team’s best young players, Johnson saw some ups and downs throughout the season, never finding the right consistency and finishing his season playing through a painful injury. “I had some ups and downs […]

Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard Zhaire Smith underwent successful surgery to repair Jones acute fracture in his left foot on Friday, with no timetable to return, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The surgery will repair the fracture on his fifth metatarsal, which he suffered earlier this week when attending a developmental camp in […]

Dirk Nowitzki is coming back for an NBA-record 21st season with the same team, the Dallas Mavericks, hopeful to go out on a winning note. For the 7-footer, that would be another adventure in the playoffs, but judging by the Mavs’ last two seasons, that seems to be a work in progress. The 40-year-old noted […]

Markieff Morris has recently battled some injuries during his past two seasons with the Washington Wizards, first a sprained left ankle injury after the 2016-17 postseason and later underwent a sports hernia surgery just before the 2017-18 season began. This time around, he will have a clean bill of health and hit the ground running coming […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have retooled its roster after finally parting ways with Carmelo Anthony after a one-year gamble cam back empty-handed — making the most of his departure by adding a talented bench cog in Dennis Schroder and adding a big man with intangibles in Nerlens Noel. According to TNT analyst Charles Barkley, the […]

Sacramento Kings point guard Frank Mason III and rapper Lil Wayne will settle their differences amicably, avoiding a potential federal court suit from taking place, according to Darren Heitner of Sports Agent Blog. Lil Wayne’s sports agency had sued the young guard for stealing a Young Money gold chain and leaving the agency only a […]

One member of the Los Angeles Lakers’ young core wasted no time making fun of their new superstar addition, clowning LeBron James for a photo of himself in a Lakers practice jersey. It was none other than Josh Hart taking his first shot at King James through Instagram. “Why it look like he got a […]

Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki is expecting his team to bounce back after two seasons mired in the cellar of the Western Conference. The 40-year-old Nowitzki decided to return for his 21st season, hoping to go out in a winning note after struggling with injuries the past two years. “I think we should be a […]

Carmelo Anthony is only days away from signing with the Houston Rockets after agreeing to a one-year, $2.4 million deal for the veteran’s minimum, but the Atlanta Hawks are still hoping to celebrate his few days with the team by giving him a commemorative jersey. Hey @carmeloanthony your jersey is on it’s way…good luck, fam! […]

Enes Kanter has dealt with the backlash of his political opinions ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took the helm in 2014, often criticizing the center and maligning anyone who declares any sort of tie with him. The feud between the 6-foot-11 big man and the Turkish leader went even further when his support […]

While the former duo of ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania have gotten more NBA scoops than a Coldstone Creamery, there is yet another scoopmaster operating in the interweb, providing breaking news days before the two lauded insiders did for their own networks. Reddit user SEAinLA had Kevin Love’s four-year, $120 million extension […]

“Grind Week” has been a customary part of Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green’s offseason, as he and other NBA stars like Aaron Gordon, Robert Covington, Denzel Valentine, Brandon Rush, Beno Udrih, Noah Vonleh, Ian Clark, and Mario Chalmers, among others, compete in workout sessions and high-level pickup games, which could be a rarity in […]

Rudy Gay was having none of Stephen Jackson’s criticism after the latter called him a “brown-noser” for coming into the defense of the San Antonio Spurs following their trade of Kawhi Leonard for DeMar DeRozan. While Gay gave an answer that could have been suited for a Spurs public relations handout, his words were actually […]

Former NBA guard Nate Robinson has plenty of anecdotes from his time in the league, having played for eight teams over 11 years as a pro. One of his favorites? The time former Boston Celtics teammate Paul Pierce hit a game-winning shot against the New York Knicks, as Robinson had a near-death experience, trying to […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James’ son, affectionately known as Bronny, seems to be getting the hang of what dunking is all about after throwing down his very first dunk two weeks ago during an exhibition game. The 13-year-old recently enrolled in eighth grade at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences and is already bringing the heat […]

An innocent kid recently asked Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki if he was going to break Wilt Chamberlain’s towering 100-point record in an NBA game, according to Dwain Price of Mavs.com. As Dirk mentioned, the kid must not watch a ton of the Mavs. Nowitzki’s response was filled with his signature sass, one we’ve come […]

A newly-signed petition is calling on President Donald Trump to replace Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos with Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James. The Care2 petition, which was first posted on Tuesday afternoon, has already garnered more than 9,500 signatures of the 10,000 required. Rebecca G., who created the petition, called the new Lakers star “an inspiration to kids all over […]

New Toronto Raptors forward Danny Green shared his top-five players from his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — place in which he spent four season before declaring for the NBA Draft in 2009. The now-veteran sharpshooter traded thoughts with BIG3 voice Michael Rapaport on the matter, ultimately coming up with […]

Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard released his first statement since being part of a blockbuster trade that ended his seven-year stint with the San Antonio Spurs — a run that held astronomical potential yet ended abruptly and even left a bad taste in the mouth. While it’s now been several weeks since the trade that […]

The Chicago Bulls will open their 2018-19 season on Oct. 18 by facing one of the frontrunners for the Eastern Conference crown in the Philadelphia 76ers on TNT, according to K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune. Sixers vs. Bulls, let’s go! While the young Bulls won’t appear in the Christmas Day slate of games, they […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are one of the dark horse candidates to take the East by storm, thanks to LeBron James’ departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers, leaving the Eastern Conference wide open for the first time in his 15-year career. Yet most are expecting the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Philadelphia 76ers to be the frontrunners […]

The Houston Rockets will get their season started on Oct. 17 against Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans, the NBA announced Wednesday. Clutch City will start the day after the season takes off on Oct. 16, while also taking on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers along with the L.A. Clippers in the […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo has a chance to take over the throne LeBron James left after bolting for the Los Angeles Lakers. Milwaukee Bucks new addition Brook Lopez thinks the title is Antetokounmpo’s to lose, as he has already put an impressive body of work over the last couple of seasons, leading the team in four of […]

LeBron James will have the first opportunity to play in front of his new home crowd at Staples Center as the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Houston Rockets on Oct. 20, the NBA announced Wednesday. James will get his first taste of a full NBA schedule loaded with Western Conference teams, starting with the […]

The four-year rivalry between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors is now etched as a part of NBA history, but LeBron James’ personal mission to dethrone the back-to-back champions surely isn’t. James’ Los Angeles Lakers will face the Warriors in two marquee matchups on Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Day, the NBA announced […]

Gerald Green won’t stray too far from his early Houston playground days, hoping to get one more crack at the Golden State Warriors after coming ever-so-close to dethroning the champs in the Western Conference Finals. “Absolutely. We know we have that chance. It’s kind of like, we want that rematch, we wanna run it back,” […]

The NCAA will now allow “elite” high school and prospective college athletes to be represented by an agent, while also permitting players to return to school if undrafted by the NBA, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. This is a huge progressive change, which is paving the way for the removal of the one-and-done era, […]

LeBron James and the new-look Los Angeles Lakers will get their first taste of regular-season competition on Oct. 18 by taking on the Portland Trail Blazers on the road, according to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer. Formerly the King of the East, James will have no nights off in this Western Conference, taking on teams […]

Victor Oladipo infamously texted his trainer, David Alexander, shortly after a Game 7 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs, and while the two have been tirelessly putting in work ever since, this potential workout is not for the faint of heart. Alexander tagged Oladipo on a clip from a […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics will tip-off the 2018-19 NBA season on Oct. 16, with the Golden State Warriors taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder to follow, according to Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports. The Sixers and Celtics are two of the teams with potential to take over the Eastern Conference crown […]

NBA athletes are often lauded for their on-court exploits, but their offseason efforts are often just as impressive, if not more. This hasn’t been any more clear than it was last month when LeBron James opened up his I Promise School, giving 300 kids in his hometown of Akron an opportunity to defeat the odds […]

The four-year rivalry between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers has surely come to an end after LeBron James parted ways with the team, bolting for sunny Los Angeles and agreeing to a four-year, $154 million deal with the Lakers. Andre Iguodala has been the primary defender on King James for four straight […]

Andre Iguodala wasn’t short of compliments for his teammate Kevin Durant, as the perennial scorer has gone through the wringer, criticized for every decision and every word that comes out of his mouth since leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016. The 2015 Finals MVP lauded the fellow two-time Finals MVP for his innate ability […]

Detroit Pistons new signing Jose Calderon had his home in Avon Lake, Ohio burglarized over a five-day period in late July, as big and small items were swiped from his residence, according to CBS Cleveland 19 News. The Spanish international spent the 2017-18 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and had a neighbor check on the home. […]