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Coby White of the Chicago Bulls set a rookie record on Tuesday night by becoming the only first-year player in NBA history to notch at least five three-pointers in three consecutive games. Justin Kubatko of StatMuse had the statistic: The @chicagobulls Coby White is the first rookie in NBA history to make 5 or more […]

After a stretch of bad games, James Harden of the Houston Rockets found the perfect panacea to cure his ills on Monday night: A game against the New York Knicks. Harden was looking sharp throughout and he laced this sweet no-look pass to a cutting Jeff Green to help punctuate a strong second quarter for […]

James Harden of the Houston Rockets is no stranger to brutal crossovers that send defenders flying. On Monday night, his newest victim was New York Knicks point guard Dennis Smith Jr., who was left on his rump after Harden shook with a crossover: Foul or no? Either way, James Harden had Dennis Smith Jr. playing […]

Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers has had an incredibly accomplished start to his NBA career. Though the 23-year-old redshirted his rookie season in 2016-17, the Australian roared back with a vengeance in his actual first playing year of 2017-18. He won a tightly contested Rookie of the Year vote against Donovan Mitchell. Now that […]

Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder is always ready with a quip or a quote when interacting with media, and that wittiness extended to what the 26-year-old center did over the All-Star break. serious training over the break 🐕 pic.twitter.com/saiW4Cx5Dx — OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) February 20, 2020 As you can see, the New Zealand […]

Quavo got to see this: Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks produced one of the most staggering games of his young career on Thursday night. He polished off the Miami Heat with a virtuoso performance: 50 points on 12 of 25 shooting with 8 assists and 8 made 3-pointers. Following the game on Atlanta’s home […]

In a riveting story for The Players’ Tribune, former NBA player Ben Gordon opened up about his mental health during and after an 11-season NBA career with four different teams including the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets. According to the story, Gordon thought about taking his own life on multiple occasions after his […]

Ja Morant, the rookie sensation for the Memphis Grizzlies, has some of the most staggering hops for a point guard in the entire NBA. In fact, one could argue that the 20-year-old No. overall pick is the single-best point guard dunker in the NBA. With a bendy frame and stunning athleticism, Morant has produced a […]

Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks returned to action with a career performance against the Miami Heat. In the game, the 21-year-old wunderkind absolutely destroyed new member of the Heat Andre Iguodala with not one, but two filthy crossovers before swishing deep triples. Trae had Iggy slipping 😮 pic.twitter.com/cGtKWC90Fy — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 21, 2020 […]

At first, it seemed as if 23-year-old Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns would not make his first All-Star team, despite producing his best overall season in his fifth year in the league. However, when it was announced that Damian Lillard would miss playing for Team LeBron due to an injury, Booker was chosen as […]

Despite the rousing success of the new NBA All-Star Game format which drew praise from fans and players alike, many fans of the players on Team Giannis were a tad perplexed by the unusual decisions made by Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse in the game’s closing moments. The Elam Ending of the game (which […]

The New York Knicks are currently sitting with a 17-38 record in the Eastern Conference. And the team does not look brilliantly set up for future success following some puzzling moves during the 2019 offseason. However, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel for bad teams due to the NBA draft. […]

The Boston Celtics and LA Clippers duked it out on TNT on Thursday night, and the Celtics came away victorious in a thrilling double-overtime contest. While Landry Shamet of the Clippers drilled a clutch triple to send the game to its second overtime, Kemba Walker and the Celtics would have the last laugh as the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers faced off against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night, and Nuggets backup point guard Monte Morris had some choice words for LeBron James. Monté Morris had some words for LeBron after hitting a three in his face 👀 pic.twitter.com/zh5yB0JrNl — ESPN (@espn) February 13, 2020 As can be seen on the […]

With the NBA’s trade deadline looming, the Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings agreed to a deal involving Jabari Parker, Alex Len and Dewayne Dedmon. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the deal: Sacrameto is trading Dewayne Dedmon to Atlanta for Jabari Parker and Alex Len, sources tell @ZachLowe_NBA and me. Atlanta also gets two second round […]

Steven Adams, the luscious-maned New Zealander for the Oklahoma City Thunder is not sweating the trade deadline despite the fact that his name has been heavily involved in tasty trade talks. For his part, the laid-back Kiwi is waiting until a “Woj bomb” hits courtesy of Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN: “As we all know,” Adams […]

Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers continues to pile up the honors and awards in his career. Now, the 28-year-old two-time Finals MVP will have his number 15 jersey number retired by his college team the San Diego State Aztecs. Leonard will be the first player in school history to have his number retired, […]

Matisse Thybulle of the Philadelphia 76ers was not named to the Rising Stars game during All-Star weekend, which is meant to showcase the up-and-coming young stars in the NBA. While big names such as Luka Doncic, Trae Young and Zion Williamson will be represented, Thybulle was snubbed and his 76ers teammate Al Horford was not […]

With Enes Kanter out for the Boston Celtics on Saturday night, that can only mean one thing: It’s Tacko Time! That’s right, two-way rookie Tacko Fall has been activated for tonight Celtics game against the Philadelphia 76ers, according to Jared Weiss of The Athletic. If he appears, which is likely, it will mark his fifth game […]

The New York Knicks are no strangers to losing. Since the 2000-01 season, the Knicks have only had three winning seasons – 2010-11 through 2012-13 – all the rest have been losing efforts. Included in that long run of subpar seasons are two putrid years in which the Knicks finished with awful records of 17-65, […]

The Brooklyn Nets honored the late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant on Wednesday, and Kyrie Irving can’t help but be emotional. Kobe and Gigi were among the nine people who died in a helicopter crash last Sunday in Calabasas, California. They were heading to the Mamba Academy at Thousand […]

As the heartbreaking loss of Kobe Bryant continues to reverberate around the NBA world – and the world at large – LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers took in his son Bronny James’s high school game with Sierra Canyon. Players for both sides began the game wearing Bryant shirts, and they both took 24-second […]

The Philadelphia 76ers faced off against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, and the Sixers won the game by a final score of 115 to 104. Almost every player was still reeling from the tragic loss of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and Sixers superstar Joel Embiid honored Kobe in […]

One day after the shocking, terrible passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others, NBA players and teams continue to show their support and adoration of the NBA legend during games. On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings faced off in Minnesota. Which is where Bryant passed his idol Michael Jordan […]

With the NBA world still reeling from the tragic death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his longtime sponsor and partner Nike has announced that it has pulled all Bryant-related merchandise from its website. I can confirm this. After talking to people at Nike, there is talk about the “Championship” Protro still releasing on […]

The NBA and the Los Angeles Lakers lost one of its greatest players on Sunday morning. It was reported that Kobe Bryant had passed away in a tragic helicopter crash. The crash also took the lives of his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. Bryant was a bona fide icon in the sports world […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has been named as the captain of his own All-Star team for the third straight season. However, although Anthony Davis is also among the players in the starter’s pool, James responded facetiously when asked if he would select AD when he drafts his team: LeBron was asked if […]

The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night by a final score of 102-95, yet the game lacked something of the pizzazz it normally would because both teams were missing key players to injury. The Clips did not have either Kawhi Leonard or Paul George among their ranks, and the Hawks did […]

Before taking on the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich opened up about the importance of Pels rookie Zion Williamson to the game. “I’m glad he’s back. A talent like that, he’s a great guy on top of it all, the whole world needs to see him. Obviously it’s […]

After months of anticipation, Zion Williamson made his NBA debut for the New Orleans Pelicans. Although he didn’t score in the first quarter, Williamson scored his first career field goal in the NBA on a putback layup attempt. Pelicans’ guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed a floater attempt in the paint, but Williamson was right there for […]

Dallas Mavericks center Dwight Powell has tragically torn his Achilles tendon and will miss the remainder of the Mavs’ season, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium: Mavericks’ Dwight Powell is expected to have suffered a season-ending torn right Achilles tendon, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Devastating blow for Dallas. — Shams Charania […]

Boston Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown knows the importance of their showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers, so he made it extra memorable with a vicious dunk on LeBron James. Midway through the third quarter and with the Celtics ahead by double digits, Brown showed no hesitation as he attacked the rim. With Danny Green defending […]

Despite suffering through a 13-28 slog of a season, the Washington Wizards are still clinging to life. In the wide-open race for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, the Wizards are just 4.5 games back. Wizards coach Scott Brooks spoke about the possibility of attaining that mythical spot in the playoffs: Via Fred Katz […]

The New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday by a final score of 126-116. And the Pels managed to achieve a franchise record in the process. The Pelicans hit an impressive 21 three-pointers, which broke the former franchise record of 19: Jrue Holiday ties a season-high with 36 PTS and the @PelicansNBA sink […]

James Harden of the Houston Rockets is leading the NBA in scoring this season. But on Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the former MVP produced an ugly stat line of 29 points on 9-of-29 shooting. That included a hideous 1-of-17 from beyond the three-point line. After the game, Harden was seen getting some shots […]

Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets is seemingly synonymous with triple-doubles at this point in his storied NBA career. On Monday, he achieved a singular feat that only one other player in NBA history has accomplished. Westbrook became the second player ever to produce a triple-double against every NBA franchise. Russell Westbrook has triple-double No. […]

The Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks played an entertaining game on national television on Thursday night with the East-leading Bucks just edging the Celtics by a final score of 128 to 123. Despite taking the “L,” the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum completely bamboozled Brook Lopez of the Bucks with a striking usage of the famous “Smitty” […]

The New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz played one of the best games of the night on Thursday. The Jazz was riding a 10-game winning streak, and the game ended up being a duel between Donovan Mitchell of the Jazz and Brandon Ingram of the Pels. While it looked as if the Jazz would take […]

The Phoenix Suns faced off against the New York Knicks on Thursday night, and the Suns were able to easily put away the Knicks on the road. A key reason was a huge game from Deandre Ayton, which was punctuated by this scintillating beyond half-court alley-oop from Ricky Rubio to the big man: Ricky Rubio […]