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Marc Gasol recently won an NBA championship as a key part of the Toronto Raptors run to the title. Gasol was obtained midway through the season from the Memphis Grizzlies as part of a wild trade deadline that saw multiple big names get sent to other teams. Of course, not all players involved in deadline […]

Dante Exum of the Utah Jazz suffered a torn patellar tendon in his right knee during the 2018-19 NBA regular season, forcing him to only play in 42 games with Utah last season. That injury also forced Exum to be ruled out of competing for Australia in the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, where […]

Due to their immense success in recent years, the Golden State Warriors have been the bane of many basketball fans for the past few seasons. As the feted Hamptons Five unit attempted to three-peat last season, the team’s new stadium – the Chase Center – was announced to open the following season. Though the shiny […]

DeMarcus Cousins of the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a tragic torn ACL after signing with the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason, which threw a wrench into the team’s frontcourt rotation. According to a Tweet from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers were looking at Marreese Speights, Joakim Noah or, most notably, Dwight Howard to replace Boogie. […]

The Boston Celtics completely retooled on the fly during this offseason by acquiring Kemba Walker as well as a bevy of interesting young talents. Though their draft was led by selections in the first and second round of highly touted prospects such as Romeo Langford, Grant Williams, Carsen Edwards and Tremont Waters, the team nabbed […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder is excited to get to work with his new club after being included in the massive Paul George trade by the LA Clippers. In a recent article by Brett Dawson of The Athletic, Gilgeous-Alexander outlined the fact that he is a “sponge” when it comes to learning from […]

Larry Bird, aka Larry Legend or The Hick from French Lick, is one of the greatest players in NBA history. He is also a legend in Indiana, and his college ball was played at Indiana State. A recent mural by street artist Jules Muck was recently erected in Fountain Square that paid tribute to Larry […]

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal has a message to Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys: pay Ezekiel Elliott. Elliott is currently on a contract holdout with the Cowboys, with the star running back searching for a bigger pay from the $12.9 million he is set to make in the remaining two years of his contract. […]

Marcus Smart, the beloved, scrappy point guard of the Boston Celtics, has not been well-known throughout his career for his outside shooting. But during warmups for Team USA, it looks as if Smart has debuted his newest shooting stroke. He’s back… @smart_MS3 over his head! #USABMNT #USAGotGame pic.twitter.com/sXuPFb5XO6 — NBA (@NBA) August 22, 2019 As […]

After a fairly tough season last year that saw the ouster of NBA champion Tyronn Lue as head coach, the Cleveland Cavaliers are hoping to bounce back in the second of the year of the team’s second post-LeBron James era. The Cavs started by hiring head coach John Beilein, who made a beeline for the […]

Even though the NBA’s regular-season won’t begin for another two months or so, New Orleans Pelicans star rookie is still making headlines off the court. According to a story on Nola.com by Nathan Brown and Bryn Stole, Zion Williamson has filed a lawsuit against Prime Sports LLC and its founder Gina Ford for “predatory” behavior […]

JR Smith has long been known for his on-court gaffes and boneheaded mistakes, but he played up that reputation during a pickup game this offseason against the Portland Trail Blazers star guard CJ McCollum. JR accused CJ of traveling so he did this on the next play and J. Cole started laughing. 🤣🤣🤣 (via @cbrickley603) […]

Boston Celtics star Kemba Walker joined his fellow NBA players in mocking Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma. Kuzma, who is known for his audacious sartorial choices, sent social media ablaze with his latest outfit and rather interesting pose. As you can see, Kuzma is fully channeling the JNCO jeans trend of the mid-to-late 1990s. […]

According to a story in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, a preseason game on October 3 between the Houston Rockets and LA Clippers sold out within minutes of going on sale to the general public. The game, which is slated to take place at the Stan Sheriff Center in Oahu, was understandably widely noted on preseason calendars […]

With the FIBA World Cup in China right around the corner, multiple teams are gearing up to take a run at a Team USA squad that is widely regarded as fairly vulnerable for the first time in years. After the recent losses to a select team, the featured numerous unsigned free agents, Two-Way players, and […]

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey has never been one to shy away from bold proclamations. In an interview on the 100 Thieves podcast Selfmade, Morey fired off a scintillating take on the Rockets’ MVP-level guard James Harden stating that The Beard is a better scorer than Michael Jordan in NBA history. https://twitter.com/Rockets_Insider/status/1162108073399463946 As you […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma admits that participating in the Team USA camp is more taxing than a regular training, but he believes it’s way better than playing pickup games this summer. Plenty of NBA stars withdrew from Team USA participation in order to prepare themselves for the upcoming NBA season. However, Kuzma thinks […]

Say what you will about Jeff Van Gundy’s sometimes outdated view of basketball when he’s commentating on television, the man can flat-out coach the game. Van Gundy was in the news on Wednesday after he coached the USA men’s national select team – the “JV squad” to Gregg Popovich’s “varsity team” – to two victories […]

The USA Men’s national basketball team is preparing for the FIBA World Cup, which is slated to begin over the course of the next few weeks. Multiple players were in line to make the final squad of 12 players, but perhaps head coach Gregg Popovich will change his tack after the primary team was soundly […]

According to a report in the New York Post, the Brooklyn Nets will soon have a single owner. The new owner of the team –or governor, if Adam Silver gets his wish – has long been a minority owner of the team: Joseph Tsai, the Taiwanese billionaire co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba will soon buy […]

The NBA released its schedule for the 2019-20 season earlier this week, which led to a cavalcade of schedule reveals from all teams in the NBA. Multiple teams opted to unveil their schedules in video form in the style of the ubiquitous Netflix menu, including the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers were ousted by the Boston […]

Zion Williamson and Ja Morant will play on a national holiday. It’s perfect for the New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies. The NBA released full 2019-20 schedules for all 30 teams in the NBA at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, August 12. After an action-packed offseason, the schedule was highly anticipated and the schedule […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers made waves when he signed the team last offseason. After playing his entire career with the Cleveland Cavaliers (on two separate occasions) and the Miami Heat for four memorable seasons, James opted to trek over to the Western Conference after utterly dominating the East for his entire career. […]

After a strong season in 2018-19, the Sacramento Kings will look to continue their ascent into the Western Conference playoffs in 2019-20. According to a recent report from Sean Cunningham of ABC10 Sacramento, the Kings opening game matchup and home opener have been leaked. “According to sources, the Kings will open their 2019-20 NBA season […]

Max Kellerman of ESPN’s First Take is known for his strong opinions and, well, takes on the sporting news of the day. On today’s episode of the show, Kellerman fired off a rather strong opinion on Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets, related to Durant’s historical stature were he to bring a championship to New […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr will have to get used to a far different roster than what he has been accustomed to over the past few seasons. With Kevin Durant now on the Brooklyn Nets and Klay Thompson out for much of the upcoming season with a torn ACL, the Warriors will rely […]

Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox was recently promoted from the Team USA select squad to the main roster, and USA Basketball director Jerry Colangelo believes Fox has a legitimate chance of making it to the national team. After a slew of withdrawals by the NBA top players, Team USA was forced to find replacements as […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr admits they will ‘desperately’ need D’Angelo Russell in the upcoming NBA season. The Warriors will enter the 2019-20 season as a playoff team but not a title contender. After all, they lost Kevin Durant to the Brooklyn Nets this offseason, while All-Star sharpshooter Klay Thompson is expected to […]

For NBA players, the grind rarely stops in the offseason. Numerous players often ply their trade at the Drew League – and invitation-only event in Los Angeles. This year, players such as Trae Young and John Collins were invited and Drew League legend Franklin Sessions (Frank Nitty) also showed out. However, one of the most […]

The Toronto Raptors have signed Oshae Brissett to an Exhibit 10 deal, per Blake Murphy of The Athletic. Raptors have signed Oshae Brissett to an Exhibit 10 deal (camp invite and chance to make team, and a bonus if waived and spends enough time with 905). Roster stands full at 20 for the time being. […]

Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat recently turned 22 years old on July 18, and he received some powerful words of wisdom from teammate Udonis Haslem on Instagram. As he told Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, Adebayo was touched by Haslem’s claim that Adebayo had the “mold of a [Heat] lifer.” “First of all, that […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has been rumored to want to play in the NBA long enough to play alongside his eldest son, Bronny James Jr. Of course, next season, James will be playing in his 17th NBA season, and he has a ton of mileage on his tires during that time. Now […]

If you’ve been on social media over the past 24 hours, you will have noticed an absolute glut of digitally altered images of friends, family, celebrities and anyone with a face made to look older than they are. Via an app called FaceApp, which uses neural network technology to generate highly realistic transformations of faces, […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard is not a big fan of popular basketball video game, NBA 2K, and its player ratings. NBA 2K recently released the ratings of the top players for the latest installment of the series. As expected, Lillard was in the top 10, rated at 92 for the ninth spot. Dame […]

Popular video game NBA 2K just released some of the player ratings for their newest installment NBA 2K20. However, while the developers provided graphics in revealing the ratings of the top players, it’s worth noting that no one from the Golden State Warriors — particularly Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson — didn’t have the same […]

The Los Angeles Clippers appear to be the strongest NBA team on paper; however, their superstar duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George is only the second-highest rated partnership in the upcoming video game NBA 2K20. LeBron James and Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers are tagged with the highest rating at 95.5, albeit […]

While the entire NBA world continues to reverberate with the news that Russell Westbrook is now a member of the Houston Rockets, the Denver Nuggets added another player to their team on Saturday. According to Emiliano Carchia of Sportando, the Nuggets will sign Slovenian star Vlatko Cancar. The 22-year-old forward was drafted by the Nuggets […]

The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled Anthony Davis’s number and jersey during the 26-year-old’s introductory press conference on Saturday. General Manager Rob Pelinka, new head coach Frank Vogel and luminary teammate LeBron James were all present at this fateful occasion. One notable change for the new Lakers superstar is that he will no longer be wearing […]

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Behold! Here’s Anthony Davis with his Los Angeles Lakers uniform for the first time. Anthony Davis with new Lakers’ No. 3 jersey pic.twitter.com/2wKtQBrut0 — Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 13, 2019 As you can see, Ben Golliver of the Washington Post shared the image of the Lakers’ new […]