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In a game that will forever be linked to a possibly epoch-defining injury to one of the game’s best players, Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors ended with a one-point win for the visiting Warriors – but they also suffered a terrible loss with Kevin Durant going […]

Paul Pierce has been in the headlines as of late due to some rather muddy news regarding his famous wheelchair ride in Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals. Though there were initially concerns about Pierce’s health for the rest of the series, Pierce swiftly returned to the court and helped lead the Boston Celtics […]

Nikola Jokic and Juancho Hernangomez make up disparate parts of the Denver Nuggets’ supremely engaging young core. Jokic is the team’s MVP-level centerpiece while Juancho is more of a role player who can space the floor on offense and play capable switchable defense. Though they seem to be firm friends as members of the Nuggets, […]

LeBron James is signed to a huge, maximum contract with the Los Angeles Lakers until the 2021-22 season. He is also one of the most heavily endorsed athletes in any major U.S. professional sporting league, as this wrap-up from Lake Show World makes clear. The NBA’s Highest-Paid Players 2019: @KingJames Leads With $89 Million Total […]

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors has been nothing short of transcendent in the 2019 NBA Finals, and according to Adam Fromal of NBA Math, he produced a staggering statistic to quantify his amazing achievements in this series so far. Stephen Curry is averaging 32.4 points with a 60.7 true shooting percentage in the […]

Now in the department of “Wait… Really?”, let’s take a quick gander at an ongoing story involving the Toronto Raptors – the team that just coughed up a game at home against the Golden State Warriors in game 5 of the NBA Finals and (checks notes) Monster Energy drink? That’s right, Monster Energy believes that […]

The New York Knicks hold the number three overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, and it is becoming more likely that Duke guard RJ Barrett will be their selection. Even Barrett himself relayed that he wants to play in New York as a member of the Knicks – always a good start to a […]

On Tuesday, the Memphis Grizzlies announced that the team was hiring Taylor Jenkins as the team’s head coach starting in the 2019-20 season. Jenkins had been serving as one of Mike Budenholzer’s top lieutenants in both Atlanta and Milwaukee, and he clearly served as a guiding force in the development of various players over the […]

After a thrilling Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors, the NBA’s current landscape was irrevocably changed after superstar Kevin Durant made his return and was promptly pulled after almost 12 minutes of action due to injury. Reports surfaced on Tuesday that the 31-year-old suffered […]

Ahead of Game 5 of the NBA Finals featuring the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN released a new episode of his popular podcast titled The Woj Pod. In his most recent episode, Wojnarowski discussed the terrifically entertaining Warriors-Raptors series. In particular, Woj relayed a story that Manu Ginobili told him […]

For the first time in over a month of NBA Playoffs action, Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors suited up for a game. It just so happens that this is likely the most important game in recent Warriors franchise history, as the team finds themselves in the unenviable position of being down three games […]

Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley were bitter on-court rivals during their decorated NBA careers throughout the 1990s, though Barkley’s career started nine years prior to O’Neal’s. In fact, by the time Shaq played his first NBA game, Barkely had already made seven All-Star teams — and would make four more before his career was over. […]

USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo believes Denver Nuggets big man Paul Millsap has everything that the national team needs as they prepare for the FIBA World Cup in China. A four-time All-Star, Millsap was recently added to Team USA’s training camp pool ahead of the basketball world cup which is set to take place […]

The Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors meet in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. Justin Trudeau and Nancy Pelosi are interested in the outcome. The Warriors are facing a steep task in winning a win-or-go-home contest on the Raptors home floor. However, with Kevin Durant back and starting in the game, […]

The Golden State Warriors find themselves in a shocking position ahead of Monday night’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals — down 3-1 against a hungry and disciplined Toronto Raptors squad that’s playing on their home court. However, with Kevin Durant back in action for Game 5, the tables might just turn for Golden State, […]

The Golden State Warriors are all set to face the Toronto Raptors in a do-or-die Game 5 in Toronto with the Raptors leading the series 3 games to 1. However, this game will likely have a wildly different feel from the first four due to the simple fact that Kevin Durant, one of the best […]

The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, completing a two-game road sweep against the defending champions by besting the Warriors in Oracle Arena – in what might be the last game ever played in the storied building. Fred VanVleet was part of that effort. The Raptors continued […]

Jalen Rose, a 13-year NBA veteran and current NBA broadcaster and television personality on ESPN, was recently interviewed in The New Yorker regarding analytics. Specifically, Rose discussed the “cultural overtones” that analytics have in the NBA community. Rose touched on Daryl Morey and the Houston Rockets, plus the Golden State Warriors, former NBA player Josh […]

Though the majority of the basketball-loving public has its eyes firmly set on the NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors, teams that didn’t make the playoffs have already begun shifting pieces around the board and setting themselves up in free agency and the 2019 NBA Draft. Just look at the Brooklyn […]

Though most of the basketball-loving public’s attention remains fixed on the NBA Finals, in which the Toronto Raptors bested the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on Friday night, the NBA unveiled a press release that outlined the teams involved and schedule for the NBA Mexico City Games 2019. The upcoming 2019-20 season marks the […]

Magic Johnson, basketball Hall of Famer and one of the greatest Los Angeles Lakers of all time, has been in the news quite often recently due to his ignominious departure from his beloved former team as president. Along with a cavalcade of quotes regarding his former partner in basketball operations, general manager Rob Pelinka, Magic […]

The Gregg Popovich coaching tree is one of the most prolific and fruitful across the entire NBA, as a myriad of coaches has ties to Popovich as an assistant coach or some other position with the San Antonio Spurs under Coach Pop’s tutelage. Now, after news broke that Ime Udoka, a top assistant, will join […]

The Toronto Raptors and Danny Green strolled into Oracle Arena and nabbed a two games to one series lead over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night thanks to a consistent team effort. All five Raptors starters scored at least 17 points. Danny Green has experience firing off myriad triples in the NBA Finals, which […]

The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Thursday that head coach Terry Stotts would be losing one of his most notable lieutenants. David Vanterpool agreed to an associate head coaching gig with the Minnesota Timberwolves as a “defensive coordinator” under Ryan Saunders. Vanterpool had previously interviewed for the head coaching gig in full with the Wolves […]

Though obviously a brilliant athlete – as all NBA players are pretty much required to be – Luka Doncic does look a bit doughy around the face, neck and even tummy area. The Dallas Mavericks’ outspoken owner, Mark Cuban, poked fun at Doncic’s appearance, saying he saw “an ab” when Doncic was working out in […]

The Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors locked horns (or claws, in the Raptors’ case) for Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Oracle Arena on Wednesday night, with the Warriors tying the series up on the road with a massive Game 2 victory in which Andre Iguodala hit a massive, clinching three-pointer to stave […]

Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors has long been ridiculed and scoffed at for his robotic, cyborg-esque way in which he goes about the business of playing basketball. However, that mechanical approach and laser focus on what he is doing on the court on a nightly basis has led the Raptors to the NBA Finals […]

As rumors continue to swirl around the Boston Celtics’ mercurial point guard Kyrie Irving, the talented All-Star point guard traveled back to where he grew up on Wednesday, and a video clip was posted of Kyrie linking up with a jovial crossing guard that used to see Irving every day in 7th and 8th grade. […]

Before making it to the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors faced off against their Western Conference Finals foe from the year prior, the Houston Rockets, in the second round. Though the Warriors were clobbered by injuries, the Big 4 of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala were all healthy and playing […]

For the first time in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors had to go on the road in the NBA Finals. Of course, that makes sense since this is the first Finals appearance for the team ever – so everything they do in this Finals is a first. However, the team came under scrutiny for a […]

The Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors faced off in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. However, it wasn’t the players but the referees that took the spotlight early on. The NBA referees featured heavily in the early portion of the game with an avalanche of foul calls for both teams, including […]

Though the NBA Finals is garnering pretty much all of the headlines and attention for basketball fans right now, there was no Finals game scheduled on Tuesday night for basketball fans to imbibe, so Quinn Cook of the Golden State Warriors had some free time in hand. However, for the true diehards out there that […]

Before the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors face off in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, both teams held their media sessions on Tuesday while also getting in some practice time and shootaround. During the Warriors’ shootaround, two-time MVP Stephen Curry produced a sterling display of his 3-point prowess that is only fitting for […]

Andre Iguodala, despite being the least-heralded member of the Golden State Warriors’ top-tier roster, is perhaps the most important in terms of leadership and gutsiness. Iguodala memorably won Finals MVP in 2015 when he came in and played great defense on LeBron James while also scoring opportunistically on the other end. Fast-forward five years and […]

DeMar DeRozan of the San Antonio Spurs was recently featured on Bleacher Report’s Take It There with Taylor Rooks, and he dropped an interesting tidbit about his musical endeavors. “Can we get a track?!” 😂@DeMar_DeRozan says he has a secret mixtape and that Kendrick, Drake both think it’s nice. Season finale of “Take It There” […]

Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors are locked in a tight battle in the NBA Finals against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors. Leonard bounced back from a lost season and an ugly trade demand from his former team, the San Antonio Spurs, to be named to the All-NBA Second Team in his first […]

The Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors met in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, with the Warriors trying to make their case as one of the greatest teams in NBA history. However, the Raptors had other ideas. They held numerous advantages over the Warriors that other teams simply haven’t had. For […]

The Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors faced off in the first Finals game in NBA history outside of the United States, and the atmosphere could not have been better. Also: Pascal Siakam could not have been better. The ScotiaBank Arena was rocking and ready to see the best team in franchise history face the […]

You have to hand it to Drake. The omnipresent Global Brand Ambassador for the Toronto Raptors is having himself quite an NBA Playoffs run. With the NBA Finals on Canadian soil for the first time in NBA history, it is certainly Drake’s time to shine. Seeing as the Warriors will be starting the Finals on […]