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Growing up, Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey was around quite a few big name WNBA players. His mother, Niele Ivey, played five seasons in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury, Indiana Fever and Detroit Shock. Ivey was born in 2002 when his mother was in the middle of her WNBA career. One of those players […]

The Dallas Mavericks are well-represented at NBA All-Star Weekend. The Mavs have Luka Doncic playing in Sunday’s big game and rookie Dereck Lively II making an appearance in the Rising Stars game. The Rising Stars is the first major event of NBA All-Star Weekend, and during practice on Friday, players on the team attempted to […]

The Tennessee Volunteers had a big game on Thursday against the No. 1 team in the country in undefeated South Carolina. Tennessee hasn’t been bad, they’re 15-9 overall and 8-4 in SEC play. They managed to hang tough against South Carolina before falling, 66-55. Despite the loss, Tennessee got strong play once again from Rickea […]

The Miami Heat have gained a reputation across the NBA for having one of the top scouting staffs in the league. Last season during their miraculous run to the NBA Finals, they had a total of five undrafted players playing regular rotation minutes in Caleb Martin, Duncan Robinson, Gabe Vincent, Max Strus and Haywood Highsmith. […]

The Indiana Pacers pulled off one of the biggest moves of the trade season when they acquired All-Star forward Pascal Siakam from the Toronto Raptors. The Pacers haven’t quite shot up in the Eastern Conference standings though following the trade as some might have expected. The Pacers are only 5-5 in their last ten games […]

There was much anticipation building up to this, and Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark finally became the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer for women’s basketball. She was a mere eight points away from breaking Kelsey Plum’s record coming into Iowa’s game against Michigan on Thursday. She broke the record in true Caitlin Clark fashion, pulling up […]

Right now, the New York Knicks have three players who played together in college at Villanova. Those three players are Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo and Josh Hart. They had a fourth member in Ryan Arcidiacono but he was traded to the Detroit Pistons at the NBA trade deadline and subsequently released. If Josh Hart had […]

NBA All-Star Weekend is here and one of the kickoff events is the annual Rising Stars Challenge. The event features some of the top rookies and second-year players as well as a few G League standouts. It’s been reorganized in recent years to a tournament format with four teams battling for a spot in the […]

The Orlando Magic have been one of the surprise teams of this NBA season with a complete about face from previous years. They’re currently in the postseason picture in the Eastern Conference standings. A big reason for the Magic turnaround has been the elite level of play from Paolo Banchero. The Magic grabbed a big […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes have gotten off to a disappointing start to this NCAA season. Although they are 14-11 overall, they’ve struggled in Big 10 Conference play, managing only a 4-10 record. As a result, Ohio State made the decision to fire longtime head coach Chris Holtmann. The firing came after the Buckeyes most recent […]

The Phoenix Suns have been playing much better since their early poor start to the season. A big reason for that was due to injuries and the team has since gotten healthy, especially Bradley Beal. The Suns had a game agains the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday on suddenly found themselves shorthanded as Devin Booker was […]

The Brooklyn Nets could have had a Hall of Fame player suit up for them during the 2010-2011 NBA season. That was when Carmelo Anthony let it be known that he wanted a trade from the Denver Nuggets. The former Nuggets star was recently in the headlines regarding his old team due the Nikola Jokic […]

The Golden State Warriors started off this season in disappointing fashion and had been floundering near the bottom of the Western Conference standings. They’ve seemingly turned things around having won seven of their last ten games and five in a row. The Warriors have been without Chris Paul though during this recent stretch. Chris Paul […]

The Golden State Warriors have been playing much better basketball as of late and have put themselves in position to reach the play-in tournament. The Warriors have seemingly turned around what was a poor start to the season and was overshadowed by Draymond Green’s on the court antics. But despite Green’s suspensions that have threatened […]

As part of the NBA’s new CBA, the league instituted a threshold for players to be eligible for postseason awards including All-NBA teams and All-Defensive teams. That threshold is 65 games with the exception being a season-ending injury. The new policy has already had vocal critics including Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton. Haliburton has been […]

The Boston Celtics are largely considered the favorite to win the NBA title this season among fans and media alike. They’ve consistently been the best team in the league on the court and currently hold the best record in the NBA as well. A big part of the Celtics success this season has been the […]

The Toronto Raptors were one of the most active teams at the NBA trade deadline. They even kicked off the trade season with the OG Anunoby trade in late December. One of the teams who served as a trade partner with the Raptors was the Utah Jazz. The Jazz acquired Kira Lewis Jr. and Otto […]

The Boston Celtics have been by far and away the best team in the NBA this season. They currently hold the best record in the NBA at 41-12. While they were eliminated by the No. 8 seeded Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Celtics are considered one of the favorites to […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels had been one of the top teams in college basketball this season. They had been coming off a huge against rival Duke just a little over two weekends ago before falling in an upset loss to Clemson just this past week. North Carolina had regrouped against Miami this past weekend […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been a team that’s played inconsistently this season. They’re on the borderline of fighting for a play-in spot and missing the postseason all together. They are below .500 although they have gone 6-4 in their last ten games. The Hawks got positive news on Tuesday, however when it was announced that […]

The New York Knicks are coming off a brutal ending to their game against the Houston Rockets on Monday. Not only was Jalen Brunson called for an extremely questionable foul that resulted in a loss, but the officiating crew admitted their error following the game. The Knicks have in turn filed a protest with the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been one of the most impressive teams in the NBA following the new year. Since Jan. 1, the Cavs have posted a record of 17-3. They’ve managed to climb all the way up to the second seed in the Eastern Conference standings behind only the Boston Celtics. One key player for […]

The Dallas Wings are looking to build on what was a fairly successful 2023 season. The Wings made a huge move in that regard even before the WNBA Free Agency period when they re-signed one of their franchise cornerstones in Satou Sabally. Sabally was a restricted free agent and able to sign an offer sheet […]

The Chicago Bulls have been playing better basketball since their poor start to the season, but they’re still in that borderline play-in, non play-in mix. They have just as much a chance of moving up in the standings as they do falling out of the postseason picture all together. They decided to stay put at […]

The Boston Celtics have consistently been the best team in the NBA this season even before the trade deadline. The Celtics had a successful trade deadline bringing in extra big-man depth in Xavier Tillman and also acquiring a young prospect in Jaden Springer. With the buyout market season now here, the Celtics would be wise […]

The Phoenix Mercury had a whirlwind of an offseason so far. They made a major free agent splash by bringing in veteran point guard Natasha Cloud. They also pulled off a major trade by acquiring All-Star Kahleah Copper from the Chicago Sky. The moves signal that the Mercury are looking to contend this season in […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder were fairly active at the NBA Trade Deadline, acquiring Gordon Hayward from the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Tre Mann, Vasilije Micic and Davis Bertans. The Thunder also included two second round picks in the trade. On paper, the Hayward trade looks like it will help the Thunder with a playoff […]

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone and the Phoenix Suns did a good job strengthening their roster in anticipation of a deep playoff run. The Suns traded for Royce O’Neale from the Brooklyn Nets and David Roddy from the Memphis Grizzlies. But with the buyout market season coming up, the Suns can still […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder made an interesting trade at the NBA trade deadline, acquiring veteran wing Gordon Hayward from the Charlotte Hornets. The Thunder’s most pressing need seemed to be depth in the forecourt but they sort of addressed that on the free agent/buyout market. Hayward as a prime candidate to be traded and now […]

The Dallas Mavericks were arguably the winners of the NBA Trade Deadline. The Mavs managed to acquire Daniel Gafford and PJ Washington and didn’t give up much to get either of them. Both players are quality vets and will absolutely strengthen the Mavs roster. That was further evidenced by their Mavs debut during the team’s […]

The New York Knicks were one of the more active teams at the NBA Trade Deadline and in the weeks leading up. After strengthening their defense with the trade for OG Anunoby in December, the Knicks added more offensive firepower at the deadline in acquiring Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks from the Detroit Pistons. The […]

Back in the day, the ABCD camp used to be one of the most prestigious camps for high school basketball players to attend. During one of the camp sessions was where current Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James crossed paths with former Lakers star, the late Kobe Bryant. The Lakers recently unveiled their statue honoring […]

The NBA Trade Deadline passed with the Los Angeles Lakers deciding to stay the course. The Lakers had been linked to a few players on the trade market such as Dejounte Murray and Bruce Brown, but nothing materialized. There was one crazy rumor floating around that suggested the Lakers were looking into trading LeBron James. […]

The Toronto Raptors were one of the most active teams at the NBA Trade Deadline. Even before the trade deadline, the Raptors got the trade season off to a bang when they shipped OG Anunoby to the New York Knicks and Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers. One of the moves the Raptors made at […]

The dust and smoke from the WNBA free agency period has settled with the remaining top players available making their commitments. The Chicago Sky are headed in a different direction than they had anticipated at the start of the free agency period. After striking out on their free agent targets, they made the decision to […]

The NBA Trade Deadline has come and gone and one team that decided to stay the course was the Sacramento Kings. After taking the NBA by surprise last season, the Kings have been a middle of the pack team this year. They are currently seventh in the Western Conference standings after holding top three seed […]

It’s been a tough season for the Michigan Wolverines this year and there’s even been rumors of head coach Juwan Howard possibly stepping down. The team has stumbled to an 8-15 record overall and 3-9 in Big 10 Conference play. Barring a miraculous run through the Big 10 Tournament, their NCAA Tournament hopes are pretty […]

The Denver Nuggets are the reigning NBA champions and even though they’re not atop the Western Conference standings, they should still be considered as the favorite to emerge from the pack and make back to back NBA Finals appearances. But with the NBA Trade Deadline approaching on Thursday, the Nuggets could still look to upgrade […]

With the dust from the WNBA Free Agency period winding down, there was one major domino left to fall. The Washington Mystics had cored Elena Delle Donne meaning that she was only allowed to negotiate with the Mystics during the free agency moratorium period. Being cored doesn’t necessarily mean that a player is assured to […]