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To say the Brooklyn Nets were short-handed on Saturday against the Indiana Pacers is an understatement in their 136-133 win. They were missing Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons, Nic Claxton, Seth Curry, Joe Harris, Royce O’Neale and T.J. Warren. Yet they managed to pull off one of their best wins of the season behind […]

The Golden State Warriors have been the model of success in the NBA for the past several years, and that is largely due to general manager Bob Myers. However, his future with the team may not be 100 percent secure. Myers is currently in the final year of his contract, which is set to expire […]

The San Antonio Spurs pulled off a close win on Saturday, 115-111 against the Miami Heat, and it was third-year guard Devin Vassell who carried them home with two clutch jumpers in the final 58 seconds. Becoming the Spurs go-to player down the stretch of close games is a role that Vassell has been steadily […]

In a season during which the Toronto Raptors have been hit hard with the injury bug and struggled to find any consistency, the one player that has been their constant is OG Anunoby. However, it appears as if the struggling Raptors might be without their iron man for Sunday’s game against the Orlando Magic as […]

The Phoenix Suns have a rematch with the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday after dropping Friday’s game against them. This time, they’ll most likely be without star guard Devin Booker as per Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. Devin Booker (hamstring) QUESTIONABLE Sunday at #Pelicans . #Suns — Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) December 10, 2022 Following […]

After missing the Los Angeles Lakers loss against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday due to an ankle issue, LeBron James is set to make his return to the lineup as the Lakers visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday as per Dave McMenamin of ESPN. Not only that, but Anthony Davis is expected to make his […]

The National Basketball Players Association and the NBA have agreed to extend the deadline to decide whether or not to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement as per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. ESPN Sources: With labor talks ongoing, the NBA and Players Association are agreeing to extend the Dec. 15 deadline that each […]

The New York Knicks will be without Obi Toppin for at least the next two to three weeks due to a knee fracture, putting a hole in their lineup. But it’s possible they have the answer to his absence already on the roster in RJ Barrett. Barrett, a natural small forward, might have to move […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to face off against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday as their road trip continues. As they look to snap their recent two-game losing streak, containing Sixers star Joel Embiid is going to be crucial. But Lonnie Walker IV believes the Lakers have the answer to countering Embiid in Anthony […]

The Miami Heat snapped a two-game losing streak on Thursday with a home win over the Los Angeles Clippers and it was Jimmy Butler who carried them across the finish line. Butler scored the last eight points for the Heat to hold off the Clippers, prompting Bam Adebayo to dub Butler as the team’s closer […]

The Sacramento Kings have been one of the top feel-good stories of the 2022-23 season so far and it’s been their star point guard De’Aaron Fox who has led the way. It’s possible though that the Kings might need to prepare for Fox missing games beginning with Friday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has […]

The Golden State Warriors had just recalled James Wiseman from the G League for their quick, one game road trip against the Utah Jazz, and they’ve already sent him back down to Santa Cruz as per Kendra Andrews of ESPN. The Warriors have reassigned James Wiseman, Ryan Rollins and Patrick Baldwin Jr. to the G […]

In his 11th season in the NBA now, Andre Drummond is seeing a career-low 13.8 minutes per game. His playing time has decreased over the last couple of games he’s played less than six minutes in two of the Chicago Bulls last three games. Drummond has been coming off the bench and Bulls head coach […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been receiving MVP chants from fans this season and TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley made the bold claim that he should be starting in the All-Star game. This has been Gilgeous-Alexander’s breakout year despite playing on an Oklahoma City Thunder team that is 11-14 and in 12th place in the Western Conference […]

Tyrese Haliburton is a blossoming superstar for the Indiana Pacers and on Monday he only further cemented that status. In a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Haliburton dished out 15 assists making it the third time he’s reached that mark this season as per the Twitter page StatMuse. No other player has reached that mark […]

The New York Knicks have been consistent this season in that they have been consistently not good. But they turned in one of their best performances of the season on Wednesday against the Atlanta Hawks with a blowout win. It’s a solid win considering the Hawks were in fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings […]

When the 2022-23 season first tipped-off, it appeared as if Paolo Banchero would be the early front-runner for the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Award. During summer league, the Orlando Magic shut him down after only two games, thoroughly impressed with that they had seen. In those two games, he put up close to 20 […]

The Washington Wizards are in the one place that NBA teams hate to be in: ‘no man’s land.’ That’s that grey area between not being bad enough to grab a high draft pick, and not being good enough to actually do anything significant in the playoffs. The Wizards are currently 11-13 and in 10th place […]

Trae Young missed the Atlanta Hawks game on Friday against the Denver Nuggets to due right shoulder soreness, but a report surfaced on Sunday via Shams Charania of The Athletic suggesting that a verbal spat between Young and Hawks head coach Nate McMillan was to blame for Young’s absence. Later in the day, Young took […]

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have powered the Boston Celtics to the best record in the NBA this season. Tatum is playing at an MVP-level while Brown is sure to make his second All-Star appearance. After Sunday’s win on the road against the Brooklyn Nets, Brown’s statline of 34 points and ten rebounds put him […]

The New Orleans Pelicans continued to creep their way up the standings in the Western Conference after a big home win on Sunday against the Denver Nuggets. Leading the way for the Pelicans was fan-favorite Jose Alvarado who dropped a career-high 38 points on 12-19 shooting and 8-11 from three-point range. After the game, Alvarado […]

The Boston Celtics have been the best team in the NBA this season with a 19-5 record, and on Sunday they got another key win against the Brooklyn Nets. After the game, Celtics star Jaylen Brown had a strong message for the league and the Nets after going up against Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving […]

The Miami Heat have gotten off to an inconsistent and uneven start to the 2022-23 season, but they pulled off a big win on Friday on the road against the Eastern Conference leading Boston Celtics. The game saw the return of Jimmy Butler to the lineup and it was one of the few games this […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have won eight of their last ten games after starting off the 2022-23 season 2-12 and are slowly making a surge in the Western Conference standings. Leading the way during this resurgence hasn’t been LeBron James, instead it’s been Anthony Davis who is playing some of the best basketball of his […]

The New Orleans Pelicans got a big win at home on Sunday against the Denver Nuggets and it wasn’t Zion Williamson, nor was it Brandon Ingram, nor C.J. McCollum who led the way. The Pelicans were powered by Jose Alvarado who dropped a career-high 38 points on a career-best eight made three-point shots. After the […]

The Utah Jazz suffered a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday and following the game, Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson was not too pleased with the officiating as per Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune. What upset him specifically was a play in the third quarter in which he drove to the basket […]

Anthony Davis has been having a resurgent season after being hampered by injuries the last couple of years and after his latest performance in a road win over the Milwaukee Bucks, he further etched his name in Los Angeles Lakers lore. Davis finished with a statline of 44 points, ten rebounds and three blocked shots. […]

Russell Westbrook’s first season with the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t go so smoothly, but the nine-time All-Star is having a much more productive season this year as he makes the transition to coming off the bench. On Friday, the Lakers pulled off a huge road win over the Milwaukee Bucks and Westbrook’s 11 assists put […]

Khris Middleton made his much anticipated 2022-23 season debut on Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers and he wasted no time etching his name into franchise history. With ten points in the first half of the game, Middleton surpassed Marques Johnson for 7th all-time on the Bucks scoring list. Khris has passed @olskool888 for 7th […]

After spending the first four seasons of his NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks, Jalen Brunson decided to sign with the New York Knicks this off-season as soon as he hit free agency. The move drew some scrutiny seeing as how Brunson’s father Rick was recently hired in June as an assistant coach on Tom […]

The Phoenix Suns will be without star point guard Chris Paul for the 12th straight game on Friday against the Houston Rockets. Despite him not being able to return to the court yet, Devin Booker said that Paul is as engaging as ever with the team as per Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. “He’s […]

Darvin Ham has been a coach in the NBA since 2011, but this is his first season as a head coach. He actually got his start as an NBA coach with the Los Angeles Lakers when he was an assistant on Mike Brown’s staff until 2013. Ham also served as an assistant coach under Mike […]

Draymond Green has been no stranger to getting into trouble with the NBA during his career and the latest incident came down on Thursday when he was fined $25,000 for directing obscene language towards a fan during the Golden State Warriors loss to the Dallas Mavericks as per Marc J. Spears of ESPN’s Andscape. Draymond […]

In a season where the Philadelphia 76ers have been hit with the injury bug, Tobias Harris has been able to remain relatively healthy. Prior to Wednesday, he had only missed two games this season and has been one of the Sixers most consistent players. He was held out of the second half though of the […]

Damian Lillard has made it no secret that he wants to stay a member of the Portland Trail Blazers for the duration of his career. In this era of player empowerment, Lillard has stood out from the rest in his steadfast desire to stick it out with his team no matter what. The ultimate goal […]

Yuta Watanabe has been one of the surprise players of the season for the Brooklyn Nets but he recently has been sidelined due to hamstring issues. Now it appears as if the Nets will be without Watanabe for at least another week as per Brian Lewis of the New York Post. #Nets injury updates 👇🏾 […]

The first month of the 2022-23 NBA season has gone by. This is the time when teams begin to assess where they are and what pressing roster concerns they may have. For the Oklahoma City Thunder, any chance they have to upgrade the roster is one they need to seriously consider. General manager Sam Presti […]

The Brooklyn Nets defeated the Orlando Magic on Monday, but Bol Bol continued his strong start to this season in the loss. He finished with 24 points on 66.7 percent shooting from the field, 50 percent from three-point range, six rebounds and two blocked shots. After the game, he drew some strong praise from Kevin […]

The Sacramento Kings took a lot of criticism when they traded Tyrese Haliburton to the Indiana Pacers last season. It had nothing to do with the players they were receiving in return, but more so that they were giving up a talented young player so quickly. Flash forward to this season and Domantas Sabonis, one […]