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The Milwaukee Bucks have been by far the best team in the NBA this season. Mike Budenholzer’s squad leads the league with a 41-13 win-loss record, is the only team in the league to rank top-five in both offensive and defensive efficiency, and sports a net rating of +10.0 – 2.5 points per 100 possessions […]

Big men are back in the NBA! But just in case you’ve somehow missed that plain-as-day development over the past several seasons, Golden State Warriors star DeMarcus Cousins showered his fellow behemoths with praise on Friday night. After scoring 18 points, grabbing five rebounds, and dishing four assists in his team’s victory over the Phoenix […]

Kevin Durant hardly lacks confidence – at least when it comes to basketball. Remember that Uber promotion starring the Golden State Warriors superstar and LeBron James that was released around this time last year? Other than nationwide headlines the pair made for offering their opinions on President Donald Trump, the most notable exchange during their […]

Anthony Davis is back on the floor Friday night for the first time since January 18th. And while many things have changed for he and the New Orleans Pelicans in the interim, his game apparently remains exactly the same. AD met 'em at the rim. 👀🚫#DoItBig pic.twitter.com/XSc6PaUfbn — NBA TV (@NBATV) February 9, 2019 Poor […]

Brett Brown and the Philadelphia 76ers are all-in. After sacrificing key depth and long-term spending flexibility to acquire Jimmy Butler in November, general manager Elton Brand doubled down on that win-now mentality at the trade deadline. Tobias Harris fills a major need for Philadelphia at power forward, and should in theory be able to scale […]

A scary moment occurred late in the first quarter of Friday night’s game between the Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings. Dwyane Wade, following his own miss, tried to climb the back of Harry Giles but lost his balance while airborne, falling parallel to the floor and hitting his head on the hardwood. Dwyane Wade hits […]

It’s been easy to forget Dennis Smith, Jr. this season. Usurped in the Dallas Mavericks’ long-term hierarchy by rookie sensation Luka Doncic, the sophomore floor general seemed to elicit less excitement after his trade to the New York Knicks than the team’s newfound ability to sign two max-level free agents this summer. That makes sense. […]

This is about the last thing Dwyane Wade wants to worry about as his farewell tour continues toward the All-Star game. The Miami Heat legend was forced to leave his team’s game against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night late in the first quarter after his head hit the floor while fighting for an offensive […]

Micahel Rapaport fashions himself as a basketball expert, and the NBA world seems happy to continue the ruse. The boisterous entertainer is a frequent guest on sports talk shows and podcasts, and the NBA even made him an official part of the All-Star Weekend in New York City in 2015. Does Rapaport actually know anything […]

The widespread assumption was that Caris LeVert’s breakout season was over after the prolific guard suffered a gruesome foot injury on November 12th. The Brooklyn Nets, however, announced less than 24 hours later that not only would surgery be unnecessary to repair his dislocated right foot, but LeVert also had a good chance to return […]

Andre Drummond reacted to his name being floated in several potential trades better than anyone anticipated. The Detroit Pistons big man posted 20 points and nine rebounds in the first half of his team’s game against the New York Knicks on Friday night, becoming the first player to reach those thresholds since Hall-of-Famer Grant Hill […]

Hall-of-Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is going under the knife once more. The Buffalo Bills legend has surgery scheduled on Friday to remove a cyst from his back, his wife, Jill, posted on Instagram Thursday evening. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmqhQyjqgH/?utm_source=ig_embed Kelly’s health issues have persisted since he was diagnosed with a form of cancer called squamous cell carcinoma in […]

Drew Brees, after perhaps the finest season of his 18-year NFL career, finished a distant second to Patrick Mahomes for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award. The New Orleans Saints quarterback received just nine of the 50 total tallies, with the remainder going to his junior Kansas City Chiefs counterpart. That disappointment was just the […]

The Oakland Raiders may spend one more season in the East Bay after all. According to Larry Beil of San Francisco’s KGO-TV, the team is engaging in talks with Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum officials to remain in Oakland next season. #BREAKING sources tell ABC7 the #Raiders are now in negotiations with Coliseum officials to play in […]

The Indianapolis Colts are in the market for a new backup behind Andrew Lucky and Jacoby Brissett. The team announced on Friday that it has released second-year quarterback Brad Kaaya. The University of Miami product surprised evaluators in 2017 when he elected to declare for the NFL draft despite possessing one year of remaining NCAA […]

Super Bowl LIII was an unequivocal letdown for both football fans and millions of casual observers alike. Though experts point to the genius defensive gameplan hatched by Bill Belichick and Brian Flores as a factor that redeems the New England Patriots’ 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams all by itself, it goes without saying […]

Count Kurt Warner as one of the few NFL analysts who believe the Cleveland Browns made the right decision in hiring their new head coach. The four-time Pro Bowler threw support behind Cleveland’s rookie coach Freddie Kitchens on Friday, alluding to a conversation the two shared when Warner visited his old team, the Arizona Cardinals, […]

The Denver Broncos sure seem to have a lot of trust in the patience and loyalty of their fan base. In the aftermath of finishing with a losing record in consecutive seasons for the first time since the early 1970s, Denver has decided to raise ticket prices on home games for 2019. An average ticket […]

Future Hall-of-Fame defensive end Julius Peppers announced his retirement on February 1st. Most known for his days with the Carolina Panthers, the team with which he began his career in 2002 and ended it last season, Peppers also leaves a lasting legacy with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, where he got along well […]

Zac Taylor is looking at his old team to help turn around his new one. The Cincinnati Bengals and their rookie coach have been granted permission to speak with Los Angeles Rams defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant about the team’s vacancy at defensive coordinator, per The Athletic’s Vincent Bonsignore. The #Bengals have asked for permission […]

Patrick Mahomes was virtually unknown to the national NFL audience before the 2018 season. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback spent his rookie year backing up veteran Alex Smith, learning all he could from one of the league’s smartest signal-callers while honing his skills and gaining comfort with the speed of professional defenses in practice. Those […]

The San Antonio Spurs ended up standing pat at Thursday’s trade deadline. Just before 3:00 p.m. EST came and went, though, Gregg Popovich had some fun with Rudy Gay, suggesting he was lobbying general manager R.C. Buford to ship the veteran swingman out of San Antonio. “I walked by Rudy at breakfast this morning and […]

So much for the post-deadline drama creating friction between LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates. Late in the second quarter of their team’s nationally-televised game against the Boston Celtics on Thursday, James and Brandon Ingram combined for a transition alley-oop that would make both basketball purists and YouTube highlight heads blush. INGRAM TO […]

Charles Barkley really, really doesn’t approve of the Los Angeles Lakers’ apparent power play for Anthony Davis. On a special edition of “Inside the NBA” Thursday night, during which LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo drafted their teams for the upcoming NBA All-Star game, the league’s most popular media personality took the opportunity to poke fun […]

Anthony Davis still has some juice with the New Orleans Pelicans’ front office after all. The superstar big man wasn’t dealt prior to Thursday’s trade deadline, ensuring he’ll remain with New Orleans for the rest of the season despite his stated desire to play elsewhere going forward. Davis injured his left index finger in a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been the best team in the NBA this season, and it’s not particularly close. At 40-13, Mike Budenholzer’s team has the league’s best record by a comfortable margin, and is on pace to win a staggering 62 games. The difference between the Bucks’ top-ranked +9.9 net rating and the Golden State […]

Without question, Marc Gasol is a seamless fit with the Toronto Raptors. First-year head coach Nick Nurse rejuvenated Jonas Valanciunas’ career this season by bringing him off the bench, allowing the seven-foot behemoth to wreak havoc in the post against opposing second-unit big men. Gasol, at 34, is more similar to Valanciunas than their disparate […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is unlike any player the NBA has ever seen. At a chiseled 6-foot-11, 242 pounds with a 7-foot-3 wingspan, the Milwaukee Bucks superstar might as well have been built in a lab reserved for basketball-centric experiments. Shaquille O’Neal, too, has had a ridiculous combination of size, strength, quickness and leaping ability — making […]

Fans, analysts, players, coaches, and even some owners unequivocally agree: Seattle, WA deserves to have an NBA team. Before expansion or relocation brings another franchise to the Pacific Northwest, though, the area’s only one could apparently be on its way out. In the wake of longtime owner Paul Allen’s recent passing, Portland City Commissioner Nick […]

The Atlanta Hawks were supposed to be major players at this year’s trade deadline. Instead, Thursday afternoon came and went without general manager Travis Schlenk and company making any moves of real consequence. Swapping Tyler Dorsey for Shelvin Mack in an exchange of third-tier guards with the Memphis Grizzlies isn’t exactly the type of trade […]

The Chicago Bulls haven’t been any better since replacing Fred Hoiberg with Jim Boylen in early December. Many fans and analysts believe they’ve been even worse, an assessment backed up not just by a host of statistics, but also the team’s overall demeanor. Don’t tell that to John Paxson, though. Asked on Thursday if Chicago […]

Frank Kaminsky’s NBA career has hardly gone as planned. A top-10 pick in the 2015 draft after winning National Player of the Year at the University of Wisconsin, Kaminsky was supposed to be an integral cog of the Charlotte Hornets’ present and future. Instead, after the team failed to find a trade partner for him […]

Anthony Davis made his own bed. He knew there was a chance the New Orleans Pelicans would decide against immediately honoring his trade request, especially once it became apparent league-wide that he plans on signing with the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2020 regardless. But apparently Davis and Rich Paul, his agent, neglected […]

The Indiana Pacers have no realistic hopes of making the NBA Finals this season. Those dreams were dashed last month, when All-Star guard Victor Oladipo was lost for the remainder of 2018-19 after suffering a ruptured quad tendon in his right leg. Instead of succumbing to the realities associated with his absence, though, the Pacers […]

Marc Gasol is on the move after all – just not to the team anyone anticipated. In a shocking bit of deadline-day drama, the Toronto Raptors and Memphis Grizzlies are finalizing a deal that will send the three-time All-Star north of the border, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. In exchange, the Grizzlies will get Jonas […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have been as active as any team in the league leading up to Thursday afternoon’s trade deadline. It was just a day ago that they acquired Malachi Richardson in a minor deal with the Toronto Raptors, but the former first-round pick is reportedly already on the move after the Sixers completed a […]

Beware, NBA officials. Russell Westbrook has an extra technical foul to use before the regular season ends after all. According to ESPN’s Royce Young, the league rescinded a technical called on the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar in his team’s Feb. 5 victory over the Orlando Magic: Russell Westbrook’s technical foul on Feb. 5 against the […]

Another day, another NBA player gushing about Duke superstar Zion Williamson. New Orleans Pelicans big man Jahlil Okafor, who led the Blue Devils to a national title in 2015, is the latest to shower basketball’s next big thing with praise. “He’s phenomenal,” Okafor said of Williamson, per K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. “I played some […]

The three-point contest at the 2019 All-Star weekend will be a family affair, marked by the participation of the Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry and his younger brother, Portland Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry. Though the pair undoubtedly traded victories in backyard shooting contests throughout their youth, one is an overwhelming favorite to beat the […]