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The Portland Trail Blazers are heading into the postseason on a hot streak, winning 10 of their last 12 games to earn the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference. While Blazers star Damian Lillard claims there’s no more pressure on them heading into the playoffs this season compared to the last few years, he […]

Gilbert Arenas, Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson brought the smoke to Kwame Brown on a recent episode of All The Smoke. Well, it certainly looks like Brown wants all that smoke, as he unleashed a lengthy rant of his own back at them on his YouTube channel. Brown slammed Arenas for how he acted with […]

The Brooklyn Nets clinched the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference in style agains the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Not only did Kyrie Irving become part of the 50/40/90 club, but the Nets channeled the Harlem Globetrotters with one of the best highlights of the season. In case you somehow missed the ridiculousness: Did […]

Legendary NBA play-by-play man Marv Albert officially announced Monday morning that he will be retiring after TNT’s coverage of the Eastern Conference Finals. It had been reported that Albert was planning to step away after 55 years in the business. Albert released this statement: “My 55 years of broadcasting the NBA has just flown by […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving officially became a member of the exclusive 50/40/90 club thanks to an efficient performance to close out the season against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Irving scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting overall and 3-of-3 on 3-pointers, giving him final shooting percentages of 50.6% from the field, 40.2% from 3-point land and […]

The Toronto Raptors just wrapped up a miserable 2020-21 season in which they finished with a record of 27-45. By the end of it, the Raptors were effectively tanking, sitting most of their top players and going with the younger guys in order to secure a better spot heading into the 2021 NBA Draft Lottery. […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry secured his second NBA scoring title in the first quarter of Sunday’s showdown against the Memphis Grizzlies, officially beating out Bradley Beal with a bucket. Curry entered the game with a scoring average of 31.8 points per game and needed just three points to become the scoring champ. Here’s […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James infamously expressed his disdain for the play-in tournament not long ago, and Washington Wizards Scott Brooks says he agrees with The King now that his Wizards have secured the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference. Like LeBron, Brooks wants somebody fired: Scott Brooks, who has previously professed his […]

The New York Knicks narrowly avoided an epic collapse against the Boston Celtics on Sunday, earning a hard-fought 96-92 victory to beat out the Atlanta Hawks for the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. The fourth-seeded Knicks will now have home-court advantage over the fifth-seeded Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. It […]

The Last Dance helped a lot of NBA fans get through the early parts of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as people were captivated every week by the docuseries on Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls. The series highlights Jordan’s maniacal competitiveness and also created a number of memes. One of the most memorable […]

Golden State Warriors swingman Kelly Oubre Jr. has not yet been cleared for practice and will be reevaluated in 7-10 days as he continues to recover from a wrist injury, according to the team. Oubre hasn’t played in a game since April 27 due to the injury. He suffered a small avulsion fracture and ligament […]

It had already been reported that NBA legends Paul Pierce, Ben Wallace and Chris Webber were going to be a part of the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, and now it has been officially announced that Chris Bosh is a member of this group as well. Bill Russell is going in as […]

San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan had plenty of people to thank during his Hall of Fame speech on Saturday. Naturally, Duncan had a powerful message for Gregg Popovich, complete with jokes. And, of course, Duncan had to highlight longtime teammates Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. Via ESPN’s Tim Bontemps: “To look to your left […]

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has every reason to believe star quarterback Dak Prescott will be fully available for training camp in July, according to ESPN’s Todd Archer. Prescott is on the mend after the compound fracture and dislocation of his ankle suffered in the 2020 NFL season. He had a second cleanup surgery […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, which has them in line to be in the play-in tournament. To get up to No. 6, the Lakers need to beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday and hope the Denver Nuggets beat the sixth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers. Los Angeles […]

Lamar Odom has been hard at work preparing for an upcoming fight against Aaron Carter in June, but he already has an eye on who he wants his next opponent to be. That would be Jake Paul, with Odom wanting to get revenge for Nate Robinson. TMZ released this video of Lamar Odom’s declaration: Lamar […]

The Boston Celtics have nothing to play for on the last day of the regular season against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, so they’re going to be tanking the game by sitting out all of their top players. That means no Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown (who’s out for the season), Kemba Walker, […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James signed a big deal with PepsiCo this year after leaving Coca-Cola, and he just dropped a new commercial in which he’s shilling Mtn Dew Rise Energy. In the ad, LeBron acts out an alternate reality of his life where he’s doing a bunch of random things instead of being one […]

The Denver Broncos didn’t take a quarterback in the 2021 NFL Draft, but they did trade for Teddy Bridgewater right before it to add competition at the position for incumbent quarterback Drew Lock. Friday, Broncos head coach Vic Fangio revealed his plan for the quarterback competition. Basically, it’s a true competition with neither player starting […]

The Charlotte Hornets have been without Miles Bridges for nearly two weeks due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols, but now the forward is ready to get back to his dunking ways as the regular season comes to an end. Sports Illustrated’s Rod Boone says Bridges will be back against the New York Knicks […]

Miami Heat lifer Udonis Haslem made his season debut against the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night, and he promptly got ejected just three minutes into this appearance after a scuffle with Dwight Howard. Haslem has absolutely zero regrets about the incident. After giving a short play-by-play of what went down, the Heat veteran even admitted […]

After their Cinderella run to the NBA Finals in the bubble last year, the Miami Heat got off to a sluggish start in 2020-21, for a variety of reasons. The quick turnaround likely didn’t help, while COVID-19 and other health issues inflicted the roster, including star Jimmy Butler. The Heat hit their low points in […]

It was only common sense that Tom Brady’s return to New England to face the Patriots as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would bring about some truly staggering ticket prices. With the game officially announced for Oct. 3 and tickets now on sale, the numbers are coming in … and they are ridiculous. […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is a baller on the court and an excellent rapper off the court. J. Cole is a star rapper and pretty good at basketball in his own right. It’s only natural that J. Cole sampled Dame on his new album, The Off-Season, which just came out on Friday. Dame […]

The Portland Trail Blazers were seconds away from pulling out a massive win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. Unfortunately for the Blazers, Norman Powell was called for a touch foul on a Devin Booker game-winning shot attempt, giving Booker the two game-winning freebies and a 118-117 Suns victory. It was a somewhat controversial […]

The Aaron Rodgers saga has taken the Green Bay Packers by storm. Davante Adams recently opened up about all the drama, as have other current and former Packers. Aaron Jones is the latest to weight in, and he’s not paying much attention to it. Via PFT’s Mike Florio: “I’m just sitting back,” Jones told Rich […]

Atlanta Braves fans held their breath when they saw star Ronald Acuna Jr. crumple to the ground after hitting first base awkwardly while running out a ground ball in the seventh inning of Thursday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Luckily, it doesn’t seem as if Acuna’s injury is too serious. The superstar outfielder had […]

The Golden State Warriors are bringing back Gary Payton II to fill the 15th and final roster spot ahead of the play-in tournament, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater. The deal is expected to extend beyond this season. The Warriors also just converted Juan Toscano Anderson’s two-way deal to a standard NBA […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown revealed he underwent surgery on his left wrist Wednesday, and the team officially announced a recovery timetable of about three months on Thursday. Brown had been dealing with his wrist injury for a while before it was finally determined he would undergo surgery and miss the remainder of a seemingly […]

Chicago Bulls All-Star Zach LaVine has turned his four-year, $78 million deal into a bargain thanks to his massive improvement since returning from an ACL injury in the 2017-18 season. LaVine is now one of the best scorers in the NBA, and the expectation is he’ll be looking for max money on his next contract. […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid takes a lot of hard tumbles on the basketball court, and Sixers head coach Doc Rivers is still getting used to it. Rivers admits the “falls are terrible” and even says his daughter Callie, who’s married to Sixers guard Seth Curry, is constantly freaked out by them. Via ESPN’s Ramona […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and New England Patriots legend Tom Brady is often the subject of debate as he continues to solidify his GOAT status. A Florida man (you know the story will be good when it involves a Florida man) apparently got so heated during a recent argument about Tom Brady that he beat […]

Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris and Dallas Mavericks center Boban Marjanovic infamously became best buddies years ago when they were teammates, first on the Los Angeles Clippers and then on the Sixers. They’re even doing Goldfish commercials together these days. However, it seems Boban is now betraying Harris in favor of Mavs teammate Luka Doncic. […]

The Beard is back, and James Harden immediately showed why the Brooklyn Nets are a terrifying powerhouse of a team that will be ready to wreck souls in the playoffs. Harden returned from a lengthy absence due to a hamstring injury on Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs. The former MVP actually came off […]

Barring an epic collapse, Scott Brooks’ Washington Wizards are going to make the play-in tournament. The Wizards just need to beat either the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers or Charlotte Hornets at home, or have the Chicago Bulls lose one of their three remaining games. The Bulls finish the season against the Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee […]

Despite trading for Nikola Vucevic right before the trade deadline, it looks like the Chicago Bulls are going to fall short of the play-in tournament. The only way the Bulls can steal a spot at this point is by winning their last three games (Raptors, Nets, Bucks) and then seeing the Washington Wizards lose their […]

Former Green Bay Packers fullback John Kuhn insisted last week the situation with disgruntled quarterback Aaron Rodgers is fixable. Kuhn reiterated the sentiment in an interview with Andrew Siciliano of NFL Network on Wednesday. Here’s the proof: “@AaronRodgers12 and I are friends.” “Quite frankly, this is something that I believe is fixable.”@kuhnj30 on #NFLNow @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/CoQ6DThdOP […]

The general consensus for a while has been that Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson will win Sixth Man of the Year for the 2020-21 season. After all, he’s tops among primary bench scorers with 17.9 points per game as a reserve and is on the team with the best record in the league. There’s also […]

Brooklyn Nets star James Harden is set to return from a lengthy absence against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. As long as there’s no setback in pregame warmups, Harden will give it a go. Harden hasn’t played since April 5 after he exited a game […]