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The debate of whether or not the likes of LeBron James can withstand the purported physicality of old-school basketball will never stop being a hot topic. Many believe that the Los Angeles Lakers star is a product of a much softer generation and couldn’t withstand the physicality that Michael Jordan and company faced, while a […]

On Tuesday night, the Miami Heat welcomed Jimmy Butler back to Kaseya Center for the first time since they traded him away to the Golden State Warriors in early February. The Heat, after some questions as to whether or not they’d be giving Butler a video tribute on his return, decided to do so, honoring […]

The race for the 2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award is heating up, and it remains very much wide open with around 10 games remaining in each team’s regular season campaign. Many have been making their case, with Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels being the fan favorite to take home the award against […]

Jimmy Butler’s first return to Kaseya Center to face the Miami Heat as a member of the Golden State Warriors could not have gone any further from plan. The Warriors, still missing Stephen Curry due to a pelvic injury, were laughed off the court by the Heat, suffering one of their worst losses of the […]

Jimmy Butler’s first return to Kaseya Center since he received his much-desired trade away from the Miami Heat did not go according to plan. Butler and the Golden State Warriors were blown out, 112-86, as they struggled to get much of anything going as they navigated Stephen Curry’s absence due to injury. And considering how […]

On Tuesday night, the New York Knicks handily took care of business against the Dallas Mavericks, earning a 128-113 victory. The entire Knicks team was on point, with Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart recording triple-doubles in an unselfish effort that had them recording 40 assists on 53 made field-goals. Hart’s development as a stat-sheet stuffer […]

On Tuesday night, Jimmy Butler’s return to Kaseya Center for the first time since the Miami Heat traded him away to the Golden State Warriors dominated the headlines. This was understandable, considering how unceremonious Butler’s stint with the team ended. But an underrated subplot of this game was that this was also Andrew Wiggins’ first […]

On Monday, Bronny James popped off in the G-League for the South Bay Lakers, recording a career-high 39 points to lead his team to a 122-118 win over the Santa Cruz Warriors. James, the 55th overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, has done nothing but tear up the opposition whenever he has a chance […]

The New York Knicks are having to hold the fort at the moment what with Jalen Brunson still on the mend, dealing with an ankle injury. Brunson is one of the best point guards in the association, and he leaves such a huge playmaking and shot-creation void with his absence. Nonetheless, on Tuesday night, in […]

On Tuesday night, there was much anticipation surrounding Jimmy Butler in his first return to Kaseya Center since the Golden State Warriors got him in a trade from the Miami Heat. The Butler saga took quite a big toll on the Heat organization, and they felt like they had no choice but to trade away […]

On Monday night, the powerhouse USC women’s basketball suffered a huge blow when their best player, JuJu Watkins, went down with what looked like a serious knee injury. And after taking care of business in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against the number nine Mississippi State Bulldogs, 96-59, the Trojans’ worst fears were […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the middle of another losing streak; they lost their third consecutive game after suffering a 118-106 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night. What’s most concerning is that this is their third straight loss by double digits, and two of those defeats have come with LeBron James back […]

The Orlando Magic inducted Dwight Howard into the franchise’s Hall of Fame on Monday night, which shows that the Magic franchise has truly forgiven Howard for the unceremonious way he exited from the team back in 2012. Howard was a central figure, after all, during the most successful run in franchise history — with Orlando […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, to say the least, haven’t been playing very good basketball over the past few games. In fact, they have now lost their third game in a row, all by double digits, as they fell to the Orlando Magic, 118-106, on Monday night. The second half of their loss to the Magic […]

The Denver Nuggets are looking to keep in step with the Houston Rockets for the two-seed in the Western Conference — a quest that was aided by their huge win over the Rockets on Sunday night. On Monday night, however, the Nuggets are thrust into action yet again, having to deal with the Chicago Bulls […]

Doc Rivers may be one of the winningest head coaches in the history of the NBA, but he doesn’t command as much respect from fans as he used to. Rivers, who is now with the Milwaukee Bucks, has seen his reputation grow worse and worse with each passing season, as fans view him as the […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been so starved of success over the past few decades; in the early 2010s, the Pirates had a bit of a good run going, but they never made it past the Division Series — with their biggest highlight since then being their rousing Wild Card game victory over the Cincinnati Reds. […]

On Monday night, the Orlando Magic inducted Dwight Howard into the franchise Hall of Fame, and at the perfect time too, what with one of the most important teams of Howard’s career, the Los Angeles Lakers, visiting town. Howard may have not exited from the Magic back in 2012 on the smoothest of terms, but […]

The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t been at their best over the past few games, and on Monday night, they were on the receiving end of another double-digit loss, this time suffering a 118-106 loss at the hands of an Orlando Magic team that hasn’t won at home in over a month. Their defense was mostly […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are looking to secure homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs, and the return of LeBron James from a groin injury could not have come at a better time. While the Lakers got blown out in James’ first game back over the weekend, the Purple and Gold go again […]

On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Clippers found themselves in a tough matchup against the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder. They may have fallen in the end, 103-101, but it wasn’t for the lack of trying, as they pushed the team with the best defense in the association to the brink. Despite the loss, Clippers star […]

The past month or so has gone as horribly wrong as it can for the Dallas Mavericks. Ever since the Mavs confoundingly decided to trade Luka Doncic away to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and an unprotected 2029 first-round pick, Murphy’s Law has taken hold of the entire franchise — with […]

With there being less than a month to go before the 2024-25 NBA regular season ends, the topic of who would win the postseason awards is becoming a hot one — with the Defensive Player of the Year race being very much wide open. Voters can seemingly go in any direction, but if one were […]

The 2024-25 season has presented its fair share of challenges for a retooling Atlanta Hawks squad. But one thing’s for sure, the Hawks have been assembling a nice young core around Trae Young — with his backcourt mate, Dyson Daniels, continuing to set records in his first full season as a starter in the NBA. […]

The Miami Heat haven’t exactly covered themselves in glory over the past few weeks; they entered their Sunday night clash against the Charlotte Hornets on a 10-game losing streak, and they needed major efforts from some of their best players, including Andrew Wiggins, to stop the hemorrhaging. And what a huge performance indeed they got […]

The Sacramento Kings’ standing in the Western Conference remains on shaky ground, as they can still be knocked out of a play-in tournament spot if they continue on in their current two-game losing streak. But it looks as though help is on the way for the Kings in the form of their best player in […]

On Friday night, the Houston Rockets had a chance to extend their winning streak to nine games at the expense of the coldest team in the league in the Miami Heat, who have lost nine games in a row heading into their contest. In the end, while there were some nervous moments, the Rockets triumphed […]

The 2024 season could not have gone any further from the plan for the Texas Rangers. Coming off a breakthrough 2023 season in which they won the World Series, the Rangers came crashing back down to Earth in 2024. They were ravaged by injuries and severe underperformance from key players, and in the end, they […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are entering the 2025 season as the favorite to win the World Series, and rightfully so. They have already started the season off on the right foot, sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the Tokyo Series — with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki pitching very well in front of their home crowd. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers could not have envisioned a better start to the 2025 season than the one they had in their two-game series against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo. The reigning World Series champion swept the series, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki having their moments in front of their passionate home crowd in […]

On Wednesday night, the Phoenix Suns took care of business against the Chicago Bulls, 127-121, with Devin Booker exploding for 20 fourth-quarter points en route to finishing with 41 on the night. Kevin Durant was reliable as per usual, putting up 26 points, four rebounds, and eight assists as the Suns climbed to the 10th […]

The Los Angeles Lakers made sure not to fall in the looming trap game that they had against the Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray-less Denver Nuggets, and on Wednesday night, they took care of business. They ran out to a huge lead in the first quarter and did not look back, taking a 120-108 win, […]

Despite being involved in a congested playoff picture out West, the Denver Nuggets decided to hold Nikola Jokic (and Jamal Murray) out of action for the second consecutive game. It may not have cost them on Monday, as they took a convincing win over the Golden State Warriors despite being shorthanded, but on Wednesday, the […]

On Wednesday night, it looked as though the New York Knicks were going to win their second game in a row as they took on a San Antonio Spurs team that was without Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox and will be for the rest of the season. But in what is looking like a running […]

Over the past few weeks, it looked like the Minnesota Timberwolves were turning a corner. They were in the middle of an eight-game winning streak and they had a six-game homestand, setting up some very nice conditions for them to extend their winning streak and therefore keep in step with the Golden State Warriors in […]

Jimmy Butler saw his stock drop drastically during the final days of his Miami Heat stint, paving the way for the Golden State Warriors to trade for him at a reduced cost. Ever since arriving to the Warriors, Butler has done nothing but change the fortunes of the franchise — with the team losing just […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder saw their Wednesday night matchup against the injury-ravaged Philadelphia 76ers as a golden opportunity to rest some of their key guys, the most prominent of which was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s a testament to the Thunder brass’ trust in the depth that they have that they believed they could win despite missing […]

The Dallas Mavericks are going through perhaps the worst one and a half month stretch any team has gone through in the history of the NBA. And on Wednesday night, their woes were compounded by another brutal loss, this time being on the receiving end of a 135-131 defeat at the hands of the Indiana […]

On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers are set to square off against a Denver Nuggets squad without Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. As one would recall, in the previous matchup between the two teams, the shorthanded Lakers that was without Luka Doncic pushed the Jokic-led Nuggets to the brink. So with Doncic now around […]