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The 2024-25 season hasn’t exactly gone smoothly for Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers. Similar to a fellow Conference Finalist out West, the Pacers have endured a bit of a topsy-turvy first half of the ’24-25 campaign. They entered their Thursday night contest against the Miami Heat with a 16-18 record, and no one has […]

On Thursday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves could not have faced a better test to gauge where they stand in the league’s totem pole as they faced the reigning champion Boston Celtics. But the 2024-25 season hasn’t exactly gone according to plan for the Timberwolves, and this game was a microcosm of how they’ve fallen from […]

On Friday night, the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder will be squaring off in what should be one of the most exciting games of the regular season. The Knicks have been hitting their stride as of late, winning their past nine games, including their 119-103 win over the Utah Jazz on New Year’s […]

The New York Knicks could not have asked for a much better start to the 2025 calendar year as they took a 119-103 win over the Utah Jazz on New Year’s Day even with Jalen Brunson nursing a calf injury. Karl-Anthony Towns continues to dominate for the Knicks, showing the world that New York convincingly […]

The Denver Nuggets have been playing better in recent weeks — with Russell Westbrook playing a prominent role in this stretch. On New Year’s Day, Westbrook put up another incredible outing as he continued to start in place of the injured Aaron Gordon, tallying 16 points and 11 assists to help the Nuggets earn a […]

The New York Knicks are hitting their stride after a bit of an uneven start to the season. The addition of Karl-Anthony Towns as well as the brilliance of Jalen Brunson may draw most of the headlines, but Josh Hart’s do-it-all contributions must not be lost in the shuffle. In fact, Hart had himself another […]

The 2024-25 season hasn’t exactly gone smoothly for the Toronto Raptors. They were not expected to win too many games this year as they continued their rebuild, but they have fallen on hard times as of late. To end the calendar year of 2024, the Raptors lost 11 straight games — including four straight that […]

The Chicago Bulls may have lost in demoralizing fashion to start the year of 2025 after the Washington Wizards defeated them, 125-107, but they can still at least take a major positive heading back home. Lonzo Ball, who has endured a nightmare past two-and-a-half seasons due to the injury bug, threw down his first dunk […]

A tough scene unfolded for the Detroit Pistons during the fourth quarter of their New Year’s Day clash against the Orlando Magic. While fighting for a loose ball, Cole Anthony inadvertently bundled over Jaden Ivey’s leg, causing it to twist in a violent motion, indicating a potential fracture. Ivey immediately writhed in pain on the […]

With the Philadelphia Eagles having clinched the division title, there is not much sense in risking the health of their most important players. Over the past two games, the Eagles have entrusted most of the snaps to backup quarterback Kenny Pickett, and Philadelphia has gone 1-1 during this span, giving QB1 Jalen Hurts some valuable […]

In 2023, the New York Jets were the talk of the town after they acquired the services of one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time, Aaron Rodgers, in a trade with the Green Bay Packers. It signaled the Jets’ major intentions of returning to competitive ways. Alas, Rodgers tore his Achilles on the very first […]

The Philadelphia Phillies, on New Year’s Day, pulled off a trade with the Chicago White Sox, sending left-handed relief pitcher Tyler Gilbert to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league hurler Aaron Combs. Gilbert had already been designated for assignment by the Phillies back on December 22, and in the end, Philadelphia managed […]

The Sacramento Kings may have resorted back to old franchise habits on Friday when they decided to relieve head coach Mike Brown of his duties amid their five-game losing streak that was punctuated by a heartbreaking defeat to the Detroit Pistons courtesy of a game-winning and-one triple from Jaden Ivey. Brown most recently won the […]

For much of Thursday night, the Detroit Pistons found themselves on the backfoot against a Sacramento Kings team that has been struggling quite mightily as of late. But the Pistons, under new head coach JB Bickerstaff, have been much, much better this season, and they showed that they no longer are the team of yore […]

Thursday night did not go according to plan at all for the Toronto Raptors. While they aren’t exactly expected to win against a red-hot Memphis Grizzlies team, they did not give a good account of themselves during this contest, as they got demolished, 155-126, on the road. And it reached the point where head coach […]

The Orlando Magic have done an incredible job at holding down the fort amid the injuries to their two best players in Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. But on Thursday night, the Magic let a very winnable game go, as the Miami Heat stormed back from a 10-point deficit entering the fourth quarter to take […]

The Memphis Grizzlies may not be the flashiest team in the NBA these days, but make no mistake about it, they have been one of the best and most well-rounded teams in the association throughout the 2024-25 season thus far. And on Thursday night, the Grizzlies continued their strong start to the campaign, as they […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been one of the most enigmatic teams in the league this season; they have shown that they can beat any team on any given night, as evidenced by the fact that they’re the only team to have beaten the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics this season, but they have also shown […]

The Washington Wizards may be one of the worst teams in the NBA at the moment based on win-loss record, but that should not obscure the fact that Jordan Poole has been having quite the bounce-back season. And Poole continued his redemption arc on Thursday, as he drilled an incredible stepback three with 8.1 seconds […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves may be in the middle of an uneven 2024-25 campaign that has seen them fall down to the middle of the pack in the West after being one of the best teams in the conference last season, but for at least one day, they were able to recapture their joy. But even […]

Walker Buehler will forever be beloved by the Los Angeles Dodgers fanbase thanks to the way he stepped up for the team during their World Series run back in October. As one would recall, Buehler was the one who closed out Game 5 of their World Series victory over the New York Yankees — an […]

Stephen Curry may have been struggling a bit over the past few games, putting up stinkers against the Memphis Grizzlies and Indiana Pacers. But the Golden State Warriors star was at his best once more during their Christmas Day tussle against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored the Warriors’ final eight points […]

Russell Westbrook may be enemies with anyone not belonging to his team or his team’s fanbase whenever he’s out there on the court, but he of all people would know that there are things in life that are bigger than basketball. Even after the Denver Nuggets suffered a 110-110 loss to the Phoenix Suns on […]

The Golden State Warriors are free-falling in the NBA standings, and there seems to be no easy answers available to them in their ongoing quest to bust out of this slump. Heading into their Christmas Day game against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Warriors have gone 3-9 over their last 12 games, falling out of […]

In every minute Draymond Green spends on the hardwood for the Golden State Warriors, he is always playing with his heart on his sleeve — for better or for worse. Green certainly cost the Warriors a few wins last season due to his inability to control his emotions at times. And while he’s done a […]

On a night dominated by two of the greatest to ever hold a basketball on planet earth in LeBron James and Stephen Curry, it was Austin Reaves who stole the show for the Los Angeles Lakers in their 115-113 Christmas Day victory. Reaves didn’t just put up a triple-double, recording 26 points, 10 rebounds, and […]

It was a bit sad to hear from Stephen Curry himself that he acknowledges that the end of his Hall of Fame career is near. Curry is 36 years of age, and as good of a player as he remains even in his mid-30s, every single athlete succumbs to Father Time eventually. But the Golden […]

The ratings war has been a trendy topic in the sports world over the past few weeks, with the discourse surrounding the NBA revolving around how the league has made its product much more difficult to watch than it was in the past. And with the NBA on shaky ratings ground, the NFL had a […]

One wouldn’t think that the Phoenix Suns would decide the fate of the NBA season, but over the past few seasons, that’s exactly what they have done. And heading into the Suns’ 2024 Christmas Day game at 10:30 PM E.T., their opponent, the Denver Nuggets, will be hoping that a strange Christmas trend will continue […]

Things continue to go from bad to worse for the floundering Sacramento Kings. They fell flat on their faces on Sunday night during the second of a back-to-back as they suffered a 122-95 demolition at the hands of the Indiana Pacers. This defeat is their fourth in a row, knocking them down to 13-17 on […]

The 2024-25 season has not been kind to Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid, at least up until this point. Embiid has been at the center of some load management controversy amid his ongoing battles with knee injuries, and just as it looked as though he was finding his stride on the season, he suffered a […]

The St. Louis Cardinals brass has made it clear all offseason long that their goal is to get younger entering the 2025 season, as they believe as though their veteran core has plateaued and that a soft reset is in order to get the proud franchise back to its usual level. To that end, the […]

The end of the calendar year is near, and a few of the top free agents on the market have already found new homes for 2025 and beyond — with Juan Soto grabbing the headlines after signing a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets that could be worth as much as $805 […]

The New York Mets pulled off the biggest move of the offseason when they secured the services of Juan Soto, signing him to a record-setting 15-year, $765 million contract in free agency that could be worth as much as $805 million. Soto’s contributions in 2024 were worth 8.1 WAR, and it helps that the Mets […]

The Brooklyn Nets have already kicked off trade season by sending Dennis Schroder to the Golden State Warriors last week. Considering that they’re in a rebuild, it is likely for a full-on fire sale to commence in Brooklyn, with veteran pieces such as Cam Johnson and Dorian Finney-Smith, among others, expected to garner plenty of […]

The expectations surrounding the Chicago Bulls were low heading into the 2024-25 season. After all, the Bulls have already conceded the fact that they will be falling down the standings, embracing the future by trading Alex Caruso away for Josh Giddey and letting DeMar DeRozan go in free agency. But as long as he can […]

Karl-Anthony Towns kept saying that he gave the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise everything he had before they traded him away to the New York Knicks this past offseason in an effort to maintain financial flexibility. And that, indeed, he has. So in his first return to Target Center, the place he called home for the first […]

There is much uncertainty regarding the future of the Athletics franchise, but to their credit, they have been making moves in free agency to at least give the team some air of respectability after coming off a 69-win season in 2024. They have broken precedent by spending $67 million on a three-year deal for Luis […]

Expectations surrounding the Golden State Warriors were a bit high after they acquired Dennis Schroder via trade. Schroder provides a different playmaking dimension to the team, as he excels at running pick-and-rolls, which, even though antithetical to the Dubs’ offense, could be the jolt the team needs to awaken after falling off the pace following […]