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Luka Doncic, over the past few weeks or so, has been on a heater for the Dallas Mavericks. Entering their Tuesday night battle against the San Antonio Spurs, Doncic was averaging 35.2 points (on 49.7 percent shooting from the field), 9.6 rebounds, and 10.2 assists over the past month . Those are elite numbers that […]

These days, the best ability in the NBA may be availability; the league, at the very least, is prioritizing this as evidenced by their decision to institute the minimum games played rule when it comes to being eligible for major individual awards. For Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, however, meeting the 65-game minimum is not […]

For as much depth the New Orleans Pelicans have built throughout the roster, their contending hopes still hinge on Zion Williamson. Williamson, at his best, is a thunderous wrecking ball who is as close to unguardable as it gets when he gets to his spot in the paint. However, for the past two seasons, Williamson’s […]

At this point of the regular season, not a single rotation player in the NBA is 100 percent healthy; such is the reality of grinding through a six-month stretch of near non-stop basketball. For the Minnesota Timberwolves, they are facing a plethora of injury woes to a few of their most crucial players — all […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are set to open the 2024 MLB regular season with a two-game set in South Korea, hyping up fans all over the globe with the upcoming Seoul Series. However, greater safety measures must be undertaken to ensure the protection of players, coaches, and fans alike after the […]

Clemson University is set to take a major step in its planned attempt to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). According to Pete Nakos of On3.com, the Clemson brass will be filing a lawsuit against the ACC, joining Florida State in their bid to break their contract with the conference in preparation for conference realignment. […]

On Monday night, it was Anthony Edwards who became the talk of the town after he embarrassed John Collins with a mean poster jam during the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 114-104 win over the Utah Jazz. Edwards got so much elevation, giving Collins no chance to contest his dunk attempt — with the Timberwolves star leaving a […]

DeMar DeRozan, at age 34, doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. In fact, the Chicago Bulls star appears to be in the best shape of his career. Despite being in his 15th NBA season, DeRozan is averaging 37.7 minutes per game, the second-highest average of his career and a league-leading figure. On Monday […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have endured quite a tough season; for the past one and a half months, they have been without Joel Embiid, while Tyrese Maxey has also missed his fair share of games after sustaining a concussion. But Maxey, pressed into action as the 76ers’ number one option with Embiid out, has more than […]

The Boston Celtics continue to cruise as the best team in the NBA; despite being without Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and Al Horford during their Monday night contest against the Detroit Pistons, the Celtics handily took care of business, claiming a 109-94 victory to boost their league-leading record to 54-14. At this point, all the […]

On Monday night, Anthony Edwards may have thrown down the dunk of the year. Edwards, in the third quarter of what ended up being a 114-104 win for the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Utah Jazz, took off on the fastbreak, jumping from the inner circle of the charity stripe while stiff-arming John Collins (forcing him […]

It has been eight months since the world received confirmation that Taylor Swift, the biggest pop star of her generation, was dating Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. Swift’s love life is always a hot topic among her fans, as it fuels her songwriting and has, more often than not, produced some absolute […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is the rare player fans should never take their eyes off at any time. After all, Edwards is capable of pulling off some jaw-dropping feats of athleticism without prior notice, and during their Monday night clash against the Utah Jazz, that’s exactly what Edwards did. With the Timberwolves down by […]

The Miami Heat may be the most injury-ravaged team in the NBA outside of Memphis; during their Monday night contest against the Philadelphia 76ers, they were without Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, Kevin Love, Nikola Jovic, and Josh Richardson, and to make matters worse, Duncan Robinson exited the game early due to back discomfort. All of […]

Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans looked like they were on the cusp of breaking into the Western Conference’s top four when they made some noise in the NBA In-Season Tournament. After all, the Pelicans won a group with the likes of the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, and even […]

Jake Paul is a headline-grabbing machine unto himself, so he knows what showmanship is like as it is a characteristic that courses through his veins. Making an appearance on Thanasis Antetokounmpo’s “Thanalysis” podcast, Paul revealed which NBA players he saw provided him the most entertainment value. Paul’s two most prominent choices were Dallas Mavericks star […]

The Charlotte Hornets have endured two injury-riddled seasons from LaMelo Ball, and Mark Williams, the team’s nascent rim protector, has failed to avoid the injury bug as well. As a result, the Hornets, a franchise that was on the precipice of making the playoffs not too long ago (they won 43 games during the 2021-22 […]

Year after year, there are huge expectations for the Kentucky Wildcats basketball program helmed by John Calipari. With Selection Sunday on the horizon, the last thing Kentucky wanted was to crash out of the SEC Tournament in unceremonious fashion. But that’s exactly what happened to the Wildcats on Friday as they suffered a 97-87 loss […]

The New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Clippers engaged in a hard-fought battle on Friday night in a game that could have playoff-seeding implications. In the end, it was the Pelicans who pulled out the victory against a shorthanded Clippers team that was on the second night of a back-to-back, 112-104, thanks in large part […]

The San Antonio Spurs may be the worst team in the Western Conference, as they took another loss, a 117-106 defeat on Friday night in a tough matchup against the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, but the future remains bright for one of the league’s most storied franchises, thanks in large part to the presence of […]

In an ideal world, the New York Yankees will be starting Gerrit Cole when they take on the the Houston Astros in their Opening Day tussle on March 28. However, Spring Training hasn’t exactly gone ideally for the Yankees, as Cole is set to miss at least one to two months due to an elbow […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t expected to make much noise in 2024, but they continue to make low-cost moves that could be of help to their quest to deliver a better product on the field. On Friday night, after much speculation, reports came out that the Pirates have come to an agreement with former New York […]

Fresh off arguably the best season of his career, Sonny Gray signed a three-year, $75 million deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. Gray is set to front the Cardinals rotation as they try to bounce back from an uncharacteristically putrid 2023 season, but for now, the focus for the 34-year old starter is to get […]

Scoring numbers in the NBA were reaching historic levels for the first few months of the season, with the best offenses in the league on pace to shatter the all-time record for average points per 100 possessions. But as of late, scoring has been on a downturn, and the league’s point of emphasis for officials […]

The Chicago Bears are not messing around. With their continued goal of competing in 2024 and beyond in mind, the Bears pulled off a blockbuster trade for star wide receiver Keenan Allen, sending a 2024 fourth-round pick (110th overall) to the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange. Ryan Poles continues to stamp his class as one […]

The Phoenix Suns had a golden opportunity to avenge their earlier defeat this season to the Boston Celtics, as they now had the services of Devin Booker in a heavyweight matchup against the team with the best record in the NBA unlike in their first matchup. However, the Celtics proved to be too strong of […]

The New York Knicks are starting to get healthier at exactly the right time, but with Julius Randle still out, the majority of the burden to create offense continues to fall on the shoulders of Jalen Brunson. And Brunson, as he has done for the entirety of his tenure thus far as the star guard […]

The Boston Celtics’ dominant 2023-24 regular season continues; on Thursday night, they took care of business against the Phoenix Suns, taking a 127-112 victory thanks in large part to a combined 63 points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. This win gave the Celtics their 52nd of the year, and in the process of doing […]

The Dallas Mavericks already entered their Thursday night contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder shorthanded in the backcourt, and it wasn’t just any player who was missing, as it was Luka Doncic who had to miss the quick road trip after sustaining a hamstring injury on Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors. But there […]

The Washington Wizards have become the butt of the joke in the NBA; they have plummeted to levels of putridity that’s trending towards historic levels in the 63 years of the franchise’s existence, and the hits keep on coming for the team residing in the nation’s capital. On Thursday night, the Houston Rockets demolished the […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo indirectly put pressure on the Milwaukee Bucks to swing for the fences to try and convince him that the team was serious about competing for a championship to get him to stay and sign a contract extension. As a result, the Bucks traded away Jrue Holiday, a core member of their 2021 championship-winning […]

Deandre Ayton has been the subject of plenty of criticism over the past few years. It hasn’t helped matters at all that Ayton, as the number one overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, hasn’t quite impacted the game as much as his other draft class peers have. But lately, Ayton has taken his game […]

The Boston Celtics are comfortably atop the Eastern Conference standings, as they currently own a 9.5-game lead over second-place Cleveland Cavaliers, so there is room for them to take it easy with a little over a month to go before the postseason begins. Thus, even with a heavyweight clash against Phoenix Suns on the docket, […]

Veteran point guard Chris Paul has always been one to voice out his feelings whenever he’s out on the hardwood. The Golden State Warriors floor general is someone who wears his heart on his sleeves, and this has manifested itself in how vocal he is when it comes to disagreeing with plenty of calls from […]

The Chicago Bulls needed a major bounce-back performance during their Wednesday night clash against the Indiana Pacers after they got demolished by the Dallas Mavericks back on Monday. That is exactly what the Bulls got from DeMar DeRozan, as the veteran shooting guard had the Pacers on toast especially to end the game. DeRozan ended […]

Starling Marte was a crucial part of the New York Mets team that won 101 games back in 2022, but since then, Marte has struggled mightily at the plate. After putting up an OPS of .815 two seasons ago, Marte scuffled to the tune of a .625 OPS in 2023, and it doesn’t look like […]

The Sacramento Kings may have been on the second night of a back-to-back, putting them on a rest deficit against the Los Angeles Lakers, but it did not matter. That was because the Kings had Domantas Sabonis, while the Lakers had Anthony Davis, and that was basically all she wrote in what ended up being […]

The Chicago Bulls pulled out a major victory over division rival Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, thanks in large part to the heroics of DeMar DeRozan. DeRozan dropped a season-high 46 points in a 132-129 win, with the veteran shooting guard assuming a bigger scoring load after Coby White exited the game with five seconds […]

When Gerrit Cole needed to get his elbow checked for a potentially serious injury, the New York Yankees were immediately linked to one of their reported primary trade targets this offseason, Dylan Cease. Cease stood out as an enticing option for the Yankees thanks to his affordable contract ($8 million) and his remaining year of […]