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The trade deadline came and went and Giannis Antetokounmpo is still a member of the Milwaukee Bucks after much consternation. It sure looked as though Antetokounmpo’s eyes were wandering, and that for the first time ever, a trade out of the Cream City seemed more realistic than ever. But in the end, the Bucks did […]

It’s so difficult to capture the Chicago Bulls’ NBA trade deadline dealings in so few words. But the Bulls have caused more fans to scratch their heads than any other team in the league did with the way they maneuvered before the deadline. It certainly seemed like Chicago was ripe for a fire sale considering […]

It doesn’t seem as though Boston Celtics fans would have to wait long for Jayson Tatum to return, if Bill Simmons’ conspiracy theory is any indication. On the latest episode of his eponymous podcast, the lifelong Celtics fan read the tea leaves and came to the conclusion that Tatum is on track to return on […]

The Houston Astros are running into the problem of lacking the quality prospects needed to sustain a contending team year-in, year-out as they look to supplement their aging core. During this year’s free agency, they lost one of their best pitchers in Framber Valdez, and they’ve mostly stood pat other than a few trades, including […]

Much has been written over the past few weeks regarding the decline in the entertainment value brought forth by the All-Star Game by virtue of the decrease in effort put in by the players involved. However, no one can ever say that the Detroit Pistons’ representatives for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, Cade Cunningham and […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards had himself quite a weekend. While the NBA All-Star festivities didn’t exactly end up being must-see television, Edwards had a blast, performing consistently on Sunday night during the All-Star Game and bagging home the MVP honors in the process after scoring 32 points across three games, including eight in their […]

Since before Christmas Day, there is arguably nobody in the NBA playing better basketball than Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard. A switch in him flipped after their December 20 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers; the Clippers have gone 20-7 since then to rescue themselves from a 6-21 start, and Leonard has been playing […]

Anthony Edwards’ career is on a rapid upward trajectory, and he’s establishing himself as a surefire Hall of Famer even though he’s only six seasons into his NBA career. The Minnesota Timberwolves star is achieving plenty of accomplishments this early on in his career, with the latest being him nabbing the All-Star Game MVP honors […]

The NBA competition committee has been searching for ways to incentivize players to give it their all during the All-Star Game. They’ve experimented with multiple formats, which has then taken them to the three-team, Team USA vs. Team World format that they used for this year’s festivities. In the end, the USA Stars team won […]

In 2026, LeBron James made the All-Star team for the 22nd time in his career, with coaches recognizing just how impactful of a star he is even though he hasn’t really been as prolific as he was in the past for the Los Angeles Lakers. James has the most All-Star nods in NBA history, with […]

Anthony Edwards always has that confidence that he’s the best player on the court at all times regardless of who he’s sharing the hardcourt with. The Minnesota Timberwolves star feeds off of wanting to snatch the chains of the other stars he competes against, and this was what fueled Team Stars’ rise to the NBA […]

Victor Wembanyama is an extreme competitor and not even the flatlining All-Star Game that was once so beloved could stop the San Antonio Spurs star from giving a damn. On Sunday night, Wembanyama infused Team World with the competitive energy the game has been clamoring for for years, although in the end, they fell short […]

There has been so much noise surrounding the Utah Jazz in recent weeks regarding their purportedly overt ways of tanking which have drawn the attention of the NBA. In fact, the Jazz franchise was fined $500,000 for holding supposedly healthy players out of action in close games, with the league sending a message that their […]

In retrospect, 2023 was truly the beginning of the end for the Ja Morant-led Memphis Grizzlies. Their first-round exit at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers and the eventual departure of Dillon Brooks in free agency has led all the way to where the Grizzlies are today: in the middle of a rebuild, with […]

The Indiana Pacers have known for so long that the 2025-26 season is a wash, and that they’re only biding time in preparation for their expected return to contention the following season. After reaching the NBA Finals in 2025, the Pacers are widely expected to pick up where they left off once Tyrese Haliburton returns […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves may not have pulled off their grand Giannis Antetokounmpo trade ambition, but they still managed to upgrade the roster prior to the trade deadline. They did bring in combo guard Ayo Dosunmu from the Chicago Bulls in a trade that required them to surrender Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller, and four second-round picks […]

It’s officially tanking season for a good chunk of the NBA’s non-competitive teams. Some tanking teams simply want to boost their odds to secure a top-five pick, like the Sacramento Kings are doing. Other teams, such as the Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards are looking to keep top-eight protected picks that would otherwise convey to […]

On the 23rd of January, Devin Booker suffered a freak ankle injury in a loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Just as he was backing down to defend, he turned his ankle on Onyeka Okongwu’s foot in a nasty manner, and it looked like Booker was set for a lengthy absence for the Phoenix Suns. Booker, […]

On Tuesday night, the New York Knicks disappointingly lost to a supposedly-tanking Indiana Pacers team, 137-134, in a contest that never should have been that close to begin with. New York seemed like it would pull a rabbit out of its hat over and over again, as evidenced by Karl-Anthony Towns’ game-tying free throws to […]

Many talent evaluators believe that there are scarcely any better guard prospects to have come along in the NBA than Darryn Peterson, who is turning heads with his incredible athleticism, playmaking, and shot-making in Kansas. However, Peterson is inviting some question marks regarding his health, as he has now missed 11 games this year, with […]

The subject of tanking is taking center stage in the NBA, and for good reason, as many teams are jockeying for lottery balls considering how stacked the 2026 NBA Draft class is at the top. One player who’s being viewed by many talent evaluators as a potential franchise cornerstone is BYU basketball star AJ Dybantsa, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers essentially gave away their Tuesday night contest against the San Antonio Spurs, as basically their starting five of Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Austin Reaves, Deandre Ayton, and Marcus Smart were all absent on the second night of a back-to-back set. And predictably so, the Lakers have fallen way behind the Spurs […]

The New York Knicks did not have much room to pull off a blockbuster trade prior to the deadline without giving up one of their core players, so they instead settled for an upgrade on the margins, bringing in Jose Alvarado in a trade for Dalen Terry, whom they brought in in the first place […]

Josh Hart has embraced his role as one of the best supporting cast members in the association. He willingly does the dirty work, fighting for boards and taking on tough matchups both on the perimeter and on the post for the New York Knicks. But once upon a time, Hart was being called upon to […]

The Los Angeles Clippers did very well for themselves prior to the trade deadline, as they got exceptional returns for James Harden and Ivica Zubac after being backed into a corner. Clippers fans, however, will have to wait a bit before Darius Garland, the man they got in exchange for Harden in a trade with […]

The Houston Rockets have been going through a bit of an identity crisis as of late as they’ve suffered a few disappointing defeats to some teams that they should be taking care of business against quite handily. There are times where the Rockets look as though they badly need a floor general to organize their […]

Approaching the final 27 games of the season, the Sacramento Kings currently have the worst record in the NBA, at 12-43. This puts them in prime position for a top-five pick in the upcoming draft, as they cannot fall out of that range if they indeed finish with the worst record in the league. But […]

Prior to the trade deadline, the Dallas Mavericks finally cut their losses and sent oft-injured star player Anthony Davis, the main man they got in exchange for Luka Doncic, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for a few first-round picks as well as a few veteran players headlined by former NBA champion Khris Middleton. Middleton […]

The fact that the Phoenix Suns have gone 31-22 this season heading into their Tuesday night clash against the Dallas Mavericks is quite remarkable. Devin Booker has missed 11 games with a slew of injuries, with the latest being a nasty ankle turn, and Jalen Green, the main return they got in the Kevin Durant […]

The Golden State Warriors were one of the most prominently mentioned team leading up to the trade deadline. In the aftermath of Jimmy Butler’s season-ending torn ACL that puts his status for the 2026-27 season in doubt, the Warriors needed to pull off a miracle to put together a contending team around Stephen Curry, who […]

Collin Sexton is looking to separate himself from the other guards in the Chicago Bulls rotation after their slew of moves prior to the trade deadline left the team extremely guard-heavy. Every minute he plays on the court matters when it comes to earning head coach Billy Donovan’s trust, and it looks like Sexton is […]

The Utah Jazz are blatantly tanking, and head coach Will Hardy’s remark in his postgame presser following their 115-111 win over the Miami Heat on Monday would only further dump fuel into the fire of tanking allegations against the Jazz. The rationale behind the Jazz’s tanking decision is clear: they need to finish with a […]

The Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons’ brawl on Monday night came as a result of an altercation between Moussa Diabate and Jalen Duren, with the former letting his frustrations get the better of him as he scrambled to try and land a punch on the Pistons big man. With most of the peacemakers focused on […]

The Utah Jazz have been guilty of some of the most egregious tank jobs of the past few seasons. One would know that it’s officially tanking season when Lauri Markkanen and company begin to miss games, but they’ve taken their quest to lose games intentionally on another level, as they’ve sat out their best players, […]

The Golden State Warriors will take any win they can get as they await the returns of Stephen Curry and Kristaps Porzingis from injury. On Monday night, they earned a scrappy win over a Memphis Grizzlies side whose competitive integrity has to be questioned considering how they’d benefit from boosting their draft lottery odds following […]

The Houston Rockets haven’t been playing a very inspiring brand of basketball as of late. Their lack of a reliable floor general to organize the offense seems to be costing them, and their inactivity during the trade deadline did not help matters whatsoever. And amid the Rockets’ turbulence in recent weeks, many have been trying […]

It’s tanking season for the Sacramento Kings. For as much flak as the franchise is getting for the roster’s poor construction, the good news is that they own all of their future first-round picks, although they do owe the San Antonio Spurs a pick swap in 2031. This means that the Kings are pivoting to […]

The Charlotte Hornets saw their nine-game winning streak come to an end on Monday night in a heated affair against the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons. The Pistons were playing physical basketball against the Hornets all night long, which triggered an all-out brawl in the third quarter that saw the likes of Jalen Duren, Moussa Diabate, […]

Things certainly got out of hand during the third quarter of the Detroit Pistons’ heated battle against the streaking Charlotte Hornets. With around seven minutes left in the period, Moussa Diabate and Jalen Duren got into an altercation, with the former looking to throw hands with the Pistons big man. Miles Bridges then escalated matters, […]