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Jamal Crawford and Lou Williams are two of the greatest bench scorers in NBA history. They are the only two players in league history to win three Sixth Man of the Year awards during their careers. Crawford won his Sixth Man of the Year awards in 2010, 2014, and 2016, while Williams won his awards […]

The Atlanta Hawks franchise has been around for over 70 years. The Hawks have been a franchise since 1946 when they were called the Buffalo Bisons, and the NBA was called the National Basketball League or NBL. The Hawks aren’t nearly as successful of a franchise as some of the NBA’s other old franchises, such […]

The Team USA men’s basketball team played its final FIBA World Cup exhibition game against Germany on Sunday. Team USA won the game by a final score of 99-91, thanks largely to the play of Minnesota Timberwolves star guard Anthony Edwards. Edwards finished with a team-high 34 points for the game, with 14 of his […]

The NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers franchise has been around for quite some time now. Its first season was all the way back in the 1946-47 season when the team was called the Syracuse Nationals, and the NBA was called the National Basketball League or NBL. The Sixers haven’t accomplished as much as some of the other […]

Slovenia dominated Japan in its final exhibition ahead of the FIBA World Cup. Slovenia won by a final score of 103-68, and, unsurprisingly, Dallas Mavs star Luka Doncic was the team’s top performer. He finished with 23 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists in the wire-to-wire victory for Slovenia. There’s one spectacular play Doncic made […]

The Detroit Pistons franchise has been around for quite some time now. The Pistons’ first season was all the way back in the 1941-42 season when they were referred to as the Fort Wayne Pistons and played in the National Basketball League or NBL. They then relocated to Detroit starting in the 1957-58 season and […]

The NBA’s New York Knicks franchise has existed for quite a long time. It was established all the way back in 1946 when the NBA was in its fledgling stages and called the Basketball Association of America or BAA. Over the course of their seven-plus-decade existence, the Knicks haven’t done a lot of winning at […]

The NBA’s Miami Heat franchise hasn’t been around for very long, at least compared to franchises the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat’s first season in the NBA was in the 1988-89 season, meaning the franchise is not even 40 years old. Despite the Heat being a relatively new organization, Miami has already […]

On Tuesday, the NBA released every team’s schedule for the 2023 In-Season Tournament, including the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets are part of the Western Conference’s Group B along with the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans Pelicans, and Houston Rockets. Jokic and the Nuggets’ first In-Season Tournament game will be a […]

The NBA’s San Antonio Spurs franchise has existed for quite some time now. Its first season in the NBA came all the way back in the 1976-77 season, as the Spurs were one of several ABA teams to join the NBA in the NBA-ABA merger. During their four-plus-decades of existence in the NBA, the Spurs […]

The Boston Celtics franchise has been around for quite a long time. Its first season as a pro team came all the way back in the 1946-47 season when the NBA was called the Basketball Association of America or BAA. The Celtics are one of the most successful franchises in North American pro sports. The […]

Former Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade is one of the most accomplished players of his generation. So it should come as no surprise that the 13-time NBA All-Star and three-time champion was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame located in Springfield, Massachusetts. Former Dallas Mavericks big man Dirk Nowitzki, former Los Angeles Lakers big […]

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James teamed up for one of the most iconic moments in NBA history back when they were both members of the Miami Heat. In a game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Wade dished a no-look bounce pass to James on the break, and James threw down a monster dunk. The picture of […]

Former 21-year NBA veteran Kevin Willis has recently been the victim of a theft. Approximately $100,000 worth of jerseys from his days as a member of the San Antonio Spurs franchise was stolen from a storage facility, per a recent article from TMZ: “According to police documents, the theft was reported to cops by Willis […]

The USA men’s basketball team will play Slovenia in a FIBA exhibition match on Saturday at 3:30 PM EST. But Slovenia will not have their best player, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Dončić, in Saturday’s matchup. Dončić is sitting out due to an injury he suffered in Friday’s game against Spain, per a tweet from the Slovenija […]

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is part of the 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class. Back in 2014, Popovich hired former WNBA star, Becky Hammon, to be the team’s assistant coach. Hammon became the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history. She also became the first female Summer League head coach in league […]

Back on March 20th, 2023, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavs faced off against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies went on to win the game by a final score of 112-108 after outscoring the Mavericks in the fourth quarter 29-12. Irving finished with a team-high 28 points in the Mavericks loss, while Grizzlies big man […]

2K Sports recently revealed the NBA 2K24 player ratings for some of the best players in the league. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic — who led the Nuggets to the 2023 NBA title just a few months ago — has the highest overall rating of any current player at a 98 overall. Five players — […]

The Seattle SuperSonics franchise has been around for quite some time now. The SuperSonics joined the NBA back in the 1967-68 season. The team stayed in Seattle for over four decades until the 2008-09 season, when they relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder. Across their five-plus-decade existence, the Sonics have won […]

Back in June, Kansas City Chiefs teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce beat Golden State Warriors teammates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in a celebrity golf tournament. Thompson recently hopped on the Podcast P with Paul George podcast and made an NBA Finals comparison to the golf tournament he played in a few months ago, […]

The Nets franchise has been around for quite some time. It joined the NBA back in 1976 as a result of the NBA merger and relocated to New Jersey in 1977. The Nets played in New Jersey up until the 2012-13 season, when they relocated to Brooklyn, New York, and became the Brooklyn Nets. During […]

Back on October 25th, 2022, the Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns faced off against each other in a regular-season game. The Suns demolished the Warriors by a final score of 134-105 in a game that was decided well before the final buzzer. In the second half of the loss, Klay Thompson exchanged words with […]

The NBA’s Indiana Pacers franchise has existed for quite some time now. The Pacers joined the NBA back in 1976 due to the NBA-ABA merger, meaning they’ve been around for almost 50 years. But during the Pacers’ four-plus-decades of existence, the team hasn’t won a single championship. They have gotten very close to winning a […]

Former NBA veteran JJ Barea carved out an impressive pro career for himself. He averaged 8.9 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game for his pro career and won a championship with the Dallas Mavericks back in 2011. Now that his playing career is over, the former Mavericks fan favorite is entering the coaching […]

The Phoenix Suns franchise has been around for a while now. The Suns joined the NBA all the way back in 1968, meaning the team is over 50 years old. But during the Suns’ five-plus-decades of existence, the team hasn’t won a single championship. They have been close to winning a title on multiple occasions, […]

Dallas Mavericks point guard Kyrie Irving and Los Angeles Clippers point guard Russell Westbrook have been two of the best players at their position in the NBA for the last decade. They both have accomplished so much in this league and will certainly be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, when […]

Tyronn Lue is an accomplished NBA head coach. He coached the Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA title back in 2016 and has spent the last three seasons as the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. But before Lue was an NBA head coach, he was a player. And Lue began his NBA playing career […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are arguably the most accomplished franchise in NBA history. They are tied with the Boston Celtics for the most titles of any NBA franchise with 17 and have made 32 appearances in the NBA Finals. So it should come as no surprise that the Lakers have had some of the greatest […]

More than halfway through the 2023 WNBA regular season, it’s clear who the best team in the league is right now, and that’s the Las Vegas Aces. The Aces currently own an incredible 24-2 record this season, the best record in the WNBA by a wide margin. The New York Liberty own the second-best record […]

After spending the first four years of his NBA career with the Boston Celtics, Grant Williams is now a member of the Dallas Mavs franchise. The Mavericks and Williams agreed to a four-year, $54 deal as part of a sign-and-trade with the Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs. Williams has only been a member of […]

There are two NBA teams in the city of Los Angeles, California: the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers. But there’s no question which team is more popular — it’s the Lakers, and it’s easy to understand why. After all, the Lakers have won 17 titles in the history of the franchise, tied […]

Former NBA point guard Mark Jackson spent nearly fifteen years as a member of ESPN’s NBA television broadcast team. But his time with the network has now come to an end. Jackson is out at ESPN, and the network has decided to have former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers take Jackson’s place on ESPN’s NBA […]

Back in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons selected 6’6″ wing Stanley Johnson with the eighth overall pick. Johnson was widely believed to be a player with star potential at the time, as he was fresh off a great two-way collegiate season at Arizona. But fast forward to the current day, and it’s safe […]

Kevin Garnett was arguably the most intense player ever to play in the NBA. He gave 110% effort every time he took the floor and was willing to do everything and anything it took for his team to win games. Garnett recently uploaded a post to social media that contradicts his usual uber-intense and locked-in persona, […]

Tracy McGrady accomplished so much during his 16 years playing in the NBA. He was a two-time NBA scoring champion, a seven-time NBA All-Star, was named to an All-NBA team seven times, won the league’s Most Improved Player award back in the 2000-01 season, and, most importantly, is a Hall of Famer. There’s really only […]

Entering the 2022-23 NBA regular season, there were plenty of folks who believed Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the Los Angeles Clippers had a legitimate chance to win the 2023 NBA championship. After all, the Clippers had a star-studded and one of the deepest benches in the entire league. But fast forward to the current day, and […]

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the Boston Celtics entered the 2022-23 NBA season with one ultimate goal in mind — to win the 18th championship in the history of the franchise. The Celtics felt like they had unfinished business to take care of in the postseason after they fell to Stephen Curry and the Golden […]

Entering the 2022-23 NBA campaign, plenty of folks had postseason expectations for the New Orleans Pelicans. After all, the Pelicans were fresh off their first playoff appearance since the 2017-18 season and took the Phoenix Suns — who owned the best record in the Western Conference during the 2021-22 regular season — to six games […]

The Chicago Sky have had a mediocre 2023 WNBA season thus far. The team owns a 9-14 record and a 4-6 record over its last ten games. But a new member of the Sky’s ownership group knows what it takes to win at the highest level of competitive basketball and thus could prove to be […]