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Miami Heat point guard Kyle Lowry didn’t put up big numbers but was very productive off the bench in Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. He scored nine points  — on 2-for-4 shooting from the field and 2-for-3 from behind the three-point arc — and dished out three assists in a game […]

Ever since joining the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2019-20 season, star big man Anthony Davis has struggled to stay on the court. He’s played in 60-plus games in a regular season just once with the Lakers, and he’s missed over 40-plus games in a Lakers season twice. If he’s healthy, Davis is a top-ten […]

Jaren Jackson Jr. and Draymond Green are two of the top big men to come out of the Michigan State men’s basketball program in recent memory. Jaren Jackson Jr. is one of the best defensive players in the entire NBA at just 23 years of age, and he already has one Defensive Player of the […]

Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden will be one of the biggest names to hit free agency this summer, along with Kyrie Irving and Draymond Green. The Athletic’s Shams Charania recently reported that Harden is “torn” between either re-signing with the Philadelphia 76ers or joining the Houston Rockets, the team he spent nine seasons of his […]

The Miami Heat won Game 2 of the NBA Finals by a final score of 111-108, thanks largely to their best player, Jimmy Butler. Butler didn’t shoot the ball particularly well but scored 21 points and dished out a team-high nine assists in the win. The Heat now own home-court advantage in this series as […]

Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo has arguably been Miami’s best player thus far in these NBA Finals. He’s averaging 23.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game on 53.8% shooting from the field across the first two games of this series. If Adebayo keeps up this level of play and the Heat win […]

Nearly a month after firing head coach Monty Williams, a report came out from Shams Charania late last week that the Suns have hired Frank Vogel to be his replacement. Vogel has a wealth of coaching experience at the NBA level under his belt across nearly two decades of employment. A few days after Shams’ report, […]

Two games through the 2023 NBA Finals, the Miami Heat should feel very good about their chances of winning this series. After all, the Heat split the first two games on the road. After getting blown out in Game 1, Miami responded in Game 2 and won by a final score of 111-108 behind 23 […]

Few NBA stars have been more injury prone over the past few years than Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis. Since joining the Lakers in the 2019-20 campaign, Davis has played 60-plus games in a regular season just once and has missed over half of a season twice. While Davis’ two-way talent is undeniable, […]

Heading into the 2022-23 NBA season, folks had high expectations for the New Orleans Pelicans. After all, the team secured its first playoff appearance since 2018 the year prior and gave the one-seeded Phoenix Suns a run for their money in the first round, bowing out in six games. But fast forward to the current […]

The Memphis Grizzlies’ 2023 postseason run was short-lived. Despite finishing with the second-best record in the Western Conference during the regular season at 51-31, the team lost in the first round of the playoffs to the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in six games. It’s worth noting that the Lakers weren’t the average seven seed, as […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell played the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA bubble playoffs back in 2020 when he was still a member of the Utah Jazz. Mitchell averaged 36.3 points per game for the series, but it wasn’t enough for the Jazz to advance, as the Nuggets won the series […]

Nick Nurse is no longer the head coach of the Toronto Raptors. After five seasons as the coach of the Raptors, Nurse is moving on to a fellow division rival, the Philadelphia 76ers, to become their newest head coach. Nurse recently took to Instagram to post a heartfelt message thanking the city of Toronto and […]

An underrated storyline of the Miami Heat’s Cinderella Run to the Finals is that they made it to this stage without one of their best offensive players. Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro — whose 20.1 points per game average ranked third on the team during the regular season — has sat out the last month […]

Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets wasn’t as close of a game as the final score indicated. The Nuggets may have only won on Thursday night by 11 points, but they were in control the entire game and led by 24 points at one point. Heat star […]

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is one of the most accomplished coaches in NBA history. In his 15 years as the head coach of the Heat, he has led Miami to 12 postseason appearances, six NBA Finals appearances, and two NBA titles. Sure, Spoelstra has coached plenty of great players along the way, such […]

Miami Heat big man Udonis Haslem is a Heat lifer. He has spent the last 20 years playing for the Heat organization and has won three championships in Miami, one in 2006, one in 2012, and the other in 2013. At his advanced age, Haslem isn’t the player he once was for the Heat, but […]

Miami Heat star wing Jimmy Butler has been playing at an incredibly high level this postseason. His playoff numbers are up across the board compared to the regular season, most notably his scoring average, which has increased from 22.9 points per game to 28.5. The Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, and Boston Celtics all threw […]

Boston Celtics star wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown may not be the team’s vocal leaders — that title belongs to Marcus Smart and Al Horford — but they are the Celtics’ two best players, and thus, their words carry weight in the locker room. Tatum and Brown used their influence to demand a rotation […]

The 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat will tip off on Thursday night. A big reason why the Nuggets and Heat have made it to this stage is the excellent play of their role players. And one of the Nuggets’ best role players these playoffs has been forward Bruce Brown, who […]

Denver Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokic is well on his way to ending his career as one of the best big men ever to play the game of basketball. His uncanny ability to stuff the stat sheet is unlike anything fans have ever seen at the center spot, as Jokic is a nightly triple-double threat. […]

The 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat will tip off on Thursday night. At this juncture, it’s clear that the Nuggets are the favorite to come out on top. After all, the Nuggets have home-court advantage, the best player on either team in superstar center Nikola Jokic, and they swept […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been playing at an incredibly high level this postseason. Not only has he been the best player on his team this postseason, he’s been the best in the league. He’s averaging 29.9 points, 13.3 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 0.9 blocks, and 1.1 steals per game across 15 games in these […]

The 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat will kick off on Thursday night at approximately 8:30 PM EST. Heading into this NBA Finals matchup, it’s clear that the Nuggets are the favorite to win it all. After all, the Nuggets finished with a much better record in the regular season and […]

Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic has accomplished a lot in his NBA career. He’s made the league’s All-Star team twice and has averaged a double-double in each of his last five seasons. But while Vucevic is an incredibly talented scorer and rebounder, he’s little more than a league-average defender, and his ineptness on that end […]

Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown laid an egg in the team’s biggest game of the season. He scored 19 points on 8-for-23 shooting from the field and committed a whopping eight turnovers in Boston’s Game 7 loss to Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat on Monday night. The Celtics came all the way back from […]

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and the Boston Celtics entered this postseason with one goal in mind: to win a championship. The Celtics felt like they had unfinished business to take care of in the playoffs after losing in the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors one year ago. But fast forward to […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent missed Thursday’s Game 5 against the Boston Celtics due to an ankle injury. Without one of their starters, the Heat lost Game 5 by a final score of 110-97 behind a 24-point performance from Derrick White. So when Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the Boston Celtics re-visit the Kaseya Center […]

Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon laid an egg in Thursday’s Game 5 against the Miami Heat. He scored zero points and missed both of his shot attempts from the floor in a game the Celtics went on to win by a final score of 110-97. Still, when the Celtics re-visit the Kaseya Center on Saturday […]

Earlier this week, former Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement from the game of basketball. Anthony should go down as one of the best scorers in NBA history. His 28, 289 career points rank ninth on the league’s all-time scoring list, and he won the scoring title back in […]

Around a week ago, the Boston Celtics season seemed destined to end after Game 4. After all, the Heat held a commanding 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals and were fresh off of a 128-102 win in Game 3. But credit to Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the Celtics because they clawed their way […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent has played at a high level all postseason long. He’s averaging 13.1 points per game these playoffs and shooting 37.5% shooting from behind the three-point arc and 89.3% from the free-throw line. Vincent’s ability to score the ball from all three levels on the court has been key to Miami’s […]

Flopping has become a major problem in the NBA in recent years. So many players are now experts at exaggerating contact on a game-to-game basis, which makes it difficult for refs to decipher flops from actual fouls. A superstar offensive player like Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid may be the first player to come to […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent has played an instrumental role in the team’s deep playoff run this spring. He has shined on the offensive side of the ball. In this postseason, he’s averaging 13.1 points per game while shooting an efficient 37.5% from behind the three-point arc. But, unfortunately for Heat fans, Vincent won’t be […]

Former Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony just recently announced his retirement from the game of basketball. Anthony will go down in history as one of the best pure scorers in the history of the league. He averaged 22.5 points per game across his 19 years in the pros, made ten All-Star […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent put together a solid offensive performance in Tuesday’s Game 4 against the Boston Celtics. He scored 17 points on 5-for-10 shooting from the field and dished out four assists in a game the Heat went on to lose by a final score of 116-99. So when the Heat re-visit the […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent has played an instrumental role in the Heat’s playoff run. He is undoubtedly one of the top offensive players on their roster. He can effectively put the ball in the hoop from all three levels, as evidenced by his 29-point masterclass in their Game 3 win over the Boston Celtics. […]

French big man Victor Wembanyama is the most hyped-up international NBA prospect in recent memory. A 7’5″ center with the ball-handling, outside shooting ability, and foot speed of a guard, Wembanyama dominated on both ends of the floor in the French LNB Pro A league this season. It’s incredibly likely that he will be the […]

After finishing the 2022-23 regular season with the worst record in the NBA at 17-65, the Detroit Pistons front office decided it was time for a coaching change. They fired Dwane Casey — who spent the last five seasons as the head coach of the Pistons and coached the franchise to a playoff appearance in the […]