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NBA free agency is only a few months away, and one of the biggest stars whose contract is expiring this July will be gunning for his third straight championship this June. Kevin Durant has experienced firsthand what it takes to taste champagne on the game’s biggest stage, and he should be primed to take another […]

One of the most dominant duos in NBA history, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, ruled the league like royalty at the turn of the century. Yet, what could have been a complete domination of the decade by the Los Angeles Lakers turned into arguably the biggest divorce in the league’s modern era. A dynastic reign […]

The NBA Playoffs is only weeks away with teams battling for position to have the upper hand in the first round and beyond. As soon as postseason action begins, everything goes back to zero except for a team’s true identity. Records don’t matter and head-to-head matchups don’t matter as much as many might think. Practically […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ season is all but over except for the final few games left to be played before the postseason begins. For the first time in nine years, there will be no LeBron James in the NBA Finals. What’s worse for the 16-year veteran is that this is the first time in the […]

CLUTCH Summary: While in his peak, former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Byrant was often compared to Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan.  Bryant mimicked much of his game after Jordan’s, but the league was becoming different in a post-Jordan world.  A fun theoretical, while nearly impossible to know for sure, is to wonder how Michael […]

The surprise team of the Western Conference is none other than the Denver Nuggets who didn’t make the 2018 NBA playoffs but are now one of the top teams in the league. Though they failed to show they have what it takes to take down the defending champion Golden State Warriors last Friday, the Nuggets […]

There are many reasons why the Los Angeles Lakers are no longer in the playoff hunt but one of the biggest reasons is their failed pursuit of Anthony Davis. It’s not incomprehensible to believe that the New Orleans Pelicans made them put their hopes up too much knowing that there really was no chance at […]

Don’t look now but the Houston Rockets are near the top of the Western Conference standings again. Coach Mike D’Antoni’s boys have endured some of the worst adversities a title contender has ever gone through and they have (hopefully) survived the worst of it. From being near the bottom of the NBA standings, the Rockets […]

The 2018-19 season has been a historic one for James Harden, who has been on an offensive tear for nearly two months and counting. Ditto for Russell Westbrook, whose triple-double exploits are still impressive, even without as much fanfare. Let’s not forget Kevin Durant, who continues to play at a high level, as the defending […]

A 128-95 beatdown on the Golden State Warriors, at the Oracle Arena no less, reminded the basketball world how good the Boston Celtics can be. For most of this 2018-19 NBA season, Gang Green has been anything but a legit title contender. They hardly looked like a playoff contender before their trip out west due […]

For the past few days, we’ve been looking at Eastern Conference teams that have the best chance to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. It’s time now to look at the Western Conference teams that are the biggest threats to the Warriors’ three-peat hopes. One of these teams is the Oklahoma City […]

The East is home to some of the league’s strongest teams this season and among them is the Philadelphia 76ers. For a time in this decade, the Sixers were the laughingstock of the league, having perfected “The Process,” tanking season after season for the sake of obtaining high draft picks and trading away good players […]

The playoffs are almost here, and the NBA will be declaring the 2018-19 champion in a few short months. Having won three of the last four championships, the Golden State Warriors are aiming for basketball immortality by winning their third consecutive title this season. But the road won’t be easy for the Warriors, as the […]

At the start of the 2018-19 NBA season, it was widely believed that the Golden State Warriors would win their third straight championship, especially after they signed DeMarcus Cousins to a one-year deal. These Warriors looked unstoppable on paper — they can field in a five-man lineup of five All-Stars. “We might as well hand […]

This wasn’t supposed to be a rivalry. There was virtually nothing to suggest that Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki would become rivals but it happened nonetheless. During All-Star Weekend, Wade and Nowitzki played their final All-Star Games and were given honorary jerseys to commemorate the momentous occasion. The Miami Heat guard is definite about retiring, […]

Only 22 games are left in the Los Angeles Lakers schedule, but they are still three games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the eighth and final slot in the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Ahead of them are the Sacramento Kings and they are tied with the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 29-31 record. This was not […]

A few NBA teams are hoping to lose in order to win, and for these “chosen” few, the prize at the end of the rainbow could net them college basketball’s most captivating player, Zion Williamson. Regardless of Williamson’s recent injury, which has been reported as a right knee sprain, teams are praying to get a […]

It has been nine years since the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics took center stage in the NBA Finals. Many of the players who were involved in the 2010 Finals have either retired or are now nearing retirement. One player in particular, Rajon Rondo, who was only 23 years old at the time, is […]

The NBA’s best gathered together in Charlotte for the 68th annual All-Star Game to entertain fans from across the globe. Team LeBron finished with 178 points to outlast Team Giannis, who finished with “only” 164 points during the NBA’s midseason event. As good a show as we witnessed on Sunday night, not everyone played well. […]

The 2019 NBA All-Star Game is almost upon us, with the league’s best and brightest about to take center stage in the most-awaited exhibition match of the year. Since 1951, the NBA’s greatest players have gathered together under one roof to thank the fans for supporting the game. But even from among the greats, there […]

There was no way the Boston Celtics could trade for Anthony Davis this season due to a quirky rule prohibiting him and Kyrie Irving from playing together, at least until next season, that is. The goal is to win the championship this year and in the years to come and Davis would have put that […]

Days after the trade deadline passed, the Los Angeles Lakers look basically the same as when they started the 2018-19 season with a few minor changes. Gone are Michael Beasley, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, and Ivica Zubac after the Lakers shipped them off to their new teams at the last minute. The deadline may have passed, but […]

The drama that unfolded with the Los Angeles Lakers during trade deadline week was nothing short of unnerving. When the smoke cleared, Anthony Davis remained in a New Orleans Pelicans uniform, but the Lakers still had to do something. Los Angeles made several smaller trades, acquiring Reggie Bullock from the Detroit Pistons and then dealing […]

Back in 1992, the USA Team deployed its 12 best players on the Olympic stage and promptly annihilated every opponent in its path. It was at the time called the Dream Team. A moniker the team has earned and has will be used for the rest of history. That team was quite the collection of […]

The NBA’s trade deadline frenzy has already begun with the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks offering the first salvo in blockbuster deals. With one stroke, the Knicks and Mavs sent shock waves reverberating throughout the league as Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke were sent packing from New York to […]

The Boston Celtics have one of the most talented rosters in the league. They can go eight players deep without any let up in quality of play. However, there is evidence that the Celts may be too talented for their own good which has caused some friction in the locker room and during games. With […]

The Feb. 7 trade deadline is fast approaching and for teams jockeying for playoff position, it is imperative that they make a smart, insightful deal. The Los Angeles Lakers are one of those teams in need of a trade to bolster their chances at making some noise in the playoffs. If I’m Magic Johnson or […]

At a time when personal issues between coaches and players become public consumption, reconciliations are media fodder to a worldwide audience as well. That was the case when Kawhi Leonard and his former coach Gregg Popovich shared an intimate moment on the court when they hugged it out after the game between the Toronto Raptors […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are finding life without LeBron James to be more difficult than they thought. Coupled with the injury to Rajon Rondo, the Lakers have a leadership void and a giant-sized superstar vacuum that need to be filled. While Kyle Kuzma has shown that he is moving towards filling one or both spaces, […]

The immediate answer is yes to the title question, but that’s only if you were comparing James Harden and Dwyane Wade of 2019. Of course, Harden is only better than Wade now because the former is still in the prime of his career while the latter is at the tail end. The Miami Heat shooting […]

Since the Philadelphia 76ers acquired Jimmy Butler through a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves in mid-November, they have been expected to vault to the top of the Eastern Conference. But that hasn’t happened almost two months into the trade. In fact, they are currently fourth in the relatively weaker conference behind the Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee […]

Having one of the best records in the league is a must if a team wants to make it to the NBA Finals. However, for a team like the Toronto Raptors who are in familiar territory once again, fighting for the top spot in the East, a feeling of déjà vu may be setting in. […]

It’s been a rough month for the Detroit Pistons and the team’s point guard, Reggie Jackson, believes he can play better to help the team. But is it too late already to redeem himself? According to a Dec. 19 report from Dave Early of Liberty Ballers, the Pistons are hoping to trade Jackson. Jackson has […]

It was a difficult first two months for the Houston Rockets but their recent 10 wins in 11 games has brought them back to playoff contention. Coupled with reigning MVP James Harden’s surge in performance in which he scored 32 points in 10 straight games, the Rockets have reeled off a couple of five-game winning […]

The Memphis Grizzlies were one of a handful of surprise teams at or near the top of the NBA standings. But reality quickly set in when they lost three straight before December arrived and the losses kept mounting. As my colleague Bruno Manrique of Clutch Points outlined in his piece, “The Grizzlies are no longer […]

Carmelo Anthony hasn’t found a place in the NBA yet after a falling out with the Houston Rockets. One possible option for him would be to return to the Denver Nuggets though getting there might be quite difficult particularly on the part of the franchise that Melo used to play for. Very few players in […]

Hall-of-Fame guard Allen Iverson named his all-time starting five in a piece that he wrote for The Players’ Tribune recently. Iverson modestly excluded himself from the list, which is a veritable lineup of NBA royalty. STEPH, MIKE, KOBE, BRON, SHAQ. These are the names that AI deemed to be the greatest starting five in league […]

December has been kind to the San Antonio Spurs, who have turned their game up a notch after a slow start to the 2018-19 NBA season. For the Spurs to continue their ascent to the league’s elite, they need to look at possible trades that will ensure that they enter the postseason with a competitive […]

It has been a highly successful 2018-19 season for the Toronto Raptors so far despite losing both their head coach at the end of last season’s playoff run and their franchise player to a trade with the San Antonio Spurs. But the injury bug has hit them quite a bit the past few weeks with […]