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Mario Chalmers made headlines on Monday after he came out with a statement about former Miami Heat teammate LeBron James not being feared in the NBA. This was a bold claim that has unsurprisingly taken a life of its own. For his part, former NBA star turned analyst Chandler Parsons has shared his two cents […]

Deandre Ayton was unable to suit up for the Phoenix Suns on Sunday as they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 124-120. The 24-year-old is currently dealing with a hip injury, and his status on Wednesday against a LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers side has now already been confirmed. Deandre Ayton injury status vs. Lakers […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off a crucial victory on Sunday against the Orlando Magic. They will want to keep it going on Tuesday when they take on a Kevin Durant-less Phoenix Suns side, with LA still fighting for their spot in the Play-In tournament out in the West. Unsurprisingly, Anthony Davis has popped […]

The Golden State Warriors announced on Monday that Andre Iguodala has undergone successful surgery to address an injury on his left wrist. The former Finals MVP went down last week after sustaining the injury and has now missed his team’s last four games. Based on this most recent report, it is clear that Iguodala is […]

There has been a lot of buzz of late surrounding Ja Morant’s highly-anticipated return to action for the Memphis Grizzlies. The embattled superstar has been suspended for the past nine games, and the general expectation is that he will finally come back on Wednesday when the Grizzlies take on the Houston Rockets. It has now […]

Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green has been pretty banged up of late. At the moment, he is still dealing with a sore right wrist, which has now seen him added to the injury report ahead of Wednesday’s Western Conference showdown against the Dallas Mavericks. Draymond Green injury status vs. Mavs The good news for […]

On September 19, 2018, Richard Jefferson Sr., the father of one-time NBA champion Richard Jefferson, was shot and killed near his home in Compton, California. It has now been four years since the gruesome murder, but at this point, the police have yet to solve the homicide case. As reported by TMZ Sports, the Los […]

It’s now been nearly four months since Karl-Anthony Towns tasted some NBA action for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 27-year-old has been sidelined by a lingering calf injury that has forced him to sit out a good chunk of the season for the Wolves. The good news for Minnesota fans, however, is that KAT is now […]

One of the steps Ja Morant had to take as part of the Memphis Grizzlies‘ conditions before he is reinstated to the team was to go to Florida to undergo counseling. The young superstar spent a few days inside a facility, which apparently, had the objective of helping him properly address the issues he had […]

The Dallas Mavericks are coming off a tough loss at the hands of a Ja Morant-less Memphis Grizzlies side on Monday night. They have another tough matchup coming up, with a showdown against the defending champs Golden State Warriors slated for Wednesday night. At this point, both Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have been nursing […]

There was some back and forth between Kyrie Irving and Dillon Brooks during Monday’s showdown between the Dallas Mavericks and the Memphis Grizzlies. It was the Grizzlies who emerged victorious after the hard-fought battle, 112-108, and it seems that the pair buried the hatchet after the final buzzer. Kyrie and Brooks even decided to swap jerseys […]

Monday night’s matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Dallas Mavericks went down the wire. In the end, it was the Grizzlies who emerged with a hard-fought 112-108 victory that saw the return of Ja Morant with the team amid his league-imposed suspension. Ja did not take the floor against the Mavs, but he was […]

D’Angelo Russell has had a bit of an up-and-down run with the Los Angeles Lakers since he re-joined the team during the NBA trade deadline. As he came in, the Lakers shipped Russell Westbrook off, who now plies his trade with none other than the Lakers’ cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. Based on his […]

Patrick Beverley has been around the block quite a bit over the past couple of years. In fact, the feisty guard has been with no less than four teams in two seasons, which includes his current team, the Chicago Bulls. Pat Bev, however, spent four memorable years with the Los Angeles Clippers before parting ways with […]

The Los Angeles Clippers took care of business last week when they defeated Stephen Curry and the defending champs Golden State Warriors. Paul George and Co. got the last laugh after their 134-126 win, but it wasn’t until after they watched Curry drop a 50-piece all over the Clippers. In a recent episode of his podcast, […]

Ja Morant is not available for the Memphis Grizzlies when they take on the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. The embattled point guard will be serving out the ninth game of his league- and team-imposed suspension following his gun incident a few weeks back. Morant, however, joined his teammates on the bench for the first […]

The Boston Celtics are looking to bounce back from Saturday’s tough loss against the Utah Jazz when they return to action on Tuesday against the Sacramento Kings. The good news for Boston fans is that their injury report has come back relatively clean ahead of their marquee matchup against the No. 3 seed in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently sitting on the No. 11 seed in the West with a 35-37 record. If the Play-In started today, they wouldn’t even get a chance to fight for their spot in the playoffs. The good news for LA fans everywhere, however, is that the Lakers have the easiest schedule in […]

It was reported earlier on Monday that Ja Morant is getting extremely close to his return to the Memphis Grizzlies. In fact, there is now hope that the embattled superstar will get to suit up on Wednesday when the Grizzlies take on the Houston Rockets. At this point, it appears that this is going to […]

Late last month, the Los Angeles Clippers suffered a 134-124 loss at the hands of the Denver Nuggets at the Ball Arena. It was a marquee matchup between two title contenders in the West, but apparently, there was a much bigger storyline before the game that literally put the lives of the Clippers players in […]

The Los Angeles Lakers earned a huge win on Sunday night as they took down the Orlando Magic to keep themselves in the race for the few final Play-In spots out in the West. It required a monumental performance from Austin Reaves, who dropped a career-high 35-point performance as both Anthony Davis and D’Angelo Russell […]

The Utah Jazz are right in the middle of an all-out race out West for the final few Play-In spots in the conference. They have a big game scheduled on Monday against the No. 3 seed Sacramento Kings, and a loss could see them fall out of the Top 10 in the West. The bad […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks got himself in some trouble again after he ended up sending a courtside cameraman to the floor during Wednesday’s loss against the Miami Heat. Brooks was fined a whopping $35,000 by the league for his antics, which reportedly caused shoulder and elbow injuries to the cameraman. Before anything else, here […]

The Memphis Grizzlies got the better of the Golden State Warriors yet again on Saturday night via a lopsided 133-119 blowout that saw the defending champs suffer their 10th consecutive road loss. There was no shortage of smack talk after the game, with Dillon Brooks unsurprisingly right smack in the middle of it all. Toward […]

Grant Williams had a chance to win it at the buzzer for the Boston Celtics on Saturday night. Instead, the 24-year-old saw his last-second shot blocked away by Utah Jazz rookie Walker Kessler, thereby sealing Boston’s 118-117 loss at the hands of the Jazz. After the game, Williams was understandably upset with the defeat. He […]

Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks broke the hearts of millions of Los Angeles Lakers fans on Friday night. Actually, it was Maxi Kleber who delivered the final blow as his game-winning trey at the buzzer sank the Lakers to another devastating loss. Irving top-scored for the Mavs in that one with Luka Doncic watching […]

LeBron James is the NBA’s all-time scoring king. However, not even the Los Angeles Lakers superstar could touch Jayson Tatum‘s latest scoring milestone after the Boston Celtics superstar caught fire yet again on Saturday night against the Utah Jazz. After failing to score a single point in the opening quarter, Tatum exploded for 15 points […]

There weren’t too many things to be happy about in the Golden State Warriors’ 133-119 loss against the Ja Morant-less Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. Apart from the fact that this was the Dubs’ 10th straight road loss, this was also Memphis’ second consecutive victory over the defending champs. In spite of another devastating loss for […]

Friday’s marquee matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers was not short in action. As a matter of fact, it needed a last-second Maxi Kleber triple to decide a winner. That turned out to be the Mavs, who escaped with a 111-110 win over a LeBron James-less Lakers side in the most […]

Robert Williams will miss his eighth consecutive game for the Boston Celtics when they take on the Utah Jazz on Saturday. The 25-year-old has been out of commission due to a lingering hamstring problem, and Celtics fans have been anticipating the return of their high-energy big man. As it turns out, Boston supporters might not […]

The Duke Blue Devils saw their 10-game winning streak come to a devastating end on Saturday night at the hands of the Tennessee Volunteers. It wasn’t a good day for Duke fans everywhere as they saw their title hopes thrown out the window following a heartbreaking 65-52 loss against No. 4 Tennessee. Unsurprisingly, this was […]

Anthony Davis had a forgettable evening on Friday as the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a brutal defeat at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks at the buzzer. AD had a chance to seal the deal for LA late in the game, but his missed free throw gave the Mavs an opportunity to steal the game […]

It has now been nearly a month since we last saw LeBron James in action for the Los Angeles Lakers. Unfortunately, recent reports indicate that the NBA’s all-time leading scorer isn’t exactly close to returning. Be that as it may, LeBron is apparently doing everything he can to get himself back into shape as he […]

Trae Young played a key role in the Atlanta Hawks’ 127-119 win over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Friday night. Young even came up with a game-sealing steal on Curry late in the contest that prompted a savage finger-wag celebration from the Hawks star. Atlanta is back in action on Sunday against […]

The Phoenix Suns snapped their three-game losing streak on Thursday with a 116-113 win over the Orlando Magic. They are back in action on Sunday against the Oklahoma City Thunder as they kick off a critical three-game road trip in the West, but at this point, the Suns will need to try and secure a […]

The red-hot Philadelphia 76ers will be putting their seven-game winning streak to the test against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Unfortunately for the Sixers, James Harden has popped up on the injury report due to a left foot injury, and they will now need to try and navigate a win against a Tyrese Haliburton-less […]

The Washington Wizards are in dire need of a win on Saturday night when they take on the Sacramento Kings. The Wizards have lost four out of their last five games, and have fallen out of the Play-In picture out in the East. The problem for Washington is that star center Kristaps Porzingis is currently […]

Jonathan Kuminga missed three games earlier this month due to a left ankle injury. The Golden State Warriors forward is now dealing with soreness in his right ankle, and he has popped up on the injury report ahead of Saturday’s marquee matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies. As such, the question on the minds of Dubs […]

Rudy Gobert did all he can to carry the Minnesota Timberwolves to a win on Friday night. His heroics weren’t enough, though, as the Wolves suffered a disheartening double-overtime loss against the Chicago Bulls, 139-131. Gobert nearly lifted Minnesota in this one, but in the end, he came up short. The three-time Defensive Player of […]