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Prior to the end of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers shut down Brandon Ingram after it was revealed that he needed surgery to remove blood clots in his shooting arm. There were legitimate concerns about his career being in danger, especially since guys like Chris Bosh and Mirza Teletovic were forced to retire because […]

Denver Nuggets guard Isaiah Thomas said he would’ve beaten the guy who clotheslined former NBA player Terrence Jones in a game that was played in the Philippines a couple of days ago. I woulda beat his ass!!! https://t.co/StLxZSxotS — Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) June 5, 2019 Jones, who spent most of his NBA career with the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to be one of the major players in this year’s free-agency market. The pressure to build a championship team around LeBron James is at an all-time high, and they are expected to bring at least one superstar to provide the four-time MVP some help. Over the past couple of […]

Texas Tech guard Jarrett Culver believes he can help the Los Angeles Lakers with his ‘elite’ skills. However, more than that, he thinks he will thrive playing alongside superstar forward LeBron James. The Lakers have the fourth overall pick in this year’s draft, and one of the prospects that they are closely looking at is […]

Canadians have shown a huge amount of support for the Toronto Raptors in their first-ever NBA Finals appearance. The first two games of the best-of-seven championship series against the Golden State Warriors have received very high ratings in Canada. Now, the NBA is reporting that 35 percent of the country’s population has watched the NBA […]

In recent years, the Philadelphia 76ers have earned the reputation as a team that gets quality talent in the draft. While most picks for the Sixers have been in the top 10, they are still capable of finding someone who can make an immediate impact. That is what they’re planning to do with the 24th […]

The NBA Draft is just a few weeks away, but the New York Knicks are reportedly still undecided on who they’re gonna select with the third overall pick. Most mock drafts have them selecting Duke product RJ Barrett, but the Knicks’ front office is weighing all their options — including the possibility of trading down […]

The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t won a championship in almost a decade, but the last time they did, it wasn’t a superstar like Kobe Bryant or an All-Star like Pau Gasol or a proven clutch shooter like Derek Fisher that helped seal the win. It was Ron Artest, now known as Metta World Peace. The […]

Canadian NBA fans continue to show massive support to the Toronto Raptors not only by watching the game live at Scotiabank Arena or trooping to Jurassic Park to cheer. Those at home are also tuned in to see if the team can pull an upset over the Golden State Warriors. Game 1 of the NBA […]

Jimmy Butler is undoubtedly enjoying his offseason ahead of his free agency — so much so that he is even teasing (or trolling) fans about where he could possibly go. This time, the four-time All-Star posted an Instagram story where he could be seen rocking a Nike Air Force 1 with the purple and gold […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart had an anti-analytics rant in a recent episode of Gilbert Arenas’ “No Chill Podcast,” which was highlighted by the sentence “You telling me that this dude that’s 45 that never played, doesn’t have an athletic bone in his body, gonna tell me how to play basketball?” On paper, this […]

Dallas Mavericks guard JJ Barea is hoping to be able to play for Puerto Rico in the FIBA World Cup which will take place in China this August. Barea, who suffered an Achilles injury back in January, said he ‘feels pretty good’ at the moment; however, the Mavs veteran won’t make a final decision until […]

Two of the biggest personalities in attendance at Game 2 of the NBA Finals had a chance to meet inside Scotiabank Arena, as Toronto Raptors superfan and world-renowned rapper Drake and former US President Barack Obama had a little chat: Obama 🤝 Drake pic.twitter.com/7fRvo6cdMQ — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 3, 2019 Aside from Drake and Obama, […]

Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson had to leave in the fourth quarter of Game 2 because of an apparent ankle injury. However, that didn’t stop him from greeting his teammates after their victory. After the Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 109-104, Thompson congratulated his teammates in the tunnel after the game. With ice on […]

Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala hit one of the most pivotal 3-pointers of his career in the final seconds of Game 2, sealing the 109-104 win against the Toronto Raptors. He’s also moved up to the 15th spot in the all-time list of 3-pointers made in the history of the NBA Finals. Congrats to Andre […]

Andre Iguodala only had eight points in Game 2, but three of those came from a clutch 3-pointer that propelled the Golden State Warriors to a 109-104 win over the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors erased a 12-point third quarter lead by the Warriors to come within two, 106-104 with less than 20 seconds remaining in […]

The Golden State Warriors may have dodged a bullet after their Game 2 win, as head coach Steve Kerr confirmed that Klay Thompson’s injury isn’t serious and that he might be able to play in Game 3 on Wednesday. “Klay said he’ll be fine. But Klay could be half dead and he’d say he’s fine. […]

The Golden State Warriors survived a feisty fightback from the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 to tie the NBA Finals series at 1-1. The Warriors, who were up by 11 points midway through the fourth quarter, found themselves up by only two in the final 13 seconds of the game. However, Andre Iguodala banked a […]

NBA analyst Jalen Rose is in Toronto to cover Game 2 of the NBA Finals series between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors. Rose, who played several years with the Raptors during his NBA career, received a warm welcome from hundreds of fans who were at the Jurassic Park. Crowd Surfin in Jurassic […]

Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam is trying to send a message to the Golden State Warriors; that his Game 1 performance was not a fluke, and he made sure to deliver it emphatically. During the first quarter of Game 2, Siakam finished a Raptors fastbreak attack by catching an alley-oop pass from Fred VanVleet and […]

The National Basketball Coaches Association has chosen former Utah Jazz head coach Frank Layden as the winner of this year’s Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award. National Basketball Coaches’ Association gives its Lifetime Achievement Award this year to former Jazz coach Frank Layden, in a ceremony before Game 2 in Toronto. — David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) June […]

The New York Knicks are still undecided on what to do with their third overall pick. Apparently, they’re still not sold on RJ Barrett and are still considering trading down in the draft. According to a report by ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz, the Knicks are still considering the option of trading the third […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has announced that Andre Iguodala will start for the team in Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. Steve Kerr says Andre Iguodala will start. Iguodala was limited at #Warriors practice & shootaround the last two days. pic.twitter.com/0uRbGEkwDy — 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) June 2, […]

Ahead Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr admits that it’s difficult for them to use a small-ball lineup without Kevin Durant. The Warriors normally play Draymond Green at center in their famed lineup, but Kerr pointed out that using other options makes more sense […]

Kyle Lowry has been impressive for the Toronto Raptors despite what could be said as an unforgettable start in the playoffs, and his teammates Marc Gasol and Danny Green acknowledge it. Ahead of their pivotal Game 2 in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, Gasol and Green heaped praised on Lowry and showed […]

David West retired last year after helping the Golden State Warriors win two straight titles. He embraced a reserve role for a chance to win rings before calling it a career. However, he admitted that if the Cavaliers were able to beat them last year, he would still be playing this season. In an interview […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has a ton of respect for Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry, and that’s because he believes their paths to stardom are similar and both of them worked hard to be where they are now. In an interview with ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, Green said he admires Lowry for all the […]

The New York Knicks are facing a huge offseason. They have enough cap space to sign two top-tier free agents and own the third overall pick in the draft. The franchise has long been a laughingstock of the league, but if they get things right, they will turn their fortunes around in a heartbeat. But […]

The Boston Celtics watched their season come crashing to an end in the Eastern Conference semifinals when they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks. They won Game 1 of that series before losing the next four games. Now, there is speculation that All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is not going to return to the team next season. […]

For veteran center Andre Drummond, former Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy is a good coach. However, he was not the right coach for the players he had when the team hired him in 2014. The Pistons relieved Van Gundy of his duties as the team’s coach and president of basketball operations last summer for […]

Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard offered remarks on Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers getting fined for tampering. Leonard kept his answers short when asked by The New York Post’s Marc Berman regarding the matter. He said he had no idea that Rivers was penalized by the league. When the incident was explained to […]

Danny Green is set to be a free agent this summer, and he is expected to get strong interest from his hometown team, the New York Knicks. However, the Toronto Raptors sharpshooter is not yet thinking about it. Just like Kawhi Leonard, Green is free to leave the Raptors after this season and could garner […]

The Portland Trail Blazers made it to the Western Conference Finals this season, and although they were swept by the Golden State Warriors, they still had an impressive playoff run. One of the players who were vital in their success in the postseason was Enes Kanter. After being waived by the Knicks, Kanter chose to […]

Stephen Curry is a generational talent. When he came into the league back in 2008, no one thought that he’d eventually become a two-time MVP and a three-time champion. Moreover, nobody expected that the Golden State Warriors guard will be responsible for one of the biggest evolutions in the game of basketball. Ever since Curry […]

Although the Toronto Raptors took Game 1 of the best-of-seven NBA Finals series against the Golden State Warriors, they were unable to contain two-time MVP Stephen Curry, who erupted for 34 points. Head coach Nick Nurse has been very impressed with what the All-Star guard has been able to do not only in the series […]

Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson isn’t rattled that his team is down by one game in the best-of-seven NBA Finals series against the Toronto Raptors. In an interview with the Associated Press’ Brian Mahoney, Thompson said the Warriors will need to make the necessary adjustments in Game 2, especially on transition defense. He added […]

Pascal Siakam has been sensational for the Toronto Raptors this season, and so it’s not surprising to hear from his teammate Fred VanVleet that Siakam is his ‘favorite player’ in the NBA. Siakam is the frontrunner to win the Most Improved Player of the Year award, and he has solidified himself as the second-best player […]

The Toronto Raptors reached the NBA Finals for the first time in its franchise history, thanks in large part to the phenomenal play of All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard who single-handedly carried the team for the majority of their playoff run. In a press conference ahead of Game 2, Leonard credited three Hall of Famers who […]

Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors didn’t sit well with a lot of fans watching it on ABC, as the giant media network recorded one of the lowest rated Finals games in its history, according to a report from SportsMediaWatch.com. Thursday’s Warriors-Raptors NBA Finals Game 1 […]