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When rumors began to swirl that Kentucky quarterback Will Levis was potentially going first in the 2023 NFL Draft, maybe they meant in the second round. A certain Reddit post made the rounds about how Levis was already informing family and friends that the Carolina Panthers were selecting him with the first overall pick. That […]

There were a number of reasons why the Atlanta Hawks ended up losing Game 6 to the Boston Celtics. Not being able to inbound the ball during the dying moments didn’t help their cause one bit. The Hawks threw it off a defender not once, not twice, but three separate times as they couldn’t get […]

The dust has barely settled from the stunning Miami Heat upset of the Milwaukee Bucks and Damian Lillard is already campaigning to see Giannis Antetokounmpo switch allegiances. The Portland Trail Blazers point guard retweeted a rather suggestive image gone viral on Twitter. It featured Giannis next to him rocking Blazers colors. It didn’t take long before […]

Game 5 was supposed to be a foregone conclusion. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks were meant to win in a blowout of the Heat as the true test lay in a Game 6 return to Miami. Jimmy Butler didn’t get the memo. Butler led the Heat to an astounding Game 5 closeout of the […]

Ahead of a must-win Game 5 for the Sacramento Kings, the question on fans’ minds is this: is De’Aaron Fox playing tonight vs. Warriors? The All-Star guard fractured his finger against the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 and has many wondering about his status for the next contest. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV […]

There’s a lot going on in the present for Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors. They’re currently firmly entrenched in a first-round playoff series against De’Aaron Fox and the Sacramento Kings. Getting to the next round and beyond is priority number one through five for the team. But the moment the dust settles, whether […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have a legitimate case for being the most disappointing team this season. Tyronn Lue is trying to look on the bright side. Paul George suffered a knee injury towards the end of the regular season and wasn’t able to return in time. Kawhi Leonard lasted all of two games longer than […]

Years ago, Kevin Durant pointed to Devin Booker as one of the players whose games he respects the most. Fast forward to 2023 and he’s watching him unleash his full potential as teammates on the Phoenix Suns. Devin Booker poured in 47 points and 10 assists in a closeout Game 5 to eliminate the Los […]

Harrison Barnes was an open 3-pointer away from sending the Golden State Warriors to the brink this postseason. Instead, his shot clanked off the rim, and the Sacramento Kings lost their series lead. Barnes had extra motivation given that the opponents were his ex-teammates. While he’s said to be on good terms with most of […]

Trae Young called game. The Atlanta Hawks’ diminutive point guard made the biggest play of the night to steal Game 5 against the Boston Celtics on their own home floor. Young pulled up just a few steps off the logo to put his Hawks up with just over a second left in the game: TRAE […]

One stop could have saved the Memphis Grizzlies from falling into the 3-1 hole they now find themselves in. LeBron James made sure to kick them into it like Leonidas in 300. The Los Angeles Lakers frontman put the team on his back and powered through the paint with a high-arching layup off the glass […]

The Los Angeles Lakers needed several big plays to seal the win on Monday night. LeBron James and Anthony Davis piled it on in overtime to help close out the Game 4 win. But it was Austin Reaves who buoyed the team throughout the contest with a team-high 23 points. Reaves also scored the game-tying […]

LeBron James is still the biggest name on the Los Angeles Lakers roster. But it’s becoming clearer by the day that it’s slowly becoming Anthony Davis’ team to lead. AD powered LA in Game 3 with a monster showing, pouring in 31 points and 17 rebounds in a 111-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. A […]

Dejounte Murray didn’t endear himself to the officials after  the Atlanta Hawks’ Game 4 defeat at the hands of the Boston Celtics on Sunday. The Hawks guard was seen confronting a referee and giving him a nudge following his team’s 129-121 loss. Murray walked right up to referee number 50 Gediminas Petraitis and leaned in […]

Rudy Gobert was ready to blow late in Game 2 of Timberwolves-Nuggets on Wednesday night. This time it was Kyle Anderson who calmed him down. The Timberwolves big man was whistled for a foul on Nikola Jokic, which gave him his fifth on the night. It’s clear with his reaction that he wasn’t in agreement […]

Bradley Beal’s midseason beef with a fan isn’t going away just yet. The Wizards guard was the subject of an investigation conducted by the Orlando Police Department last month over an incident with a fan following Washington’s March 21 loss to the Magic. Beal allegedly smacked the fan, Kyler Briffa, on the side of the […]

The NBA didn’t let Draymond Green off the hook. Many Golden State Warriors fans – and even neutral observers – expected Green to get off with a slap on the wrist for his altercation with Domantas Sabonis in Game 2. However, the NBA dropped the hammer in the form of a suspension on Draymond, leaving […]

Russell Westbrook has played like his motivation meter is on high through the first two games of the Suns-Clippers series. With former teammate turned rival Kevin Durant on the other side of the floor, it’s not hard to see why. While the two have gone at each other on the court, it doesn’t appear as […]

Chris Paul has long had a monkey on his back, and its name is Scott Foster. The Phoenix Suns point guard had been unable to win a game with Foster officiating a playoff game in a long, long time. That streak ended Tuesday in the Suns’ Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Nobody’s […]

The vibes are immaculate in Oklahoma City right now. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder exceeded all expectations this season to get themselves just one win away from a playoff berth. A first-round matchup against the top-seeded Denver Nuggets would have been a huge boon regardless of the result, but being right at the doorstep after […]

For a second straight game, Stephen Curry was unable to lift the Golden State Warriors to a win in Sacramento. The result on Game 2, however, was much more controversial given the ejection of Draymond Green following his dust-up with Domantas Sabonis. Draymond Green stomps on Domantas Sabonis. He was hit with a flagrant 2 […]

No singular moment was to blame for the Golden State Warriors’ 114-106 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. But for Dub Nation, it’s hard not to view Draymond Green’s ejection early in the fourth quarter as an inflection point that fueled the Game 2 defeat. The Warriors star got the boot after stomping […]

In a day full of upsets, the Denver Nuggets didn’t get the memo. They took care of business with a 109-80 drubbing of the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1. Nikola Jokic doubled down with a rather physical message of his own as he decked Anthony Edwards with an elbow across the face. The Nuggets star […]

Russell Westbrook didn’t endear himself to Phoenix Suns fans on Sunday night. It was more than just the Los Angeles Clippers guard’s game-saving stop against Devin Booker, too. Westbrook was caught on camera getting into a heated exchange with a Suns fan right before going out into the courtside tunnel. The fan appeared to be […]

The Miami Heat were the biggest of underdogs on Sunday night in Game 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks. An injury to Giannis Antetokounmpo and some gritty team play led the way toward a 130-117 win, but it was Jimmy Butler who ultimately ran the show. Butler looked to be in playoff form right off the […]

At 38 years old, LeBron James is still a force of nature. The Los Angeles Lakers star averaged 28.9 points per game this season, which ranks as his fifth-best scoring season across his 20-year career. Granted a lot of that has to do with the scoring boom, but it’s still impressive to see King James […]

Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox are living their dreams in real time. In the very first postseason game for both of them, the pair of Sacramento Kings guards showed out in their joint playoff debut. The tandem combined for 70 points as they drove the offense for a Game 1 win over Stephen Curry and […]

The Golden State Warriors suffered a Game 1 defeat against the Sacramento Kings. As always, with losses come questions that players, even Stephen Curry, are tired of hearing. The Warriors star was asked about his substitution pattern in Game 1, which has been a topic of discussion over the past two seasons. Just the mere […]

The Chicago Bulls were dealt an unceremonious end to their season against the Miami Heat in their Play-In Tournament clash for the final East playoff spot. A handful of Chi-town faithful are pinning it on benching Coby White. Bulls head coach Billy Donovan subbed out White with 2:17 left in the game. Miami led Chicago […]

Seahawks icon Bobby Wagner wasn’t away from Seattle for long. In his return, he didn’t take long to remind fans why he was such a beloved figure in the community. A group of Seattle teens was preparing to take a tour of Howard University. Before the tour began, they were joined but a special, and […]

Josh Giddey, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the rest of the Oklahoma City Thunder had no plans of settling for a participation trophy. After making their way into the Play-In Tournament, OKC pulled off a stunning upset of the Pelicans in New Orleans. For a team with such a bright future, they’re already making waves in the […]

With Los Angeles’ win on Tuesday night, LeBron James and the Lakers were the final piece of the California puzzle. The win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, while not exactly the most convincing of triumphs, secured LA’s spot in the NBA Playoffs. They join the Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, and Golden State Warriors as the […]

Playoff Jimmy was nowhere to be found on Tuesday night. Jimmy Butler’s vaunted postseason persona may not translate the same way to the Play-In Tournament, where the Miami Heat got dismantled by the Atlanta Hawks, 116-105. Butler finished with 21 points and 9 assists, but his points came on a brutal 6-of-19 shooting clip that […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo already has a ring in hand with a chance to win another this postseason. But there’s a multiverse reality wherein neither of those things would be true had the Milwaukee Bucks star listened to the creeping doubt in his head back in 2020. Antetokounmpo made a stunning revelation about nearly calling it quits […]

Los Angeles very nearly blew their comeback bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Play-In Tournament. The Lakers managed to survive in overtime and salvage the same result despite Anthony Davis‘ glaring blunder right at the buzzer in regulation. AD fouled Mike Conley on a corner three, which allowed the Timberwolves veteran to sink all […]

With seconds to go in the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers were right at the cusp of completing an epic Play-In Tournament comeback against the Timberwolves. It was a little more complicated than it appeared. LeBron James found Dennis Schroder for a wide-open corner triple that looked to be the nail in the coffin. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are playing with house money right now. Almost nobody outside of their fan base expected them to be in the NBA Play-In Tournament this season. Even fewer people expected Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to turn into a fringe MVP contender who has a legitimate case for making the All-NBA 1st Team. The rest […]

John Rahm is golf’s man of the hour after earning his green jacket at the 2023 Masters. Arizona Cardinals tight end Zach Ertz almost ruined it for him, or so he claims. During his speech, Rahm revealed that Ertz jinxed him at the start of the tournament by stating his first hole looked like a […]

On the final day of the NBA’s 2022-23 regular season, there’s still a lot on the line for the Golden State Warriors. They face off against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 82. The question: Is Stephen Curry playing vs. the Blazers? *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (click for a free trial)* Stephen Curry […]