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It has finally happened. Donald Trump has taken his talents once again to Twitter this time to bash two birds with one stone, taking a shot at both CNN news anchor Don Lemon and Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made […]

There was a time in the league when Matt Barnes and Kobe Bryant were rivals in the court. The nature of their rivalry bordered on the extreme. Although Barnes was not a superstar and merely a role player back in the day, he was just as competitive as those of the elites like the Los […]

Anyone who gets name-dropped in any of Champagne Papi’s songs can take a walk into the streets banging their chests and acting like some kind of royalty. If you see Phoenix Suns Devin Booker doing any of that, it’s because he got his name immortalized by Travis Scott and Drake in the song SICKO MODE. […]

Salah Mejri is coming back to the Dallas Mavericks after all and it is now official. According to Mavs.com, Dallas has formally inked the 7-foot-2 center to a new deal. The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have re-resigned center Salah Mejri. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mejri initially got […]

Not a few people were left disconcerted in South Beach when Dwyane Wade left the Miami Heat in 2016 for a chance to play with the Chicago Bulls. You can count Heat forward Justise Winslow as among those who were frustrated by Wade’s move to Windy City two years ago. Winslow was so affected by […]

James Harden’s shooting is as hot as the summer weather in Las Vegas. Maybe even hotter. During the recently concluded Team USA minicamp at the University of Las Vegas, Harden showed that his shooting form remains on point even during these dog days of the summer. Harden is part of the 35-man pool of players, […]

Luol Deng just wants to play basketball in the NBA, but the Los Angeles Lakers simply hasn’t afforded him last season of a satisfactory playing time. The Lakers would love to trade Deng, though, the interest in him from other teams is scarce, if not non-existent. Deng has a burdensome contract and an aging, damaged […]

It’s been over a year since Gordon Hayward left Salt Lake City for an opportunity to play with the Boston Celtics. Thanks to Donovan Mitchell and the relatively successful season his team just had, the Utah Jazz are doing just fine in moving on from any bitterness of the way they parted ways with Hayward. […]

Contrary to a previous report by Radar Online, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has not been ordered by a court to pony up a ridiculous amount of $250,000 per month in child support to his ex-girlfriend/fiancée, Brynn Cameron. Griffin and Cameron made a joint press release on Friday, implying that Radar Online’s exposé is off […]

LeBron can do it all on the basketball court, but it seems that he’s not only using his athleticism on the hard court, but also on the diamond. Here’s the news Los Angeles Lakers forward getting a hit during a friendly game of softball. LeBron out here hitting LASERS 💥 @KingJames pic.twitter.com/VP7BbSGfSc — Overtime (@overtime) […]

Oklahoma City Thunder big man Steven Adams has a book out right now, and based on the excerpts that have already been released, one could tell that it’s packed with tasty details and interesting info about the life Adams on and off the court. Among those passages is an interesting and hilarious story by Adams […]

A revelation found in a new book about the Deflategate controversy states that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady could have avoided a four-game suspension and all the drama accompanied by his back-and-forth with Roger Goodell’s office if he agreed to publicly admit that two New England equipment personnel were to blame for the change […]

Even the most ardent Brooklyn Nets fans might struggle to say with straight faces that the team is certainly going to be in the playoffs. Sean Marks, however, is of a different breed. Marks was recently in a conference call with Nets season ticket holders and when asked about Brooklyn’s chances of making the top […]

For basketball Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood, the Detroit Pistons are not doing enough to honor one of the best players – if not the best – to ever play for the franchise. At least that’s what Haywood seemed to imply when he said during an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists headquarters […]

No team came so close to shutting the Golden State Warriors down last season than the Houston Rockets. That the Rockets failed to complete their job of eliminating the Warriors in this year’s Western Conference Finals despite being on the cusp of doing so twice continues to eat James Harden inside, per Michael Lee of […]

Fake news has been a term frequently thrown around these days, and Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin is among the latest to hurl the phrase on social media when he recently posted a GIF of Stephen Colbert quoting the words on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/41AfeXzmO2 — Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) August 3, 2018 Griffin’s post can be easily […]

Isaiah Thomas’ time with the Los Angeles Lakers was a brief one. In the near future, most people would have forgotten that Thomas had actually donned the Purple and Gold uniform. Despite his short stint in Los Angeles, Thomas thinks he’s seen enough of Lonzo Ball first hand to be a believer of the much-maligned […]

Basketball has taken Nate Robinson to several places around the world. This time, it has landed him a gig in Lebanon, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. Sources: 11-year NBA veteran Nate Robinson has signed a one-year deal with Homenetmen Beirut in Lebanon. The three-time Slam Dunk champion is currently playing in the Big […]

The ultimate dream for basketball players is to reach the NBA, the grandest league in the world. But for some who have already made it there, playing in the NBA does not signify the end of having ambitions. For Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, his other goal is to write a book. Normally, athletes author […]

Denver Nuggets guard Isiah Thomas and Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard have become two of the most interesting men in the NBA over the past year. Their similarities have a lot to do with respect to their health issues that greatly limited their ability to show up and play on the court in the 2017-18 […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are coming off one of the worst seasons in their franchise’s history. Helping them move on from that forgettable 2017-18 campaign are three freshly imagined uniforms, which have been unveiled on Thursday by the team. Also revealed is the Grizzlies’ new home court design. Closer look at the new uniforms and court: […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram may be a star in Hollywood, but not one from the film industry. Nevertheless, that hasn’t stopped at least one fan from coaxing an autograph on a Slender Man movie poster from Ingram. He’s the star!! LMAO!!! 😂😭#slenderman pic.twitter.com/IOYd17jG20 — Rums (Rumi) (@RKloveJets) August 1, 2018 We only have […]

When the Boston Celtics learned that Kyrie Irving was deemed out for the season after undergoing a surgery back in March, the news fell on them like a cement block. How are they going to win the Eastern Conference or take home an NBA title this year without the point guard? While they failed to […]

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains a free agent in the NFL, so naturally, he’s not on any team’s lineup in the new Madden video game by EA Sports. However, it’s not only his physical being that is being omitted in the game — even his name seems to have been erased by Madden, treated as though […]

A few days ago, former Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal successfully planted a rumor that Kobe Bryant could be planning to come out of retirement to play with LeBron James in Hollywood. So many took it seriously that Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, had to take to social media to dispel gossips about Kobe’s NBA return. Well, […]

Chinanu Onuaku’s career as a Dallas Maverick is not going to last long. In fact, he’s not even going to be part of the Mavs’ opening day roster next season. Just hours after it was reported that Onuaku was traded by the Houston Rockets to Dallas along with a future draft pick for cash and […]

Vince Carter is not yet done in the NBA. He also does not seem to have winning an NBA championship as a top priority this late in his basketball career. The 41-year-old shooting guard recently inked a one-year deal worth $2.39 million with the Atlanta Hawks, a team that is a long shot to make […]

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN is the undisputed king of breaking NBA personnel news. When it comes to being the first to know and circulate updates on player trades, signings, and other moves, Wojnarowski is considered as an oracle. But who knew that Wojnarowski can also take a break from his seemingly 24/7 job to spend […]

Enes Kanter has never been the biggest fan of LeBron James. They two have had their brushes on the court in the past, and even though the New York Knicks big man has appeared to soften up a bit on his stance about the four-time MVP lately, it does not change the fact that he […]

Even though the Houston Rockets are expected to sign Carmelo Anthony to a cap-friendly veteran’s minimum worth just $2.4 million and have signed Clint Capela to a new contract, the team is still seemingly looking for ways to create some breathing space in their salary cap room. One way to do that is to rid […]

Just because Kawhi Leonard is now out of San Antonio and now with the Toronto Raptors does not mean that speculations of where he will go have ended. The rumor-sniffers merely shifted their focus on what Leonard will do next year, when he finally has the option to control his own destiny. There won’t be […]

People can’t still get over LeBron James’ I Promise School in Akron, Ohio. That’s understandable, though, as there aren’t plenty of such institutions sprouting across the country. In fact, the I Promise School is one of a kind in a lot of sense. Apart from education, students, and even the families of the children who […]

It’s been weeks since LeBron James decided to put ink on paper so he could start the new chapter of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Still, there are people out there, mostly Lakers fans, who still struggle to wrap their minds around the fact that The King is finally going to represent the […]

Markelle Fultz played just a total of 14 games last season, his first in the NBA, largely because of a mysterious shoulder injury. Technically, he’s no longer a rookie, but for many fans, he could be considered as such in the 2018-19 campaign, considering the limited amount of time the former No. 1 overall pick […]

The New York Knicks could be in line to receive the biggest (literally) NBA gift during the holiday season. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, there’s a possibility that unicorn big man Kristaps Porzingis will finally make his return to action in December. The Knicks will have a better idea of a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are adding a big body to their roster, as they signed former UNLV star Brandon McCoy to a summer contract, according to Keith Smith of Real GM. The Milwaukee Bucks have signed forward Brandon McCoy. McCoy is believed to have signed a deal that includes Exhibits 9 & 10. This is a […]

Kawhi Leonard is a Toronto Raptors player – for now. The Raptors are guaranteed of one year of Leonard’s services, as after the 2018-19 season, the swingman can decide to opt out of the final year of his contract and make himself a free agent. There’s a possibility, though, that Leonard may remain in the […]

Some of the best players on the planet were recently in Las Vegas to participate in a three-day minicamp by Team USA. No 5-on-5 games were played and most of the activities done were merely drills, so some of the interesting events could be found happening on the sidelines. Take for example the pair of […]

The internet never forgets. Lately, there has been a massive digging of old tweets undertaken by some people with too much time on their hands. The recent targets have been baseball players, who, during their younger years, had posted tweets with racial and homophobic tones that have now resurfaced and cast the likes of Milwaukee […]