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The learning curve of NBA rookies in the pro league varies, but all of them are expected to experience the growing pains of finding their identity in the best play-for-pay basketball organization in the world. For Los Angeles Lakers newcomer Lonzo Ball, he’s still in the process of acclimating, but he’s acting more mature than […]

Green Bay Packers tight end Martellus Bennett could be reaching the end of his NFL career. In a Twitter post made by Master Tesfatsion‏ of the Washington Post, it was revealed that Bennett is planning to hang up his sneakers at the conclusion of this season. #Packers TE Martellus Bennett on Instagram Story: “I’m pretty […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to a rocky start to the season despite shiny new weapons in Carmelo Anthony and Paul George, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that by just looking at the numbers Anthony has been putting up so far. The 33-year-old forward was instrumental in the Thunder’s annihilation of the […]

When Carmelo Anthony and Paul George came to the fold of the Oklahoma City Thunder over the offseason, not everyone was convinced that the newest Big Three they formed with Russell Westbrook would result to success. Chemistry and their ability to adapt to each other’s style of play were among the points skeptics noted as […]

The San Antonio Spurs got ambushed by the Orlando Magic Friday, taking a 114-87 road loss for Gregg Popovich’s squad’s first loss of the season. The Spurs weren’t going to finish the season 82-0, but the loss snapped their four-game win streak. Popovich didn’t look too upset about the loss, however. He was even seen […]

During the second quarter of Friday night’s marquee showdown between the Washington Wizards and the Golden State Warriors, a fight between two players of different weight classes in Bradley Beal and Draymond Green had Twitter-verse smoking yet again. Both players were seen boxing each other out in the paint, when it suddenly got physical with […]

The Houston Rockets can’t stop launching threes and their opponents can’t keep them from making those tries either. In another display of their addiction for deep bombs, the Rockets defeated the Charlotte Hornets on the road 109-93 on the strength of the 22 3-pointers they buried Friday night. Incredibly enough, those figures weren’t enough to […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is a competitor – on and off the field. Everyone knows that. Metaphorically speaking, Kobe will find a way to make a difficult fadeaway jumper with six hands on his face in life. He embraces challenges and gets a kick out of beating them. That’s just Kobe. But one […]

It has been a toxic season for the Chicago Bulls. Apart from socking each other in the face, the Bulls are just 1-3 to start the 2017-18 campaign. The latter is to be expected of them, as that’s what’s supposed to happen to a team that lost its key players from last year over the […]

The Boston Celtics get a break from the league office, as Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania has reported that the NBA has granted the team an $8.4 million disabled player exception to help mitigate the impact of the absence of Gordon Hayward. Sources: The NBA has granted Boston an $8.4M disabled player exception for the loss […]

Dallas Mavericks big man Nerlens Noel isn’t one to get intimidated by the antics of Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. In fact, he can’t wait to face his former teammate and give Embiid a dose of his own medicine when the Mavericks host Philadelphia this Saturday at American Airlines Center. In an interview with The […]

DeMarcus Cousins may not have the fondest of memories of his playing days with the Sacramento Kings, but he’s still thankful to have played in front of an appreciative group fans for seven seasons. Kings fans were even very welcoming of their old superstar when the New Orleans Pelicans rolled into the Golden 1 Center […]

Donald Trump has yet to hit one year as President of the United States, but he’s taken so many hits from detractors to last multiple presidencies. Hating Trump has become fashionable and if you ask J.J. Redick, it should also be mandatory for the American people. Alex Wong of GQ recently had an interview with […]

There is no love lost between Matt Barnes and the Sacramento Kings as they didn’t part ways on the best of terms. His grudge with the Kings was very much palpable on Thursday right after his ex-Kings teammate and current New Orleans Pelicans star DeMarcus Cousins almost single-handedly crushed his former team with an astounding […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo has shown enough so far in his still rising NBA career to prove he’s more cyborg and less human. The Milwaukee Bucks guard/forward hybrid is something that you’d think was created in an underground laboratory but if that’s the case, scientists might have forgotten to tweak a part of Antetokounmpo’s DNA that would’ve […]

The Phoenix Suns probably wouldn’t have found themselves in the predicament they are now if the team’s top management pulled the right levers in setting up the makeup of the squad, including the choice of its coach. Suns general manager Ryan McDonough can’t help but acknowledge that indeed, he practiced poor judgment on not granting […]

New Orleans Pelicans big man DeMarcus Cousins returned to his old stomping ground in Sacramento Thursday night and had a night to remember. Cousins carried the team to a 114-106 win by putting up a monster stat line of 41 points on 14-of-25 shooting from the field, 23 rebounds, and six assists. He also made 10 […]

The Chicago Bulls are a mess, but if there’s one thing from the Bulls that doesn’t need any fixing, it’s rookie Lauri Markkanen’s stroke from the outside. By beating the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday, 91-86, the Bulls didn’t just taste their first win of the season. It also marked a milestone for Markkanen, who became […]

One unidentified player from the Milwaukee Bucks learned the hard way not to talk trash to Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart. Already known as a scrappy, high-motor, energizer bunny whenever he’s on the floor, Smart also showed why his mouth is never one to be underestimated when he put someone from the Bucks in the […]

The last thing the Chicago Bulls need right now is drama, but that’s exactly what they continue to get as they try to navigate through the fallout of the Nikola Mirotic-Bobby Portis fight last week. Mirotic is out with a facial injury, which was a result of an altercation with Portis during practice. Nikola Mirotic’s […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma wasn’t having any of ESPN’s social media gimmick when the sports media giant tried to squeeze out any remaining points to talk about with regards to the John Wall-Lonzo Ball matchup on Wednesday. The game was over. The Lakers won, 102-99. And both them and the Washington Wizards were […]

The Brooklyn Nets beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, 112-107, Wednesday minus D’Angelo Russell. They might have to gun for back-to-back wins against the New York Knicks Friday without Russell again as the point guard is currently listed as doubtful by the Nets according to Anthony Puccio of NetsDaily.com. Nets have D'Angelo Russell listed […]

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook is one of the most aggressive dudes on the basketball court. He’s a menace to opposing teams whom he is constantly leaving clueless on how to contain the Thunder guard. But you would barely trace any speck of that aggression when watching this video of the reigning MVP singing […]

Nick Young isn’t exactly the shining beacon of knowledge that you’d go to ask for basketball wisdom, but he’s quite a fun person to interview and squeeze juicy quotes from. He recently told Marc J. Spears of the Undefeated how he felt about his fit with his new team, the Golden State Warriors, compared to his […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars own one o the most vicious defenses in the NFL today and they just made a significant move that partly secures that their stop unit will just be as unforgiving in the coming seasons. Initial building block to the aforementioned solid defensive, Telvin Smith, will not be going anywhere anytime soon. According […]

Former NFL linebacker DeMarcus Ware announced his retirement last March, yet his phone is still ringing from time to time with teams inquiring whether he’d be willing to play again. DeMarcus Ware was on board for an interview with Rich Eisen’s show last Tuesday and told the host that he even received a call from […]

Famous for his ability to take down quarterbacks during his illustrious 13-year NFL career, former Indianapolis Colts pass-rusher Robert Mathis may have forgotten to take down a bottle of alcohol before getting behind the wheel on Thursday. According to Mike Wells of ESPN, Mathis was arrested early Thursday morning in Carmel, Indiana on charges of […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Lonzo Ball has played at every level of basketball and has been trained by several coaches before becoming a pro, but somehow his awkward-looking shooting form remains with him. Let’s leave it to Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid to make fun of it. https://twitter.com/TheNBAFlash/status/923334510359453696 Joel Embiid was warming up […]

Houston Rockets shooting guard Eric Gordon’s hot start to the season just keeps on getting better and better. And on Wednesday night, his hot hands came through again, burning the Philadelphia 76ers for 29 points on the strength of five 3-pointers, that included this game-winning three at the buzzer, allowing the Rockets to escape with […]

Sacramento Kings fans might want to carry boxes of Kleenex with them when they watch the team take on DeMarcus Cousins and the visiting New Orleans Pelicans at the Power Balance Pavilion on Thursday. According to ESPN’s Marc J. Spears, the Kings have cooked up a special in-game program to show gratitude for all the […]

The Brooklyn Nets will not have the services of point guard D’Angelo Russell for Wednesday’s game against the defending Eastern Conference champions Cleveland Cavaliers due to a sprained right knee injury. This is according to separate reports from Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com and Brian Lewis of the New York Post. https://twitter.com/joevardon/status/923305323749834752 #Nets guard D'Angelo Russell […]

For Charles Barkley, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball is lucky they are not playing in the same era. Because if they were, poor Lonzo’s feelings were going to get hurt by Barkley’s mouth according to the Hall of Famer himself. Ambushed for an interview by TMZ, Barkley was asked whether he’d try to mess […]

The NBA season is still young, but New York Knicks power forward Kristaps Porzingis is already feeling the effects of not having Carmelo Anthony around – at least when it comes to getting extra chances on offense. According to ESPN’s Ian Begley, the 7-foot-3 unicorn has experienced a dramatic increase in his involvement in the […]

The New York Knicks are bad. That’s’ a very elementary way to describe the Knicks, but apt nonetheless. That being said, they are a bunch of professional basketball players you would at least expect to come into games having memorized and understood plays and the game plan. Apparently, that’s not the case for New York. […]

Say what you want to say about famous sports dad LaVar Ball, but in Washington Wizards head coach Scott Brooks’ eyes, Ball is doing a mighty fine job of being a father to his basketball-loving family. While many criticize Ball for opening his mouth too much that he’s putting a big target on his sons’ […]

Utah Jazz point guard Dante Exum underwent successful surgery on his left shoulder Tuesday according to a press release posted by the team’s public relations Twitter account. https://twitter.com/UtahJazzPR/status/922954368621543424 Dante Exum hurt his shoulder during a preseason game against the Phoenix Suns early this month. Exum initially didn’t want to go under the knife if there […]

Beleaguered wide receiver Martavis Bryant is willing to suck it all up, be professional, and wait for his contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers to expire this year before leaving the team in 2018 if he’s still with the team past the Oct. 31 trade deadline. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, colleague Josina Anderson was told […]

Brooklyn Nets Sean Kilpatrick guard did not suit up against the Orlando Magic. Kilpatrick doesn’t have an injury. He missed the game because of a much more adorable reason: he just became a daddy. While Kilpatrick hasn’t been deployed to the court in all of the Nets’ three games this season, he’s in very high […]

We have a serious philosophical issue to discuss today: does life imitate NBA 2K18 or does NBA 2K18 imitate life? We asked because Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon pulled off yet another off-the-backboard slam tonight against the Brooklyn Nets. Watch how Gordon embarrassed Nets forward Quincy Acy and book a spot on several highlight reels […]