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LOS ANGELES – Every team deals with injuries as the 82-game regular season comes to a close, but to say the LA Clippers have been hit hard all season may be an understatement. Los Angeles has been without forward Danilo Gallinari and guard Milos Teodosic for most of the season, and it’ll likely end that […]

The Golden State Warriors are reportedly nearing a multi-year deal with two-way guard Quinn Cook, according to ESPN’s Chris Haynes and Marc Spears. Cook, currently with the team on a two-way contract that allows him to be called up by the Warriors until the end of the regular season, has performed beyond expectations in the […]

The Golden State Warriors are just one of the many teams throughout the NBA who could possibly have a hospital as one of their sponsors due to the insane number of injuries they’ve had to go through in a single, 82-game regular season. With the regular season nearing it’s end, however, the Warriors could slowly […]

The Golden State Warriors saw one of the scariest injuries occur on Saturday night when guard Patrick McCaw fell hard on his back after being undercut by Sacramento Kings’ guard Vince Carter. Vince Carter undercuts Patrick McCaw who hits the floor hard, Steve Kerr is upset at Vince, Vince is distraught pic.twitter.com/7GQE6kHSqo — CJ Fogler […]

On Monday, the NBA announced that Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo and Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard have been named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 24 of the 2017-18 season (from March 26 to April 1). The NBA announced that Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo (@VicOladipo) […]

One player returns from injury and another one goes down. That’s been the story of the LA Clippers 2017-18 season. When they take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, the Clippers will get forward Danilo Gallinari back from a fractured hand. Unfortunately, they also learned that guard Milos Teodosic would be out for […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have already clinched a playoff spot for the first time in seven years, but they’ll have to play the next few weeks without star center Joel Embiid. In Wednesday night’s game against the New York Knicks, Embiid collided with teammate and rookie Markelle Fultz on a handoff, resulting in what the team […]

The Philadelphia 76ers announced on Thursday afternoon that Joel Embiid will need undergo surgery to repair an orbital fracture of his left eye. Joel Embiid update: pic.twitter.com/PEgYZYq3fh — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) March 29, 2018 The incredibly talented Cameroonian center has maintained his health all season long, but he suffered a head injury against the New […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Isaiah Thomas will miss the remainder of the NBA season following successful hip surgery on Thursday morning. He’s expected to fully recover from the procedure in about four months. Lakers guard Isaiah Thomas will miss rest of season after surgery on his hip, with expected recovery time of four months. […]

Coming into the 2017-18 season, the LA Clippers weren’t sure what to expect from the constructed roster. Having just traded away Chris Paul, re-signed Blake, and added nine new players to the team, the one constant that was expected out of the team was fight. Fight hard every night and reach the NBA playoffs for […]

The Charlotte Hornets took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, and although the Cavs came away with the victory, the night belonged to Hornets’ star Kemba Walker. Walker finished with 21 points on 7-18 shooting, and on the final play of a game that was already decided, Walker scored a reverse layup to effectively […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have been relatively healthy all year despite having two players that fans came into the season desperately concerned about when it came to their health. After missing his entire first season, Ben Simmons has only missed one game this season and could finish the season having played 81-of-82 games. Joel Embiid has […]

The San Antonio Spurs have already been missing Kawhi Leonard for the season, and one player they simply cannot afford to be without is LaMarcus Aldridge. Unfortunately, Aldridge appeared to suffer a minor knee injury against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night and did not return to what was eventually a Spurs loss. According to […]

With the NCAA Tournament coming to an end in the next couple of days and 60 of the 64 teams eliminated from national title contention, college basketball stars are beginning to make their intentions known in declaring for the 2018 NBA Draft in June. The latest player to declare is Duke University’s Marvin Bagley III, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been on an incredible roll since the All-Star break, and much of that has been due to the surge in play by forward Moe Harkless. Unfortunately, it was recently determined that Harkless would need to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery to remove a loose body in his left knee. Following the […]

LOS ANGELES – The G-League’s regular season is now over, which means players on two-way deals who had run out of days in the NBA could be called up to play with the main team for the remainder of the regular season. For one team out West, it could be the the difference between making […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are going to welcome back rookie point guard Markelle Fultz tonight as they take on the Denver Nuggets at home. Head coach Brett Brown made the announcement in his pregame press conference with reporters, catching them all off guard with the news. “I want to tell you something about Markelle Fultz,” started […]

The San Antonio Spurs have been without star Kawhi Leonard for all but nine games this season, and they’ll continue to be without him on Tuesday. The Spurs official Twitter account announced that Leonard would miss Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Wizards. Kawhi Leonard (return from injury management) is out for tomorrow night’s Spurs-Wizards […]

The San Antonio Spurs took on the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday afternoon, once again without star forward Kawhi Leonard. With the Spurs locked up with teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Utah Jazz for playoff positioning in the final 10 games of the season, LaMarcus Aldridge could use all […]

The Miami Heat have been well-coached since the hiring of head coach Erik Spoelstra back in 2008. He’s coached his team to a 39-34 record this season this season, and is on pace to have his seventh winning season in just under 10 years of experience. On Sunday afternoon, however, the Miami Heat are set […]

The Boston Celtics have been dealing with a slew of injuries this season, but most of them have come at the absolute worst time: just as the playoffs are about to begin. Kyrie Irving is out 3-6 weeks following a minimally invasive knee procedure. Marcus Smart is out indefinitely with a complete tear of a […]

The Orlando Magic have had yet another horrid season and will finish in the lottery hoping to select another young star in this year’s NBA Draft. Unfortunately, this comes as the team has a 21-51 record with just 10 games left to play in the season with no clear direction moving forward. In fact, Marc […]

The Golden State Warriors have had to play the last couple of weeks without All-Star shooting guard Klay Thompson as he’s been dealing with a fractured thumb on his right hand. With the guard being unable to do any shooting with his right hand until the doctors clear him for it, Thompson was seen at […]

Over the last few days, Golden State Warriors point guard has been targeting a return to the court on Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks. On Thursday afternoon, the Warriors practiced one final time, where Stephen Curry spoke for the first time since his ankle injury suffered against the San Antonio Spurs two weeks ago […]

The Golden State Warriors started their current dynasty during the 2014-15 season led by rookie head coach Steve Kerr and different-looking Stephen Curry. The Warriors won a whopping 67 games in that season, and Curry won his first of two MVP awards averaging 23.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 2.0 steals, and 3.6 three-pointers per […]

The Toronto Raptors were able to take care of business on Tuesday night when they took on the Orlando Magic on the road without one of their two All-Stars and leading scorer DeMar DeRozan. The nine-year veteran had been dealing with a thigh injury, but according to many injury reports, the Raptors simply opted to […]

The Golden State Warriors are struggling mightily right now. They’ve lost four of their last six games and have all four of their All-Stars dealing with injuries that could linger if the proper rest and rehab isn’t given. With the playoffs looming and the Houston Rockets now four games ahead of them for the first […]

News surfaced this morning that the Golden State Warriors were reportedly hoping to have All-Star point guard Stephen Curry available to return from injury on Friday night as the team hosts the Atlanta Hawks. Curry, who sprained his right ankle on February 8th in a game against the visiting San Antonio Spurs, missed the last […]

While they’ve done an excellent job of doing so all season long, the LA Clippers are starting to struggle to stay afloat in the Western Conference playoff race as they’re now two games behind the Minnesota Timberwolves for the eighth and final playoff spot with just 13 games left in the 2017-18 season. A lot […]

The Chicago Bulls don’t have much to play for this regular season, and there also isn’t a point in risking any players coming back from injury too soon. That’s the case with second-year guard Kris Dunn, who has been dealing with a toe injury over the last week. According to Cody Westerlund of 670 The […]

The Golden State Warriors have been dealing with a slew of injuries all season, but this recent stretch has been the worst it’s been in years. The Warriors had nine players on the injury report coming into tonight’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, but it looks like that number will be dropped to, at […]

The Eastern Conference’s best team in the Toronto Raptors had their longest winning streak of the NBA season snapped on Sunday afternoon in a matchup against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder. The loss saw the NBA’s second-longest winning streak behind the Portland Trail Blazers’ 12-game winning streak come to an end, but the Raptors sure […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have won six games in a row en route to a 43-29 record, which is currently good enough for fourth in the Western Conference. Their latest win may have been their most impressive in a while, as they came up with a 132-125 victory over the Toronto Raptors in the hostile […]

On Friday night, the Golden State Warriors announced that star forward Kevin Durant has an incomplete rib cartilage fracture and will be out two weeks with the injury. BREAKING: Kevin Durant has an incomplete rib cartilage fracture. He'll be out at least two weeks. — Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) March 17, 2018 Durant last played against […]

The LA Clippers fell to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night in a tightly contested game that saw James Harden lead the best team in the NBA to a 101-96 victory. The Clippers held a 12 point lead early in the third quarter before the Rockets surged back to take the lead for good, even […]

The Toronto Raptors are rolling right now, and nothing can get in their way as they look to secure the top spot in the Eastern Conference as the regular season winds down. At this point, injuries might be the only things that could stop them. On Wednesday afternoon, the Raptors announced that guard Norman Powell […]

The LA Clippers have been without guard Avery Bradley for the last couple of weeks as he recovers from a strained groin, and on Tuesday afternoon, the team announced Bradley had undergone successful surgery to repair his adductor and rectus abdominis muscles. Unfortunately, he will miss the remainder of the season as recovery time for […]

The NBA’s most recent partnership with Nike has been very fruitful to say the least. This season, Nike agreed to create custom City Edition jerseys for all 30 NBA teams. The results have been inconsistent with some teams have amazing jerseys while others may need to consider a jersey change. One of the fan favorites […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been the bottom feeders of the Eastern Conference all year, and are currently the third worst team in the NBA behind the Memphis Grizzlies and Phoenix Suns. With the team fully headed towards a rebuild and one of the top spots in the upcoming NBA Draft, there’s no point in playing […]