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The Portland Trail Blazers have been without small forward Maurice Harkless since March 25th, when an issue with his knee forced him to have surgery and be out ever since. Now, the Blazers are saying Harkless is questionable to play in Game 2 of their first round series against the New Orleans Pelicans, per Trail […]

The San Antonio Spurs have played most of the season without Kawhi Leonard, and it looks like nothing is going to change for the postseason. According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, Leonard is expected to remain out for the rest of the playoffs. San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard is expected to miss the […]

The New York Knicks fired head coach Jeff Hornacek late Wednesday night after the 2017-18 regular season had officially come to a close. Now, new General Manager Steve Mills and the Knicks are taking their time and doing an extensive search for the next man who will lead the team on the sidelines. Over the […]

The Toronto Raptors finished the greatest regular season in franchise history this year, coming up with 59 wins and only 23 losses. Led by stars DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, as well as Coach of the Year candidate Dwane Casey, the Raptors have claimed the first overall seed in the Eastern Conference and will have […]

The New York Knicks are in a rough place right now with the franchise in the midst of a rebuild. The Carmelo Anthony era of the Knicks has come and gone, and now they’re looking at developing young guys with a mix of veteran leadership. On Wednesday night, after the Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have been one of the best teams in the NBA, and a lot of that has to do with the obvious surprise production from rookie Ben Simmons. Many envisioned the first-year player out of LSU to be good, but not ‘15.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.2 assists per game in 81 appearances’ good. […]

LOS ANGELES – The LA Clippers held their annual exit interviews on Thursday afternoon, with both head coach Doc Rivers and President Lawrence Frank available to speak on a number of topics as the team heads into another offseason of uncertainty. The Clippers have a coupe of players with options in their contracts for the […]

LOS ANGELES – DeAndre Jordan stepped off the LA Clippers home floor for what could be been the final time in his 10-year NBA career. After a quiet start to this career in Los Angeles, Jordan had been a part of the greatest era in Clippers basketball over the last six years, making the playoffs […]

LOS ANGELES – The LA Clippers’ regular season and pursuit of a playoff seed would’ve been over by early March instead of early April had it not been for their two stellar two-way players in guard Tyrone Wallace as well as guard C.J. Williams. While Wallace’s representatives and the Clippers haven’t been able to come […]

The Houston Rockets came into Staples Center and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Surprisingly, coach Mike D’Antoni elected to play his starters regular minutes and try to win the game even though they’ve had the number one overall seed locked up for a few weeks now. With the Lakers playing shorthanded and […]

The Houston Rockets are just two games away from the end of the regular season. They have one more half of basketball to finish against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night before taking on the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. The one thing head coach Mike D’Antoni will surely want to do is take […]

The Golden State Warriors are in Utah on Tuesday night to take on the Jazz in what will be their final game of the NBA’s regular season. While the Warriors are locked into the number two overall seed in the Western Conference, they don’t need to win the game. However, Utah certainly needs to, and […]

The Dallas Mavericks are in the middle of a rebuild right now that is coinciding with the near-end of star Dirk Nowitzki’s career. The 20-year veteran has played all of his seasons with the Mavs, and on Tuesday night, he confirmed that he plans to return for the 2018-19 season. It's official. Dirk Nowitzki says […]

LOS ANGELES – After an offseason complete with a roster turnover, the one player the LA Clippers hoped to have this season was tenacious guard Patrick Beverley. Unfortunately, his season was cut short when he underwent micro-fracture as well as meniscus surgery in mid-November. Beverley was ruled out for the entirely of the 2017-18 season, […]

LOS ANGELES – The LA Clippers have officially been eliminated from NBA playoff contention, which means that any players with some nagging injures will likely take it easy over the final two games of the season or even possibly take nights off to avoid any further injury. According to head coach Doc Rivers, it appears […]

LOS ANGELES – On Saturday afternoon, the LA Clippers did what they’ve been doing for the entire first week of April: they played for their playoff lives despite being shorthanded and arguably less talented than the opposition. The Denver Nuggets came into Los Angeles and won their fifth game in a row and seven of […]

The San Antonio Spurs are fighting for their playoff lives over the last five days of the NBA’s regular season, and after having to play all but nine of their games this year without star forward Kawhi Leonard, they’ll have to continue to win without him when they host the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday […]

The Portland Trail Blazers nearly pulled off an upset to beat the Houston Rockets in Texas on Thursday night, but ended up falling when Chris Paul’s game-winning bank shot with 0.8 left on the clock ended a 17-0 Blazers run and gave them the loss. They did all this without All-Star point guard Damian Lillard, […]

If you watched the San Antonio Spurs take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night on ESPN, you noticed the game-winning shot attempt by one Josh Hart, well, disappear from your television screen in favor of a commercial. About two second later, the channel cut back to the game, only to find out that […]

The Boston Celtics received unfortunate news regarding Kyrie Irving on Thursday afternoon, with the guard needing to undergo another knee procedure. His timeline to return is set at four-to-five months, which means he’s out for the remainder of the regular season as well as the postseason. In light of that, the Celtics have decided to […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been anxiously awaiting the return of star forward Jimmy Butler as they try to stay afloat in the Western Conference playoff race. According to Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune, Butler could make his return to the Wolves’ lineup as early as Thursday night, when Minnesota travels to take on the […]

LA Clippers center Boban Marjanovic is one of the most lovable players in the NBA, and he started out his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs during the 2015-16 season. He only played in 54 games and started just four games for the Spurs, but he was easily a fan favorite in San Antonio […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have been anxious to get rookie guard Markelle Fultz back onto the court, but they refused to rush him. Instead, they let him work through his shoulder injury and shooting struggles after the first four games of the season, resulting in what ended up being a 61-game absence. Fult has now finally […]

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 […]