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Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler is undoubtedly the uncrowned MVP of the 2020 NBA playoffs so far. His move to South Beach this offseason actually flew under the radar compared to the other high-profile transactions in the last free agency period. But after leading the 5th-seeded Heat team all the way to the Eastern Conference […]

Gordon Hayward returned to the Boston Celtics for Game 3 on Saturday night against the Miami Heat, and the C’s are back in the series. The Celtics blew late leads in both Game 1 and Game 2. Whereas Boston’s offense became stagnant at the end of games, the Heat found ways to score and make […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are looking to build off of their momentum from Week 1. In that game, they defeated the Carolina Panthers 34-30. Oddly enough, they have another NFC South opponent in Week 2. This time though, it is a slightly tougher task, with the 1-0 New Orleans Saints coming to town for Monday […]

Heading into the Western Conference Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers, much of the talk was focused on how the Los Angeles Clippers collapsed against the Nuggets to derail the Battle of Los Angeles that was promised since the start of the season. Despite entering another series as the underdog, Denver has proven […]

Though they held a sizable lead in the first two quarters of Thursday night’s matchup against the Miami Heat, the Celtics saw their advantage dwindle away in the second half. As a result of the 106-101 loss, Boston is now facing an 0-2 deficit in the series. So what adjustments do the Celtics need to […]

It’s a date for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. They’ll meet again after last battling in 2009. At that time, Avatar was the top-grossing film, the Black Eyed Peas were still a thing, and Instagram wasn’t even invented. So yeah, a lot has changed since then. To […]

The Los Angeles Clippers and Paul George are in shambles. Their humiliating series defeat to the Denver Nuggets in the second round was shattering. The fact that they blew a 3-1 series lead to a relatively inexperienced Nuggets side just made things a lot, lot worse. Some major changes a re brewing within the Clippers […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will have a Montrezl Harrell-conundrum in their hands this coming offseason. After a surprising second-round exit at the hands of the Denver Nuggets in the 2020 playoffs, the Clips must now tinker with their roster in a bid to live up to their championship aspirations next year. Harrell will no doubt […]

The season for the Los Angeles Clippers recently ended in catastrophic fashion after they gave up a 3-1 series lead in the second round. An underdog Denver Nuggets squad won three straight elimination games, only to take the series against a hapless LA side in Game 7. Clearly, this is not how the Clippers envisioned […]

As is common for the Dallas Cowboys franchise, a close loss to a solid team seemingly constitutes a victory — according to some of its fanbase. But there truly are positive takeaways that can be gathered from their defeat. Opening up the season against the Los Angeles Rams, the Cowboys helped christen the new stadium […]

The Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns are gearing up for an all-Ohio matchup on Thursday night in Cleveland. Both teams came up short in Week 1, though they went about it in very different ways. The Browns were totally overwhelmed by the Baltimore Ravens, as Lamar Jackson completed 20 of 25 pass attempts for 275 […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have had a roller-coaster history dating back to the ’80s when they were making Super Bowl runs with Boomer Esiason and Ken Anderson. They had a great history of regular season success under Marvin Lewis but completely fell apart in the postseason. This all adds up to the Bengals being one of […]

The first week of the 2020 fantasy football season is officially in the books, and while many surprises for playing time and opportunities happened across the NFL, the quarterback position did not present too many outliers, although there were a few. In his first game as a member of the New England Patriots, Cam Newton […]

With Week 1 of the 2020-21 NFL regular season now officially in the books, all eyes are already on Week 2. With this week’s Thursday Night Football matchup only one day away as Sunday looms larger and larger as the week goes on, fantasy football owners throughout the country are already attempting to get their […]

With Week 1 of the 2020 NFL regular season now officially in the books, fantasy football owners can begin looking ahead to Week 2. With this past offseason serving as one of the strangest in recent memory for obvious reasons, it remains to be seen as to which players continue to perform well and which […]

The first week of the NFL is now in the books. Teams have set the tone for their seasons, and that goes for the pros and the owners in fantasy football. Heading into Week 2, teams now know what to expect from their lineups. The tight end position is one of the toughest to navigate […]

After countless of playoff berths, conference and division titles as well as three shiny Super Bowl trophies so far, it’s no question that the Denver Broncos is one of the most dominant forces in the AFC West. But, as with any franchise in the NFL, success doesn’t come overnight. The Broncos’ front office have always […]

The 2020 NFL season has seen Week 1 come and go with quite a few entertaining games and even more excitement surrounding Week 2. Many fans were simply ecstatic to see live football on TV and things will start to come back to normal this week, as well as being able to play fantasy football. […]

The second week of the 2020 NFL season is set to begin and there are quite a few intriguing matchups to keep an eye on. For Fantasy Football players, there will be quite a few adjustments to lineups after seeing the production in Week 1. In some situations, the debate between whether or not to […]

Another year, another disappointment for the Houston Rockets. It seems like a premature NBA playoff exit has become an annual tradition for the squad. After getting rolled over by the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Semifinals, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is once again left to ponder things: Are we doing it wrong? […]

The Denver Nuggets made history on Tuesday when they came from 3-1 down in the series to eliminate the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round of the playoffs. The Nuggets were the underdogs against arguably the best side the Clippers have ever fielded in franchise history, but Denver found a way to upset the […]

At the end of the day, if the Houston Rockets are ever going to break through with James Harden at the helm, they need their roster to execute in the playoffs; there’s no coaching godsend waiting in the wings. The Rockets came up short yet again in the playoffs this season — and they could’ve […]

Miami Heat All-Star Bam Abedayo has blocked 210 shots in his three-year NBA career (including playoffs) — but none had been as impressive nor significant than his insane rejection in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night. With four seconds remaining and the Heat leading by two, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum […]

The 2020 NBA Playoffs have already provided us with several memorable moments, from game-winners to finger blocks to massive upsets. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics continued that running theme and added another indelible moment to that list, with Heat big man Bam Adebayo blocking a potential […]

The Dallas Mavericks have a lot of reasons to feel good right now. They are coming off a season that saw them return to the playoffs after a three year absence. Despite their inexperience, they gave one of the best teams in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Clippers, all they could handle in the […]

Undrafted players are common in the NBA. More often than not, they serve as third string players that would usually play once the game is down to its final minutes. Other times, they don’t even get to play on the NBA hard court due to a stacked rotation. In fact, a lot of them get […]

Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers were eliminated from playoff contention on Tuesday night with a 104-89 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of their second-round series. The Clippers, whose main goal was to make a run at an NBA championship this season, fell way short of that despite taking a commanding […]

Kawhi Leonard’s first season as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers has wrapped up in stunning fashion, falling to the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the second-round series. The championship-or-bust season comes to an end before the reigning NBA Finals MVP has a chance to return to the Finals. When Leonard signed with […]

There was very little doubt that major changes that were in store for the Houston Rockets following yet another disappointing exit in the playoffs. Houston had quite a run, eliminating the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round in an epic seven-game duel, and they seemed to be in a great position to mount an […]

The defending champion Toronto Raptors have exited the bubble after being eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Raptors pushed the Celtics to a full seven games, showing that championship mettle until the very end. To credit the Raptors, they were never favored to repeat for the title, let alone make […]

It was a fun Week 1 in the 2020 NFL season, and fantasy football players are looking ahead for the top waiver wire pickups for Week 2. As always, there’s no reason to overreact to every little thing that took place in the opening week of the season. The first week of the waiver wire […]

Not a lot of teams in the NBA have been fortunate enough to be as lucky as the New Orleans Pelicans when it comes to picking up the best prospects come each draft. Obviously, it helped the Pelicans’ cause that they were in solid positions to grab young, franchise-changing talents that would help the front […]

The writing was on the wall for Mike D’Antoni the moment the Houston Rockets were eliminated from the playoffs by The Los Angeles Lakers, 4-1, in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals tiff. The now-former Rockets head coach made it official on Sunday, informing the Houston ownership that he won’t be returning to the team next […]

The Boston Celtics survived a seven-game bloodbath and knocked off the Toronto Raptors in round two to advance to their third Eastern Conference Finals appearance in four years. Just after going through hell and back against the defending NBA champions, Boston will go for second servings as they face the scorching Miami Heat. Boston needed […]

Calvin Ridley of the Falcons knows that being able to have a top-three wide receiver weapon like Julio Jones is, in a nutshell, one of the best things a quarterback in the NFL can hope and dream for. Matt Ryan does not have to dream about that; it’s a reality on a nightly basis thanks […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are one loss away from blowing a 3-1 series lead to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2020 playoffs. The Clippers franchise has never been to the conference finals. Most pundits thought they were well on their way to ending that drought after the team won Game 4 […]

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the NBA playoffs so far was not that the Miami Heat defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, but how dominant they looked while doing it. After shattering the Bucks’ aura of invincibility in a Game 1 win, they clamped down on reigning MVP and Defensive Player of […]

It wasn’t too long ago that the Houston Rockets eliminated the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first-round matchup. It took the entire seven games for Houston to do so, but in the end, they got the job done. Why does it somehow feel, however, that the Thunder had a much better campaign than the Rockets? […]

Not long after the Houston Rockets suffered another disappointing exit in the playoffs and already, the team has already started ushering the new era in the franchise. This came in the form of the team parting ways with long-term head coach Mike D’Antoni, who made quite an impact for the Rockets in his four seasons […]