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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City has made it a habit of playing down to their opponents this season. Losses to Dallas and Orlando are just a few of the examples of when they allowed their opponent to stay in games. When the Thunder hosted the Atlanta Hawks Friday night, the trend continued. But this time […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Coming into his first season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Paul George was seen as one of the best scorers in the league. The former Indiana Pacer forward could be especially lethal with his mid-range jumper. However, in the first couple of months as a member of the Thunder, George’s jumper has […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For most people, their only impression of Russell Westbrook comes from his demeanor on the basketball court. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard usually has a snarl on his face and is in attack mode. It leaves many fans to believe he is in a constant agitated mood. However, there is a […]

December 18, 2017 marks the day that the Los Angeles Lakers retire Kobe Bryant’s jerseys. The future Hall of Fame has treated fans worldwide with a generous display of excellence and competitiveness throughout his 20-year career. While it is impossible to find another replica player who is exactly like Bryant, one can attempt the challenging […]

Things are not going well for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Aside from riding a three-game losing streak and carrying an 8-12 record, fans are calling for the head of their coach Billy Donovan. All of this before the team has reached the 25-game mark has players upset. “Nobody is moping around, nobody is frustrated. I […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder head to Orlando for a Wednesday night tilt with the slumping Orlando Magic. While facing a team that has lost nine straight would seem like the perfect slump buster, the Thunder can’t afford to look at it like that. After losing two straight since beating the Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City […]

Below is a photo of the NBA’s Banana Boat brotherhood. A popular and funny caption for this picture is “smile if you have a ring,” and well, look who’s smiling. Let’s let Chris Paul slide because of his achieved status as one of the greatest point guards of all time. Carmelo Anthony, on the other hand, […]

The 2017-18 Oklahoma City Thunder were put together with one goal in mind. With the addition of Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Raymond Felton and Patrick Patterson, they were a squad looking to challenge the Golden State Warriors. However, 16 games into the season, Oklahoma City hasn’t played like a contender. Coming off a loss to […]

It can come off as coach speak. Hearing the phrase “play for a full four quarters” is at the top of the list of cliches coaches and players say when they can’t figure out what’s wrong. However, for the Oklahoma City Thunder, not performing at a high level for 48 minutes has been a sizable […]

Paul George was in a slump. That’s not a word heard around most NBA locker rooms much, but that was the situation for the Oklahoma City forward. In the first 12 games of his stint with the Thunder, George looked nothing like the player he had been in Indiana. The same one who became a […]

In the four seasons years that the show “Finding Your Roots” has been on the air, it has featured many celebrities. From the likes of Samuel Jackson to Kevin Bacon to Chris Rock, they have all allowed host Professor Henry Louis Gates to take them back in time and look at where they com from […]

Carmelo Anthony remembers what it was like. Growing up in Baltimore, the youngest of four children in a single-parent household, times could be tough. Because of that, Anthony says it’s natural for him to give back to those in need. That has been part of his resume since he joined the NBA. The Carmelo Anthony […]

The New York Giants have gone from a perennial playoff team and a heavyweight in the NFC to a team that’s headed for a disappointing end to the 2017 NFL season. Eli Manning and company seem completely lost this season as the team deals with numerous injuries to key players like Odell Beckham Jr. and […]

The New York Knicks have gone through some major changes over the past couple of years. The team has parted ways with Phil Jackson while also trading away the face of the franchise in Carmelo Anthony and now appear to have their superstar of the future in Kristaps Porzingis. With so many drastic changes on […]

Paul George has had some bad shooting nights since joining. He had nights when it appeared there was no way he could have been an All-Star or former Olympian and sometimes got lost in the shuffle. That was not the case Friday night when the Oklahoma City Thunder hosted the L.A. Clippers. George poured in […]

As a man of many talents with an undying passion for sports, actor Michael Rapaport is as versatile as they come. Rapaport has a top-50 podcast (I AM RAPAPORT), directed short films and documentaries and along with starring in countless movies and TV shows, he’s now an author. Rapaport has taken his passion for sports […]

With the Los Angeles Lakers competitive through the first 12 games of the 2017-18 NBA season, the team’s fans are optimistic about the current product on the floor. However, after rebuilding since 2014, it has not been an easy path to this new era of Lakers basketball led by President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson, […]

In January 2017, Los Angeles Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. and eighth-grader Noah Weber founded Athletes vs. Crohn’s after being diagnosed with the chronic illness during their adolescent years. Their mission is ‘to raise awareness of Crohn’s and colitis in the adolescent population and help children realize their athletic potential despite being diagnosed with a […]

Daniel Hamilton didn’t really know what it meant. The second-year guard out of Connecticut had to go back and check with his agent when he was told the Oklahoma City Thunder were signing him to a two-way contract. “It’s kind of new so nobody knew what to expect,” Hamilton said. “But my agent had broke […]

At the 2017 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers (via Brooklyn Nets) selected Kyle Kuzma out of the University of Utah with the 27th overall pick. Some said he was drafted too high. At the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League, Kyle Kuzma earned the championship game MVP after averaging 21.9 points and 6.4 rebounds. Some […]

On their way to the NBA, professional basketball players coming from all sorts of different backgrounds, ethnicities, and financial statuses likely participated in what is now one of the most popular sports: 3-on-3 basketball. In fact, the competition has gotten so serious, rapper Ice Cube has helped create the BIG 3 League, which features retired […]

Over the last year, 3-on-3 basketball tournaments have risen in popularity and become an event on its own. FIBA announced that they’ll be adding 3-on-3 basketball to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and Ice Cube has taken his Big 3 League and made it a nationally beloved event by NBA fans and players alike. […]

When Josh Hart was five years old, he lived his father’s dream and promised he would earn the Boy Scouts of America‘s highest rank, Eagle Scout. As Hart got older, it became a challenge with school and basketball, but he found a way to fulfill his childhood promise one week before his 18th birthday — […]

The Golden State Warriors and the front office put forward a free agency extravaganza this summer, bringing back a total of seven players and signing five additional ones to contracts this offseason, keeping president Bob Myers as busy as possible during this free agency craze. Omri Casspi was a bold signing that has flown under […]

The Los Angeles Lakers put on a show during the NBA Summer League back in July with two stars emerging ahead of the 2017-18 NBA season. Although all the talk and hype in Las Vegas surrounded Lonzo Ball, fellow rookie Kyle Kuzma made a name for himself as he dominated the competition on a nightly […]

Three-time NBA champion LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and his legacy has always been a hot topic of discussion even when he burst onto the scene in the league back in 2003. With LeBron getting a bit long in the tooth, the veteran forward has been a central figure in the greatest player of […]

During his era in the NBA, Hall of Famer Julius Erving played with and against some of the greatest players in league history. From the Showtime Los Angeles Lakers led by Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Larry Bird’s iconic Boston Celtics. Ahead of Erving’s Golf Classic, which is set to take place in Philadelphia […]

For a third consecutive year, Hall of Famer Julius Erving will put on his annual Golf Classic in Philadelphia. The three-day event will take place at The Logan Philadelphia Hotel on Sept. 9-11. Ahead of the Julius Erving Golf Classic, the Philadelphia 76ers legend spoke to ClutchPoints in a wide-ranging interview about his annual event […]

Earlier this week, it was announced that LaVar Ball and his family would be the focus of a first-of-a-kind docu-series on Facebook’s Watch called, Ball in the Family. This series will follow LaVar and the Ball family through their everyday lives as they try to build the Big Baller Brand and watch Lonzo Ball begin […]

LaVar Ball and his family have officially been given their own reality show. Ball in the Family will air new episodes on Sundays starting on Sept. 10 while the first two episodes are already available on Facebook’s Watch. LaVar spoke with ClutchPoints this week to talk about the family’s new show on Facebook along with […]

The debate about who is the greatest player in NBA history is an endless one. It will go on forever with players like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Magic Johnson among the candidates for the distinction along with players that may emerge in the years to come. Most seem to believe Michael Jordan […]

Earlier this week, Enes Kanter of the Oklahoma City Thunder had an interesting quote that took everyone by surprise. The 25-year-old claimed that J.R. Smith was the best player he’d ever seen in a pickup basketball game. Kanter recently participated in pickup games with some of the NBA’s elite like Smith’s Cleveland Cavaliers teammate LeBron […]

The Boston Celtics finally made a blockbuster trade earlier this week. The team acquired Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a deal that sent Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and a first-round draft pick to the defending Eastern Conference champions. Immediately after news of the trade surfaced, some Celtics fans set fire to […]

The final week of the inaugural season of the BIG3 League is upon us with Kenyon Martin’s undefeated Trilogy squad set to take on Rashard Lewis’ 3 Headed Monsters in Las Vegas on Saturday. Ahead of the BIG3 Championship game at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Aug. 26, Martin took some time out of […]

At this point in the season, the BIG3 League appears to be a success. Ice Cube’s ambitious venture to create his own basketball league during the NBA offseason period has been better than expected and its first season appears to have drawn the eye of former NBA stars like Gilbert Arenas. In a wide-ranging interview […]

The BIG3 League heads to Los Angeles this week with Rashad McCants’ Trilogy squad attempting to keep their record flawless before heading into the playoffs next week. As McCants prepares to take on Stephen Jackson’s Killer 3s at the Staples Center this Sunday, the 32-year-old took some time out of his schedule to talk with […]

Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant has settled into retirement. After dropping 60 points in his finale with the Los Angeles Lakers back in 2016, the perennial All-Star was more than ready to walk away from the game and has given no indication he wants to play again in any way shape or form. However, the […]

The first season for the BIG3 League is nearing its end with team Trilogy dominating the competition heading into the last week of the regular-season play at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Rashad McCants has been a big part of the team’s success as they’ve gone undefeated throughout their first seven games. As the […]