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It won’t be long until the 2023-24 NBA season kicks off as September runs out of days. This offseason has been full of rumors and stories revolving around Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers after the seven-time All-Star requested a trade from the team early on in the summer. One of the most talented […]

The Phoenix Suns likely already made their biggest trade acquisition of the year by acquiring Bradley Beal from the Washington Wizards, but there are a few potential trade candidates still on the roster entering the 2023-24 NBA training camp. The Suns obviously have plenty of star power with Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, DeAndre Ayton, and […]

For the first time in over two years, Ben Simmons has a clean bill of health entering training camp. Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn said Tuesday that Simmons progressed through a rehab process for his surgically repaired back and will be 100 percent when the team reports to Brooklyn: “Ben is playing five-on-five with no […]

The Utah Jazz should have been full-time sellers last season, especially after they traded their All-Star tandem of Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell during the 2022 offseason. But a lucky stretch of games that saw them start 10-3 in the regular season masked what they should have been doing — tanking for more ping-pong balls […]

The NBA MVP award is the cause of many debates over it’s long history. The award recipient is “the best-performing player of the regular season.” However, if a player performs better than everyone else and his team doesn’t make the playoffs, that player will rarely win. There have also been many occurrences where a player […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been at the forefront of NBA trade rumors this offseason. Star guard Damian Lillard requested a trade this offseason, and Portland has been working to find a deal. Lillard wants to be traded to the Miami Heat, but the Blazers front office is focused on getting the best return in […]

The Damian Lillard trade saga has clouded the Miami Heat throughout the 2023 offseason. There is an ongoing standoff between the Heat and the Portland Trail Blazers with regard to a deal that finally gets Dame Time out of RIP City and into the sunny beaches of the 2022-23 NBA season’s runners-up. The Heat won’t […]

The Sacramento Kings had a promising 2022-23 NBA season, making it to the playoffs and showing significant improvement. However, as the team prepares for the 2023-24 NBA training camp, one player in danger of losing his starting job is Harrison Barnes. Euroleague MVP Sasha Vezenkov has emerged as a potential replacement. In this article, we […]

The Dallas Mavericks need to keep the duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving happy if they want to have a deep run at the NBA playoffs. It all starts by analyzing the fit of the players in the current roster. The Mavs have a lot of needs to patch up before thinking about making […]

The Magic might have finished in the bottom three in the Eastern Conference in each of the last three seasons, and made the playoffs just twice since 2012, but there is plenty of reason for optimism in Orlando. They’ve got one of the better collections of young talent in the league, headlined by a wing […]

The Damian Lillard trade saga has been dragged to another page lately, with the Toronto Raptors now emerging as a top suitor for the Portland Trail Blazers star. Masai Ujiri is no stranger to making risky moves for disgruntled stars, even though Toronto isn’t particularly the preferred destination of some of the league’s top players. […]

There is one thing clear about the direction the Golden State Warriors are headed in as they enter the 2023-24 training camp: they want to win now. No more two timelines experiment. No more screwing around with Stephen Curry’s prime. Trading Jordan Poole for Chris Paul was indicative that the Warriors intend to maximize whatever […]

The Golden State Warriors have had an interesting offseason when it comes to the talent that they have brought in to fill out the roster. While they were able to ship Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards after his troubled season with the team, they brought in Chris Paul (as part of the Poole trade) […]

The 2022-23 season was a tough one for the Charlotte Hornets, who won just 27 games and finished 14th in the Eastern Conference. But it’s not all doom and gloom. They’ll be buoyed this season by the return of Lamelo Ball and, after a few games, Miles Bridges, while the acquisition of Brandon Miller and […]

The New York Knicks, at long last, appear to be on the way up. A 47-win regular season in 2022-23 was their best in a decade, and their 4-1 series win against the Cavaliers was just their second since 2000. A well-rounded roster headlined by a talented triumvirate of guards and a capable front court […]

The Brooklyn Nets open training camp next week as they turn the page to the first full season of the post-Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving era. The bulk of Brooklyn’s roster will be comprised of returning contributors from the second half of 2022-23. With that, we breakdown the number one area each returning Net must improve […]

The Los Angeles Clippers seem to be in prime position once again to consolidate some of their best trade candidates to make a big acquisition before the start of the season. While it’s highly unlikely the Clippers will do anything involving Kawhi Leonard and Paul George a year before they finally move into their new […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have never been known to be that successful of a franchise. They’ve won just two playoff series in their history and both wins came in 2004 when the team advanced to the Western Conference Finals. Over the last two seasons, the T-Wolves have not won a playoff series, but they have posted […]

No matter if you win a championship or bring your team to the NBA Finals, your job is never safe as a coach in the NBA. What does this mean for Steve Kerr and his future with the Golden State Warriors? As the Warriors prepare for training camp and the 2023-24 season, Kerr is entering […]

The Golden State Warriors have been holding workouts with several veteran free agents over the weeks in order to round out their roster heading into training camp. On Monday afternoon, they filled one of their vacant spots by agreeing to terms on a contract with 32-year-old Rodney McGruder, first reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania. […]

With important questions looming this offseason about the future of the team’s core, the Milwaukee Bucks wasted no time putting pen to paper once NBA free agency started.  Khris Middleton (three years, $102 million), Brook Lopez (two years, $48 million), Jae Crowder (one year, undisclosed), and A.J. Green (multiyear, undisclosed) all signed contracts to stay […]

Everyone will remember Kobe Bryant for what he did on the court. He finished his 20-year career with 18 all-star game appearances, five NBA championships, two Olympic gold medals, and one season MVP. While he might’ve never been in a ton of movies like LeBron James or Michael Jordan, Kobe’s acting in commercials might put […]

When the Milwaukee Bucks won the 2021 NBA Finals, they looked to be the league’s next best team that would be contending for a championship every single year. Even though Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton are fantastic secondary stars, the reason the Bucks found themselves in a championship position was because of Giannis Antetokounmpo. Arguably […]

Growth presented itself to the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2022-23 season. Making the playoffs for the second straight year was a big accomplishment, as was seeing the growth of young, core talents such as Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels. Edwards is obviously the leader and face of the franchise after ascending to All-Star status, but […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have had an offseason full of drama after being eliminated in the second round of the playoffs. Their starting unit this season could look different with the changes to the roster. The big question mark is James Harden, who opted into his player option to seek a trade. Philadelphia has not found […]

More than 50 years after they entered the NBA as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, the Los Angeles Clippers are still yet to achieve the ultimate success. They’ve never even made it out of the Western Conference, and up until 2010 were wildly unsuccessful, making the postseason just seven times in 40 years. But despite […]

The 2023-24 NBA season is almost here with training camps set to open at the end of the month. For many NBA teams, the starting lineup is not set in stone. Training camp and preseason will likely decide who gets into the starting lineup once the regular season begins. For one of those teams, the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are rumored to be in the running for one of the best shooters in the NBA! But, it is not the one many Sixers fans have in mind. Shams Charania of The Athletic delivered news that Buddy Hield and the Indiana Pacers would be working together on a potential trade after the […]

Buddy Hield and the Indiana Pacers could not come to terms on a contract extension. Now, the two parties are working together to find a potential trade. There are a lot of teams who could really use a sharpshooter like Hield, including the Milwaukee Bucks. For what it’s worth, after Shams Charania of the Athletic […]

The Chicago Bulls were a major disappointment last season. They struggled to play respectably most of the year and they finished with a 40-42 record and had to take part in the 9-10 play-in game against the Toronto Raptors. They were victorious in that game and would have been in the playoffs had they beaten […]

The Boston Celtics are preparing to enter the 2023-24 season as championship favorites once more. While they fell short of their ultimate goal of making it to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year this past season, the Celtics have revamped their roster in hopes of making another title push. Kristaps Porzingis was their […]

Despite a lackluster 12-9 start to the the 2022-23 season, the Memphis Grizzlies still managed to win 51 games, the second consecutive year they crossed the 50-win mark. Even with all the regular-season success this organization has found the last couple of seasons, there are still plenty of question marks surrounding them for various reasons. […]

The 2023-24 NBA season will mark the 35th year in which the Minnesota Timberwolves have been in the NBA. Originally founded in 1989, the T-Wolves are one of the league’s newer expansion teams. Minnesota had previously been the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, as they were the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948-1960. Despite their lack […]

For all intensive purposes, Andre Iguodala has hung up his jersey and is retired. While not official, the veteran forward did tell the Golden State Warriors that the 2022-23 season would be his final year and he has not agreed to a contract for the new seasons with training camp about to begin. The 19-year […]

Although there is not nearly as much hype around the Brooklyn Nets as there has been in recent years, fans are still feeling optimistic going into the regular season. There is a solid core in place consisting of Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson and Nic Claxton, with a balanced and underrated bench behind them. In fact, […]

There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future with the Milwaukee Bucks. The two-time MVP has proven to be one of the NBA’s most loyal stars. So far he has spent his entire 10-year career with the small-market team that drafted him. However, Antetokounmpo wants to win more championships, and could take his […]

The Damian Lillard saga has been at a standstill for months. He requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers on July 1st, with subsequent reporting indicating the eight-time All-Star hoped to be moved to the Miami Heat. No other serious suitor for Lillard has materialized in the interim. Still, with training camp for the […]

A fairly surprising trade news was dropped by Shams Charania of The Athletic on Wednesday. No, it wasn’t anything regarding Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard. But, it did involve one of the best shooters in the NBA. He reported that Buddy Hield and the Indiana Pacers could not come to an agreement regarding […]

Once again, the Boston Celtics enter the upcoming season as the odds-on-favorites to lift the Larry O’Brien trophy in June 2024. However, aside from Kristaps Porzingis’ concerning plantar fasciitis injury, there is one other wrinkle that could prevent Boston from ending a 16-year title drought next year: Malcolm Brogdon’s discontent with the Celtics heading into […]