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NBA Las Vegas Summer League is in full swing and will continue to feature all the exciting rookies drafted a few weeks back. It is time to continue our NBA odds series with a Kings-Clippers prediction and pick. The Sacramento Kings opened Las Vegas Summer League with a grind-out 80-76 win over the Atlanta Hawks. […]

NBA Summer League has now started, which means the Oklahoma City Thunder No. 10 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, former Kentucky guard Cason Wallace, made his Thunder debut in Las Vegas. The Thunder took on the Dallas Mavericks and won 91-80, but that doesn’t tell the full story of Wallace’s first impressions. To […]

The San Antonio Spurs, when all is said and done, will be coming out of the 2023 offseason as one of its biggest winners. Drafting Victor Wembanyama with the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft automatically makes it an A+ offseason for them, especially after the 19-year old Frenchman showed on Sunday night […]

The Indiana Pacers kicked off their 2023 Summer League campaign with a win against the Washington Wizards. Of course, one of the standout performers was their first-round pick, Jarace Walker. Here are four reactions to his performance in the game. Walker, of course, is a solidly-built rookie who can play both the power forward and […]

NBA Summer League is underway, which means the Dallas Mavericks No. 12 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Duke center Dereck Lively II, made his Mavs debut in Las Vegas. Dallas took on the Oklahoma City Thunder and lost 91-80, but that doesn’t tell the tale of Lively’s first impressions. To do that, here […]

NBA Las Vegas Summer League is in full swing and will continue to feature all the exciting rookies drafted a few weeks back. It is time to continue our NBA odds series with a Timberwolves-Jazz prediction and pick. The Minnesota Timberwolves impressed in their Las Vegas Summer League opener and used a 30-13 fourth quarter […]

It’s time for more summer league action as the Memphis Grizzlies face off with the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas. We are here to share our NBA odds series, and make a Grizzlies-Cavaliers summer league prediction and pick. These are two teams that disappointed during the regular season. Regardless, this matchup will feature the young […]

The Detroit Pistons have begun their summer league campaign in Las Vegas. The Pistons have already played two games against the Orlando Magic and Houston Rockets. Of course, some of their young players are on display in the Summer League. That includes big-name rookie Ausar Thompson, and we’ll look at some reactions to his first […]

NBA Summer League is here, which means the Orlando Magic’s two first-round picks in the 2023 NBA Draft, Arkansas point guard Anthony Black and Michigan wing Jett Howard, made their professional debuts in Las Vegas. The Magic took on the Pistons and lost 89-78, but that doesn’t tell the tale of Black and Howard’s first […]

The Indiana Pacers take on the Orlando Magic in NBA Summer League action Monday night. This game will continue our NBA odds series as we hand out a Pacers-Magic prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Pacers have played a game already, and they beat the Washington […]

The Washington Wizards have finally decided to embrace a rebuild this offseason, which has made their 2023 NBA Summer League activity all the more exciting. One of the players with a lot of eyes on him right now is Bilal Coulibaly, who Washington selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Coulibaly […]

The Dallas Mavericks are going all-in for the 2023 season. They kind of have no choice here: they traded for Kyrie Irving in the offseason, and they can’t afford to let him go for nothing. At the very least, Dallas is making a lot of moves to ensure that the team around Luka Doncic and […]

The Toronto Raptors have kicked off their Summer League campaign in Las Vegas, and their fans have been glued to the performances of their first-round pick, Gradey Dick. Here we will look at some reactions from the Las Vegas Summer League games of Raptors rookie Gradey Dick. Summer League So Far To be quite blunt, […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama made his second appearance in the NBA Summer League on Sunday. He faced off against the Portland Trail Blazers, though they lost, 85-80. This came after a less-than-stellar debut in which he credited his conditioning and exhaustion for his performance. This time around, Wembanyama was eager to show what […]

The Houston Rockets’ Summer League opener in Las Vegas was highly anticipated, with fans eager to see the team’s new draft picks in action. The Rockets won in their first 2023 NBA 2K24 Summer League game, beating the Portland Trail Blazers, 100-99. Houston’s roster included Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore, who were selected fourth and […]

It’s been five months since Ben Simmons last appeared in an NBA game. After sitting out the entire 2021-22 season, Simmons was sidelined during this year’s All-Star break and later shut down due to a nerve impingement in his surgically repaired back. Three months removed from the end of the Brooklyn Nets’ season, Simmons, who […]

The Summer League Los Angeles Lakers got three standouts performances in their 93-75 win over Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center: from 2023 first-round pick Jalen Hood-Schifino and two undrafted free agents on two-way contracts: Colin Castleton and D’Moi Hodge. For the fourth time in four Summer […]

The Houston Rockets have been very busy this offseason, including the 2023 NBA Draft, where they took Amen Thompson at No. 4 overall and landed Cam Whitmore at No. 20. A week later, the Rockets brought out the brinks truck in NBA free agency. Houston cashed out immediately when the market opened and signed point […]

NBA Vegas Summer League is in full swing and will continue to feature all the exciting rookies drafted a few weeks back. It is time to continue our NBA odds series with a Pelicans-Warriors prediction and pick. The New Orleans Pelicans lost its first game of NBA Summer League, 102-88, to the Minnesota Timberwolves. New […]

NBA Vegas Summer League is here and it will feature all the exciting rookies drafted a few weeks back. It is time to continue our NBA odds series with a Hawks-Nuggets prediction and pick. The Atlanta Hawks dropped their 2023 Vegas Summer League opener 80-76 to the Sacramento Kings. It wasn’t the ideal professional debut […]

The Detroit Pistons will play the Houston Rockets in some hot summer league action. We are here to share our NBA odds series,  make a Pistons-Rockets prediction and pick, while showing you how to watch. The Pistons defeated the Orlando Magic 89-78 in their last summer league game on Saturday. Ultimately, it was a potential […]

The Charlotte Hornets kicked off their Summer League campaign in Las Vegas on Sunday night, and one player who caught the eye was Brandon Miller. The 6’2 guard put in an impressive performance in the Hornets’ win over the San Antonio Spurs. Here we will look at some reactions to Miller’s Summer League opener. Game […]

The Washington Wizards have been a team in the middle of the pack for many years now. After years on this treadmill of mediocrity, the Wizards decided to hire former Los Angeles Clippers general manager Michael Winger as the new head honcho to run the show, replacing the fired Tommy Sheppard. Winger immediately went to […]

The San Antonio Spurs will face the Portland Trail Blazers in a summer league game. We are here to share our NBA odds series and make a Victor Wembanyama, Spurs-Trail Blazers prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Spurs (1-0) will face the Blazers (0-1) in the second game of the summer […]

After a disappointing finish last season, the Phoenix Suns are going all-in for the 2023-24 season. A trade for superstar forward Kevin Durant during the midseason signaled a push to go for a title. Unfortunately, they were eliminated in brutal fashion by the eventual champions Denver Nuggets. It was a rough end to a season […]

The Memphis Grizzlies were once again one of the best teams in the regular season in 2022-23. Their style of play is perfect for that juncture of the season because they run people out of the gym with their tremendous energy and impeccable defense that propels them to victory. Even without Ja Morant for a […]

At the trade deadline, the Philadelphia 76ers only made one trade, netting Jalen McDaniels and dealing Matisse Thybulle while exchanging one good second-round pick (the 34th selection in the 2023 NBA Draft) for a pair of future picks. The trade also put the Sixers below the luxury tax threshold, allowing them to dodge that tax […]

The New York Knicks made a number of moves this 2023 NBA Free Agency, letting Derrick Rose walk away and then signing Donte DiVincenzo to reunite him with his Villanova pals Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart. However, there’s no denying that the most crucial move they made was keeping Hart via his player option. The […]

The 2023-24 NBA season will have a new look, not just because of players switching teams and rookies coming over to inject more talent into the league. There’s also the highly anticipated NBA In-Season Tournament, which will be set in motion before the end of the year. The NBA has already announced in detail on […]

The Golden State Warriors’ wait is over. After two-plus weeks of rumors, Dario Saric has finally signed with the Dubs. Here are three reasons why Golden State hit the jackpot by adding the Croatian star for the minimum. 3. Frontcourt floor-spacing and playmaking Draymond Green is an elite passer from all over the floor and […]

The 2023 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas featured a few highly anticipated debuts Friday. Portland Trail Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson outshined them all. A few weeks after being selected with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Henderson outplayed both rookies who were taken ahead of him. And it wasn’t even […]

The Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic meet for Game 1 of the Vegas Summer League! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Magic prediction and pick. The Pistons finished the 2022 season with the worst record in the NBA. Somehow, the basketball gods punished them by drawing them the fifth pick in […]

The Boston Celtics have reached the Eastern Conference Finals five times in the last seven years, but they were never able to get over the hump and win the championship. This iteration of the Celtics have been lacking something that no one could figure out because they have all the ingredients of a championship squad, […]

Heading into the 2022-23 NBA campaign, plenty of folks viewed the Washington Wizards as a legitimate threat to make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. After all, the Wizards had a star-studded duo of Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porzingis with a number of solid complementary players around them, such as Kyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija, Corey […]

How was the highly anticipated Victor Wembanyama Summer League debut with the San Antonio Spurs? Wembanyama fell short of expectations, and that’s being kind. The Spurs beat the Charlotte Hornets 76-68 Friday night in Las Vegas, but Wembanyama didn’t look like the NBA’s best prospect since LeBron James. Victor Wembanyama’s Sumer League debut stat line […]

This offseason was going to be a pivotal time for the Toronto Raptors. With a new coach at the helm and Fred VanVleet’s free agency looming, the franchise had a choice. If they wanted, they could’ve used VanVleet’s free agency to kickstart a rebuild. However, based on their given moves, it doesn’t seem like that’s […]

The Phoenix Suns 2022-23 NBA season ended at the hands of Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and the NBA champion Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets eliminated Phoenix in six games in the second round of the postseason. The Suns gave the Nuggets a run for their money, as they were the only team in the 2023 postseason […]

Heading into the 2022-23 NBA season, plenty of folks thought that Joel Embiid, James Harden, and the Philadelphia 76ers would finally take that next step after years of postseason shortcomings and establish themselves as legitimate NBA title contenders. But fast forward to the current day, and it’s evident that the Sixers fell very short of these […]

With the NBA free agency market winding down and teams beginning to fill out the remaining few spots on their rosters, the Golden State Warriors have gone ahead and added another key veteran. After signing Cory Joseph for depth and experience in their backcourt, the Warriors have done the same with Dario Saric, as he […]