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Second-year guard Tyrese Maxey has garnered lots of attention this season for the Philadelphia 76ers. In light of Ben Simmons’ absence, the former first-round pick found himself promoted to the Sixers’ starting point guard. Maxey, never scared of a challenge, took this opportunity with open arms. Since becoming a full-time starter, he has drastically increased […]

The NBA regular season continues with games on Wednesday. The Minnesota Timberwolves will hit the road and face off against the Denver Nuggets. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Timberwolves-Nuggets prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had similar starts to the season. The Minnesota Timberwolves are 12-15 and […]

The NBA regular season continues on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Clippers will hit the road and face off against the Utah Jazz. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Clippers-Jazz prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had similar starts to the season. The Los Angeles Clippers are 16-12 and […]

The NBA season continues with games on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Lakers will travel to take on the Dallas Mavericks. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Lakers-Mavericks prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had similar starts to the season. The Los Angeles Lakers are 15-13 and have won […]

The NBA season continues on Wednesday. The Miami Heat will hit the road and take on the Philadelphia 76ers. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Heat-76ers prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had similar starts to the season, including dealing with a ton of major health issues that […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ current best asset, aside from their superstars, is 21-year-old Talen Horton-Tucker (THT) who they’ve drafted and developed over the past couple of years. THT is a young wing and combo forward who has the knack of getting to the rim and has shown flashes of his talent on both sides of […]

Trade season is just about underway in the NBA, as most teams have had a proper amount of time to gauge themselves. No surprise at all, one of the hottest names on the market right now is Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Ben Simmons. The 25-year-old has yet to suit up in a game this season, seemingly […]

The Portland Trail Blazers fell to the Phoenix Suns 111-107 in overtime on Tuesday night, extending their losing streak to six games. Even that depressing string of defeats, unfortunately, isn’t an accurate indication of the Blazers’ current depths. Portland is now 1-9 in its last 10 games and has lost five straight at Moda Center […]

Now that we’ve crossed over December 15th on the NBA calendar, trading season has officially begun. This date is relevant because most contracts signed this summer can now be traded. Generally, front offices try to avoid making deals before this date. This is because they’re limited in the number of contracts they can move and […]

Returning to the mark of a .500 team was within grasp, but unfortunately the Toronto Raptors couldn’t make it happen despite matching up with a seriously depleted Brooklyn Nets squad. Sure, the Raptors looked quite good on the offensive side of things for most of the night, with Scottie Barnes hitting hooks and fadeaways, Fred […]

The Chicago Bulls are currently dealing with a massive COVID-19 outbreak that has postponed two of their games. The Bulls reached a whopping 10 players in the NBA’s health and safety protocols before the league finally stepped in to give the team a break. One of those players not in protocols is Nikola Vucevic (he […]

The shorthanded Brooklyn Nets got the job done against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. The first place Nets now improve to 20-8 and hold a 2.5 game lead over the second place Chicago Bulls. Coming into the contest, things were out of control. Late on Monday, forward Paul Millsap was ruled out due to […]

Stephen Curry has officially broken the all-time 3-point record that was previously held by all-time great Ray Allen. If there was ever any doubt that he wasn’t the greatest 3-point shooter of all time, that debate is now over. Not only does he have 2,974 career 3-pointers, but he’s also done it in 500 fewer […]

The Sacramento Kings are in an interesting spot as they continue to build for the future. They have some talented young players on the roster but are still not a playoff team. Fans have longed for the Kings to return to the postseason as they have not made it since 2006. With the Indiana Pacers […]

After winning the 2016 NBA Finals over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, LeBron James was asked at the Nike Skills Academy what his motivation was, now that he’d won a title for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He responded by revealing what his underlying goal has always been. “My motivation is the ghost I’m chasing. […]

As Stephen Curry continues to gain on Ray Allen’s all-time 3-point record and cement his place as the greatest shooter in NBA history, it leaves us all wondering which current NBA superstar would be next in line as the all-time leader in made 3-pointers? With all eyes on Steph and his historic pursuit of Allen’s […]

There are only a handful of players in NBA history who actually changed the game. First, there was Wilt Chamberlain. When he stepped on the scene, it was clear he was on a different level. The league then had to widen the lane in attempting to keep him from unfairly just camping down low. It’s […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are going to have one of the more interesting trade deadlines in all of the NBA.  They have made it known that they are potentially going into a rebuilding process so many of their current players are not going to be in Portland for much longer. They could decide to do […]

The NBA Trade Deadline is approaching and the Philadelphia 76ers are going to be one of the busier teams. In order for them to make the moves that they are going to want to pair someone next to their superstar Joel Embiid, they’re going to have to make some tough decisions and get rid of […]

Jalen Smith of the Phoenix Suns is one of the players that they are reportedly going to shop at the NBA Trade Deadline. The 21-year-old University of Maryland product was the 10th pick for the Suns in the 2020 NBA draft. Although he hasn’t done much in his NBA career due to him not playing, […]

There is very little doubt, if any, that Stephen Curry will set history on Tuesday night. The Golden State Warriors superstar is just two triples away from setting the all-time record for most three-pointers made and it’s all but certain that he’s going to be able to achieve this amazing accolade at Madison Square Garden. […]

Domantas Sabonis has emerged as a popular potential trade target for the Portland Trail Blazers as his team looks to tweak a roster that clearly tops out below legitimate contention in the Eastern Conference. Does the Indiana Pacers’ state of flux seem familiar? The similarities between Portland and Indiana’s on-the-fly retooling is reason enough for […]

Wednesday is Dec. 15, and by now you’ve probably heard why that date is key. Newly signed free agents from last summer will become trade eligible, adding a major crop of names who can be included in deals between Wednesday and the Feb. 10 trade deadline. The Brooklyn Nets are 19-8 and in first place […]

The Phoenix Suns will play the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday in a Western Conference matchup. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Suns-Blazers prediction and pick. The Suns and Blazers will meet on Tuesday as Phoenix looks to stay hot and keep pace with the Golden State Warriors out west. The […]

The Toronto Raptors will play the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday in an Eastern Conference matchup. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Raptors-Nets prediction and pick. The Raptors and Nets will play on Tuesday night as the Nets will look to continue their strong start to the season. Brooklyn sits as the […]

The Golden State Warriors will play the New York Knicks on Tuesday in an inter-conference matchup. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Warriors-Knicks prediction and pick. The Warriors and Knicks will meet on Tuesday as Stephen Curry is likely set to make history. Curry needs just one more three-pointer to tie […]

Kevin Durant operating as one of the best basketball players of this generation has made him one of the wealthiest athletes in all of sports. It also helps that he is one of the more sought after athletes in all of sponsorship deals. In this specific post we’re going to be talking about Kevin Durant’s […]

Over their seven-game winning streak, the Houston Rockets seemed to adopt a quality that they haven’t yet shaken, which was seen in an incredible comeback victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. They’ve successfully been able to be competitive in all of their games since both Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green went down. […]

The Los Angeles Clippers got a much-needed boost when they got Serge Ibaka back from injury in mid-November. The big man fought through his rehab following back surgery, asked to go down to the G League to work his way back into game shape, and did everything necessary to return to the lineup. The Clippers […]

Nowadays, it seems like every game between Chris Paul’s Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Clippers brings out some kind of drama. The first meeting between the two teams since the 2021 Western Conference Finals came on Monday night, and it did not disappoint. Without Paul George and Nicolas Batum, the Clippers defeated the Suns, […]

Trade season is heating up, which means the Los Angeles Lakers — the only franchise, maybe outside the Miami Heat, that seemingly every player in the NBA would happily play for — are starting to be name-dropped into rumors, however unfeasible. The NBA trade deadline is Thursday, Feb. 10. On Dec. 15, a slew of […]

After a big win against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, the Philadelphia 76ers hit the road to face a Ja Morant-less Grizzlies team. Heading into the matchup, the Sixers looked to be in a position to build momentum against an injured squad, but that was not the case. Despite being without their star […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have reached out to the Detroit Pistons about a possible trade for Jerami Grant, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported on Monday morning. Last week, we named Grant as one of three potential targets interim general manager Joe Cronin and the Blazers front office must seek out prior to the trade […]

Despite having a solid season with the Boston Celtics thus far, Dennis Schroder may be on the move once again. With the Celtics looking to shake things up and plenty of teams still needing quality point guard play, Schroder may benefit from playing on a new team. As we dive deeper into another drama-filled NBA […]

When Sean Marks and the front office designed this Brooklyn Nets team, they knew it was going to be extremely top-heavy. With a major component of total cap space being allocated to Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, that left precious few resources left for the rest of the squad. No one should be […]

Since the news broke that Daryl Morey was fielding offers for Ben Simmons, an endless amount of teams have reportedly inquired about the former no. 1 pick. Despite this large group of potential suitors, no trade ever came about. The rumor mill came to a screeching halt once the regular season went underway, but it […]

Bryn Forbes of the San Antonio Spurs is reportedly going to be one of the guys that are going to be on the trade market at the NBA Trade Deadline. He’s one of the best 3-point shooters that the game has and he showed that last season with the Milwaukee Bucks. He was perfect with […]

Cam Reddish of the Atlanta Hawks has been rumored to potentially be one of the players that Atlanta is looking to move at the NBA Trade Deadline. It is questionable why the Hawks would get rid of a 22-year-old who has shown that he can be an elite defender and also be a quality scorer […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving hasn’t suited up yet this season due to local New York City vaccination mandates. The rules ban players from appearing in home games, although Nets brass huddled together months ago and decided they don’t want any part-time players. So, in essence, they decided that a seven-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA […]