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Like everyone expected, the Ben Simmons saga remains a common talking point surrounding the Philadelphia 76ers. Even when they started the year on a high note, there was still endless drama regarding the former No. 1 pick. In the latest chapter of this ongoing stalemate between player and organization, the Sixers fined Simmons for not […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers will be without the services of rookie big man Evan Mobley for the next two to four weeks with a sprained right elbow. Mobley sustained the injury Monday night in the loss to the Boston Celtics. The Cavs are one of the bigger surprises in the young NBA season. They enter Wednesday […]

Zach LaVine was the clear-cut best player on the Chicago Bulls heading into the 2021-22 season. The addition of DeMar DeRozan in free agency seemingly gave LaVine a stellar running mate who would take pressure off him on the offensive end. However, so far this season, DeRozan has been the best player on the team. […]

John Wall has yet to play a single minute this season for the Houston Rockets. According to reports, the five-time All-Star could end up sitting out the entire year amid his current stalemate with the Rockets. Unsurprisingly, several teams from around the NBA are monitoring Wall’s situation, and as it turns out, the Miami Heat […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have found themselves in a bit of a rough patch. After starting the season on a high note, health and safety protocols took out a portion of the roster, leaving Doc Rivers heavily undermanned. Between playing shorthanded and guys having to play longer stretches, they have struggled to get back in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were “gifted” 12 of their first 15 games at the supposedly-friendly confines of the Staples Center (er, Crypto.com Arena). The schedule looked relatively light: only four games against teams who qualified for the 2020-21 playoffs. They came out of that stretch 8-7 and, seemingly, without having figured anything out. Alas. Now, […]

Stephen A. Smith is not one to shy away from his feelings. He went in on Kevin Durant in his latest appearance on ESPN’s First Take on Wednesday after the Brooklyn Nets got stomped by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. He didn’t pull any punches against Kyrie Irving, James Harden or the Nets faithful either. Even […]

All offseason long, rumors were running rampant about the Portland Trail Blazers and the future of franchise star Damian Lillard. Many thought he would end up being traded, but the Blazers were able to keep him in town. Since then, Lillard has made it very clear that he is still loyal to Portland, but that […]

The NBA season continues with games on Wednesday. The Chicago Bulls will continue their road trip and take on the Portland Trail Blazers. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Bulls-Trail Blazers prediction and pick. These two teams have had different starts to the seasons. The Bulls are one of the hottest […]

The NBA season will continue on Wednesday. The Dallas Mavericks will hit the road and face off against the Phoenix Suns in a Western Conference battle. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Mavericks-Suns prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had strong starts to the season. The Dallas Mavericks […]

The Phoenix are officially the hottest team in the NBA right now, riding a 9-game winning streak. Devin Booker, Chris Paul, Deandre Ayton, and the rest of the crew heard the chatter all summer. “If Anthony Davis wasn’t hurt, Phoenix wouldn’t have made it past the first round.” “They just swept a Jamal Murray-less Nuggets.” […]

The Brooklyn Nets were humbled on their home floor by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. The Nets fell to 10-5 and third place in the East behind the first-place Washington Wizards and second-place Chicago Bulls. They currently have the sixth-best chances of winning the NBA title based on FiveThirtyEight’s prediction model. It would appear […]

It’s a jam-packed schedule across the NBA on Wednesday, with 11 games. The Cleveland Cavaliers will hit the road and take on the Brooklyn Nets in an Eastern Conference battle. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Cavaliers-Nets prediction and pick. Both of these teams have been having very good seasons. […]

The NBA will continue with regular season games on Wednesday. The Boston Celtics will hit the road and face off against the Atlanta Hawks. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Celtics-Hawks prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had underwhelming starts to the season. The Boston Celtics are 7-7 […]

The NBA season continues on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Lakers will hit the road and take on the Milwaukee Bucks. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Lakers-Bucks prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had a decent start to the season. The Los Angeles Lakers are 8-7 but are […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are off to rough start in their bid to defend their throne. After dismantling Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets on ring night in front of a capacity crowd at Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee is now at 6-8 on the season and has lost seven of their last 10 outings. Through 14 games […]

LOS ANGELES — It was just announced that the famous Staples Center, which has housed some absolutely historic moments in Downtown LA, will soon have a new name. Starting Dec. 25, the arena will be called Crypto.com Arena, and Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George has some reservations about the name change. The arena, which […]

The Philadelphia 76ers kicked off a season-long six-game road trip Tuesday night with a matchup against the Utah Jazz. Despite players slowly returning from health and safety protocols, they still find themselves without multiple key players. Utah took advantage of the depleted squad and won the game in blowout fashion, extending the Sixers’ losing streak […]

When the Houston Rockets selected Jalen Green with the second overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, they may not have placed expectations on him through the media, but they didn’t have to. The number two overall pick comes with massive expectations and when the draft class is as talented as it was, the hope […]

Now that the Trail Blazers are currently sitting at ninth place in the Western Conference with Damian Lillard having a slow start to the 2021-22 NBA season, it’s safe to say that things haven’t exactly gone as planned for Rip City. As Lillard has started to get his groove back and lead the Blazers back […]

The Los Angeles Lakers made a difficult decision in the offseason by resigning Talen-Horton Tucker over Alex Caruso. It was hard for Lakers fans to say goodbye to the beloved Caruso, as he was a favorite and was an integral part of their championship team. Nonetheless, Lakers boss Rob Pelinka used his cap space to […]

When the Philadelphia 76ers’ roster initially took a hit, the team did a good job remaining competitive. Unfortunately, things have taken a turn for the worst in their recent stretch. While they’ve received some reinforcements in the form of Tobias Harris, the Sixers still find themselves on the wrong end of a four-game losing streak. […]

There’s a showdown on Tuesday night at Barclays Center, with the league-best 11-2 Golden State Warriors visiting the 10-4 Brooklyn Nets. Kevin Durant, James Harden and the rest of the squad are 4-2 at home, losing to the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat. They’ll look to stake their claim as the top team in the […]

Damian Lillard is slowly but surely breaking out of the worst slump of his career. The Portland Trail Blazers superstar is averaging 24.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.8 assists in his last five games, shooting 47.1% overall and 39.1% on a high volume of threes. Maybe those numbers don’t reflect Lillard’s MVP-level peak, but they […]

The San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers play in a Western Conference matchup on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Spurs-Clippers prediction and pick. The Spurs and Clippers come into play on Tuesday headed in different directions it seems. San Antonio is 4-9 and has lost three […]

The Portland Trail Blazers earned a much-needed 118-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night, emerging from a furious, back-and-forth battle in the fourth quarter for an impressive victory on the second night of a back-to-back. A lot went right for the Blazers from the friendly confines of Moda Center when they needed it […]

The Dallas Mavericks notched their best win of the season on Monday night against the Denver Nuggets. Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingins and co. overcame a 13-point third quarter deficit to defeat the Nuggets, 111-101. This marked the first time this season that the Mavericks took down a team that was over .500. Despite being 9-4 […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and Utah Jazz play in a inter-conference matchup on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a 76ers-Jazz prediction and pick. The 76ers and Jazz both come into play on Tuesday struggling a bit of late. Philadelphia has been ravaged by players being in health and safety […]

One of the pieces required in vying for an NBA championship is a spark-plug off the bench. When a team deals with slow starts and offensive struggles, a scorer off the bench provides the antidote more often than not. In the early stages of the season, although the stars came out to play, some guys […]

The Golden State Warriors and Brooklyn Nets play in a inter-conference matchup on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Warriors-Nets prediction and pick. The Warriors and Nets meet Tuesday in what could be a preview of the NBA Finals if early season play can tell us anything. Stephen […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves should just accept it. The Karl-Anthony Towns experiment has ran its course. Minnesota should just move on from their 2015 no. 1 overall pick and start building their team around their latest 1st overall selection Anthony Edwards. The Timberwolves lost another tough one to the Phoenix Suns, 99-96, on Monday and dropped […]

Not long after the ball was tipped, it became readily apparent that the Los Angeles Lakers (8-7) were not going to beat the Chicago Bulls (10-4) on Monday at Staples Center. Not without LeBron James, and not with the game the Bulls’ three best players — all with notable Los Angeles roots — brought from […]

Turns out all the New York Knicks needed was a little urgency to snap their two-game losing streak. Facing the same Indiana Pacers team that eviscerated them from three just under two weeks ago, New York cranked up the defensive intensity to 2020-21 vintage levels en route to a 92-84 win over Indiana. “I think […]

The Indiana Pacers came into the 2021-22 NBA season as a relatively unknown quantity in the Eastern Conference. Some believed they would be a playoff contender, assuming they could stay healthy, while others expected them to miss the playoffs. Well, 14 games into the season the Pacers hold a 6-8 record and are in relatively […]

If it wasn’t so before, Monday night made it abundantly clear that there won’t be a rock bottom for the Houston Rockets. This is a really bad basketball team and they’re shaping up to be at the top of the lottery for their second straight season. However, we’re also in pretty dicey territory. Twelve-game losing […]

The three-point shot has evolved into a necessity when it comes to the NBA’s style of play. There are still only a few who are masters of the art, and we’re going to name the top five three-point shooters since Stephen Curry, arguably the league’s greatest shooter ever, entered the NBA in 2009. Many players […]

While things have quieted down, for the time being, the Ben Simmons cloud still hangs over the head of the Philadelphia 76ers. The three-time All-Star has cited he is not mentally ready to join his teammates on the court, and a potential return date has not come close to being discussed. There is still no […]

There have been a number of stats floating around about the New York Knicks’ starting lineup since their loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Friday. Take your pick: The starting lineup of Kemba Walker, Evan Fournier, RJ Barrett, Julius Randle, and Mitchell Robinson has played the second-most minutes of any five-man unit in the NBA […]

As the New York Knicks prep for their second matchup of the season with the Indiana Pacers on Monday night, apparently a good practice session on Sunday is providing some optimism internally. Take it from Derrick Rose, who spoke to the media after the session. “With the first group, they were doing a lot of […]