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As it stands, granted a clean bill of health, the Brooklyn Nets remains the team to beat in the NBA this 2021-22 season. It goes without saying that any championship-aspiring team needs a championship-level supporting cast to reach the top of the mountain. Brooklyn undoubtedly has the best foundation to build around with their Big […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are a dark horse team to make some noise this season. It feels as though that’s been the offseason sentiment for every year that Zion Williamson has been in the league. Could this third time really be the charm for the young Pels? Yes, they lost Lonzo Ball in free agency […]

The Chicago Bulls made a lot of noise in free agency with several huge moves. They now appear to have established them as real threats in the East for the upcoming season. One could actually argue that the Bulls won free agency with DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball and Alex Caruso all making their way to […]

The Golden State Warriors put together a pretty good offseason. It included two talented lottery picks and a ton of shooting from the free-agent market. The team also has Jordan Poole, Juan Toscano-Anderson, and Kevon Looney returning from last season. Then you have James Wiseman, returning from a late-season injury, and the big fish Klay […]

Trading multiple first-round picks is one of the riskier things you can do in the NBA. Most of the time, teams only do it in exchange for superstar players. So when the Houston Rockets traded two future first-round picks to acquire the 16th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, it projected a high degree of […]

One could come away with a number of contrasting takeaways from the 2020-2021 NBA season for the Utah Jazz. On one hand, the Jazz surpassed expectations in the regular season as they finished with the best record in the NBA with a notable 52-20 record. More so, they once again proved to be more one […]

The Memphis Grizzlies continue to trend in the right direction. Last season they went 38-34 and grinded their way to the Western Conference playoffs by beating the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors in the NBA Play-in Tournament — albeit they lost to the Utah Jazz in five games in the first round of […]

We already knew three notable early-season dates for the 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers: vs. the Golden State Warriors on opening night (Oct. 19), at the Phoenix Suns two days later, and a star-studded Christmas Day date with the Brooklyn Nets at Staples Center. Now, we know the rest. On Friday, the full 2021-22 NBA schedule […]

The LA Clippers 2021-22 season schedule is out. Without further ado, let’s dive into the top 10 games to watch. 10. April 10th – Oklahoma City Thunder @ LA Clippers For once in what feels like a long time, the LA Clippers will close out their regular season at home, taking on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and […]

It’s common for third-string players in the NBA to either become journeymen or be cut entirely with no team willing to take a chance on them. This unfortunate fate can even happen to top players eventually. The likes of former NBA MVP candidate Isaiah Thomas can attest to this. The two-time All-Star has famously been […]

The 2021-22 NBA schedule has been officially released, and we’re going to dive into 10 Golden State Warriors games to watch this season. The first game that’s a must-watch for all Dubs fans is opening night. On October 19, the Warriors face LeBron James and the new-look Los Angeles Lakers. It will be the first […]

The NBA schedule release is upon us and it’s time to start circling in the must watch games for the New York Knicks. Tom Thibodeau’s club is coming off a 41-31 campaign that saw them as the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. They added Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier as the newcomers to […]

The Brooklyn Nets will look to get to the mountain top this year after falling short to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last season. If the big three of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving can all stay healthy, taking out the Nets will be a brutal task for anyone in […]

No team was more active this offseason in adding star talent than the Chicago Bulls. They already had Zach LaVine and traded for all-star Nikola Vucevic at the NBA Trade Deadline. This offseason, they added Lonzo Ball and DeMar DeRozan to the mix as well. All of a sudden, the Bulls will go from nonexistent […]

The Phoenix Suns are coming off a fairly improbable run that resulted in them reaching the NBA Finals a year ago. This season, the Suns will bring back most of their core from last year with dreams of getting all the way to the mountain top. Based off what they accomplished last year, the schedule […]

Coming off a surprise run to the NBA Finals, the Phoenix Suns are looking to build on that success during the 2021-22 NBA season, hoping to win a championship for the first time in franchise history. In this post, we’re making or Suns predictions for the upcoming season, even if they are admittedly way-too-early. Now […]

The Jets get to visit Green Bay in the summertime – before the frozen tundra sets in – in this Week 2 matchup against the Packers. Neither team has a starting quarterback battle but there remain compelling storylines to watch on each side. It’s time to continue our NFL odds series and make a Jets-Packers […]

The Denver Nuggets’ championship hopes vanished the moment Jamal Murray went down late in the 2020-21 regular season with a torn left ACL. Their title chances remain murky, with their star point guard likely out for the entire 2021-22 campaign. In this specific post, though, we’re unleashing our Denver Nuggets 2021 NBA Free Agency grades. […]

The 2021-22 NBA season is expected to bring a new level of excitement even greater than its previous season. Russell Westbrook has joined the Los Angeles Lakers. Kyle Lowry has joined the Miami Heat. DeMar DeRozan and Lonzo Ball both joined the Chicago Bulls. Paul George and the LA Clippers, meanwhile, are one of the […]

Earlier this week, the whole card market was shaken to its core when eBay suspended PWCC Marketplace from its platform. This move comes after the eCommerce giant accused the Oregon-based company of shilling or asking individuals to bid on their items in an effort to increase their value. For their part, PWCC denied all allegations […]

The LA Clippers restructured their roster this offseason in preparation for a long stretch of the year without Kawhi Leonard. They’ve added defense in Justise Winslow, ball-handling in Eric Bledsoe, drafted three young guards, and retained their all their big-name free agents. Here are three burning questions that the Clippers will have to answer next […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are on an awkward trajectory to start this upcoming NBA season. They may have extended Joel Embiid’s contract but it seems like they didn’t make much of a difference with their roster. And oh, it doesn’t help that homegrown All-Star Ben Simmons isn’t in communication with them either. Simmons has been on […]

Gone are the days when the New York Knicks were the laughingstock of the NBA. Last season marks the first time they made the playoffs since 2013. Along with their success, all the controversies on and off the floor seem to have been forgotten. We are now entering another golden era in one of the […]

The New York Knicks just had their best season in eight years. They made the playoffs for the first time since 2013 when Carmelo Anthony used to torch opposing teams night in and night out. After the Julius Randle-led squad ended the playoff drought at Madison Square Garden, unfortunately, they got bounced by Trae Young’s Atlanta Hawks in […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been plagued with Damian Lillard trade rumors. The team’s underperformance and seeming lackadaisical attitude to giving Lillard the players he needs are the direct causes of such rumors. The front office made some series of moves in the offseason to quell these whispers. Whether they succeed in his mission is […]

The Golden State Warriors have big plans for the 2021-22 season. The Bay Area’s team will have old and new faces rocking the blue and gold this year. One familiar face that everyone is excited to see back with the team is Andre Iguodala. In the past, he was the x-factor and played an essential […]

Trying make a big leap in the Western Conference standings next season, the Memphis Grizzlies have had an active start to their offseason. First trading away Jonas Valancunias to the Pelicans in exchange for Steven Adams, and now they’ve acquired Rajon Rondo and Daniel Oturu for Eric Bledsoe. This was a great trade for the […]

The Indiana Pacers had a bizarre 2020-21 NBA season in the Eastern Conference, to put it modestly. In what was year one of the Nate Bjorkgren era, the Pacers appeared in the NBA Play-In Tournament as the ninth seed, beating the Charlotte Hornets and then losing to the Washington Wizards. Prior to the play-in round, […]

We are currently nearing the end of NBA free agency. So far, we’ve seen superstars change teams and championship contenders signing reliable veterans. However, one of the biggest stories of NBA free agency has been the failure of Dennis Schröder. Schröder rejected a $84 million contract extension offered by the Lakers. And as we all […]

The Boston Celtics once again head into a season as one of the more difficult teams to project in the NBA. When the Celtics face little to no pressure heading into a season, the team has typically surpassed expectations by a considerable amount, which was most notably seen over the early years of Brad Stevens’ […]

Read it and weep. LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets will win the NBA Most Improved Player Award this season, and it should be a lock. Think about the kind of dominance Julius Randle displayed in the 2020-21 season to make himself a runaway favorite for the award. LaMelo Ball should be able to replicate […]

As 2021 Free Agency simmers out, the Los Angeles Lakers have three open roster spots — and many more questions than answers. Vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka spent early August utterly retooling the team around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Los Angeles acquired a ball-dominant third star, Russell Westbrook, who looks like an […]

The asking price for Terry Rozier apparently went up, as he accepted a max extension from the Charlotte Hornets the will keep him in Buzz City until 2026. Twitter wasted no time saying that “The Hornets overpaid for him”, or “They will just trade him”, and a lot more trash. However, they haters need to […]

Just this week, eBay dropped a bombshell on the NBA card industry by accusing PWCC of shill bidding. The eCommerce giant also deactivated around 17,000 items listed by the Oregon-based company on their platform, to the surprise of many. Turns out, there’s really more than meets the eye when it comes to eBay’s decision to […]

When Serge Ibaka joined the LA Clippers in free agency back in 2019, continuing his hilarious ‘How Hungry Are You?’ show was surely in his plans. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic made it incredibly difficult to film over the last year and a half. Until now. Over the last few weeks, Serge Ibaka has dropped a […]

Going into Summer League, few players had more eyeballs trained on them than Houston Rockets shooting guard Jalen Green. The number two overall pick already came with a ton of expectations, but Green added his own by claiming on multiple occasions that he should have gone number one.  Already a compelling prospect due to his […]

The Golden State Warriors have big plans for the 2021-22 NBA season. Injuries took over the last two seasons, and the Dubs are ready to get back on track. The Bay Area hasn’t seen their team at full strength in so long some forget how good they were before injuries. Before Kevin Durant and all […]

The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks are one of the few teams in history who enter the next season after winning the championship as the underdogs once again. After this off season, the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers are favored to win the title according to the famous Las Vegas odds. So, it’s going to […]

Coming into the 2021-22 NBA season, the Brooklyn Nets are heavily favored as the team to beat. With Kevin Durant looking to build off a successful run at the Tokyo Olympics where he won his fourth gold medal and James Harden and Kyrie Irving are expected to be back at full strength, the Nets will […]