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The Cleveland Cavaliers dominated headlines this morning after documenting their trip to Madison Square Garden through the subways of New York. It was comical watching LeBron James and company squeeze into a compact space amongst ordinary city folk. As noted in the video, taking the subway was the most efficient way to help prepare for their matchup versus the New York Knicks. However, their […]

The trade request by the disgruntled Cavs’ superstar Kyrie Irving and the subsequent exchange of players between the Eastern Conference finalists definitely highlighted the action-packed offseason of 2017. The post-trade analyses were slightly biased towards the conclusion that Danny Ainge got fleeced by the Cavs, as they landed Isaiah Thomas, a player with similar offensive and defensive […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James is one of the last players that made the trip straight from high school right into the NBA and ascended into stardom. The current rules now prevent players from coming into the NBA from high school which makes James the last of his kind. He has now cemented himself as […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons, ever the active social media user, hosted an impromptu Q & A session on Twitter where he answered all sorts of questions from fans. Some were basketball-related, others were not. A few were a mix of the two. One such semi-basketball-related question was who Parsons would prefer to hang out […]

After his teammate, Enes Kanter, came to his defense stemming from Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James’ controversial comments, New York Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina has now responded to it himself. However, instead of delivering a fiery statement which was expected by many, he opted to give a laid-back answer. The Knicks rookie made it […]

Following a 111-104 Cleveland Cavaliers victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night, superstar forward LeBron James offered a lot of praise for Mavs rookie guard Dennis Smith Jr. However, in a video posted via NBA TV, James couldn’t help but take a shot at the New York Knicks for not selecting Smith Jr. “The […]

LeBron James caused quite a stir lately when he spoke about the New York Knicks passing up on Dennis Smith Jr. with the eighth overall pick in this year’s draft. The Cleveland Cavaliers star thinks that the Dallas Mavericks rookie is a really good player and should’ve ended up representing the Knicks instead. However, as […]

The New York Knicks picked what is presumably their point guard of the future in Frank Ntilikina during this year’s draft. But according to none other than Cleveland Cavs superstar LeBron James, the Knicks should’ve picked Dennis Smith Jr., who fell one pick later to the Dallas Mavericks, instead. “The Knicks passed on a really […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s self-admitted tank during the 2016-17 NBA season paid off for them in this year’s draft. They managed to find themselves in position to take point guard Dennis Smith Jr. out of NC State with the ninth overall pick. The rookie has already garnered attention league-wide for his stellar play thus far […]

The NBA free agency is undoubtedly one of the few bright spots of the NBA Off-season. Players switching teams and thus shift the power in the Association. Without a doubt, it is one of the most anticipated time spans for every NBA fan out there. On July 1st, the moratorium begins – allowing free agents […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers won the battle after taking down a Gordon Hayward-less Boston Celtics on the season-opener, but as this 2017-18 campaign has progressed, it’s the latter that’s winning the war. The two Eastern Conference powerhouses started as mirror opposites, with the Cavs getting off to a 2-0 start, while the Celtics went winless through […]

LeBron James proved this week that he knows a thing or two about social media. His single post of the Arthur meme garnered a ton of attention and made countless people crazy on social media trying to decipher its meaning. But after the Cleveland Cavaliers’ loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday, the Rockets’ social […]

In light of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ ghastly 4-6 start to the season, Draymond Green had a little fun of his own after LeBron James posted a picture of the popular cartoon Arthur, which was captioned “mood.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BbLakZ_hRY7/?taken-by=kingjames The Warriors forward posted one of his own, expressing the run he and his Golden State Warriors are […]

The Washington Wizards were touted as one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference coming into the 2017-18 NBA season. Despite their lackluster 5-4 start, the Wizards have begun to look impressive as of late thanks to the stellar play of shooting guard Bradley Beal. Beal has stepped up in place of four-time All-Star John […]

LeBron James, arguably the best player  in today’s NBA, will have every spectacle looking his way this summer. Although everyone anticipates James to lead the Cavs to their fourth straight NBA Finals appearance in June, it’s the events that carry out afterward that has everyone talking. Where will The King land in free agency? Paul […]

Prior to engaging the Cleveland Cavaliers in a high-profile showdown Friday, Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal made a bold claim that should only light up a fire underneath LeBron James and company. Speaking to Rachel Nichols and Paul Pierce of ESPN’s The Jump, Beal didn’t hesitate to declare his team as the best in the […]

The Indiana Pacers and their much-improved offense did quite a number on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, as the Pacers spanked the Cavs, 124-107 in Cleveland. When doing so, they accomplished something no other team; not even the mighty Golden State Warriors, have ever done against a James-led team in the regular season. The […]

Following the loss to the Utah Jazz over the weekend, rookie point guard Lonzo Ball made sure he took all of the blame for the team’s shortcomings on the road. Ball insisted the loss was on him making it clear that the finger needed to be pointed in his direction. After the Lakers’ first practice […]

Derrick Rose lasted all of just one season with the New York Knicks before moving on to the Cleveland Cavaliers this offseason. According to the New York Daily News’ Stefan Bondy, Rose would’ve welcomed extending his stay in the Big Apple. Unfortunately, the Knicks didn’t seem to want him back. “From our side, we were […]

To begin the 2017-18 NBA season, Anthony Davis has gotten off to a strong start. The 24-year-old is filling up the stat sheet once again by averaging 24.3 points and 12.8 rebounds. Unfortunately, he has not played in the last two games after injuring his knee early against the Portland Trail Blazers. After missing nearly […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a star in the making with rookie Lonzo Ball. The UCLA product already has fans of the storied franchise buzzing about his potential and the fact his presence may eventually result in the arrival of LeBron James. On Friday, Ball turned 20 and got a special message on Twitter from […]

One of the major reasons why LeBron James decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Miami Heat in 2010 was the Cavs’ inability to surround James with talent; Mo Williams was the sidekick and second-best player during James’ first stint with Cleveland. Drafting was not a strong point of those Cavs teams, and […]

Here are your Power Rankings for Week 2 of the NBA season: 30: Phoenix Suns This was an eventful week for Phoenix, and it was exclusively bad. The week began with the worst fate for the league’s worst team, the season started. For Phoenix, it only took three games for them to produce the all-time […]

The Brooklyn Nets will not have the services of point guard D’Angelo Russell for Wednesday’s game against the defending Eastern Conference champions Cleveland Cavaliers due to a sprained right knee injury. This is according to separate reports from Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com and Brian Lewis of the New York Post. https://twitter.com/joevardon/status/923305323749834752 #Nets guard D'Angelo Russell […]

Coming up as a young budding star in his native St. Louis, Missouri, Jayson Tatum once asked LeBron James for a follow back on Twitter after the two met in April of 2012. HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy dug up this gem of a once-eager 14-year-old Tatum bringing up his old family in hopes for a nod […]

In the first three games of his third campaign, Miami Heat forward Josh Richardson has continued to make a major impact on both ends of the floor. Following his all-around performance in Monday’s win over the Atlanta Hawks where he registered 21 points with two blocks and two steals, head coach Erik Spoelstra spewed much […]

Following a review made by the league office, the NBA has decided to upgrade the hard foul Greg Monroe gave Derrick Rose on Friday to a flagrant 1 instead. It was originally called just a common foul, but with how he hit the former MVP around the neck and head area, it was overruled, according […]

Prior to the 2017-18 NBA season, Kobe Bryant challenged Giannis Antetokounmpo to win his first Most Valuable Player award. At just 22 years old, many players around the league like LeBron James and Kevin Durant know how special Antetokounmpo can be. In their first matchup of the season, Antetokounmpo finished with 34 points, eight rebounds, […]

One of the major reasons why LeBron James decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Miami Heat in 2010 was the Cavs’ inability to surround James with talent; Mo Williams was the sidekick and second-best player during James’ first stint with Cleveland. Drafting was not a strong point of those Cavs teams, and […]

To say that Gordon Hayward’s first game as a Boston Celtic was a disappointing one would be a massive understatement. The much-anticipated debut of Hayward for the Celtics turned into a horror show after the forward went down with a gruesome ankle injury that took him out of the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and […]

The 2003 NBA Draft is widely regarded as one of the greatest drafts in not just basketball history, but in all of professional sports. After all, the class lays claim to nine All-Stars and four All-NBA selections. In a draft so historically loaded, how much would change if the top ten teams were given a […]

The Boston Celtics is one of the most storied franchises in the NBA. There have been a number of great players who have donned their Green and White jerseys, including legends like Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish, just to name a few. However, for team president Danny Ainge, he said that […]

As the new season begins, it also marks the start of the first season where Nike is the NBA’s official jersey provider. That said, they welcomed the campaign with a video that will surely add more hype to fans who have long been looking forward to Tuesday night’s tipoff. The clip depicts the story of […]

The Cleveland Browns are winless this season and are basically functioning as the NFL’s all-purpose doormat of the league more than anything else. Still, that’s no reason for their official Twitter account to deploy a funny troll job hurled at the direction of former Cleveland Cavaliers point guard, Kyrie Irving. Amid the thousands of fans […]

The new NBA season took off on a very bad note. Basketball fans were greeted Tuesday with a showdown between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers to kick off the 2017-18 campaign, but a gruesome ankle injury suffered by Gordon Hayward turned everyone’s excitement into horror. Hayward’s injury set off a wild Twitter storm […]

Boston Celtics small forward Gordon Hayward suffered a devastating leg injury with 6:45 left in the first quarter of opening night vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers. Fair warning, the video is very gruesome. The injury is obviously extremely serious and Hayward may very well be out for the remainder of the season. All players from both […]

30: The Chicago Bulls When I was first making these rankings using a notes sheet on my phone, I actually had 31 rankings.  I put CSKA Moscow above the Chicago Bulls.  CSKA Moscow doesn’t even play in the NBA.  This Chicago Bulls team is to the NBA as “We Want ‘Bama” chants are to the […]

Veteran forward Richard Jefferson saw his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers come to an end over the weekend after he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks. Shortly thereafter, he was waived by the Hawks making him a free agent on the open market just days before the start of the 2017-18 season. It didn’t take […]

Charles Barkley has a better job than the average American — to talk and debate sports and often give his controversial takes during the length of the NBA season. However, as a long and sometimes gruelling 82-game season is only a day away from tipping off again, Barkley notes how it’s become harder to make […]