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The Phoenix Suns appeared to be limited financially after they traded for Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal and have four players under max contracts. That did not prevent them from signing a very important player to their team, Eric Gordon. The Suns have coveted Gordon, the NBA’s 2017 Sixth Man of the Year who played […]

Less than an hour after his team’s tumultuous title defense officially came to a close, Steve Kerr admitted what the previous eight months had made depressingly clear. The Golden State Warriors just were “not a championship team,” he said, appropriately “maxed out” with a six-game loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference […]

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is widely regarded as one of the best players of this generation. His rivalry with the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James, who is arguably the NBA’s best-player ever, will go down in history. Curry’s Warriors and James’ Cavaliers met four straight times in the NBA Finals. Curry’s teams won […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been linked to Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam in trade talks since the time of the 2023 NBA Draft. However, rather than acquiring Siakam, the Hawks need to be focused on Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown, swooping in on the All-NBA wing if he and the Celtics have difficulties coming to […]

Simply put, Lionel Messi knows how to step up to the occasion. All eyes were on the 36-year-old on Friday night as he made his highly-anticipated Inter Miami debut. It wasn’t until the 55th minute that Messi finally took the pitch for the first time in Miami’s color. However, his arrival was well worth the […]

The Dallas Mavericks paid a lot of money to bring Grant Williams to their squad. This came out to the tune of $53 million for four years via a sign-and-trade deal with the Boston Celtics. As part of the deal, the Mavs also gave up Reggie Bullock, a first-round pick, and two second-rounders. They also […]

The Boston Celtics have been one of the busiest teams in the 2023 NBA offseason. Even with the slew of moves they completed, the biggest one is still not done as Jaylen Brown has not signed his supermax extension with the Celtics. The hope is for him to be locked up by the end of […]

The Dallas Mavericks certainly had an eventful offseason as they continue to build a winning team around Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. One of their offseason moves that’s sure to make an impact on their hopes of competing next season is the addition of Grant Williams via a sign-and-trade with the Boston Celtics. Williams will […]

For the past four seasons, Grant Williams endeared himself to the Boston Celtics faithful by playing his role to the best of his ability. Williams embraced the dirty work, defending the opponent’s best player often while being one of the best marksmen in the league from the corners. However, Williams knew that the writing was […]

The Toronto Raptors have been making moves. On Thursday, they signed Ron Harper Jr. two a two-way deal after an impressive rookie campaign with the Raptors’ NBA G League affiliate. They’ve made another signing on Friday, and it comes in the form of NBA Summer League standout Javon Liberty-Freeman. This report comes via ESPN’s NBA guru […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green recently went on a blasphemous tirade about how he was completely overlooked during the 2012 NBA Draft. His biggest gripe was the fact that Andrew Nicholson was picked at No. 19 overall while he was picked up by Golden State at No. 35. During a recent episode of Paul […]

You could easily argue that Stephen Curry and LeBron James are the two greatest talents of their generation. Their resumes speak for themselves and with eight championships between them over the last decade, there’s really no disputing the fact that these two superstars have been dominating the league of late. These two have already battled […]

Lionel Messi is making his debut with Inter Miami on Friday, and all of the United States sports world is set to be tuned in. Even Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is now expected to be in attendance at the game, reports ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, LeBron James is expected to attend Lionel Messi’s Inter […]

While the Los Angeles Lakers were able to almost miraculously turn their season around after the NBA trade deadline, there’s still no denying that their campaign ultimately ended in disaster. This is after LeBron James and Co. suffered an embarrassing 4-0 sweep against the eventual champs, the Denver Nuggets, in a Western Conference Finals series […]

Austin Reaves is a rising star, but he’s not exactly in line to be one of the greatest shooting guards in Los Angeles Lakers history. Or could he? For his part, though, the Lakers stud does have a list of his Top 5 shooting guard GOATs. Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and James Harden […]

The Dallas Mavericks were able to make their fans happy this NBA offseason by resigning Kyrie Irving to a long-term contract. However, the latest tweet about being a big man from Irving might scare Mavs fans that he is coming back next year as a center. Hahahaha brother, I am really a stretch 4 that […]

The Dallas Mavericks are expecting some big things from Grant Williams this coming season. This is after they made a significant investment in the former Boston Celtics power forward in NBA free agency — one that came out to $53 million for four years via a sign-and-trade deal with Boston. Williams underwent surgery on his […]

The Toronto Raptors are at a crossroads. They fired their head coach Nick Nurse and replaced him with a first time head coach in Darko Rajakovic. Fred VanVleet walked in free agency to the Houston Rockets and they were only able to replace him with Dennis Schröder. The Raptors are pretty far from being title […]

The Damian Lillard trade saga has hit a stalemate. The entire world knows that the Miami Heat want him. They also know that Lillard wants the Miami Heat and only them. The Portland Trail Blazers, however, aren’t entirely satisfied with the Heat’s offer and want to find the best offer possible. However, the best offer […]

Famous YouTuber JiDion has made a name for himself by doing absurd pranks at public events, namely sporting events. His most recent stunt of him sleeping at a WNBA game has now backfired, as he has been banned from all NBA related events, reports Dexerto’s Virginia Glaze. JiDion has been banned indefinitely from all NBA […]

On Friday, the Atlanta Hawks agreed to a contract with veteran free agent wing Wesley Matthews, increasing their roster to 17 players under contract for the 2023-24 season. Needing to cut someone as a result of this transaction, the Hawks have decided to part ways with 2022 second-round pick Tyrese Martin. According to an official […]

Anyone who closely followed the Golden State Warriors last season should be confident knowing how Steve Kerr will answer questions about his team’s starting lineup across the 82-game grind. As the offseason’s August dead zone fast approaches, though, he’s adamant no decision will be made on who’s starting and coming off the bench for the […]

After a forgettable first stint with the Los Angeles Lakers, D’Angelo Russell rose to stardom after reinventing himself with the Brooklyn Nets. The All-Star would go on to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors before Russell found his way back to the Purple and Gold. Although Russell’s playoff woes dampened the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks finished up NBA Summer League play in Las Vegas last week, concluding the tournament with a 2-3 record. 2022 second-round pick MarJon Beauchamp, who played 52 times for the Bucks last season, led the way with 13.3 points per game as the team started hot but faltered against more serious competition. The […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are an up-and-coming team. They feature plenty of potential with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leading the charge. Chet Holmgren will finally make his NBA regular season debut as well during the 2023-24 season. Competing in the talented Western Conference will still prove to be difficult though. Trading for another star would help the […]

The Phoenix Suns finished their 2023 Summer League run with a record of 2-3. They went 1-3 in their first few matchups before earning a win over the Memphis Grizzlies last week. They tied with the Orlando Magic at the top of the Summer League with 10.2 steals per game, but their 81.6 points per […]

The end of July is upon us, which means the NBA motions towards a somewhat “dead period” until training camp begins in September. At this point in the offseason, teams are figuring out the last little details regarding their rosters, including which players they would like to sign to two-way contracts. However, several key names […]

The Portland Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard have been the subject of trade rumors throughout the entirety of the 2023 NBA offseason. Although nothing is imminent, there is no doubt that the Blazers should continue to try and target this trade. There is a possibility that the Blazers could find success with Lillard on the […]

Drafted in the second-round of the 2021 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls, Ayo Dosunmu has been a key part of the Bulls’ rotations the last two seasons. With Lonzo Ball continuing to deal with knee problems, Dosunmu stepped up into a starting role in Chicago and he will be a part of their future […]

With a Lithuanian basketball executive in Arturas Karnisovas leading the way, it should be no surprise that the Chicago Bulls are able to identify NBA-level talent abroad, as they did when agreed to sign Turkish wing Onuralp Bitim to a two-way contract on Friday (per ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski). Turkish G/F Onurlap Bitim has agreed […]

Although Lavar Ball does a lot of the talking to hype his sons, his son Lonzo prefers to let his game do more of the talking. In fact, the Bulls star is an All-Rookie Second Team member. With Ball becoming a reliable guard in the NBA, have you ever wondered how a guy like him […]

After LeBron James officially announced that he would be returning for his 21st season to the Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Finals aspirations were back on in La La Land. This comes after the Lakers did a great job in NBA free agency bringing in guys like Gabe Vincent, Jaxson Hayes, Cam Reddish, Taurean Prince, while […]

A potential contract extension for Celtics star Jaylen Brown has been delayed numerous times this summer. At last though, negotiations are reportedly set to resume next week. According to Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe, Brown has returned from an NBPA retreat in Spain and is ready to discuss his future as a Celtic. ‘With […]

NBA 2K24’s Player Ratings have supposedly been leaked online. NBA 2K Ratings, a website that organizes data surrounding player stats and rating in the basketball video games, has the supposed ratings for each player in the game. But for the fans who just can’t wait for the game to come out, here are the top […]

Lester Quinones will officially be a member of the Golden State Warriors’ organization once again next season. The only thing left to find out is if he’ll be spending more time in San Francisco or Santa Cruz in 2023-24. Quinones has agreed to a two-way deal with the Warriors, according to Shams Charania of The […]

When you look up the word ‘hooper’ in the dictionary, the picture you might find beside the definition is one of former NBA star Michael Beasley, widely considered to be one of the best basketball talents we’ve seen despite how his career went up in a cloud of smoke. To be clear, Beasley — who was […]

Draymond Green continues to make the rounds by spewing whatever comes to his mind into the infinite landscape of social media. His latest comments will at least make Los Angeles Lakers fans happy, as he delivers some extremely high praise in regards to LeBron James’ basketball IQ, via Bleacher Report and The Pat Bev Podcast. […]

Trade requests never happen in isolation. When a star requests a trade, it often has an immediate impact on every other player on the roster, especially the other stars. Take, for example, James Harden’s trade request with the Philadelphia 76ers. Harden’s request had an impact on Philly’s other superstar, reigning MVP Joel Embiid. Now, people […]

What makes Chicago so famous isn’t just the romanticization of famous mobsters that have been immortalized in films or the success of the Chicago Bulls franchise in the 1990s, as NBA legend Michael Jordan and Hall of Fame forward Scottie Pippen led the organization to new heights. Chicago, while being the home of Sid Luckman’s […]