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The Los Angeles Lakers are out of the playoffs and now turn their attention to the 2023 NBA Draft. The team has the No. 17 pick in the first round, and there should be several enticing options left on the board at that point. Here are the three best players LA must target with that […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of many teams looking for their next head coach. More than ever, the Sixers need to find someone that can get the most out of Joel Embiid and the roster around him. Daryl Morey said that the process would not be a swift one, leaving the impression that whoever lands […]

Denver Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray is putting is putting the world on notice once again, wreaking havoc in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. With his craftiness and touch, Murray is averaging 27.7 points, 6.1 assists, and 1.7 steals per game in the postseason. He also is shooting 48.0 percent from the field and 39.8 percent […]

The Los Angeles Lakers certainly exceeded expectations during their 2023 NBA Playoffs run, but everything came to a screeching halt in the Western Conference Finals when they were swept by the Denver Nuggets. Now, the Lakers have some big questions to answer this offseason, with one of them being the future of Rui Hachimura. Hachimura […]

Earlier this week, NBA scoring legend and former New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement from the game of basketball via a video posted on his social media platforms. Though he’s undoubtedly a future first-ballot Hall of Famer, throughout his career, the forward found himself as the subject of many polarizing conversations. Now, […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent has played an instrumental role in the team’s deep playoff run this spring. He has shined on the offensive side of the ball. In this postseason, he’s averaging 13.1 points per game while shooting an efficient 37.5% from behind the three-point arc. But, unfortunately for Heat fans, Vincent won’t be […]

Can the Los Angeles Clippers continue to make the playoffs with another potential run during the 2023-24 season? The Clippers finished their 2022-23 campaign with a record of 44-38, putting them in third place in the Pacific Division and fifth in the Western Conference. They lost in the first round of the NBA Playoffs to […]

Former Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony just recently announced his retirement from the game of basketball. Anthony will go down in history as one of the best pure scorers in the history of the league. He averaged 22.5 points per game across his 19 years in the pros, made ten All-Star […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has defied ‘Father Time’ for a while. But according to doctor of medicine Brian Sutterer, who explains sports injuries on YouTube, James is not going to be able to do it much longer. Sutterer broke down James’ right foot injury suffered in February, saying the Lakers forward cannot manage […]

The New York Knicks fizzled out in the 2023 NBA Playoffs behind a subpar performance by All-Star forward Julius Randle, leading to expected speculation about his playing future, especially with multiple star players appearing as if they’ll be available in trade talks this offseason. Perhaps, with the Miami Heat’s 3-1 lead on the Boston Celtics […]

The 2023 NBA Draft Lottery is now behind us, and we now know the Los Angeles Lakers will draft at the No. 17 pick in the first round. LeBron James and company were one series away from the NBA Finals, but they ended up getting swept by a far superior Denver Nuggets team. Now, LA […]

Could New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose return to the Chicago Bulls in the offseason? It’s an idea that makes sense. With the Knicks now focused on their summer after a successful year where they made the Eastern Conference semifinals, one of the key areas to address is the future of Rose. The veteran guard […]

Even when he’s not on the court, Kyrie Irving is garnering attention in the basketball world. The latest talking point about Irving is his mini rant on Instagram in which he pleaded with NBA fans asking them to stop mentioning him on Twitter when discussing NBA free agency. “Can you please leave me the f**k […]

The 2023 NBA offseason has not been a very fun one for the Philadelphia 76ers so far. Daryl Morey reiterated his desire to build around both Joel Embiid and James Harden but the gravitational pull the Houston Rockets have on Harden is complicating matters. Many folks in the know expect Harden to bounce from the […]

It’s been another tough week for Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, who has been disciplined yet again for flashing a gun on his Instagram, and after cryptic social media posts prompted a welfare check from police, former NBA star Gilbert Arenas shared even more advice for the disgruntled 23-year-old. “Even though it’s not going to […]

There has been a lot of speculation about the New York Knicks potentially trading for star players like Joel Embiid or Karl-Anthony Towns this summer, and the team has plenty of assets to acquire a star due to not pulling the trigger on a trade for Donovan Mitchell last summer, but the idea of the […]

The New York Knicks put together their best season in nearly a decade, as they finished with 47 wins and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Jalen Brunson’s first season with the team was very successful and after taking a step backwards a season ago, Julius Randle once again proved to be on of the […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent put together a solid offensive performance in Tuesday’s Game 4 against the Boston Celtics. He scored 17 points on 5-for-10 shooting from the field and dished out four assists in a game the Heat went on to lose by a final score of 116-99. So when the Heat re-visit the […]

You don’t have to be a part of the camp that believes LeBron James was serious about retiring ahead of the 2023-24 season. Anyone that’s followed the Los Angeles Lakers since LeBron arrived in L.A. can tell you the franchise has had major issues building an acceptable roster around the four-time MVP. Anthony Davis is […]

The Boston Celtics kept their season alive with a win in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, giving some hope of a comeback to win the series in seven games, but NBA legend Vince Carter is not a believer, he said on ESPN. “It’s hard to explain, because they’re so […]

The Miami Heat were unable to sweep the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference Finals series, but they have given themselves enough of a cushion in this series where it shouldn’t be much of an issue. The series will now shift back to Boston for Game 5, so with another chance to […]

All it took was one line for Malika Andrews to completely obliterate Richard Jefferson and have Kendrick Perkins lose it on live TV. The three hosts of NBA Today on ESPN were reflecting on LeBron James’s postgame comments that hint at a potential retirement after the Los Angeles Lakers got eliminated by the Denver Nuggets […]

As tributes continue to pour in for the late Queen of Rock, Tina Turner, Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson reflected on the life of the music icon and her impact on the industry. Turner passed away on Wednesday in her Switzerland home at the age of 83. No specific cause of death was revealed, […]

James Harden has been linked to a potential return to the Houston Rockets for months. There’s certainly a lot of smoke regarding this potential free agency move from the Beard. Even ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, one of the most reputable news sources in the NBA, dumped fuel into the fire of this potential reunion. With Harden’s Philadelphia […]

As the old adage goes, “when one door closes, another one opens”. This was the exact story of Rui Hachimura’s 2022-23 season. The Washington Wizards’ glut of forwards rendered Hachimura expendable in D.C., but here the Japanese international is, having emerged as one of the key members of the Los Angeles Lakers roster. He became […]

Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon has not looked like himself in the Eastern Conference Finals versus the Miami Heat and new details have surfaced as to why the 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year has been struggling ahead of Game 5 of this series on Thursday night. According to The Athletic’s Jared Weiss, Brogdon […]

The Houston Rockets may not be too good of a basketball team at the moment, but there are no doubts that Jalen Green, the second overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft, has a bright future ahead of him. Thus, when Green went live on Instagram not too long ago, some fans implored him not […]

The dust has already settled on the Milwaukee Bucks‘ decision to fire Mike Budenholzer. The team is now in the midst of a full-blown search for their next head coach and unsurprisingly, team cornerstone superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to play a key role in this impending decision. According to NBA insider Marc Stein, there […]

The Miami Heat squandered a great opportunity to close out the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night. The Heat had home-court advantage and they had an excellent chance to sweep Jayson Tatum and Co. to punch their ticket in the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets. It just wasn’t […]

The Boston Celtics kept their season alive on Tuesday with a massive 116-99 win in the NBA Playoffs against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. They now get to go home and try and extend this series even more by forcing a Game 6 on the Heat’s home floor. Crucial to their success […]

The Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets was billed as a colossal matchup between two of the top big men in the history of the game. There’s no denying that we saw flashes of this epic battle throughout the series, but for the most part, it was Nikola Jokic […]

Dwight Howard has been making all sorts of headlines of late with his hilarious Taiwan recruitment pitches to a handful of NBA stars that failed to progress in the NBA Playoffs this season. Howard’s latest victim was none other than former Los Angeles Lakers teammate LeBron James, who Dwight believes would send all sorts of […]

Dallas Mavericks superstar Kyrie Irving is expected to be one of the biggest names in NBA free agency this summer. His current deal with the Mavs runs out this offseason, and given that he still remains to be one of the top point guards in the game today, Kyrie is fully expected to secure a […]

Former Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams may not have stayed on the market for long. Williams was fired from his role as Suns head coach earlier this month after a disappointing postseason where even with the trio of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Chris Paul, Phoenix ended up going out in six to the Denver […]

D’Angelo Russell wasn’t at his best in the Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 loss to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. In fact, he was a bit of a disaster. In four games, he averaged just 6.25 points per night, shooting 32.26% from the field, going 2-15 from three-point range, and seeing his minutes […]

Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant had the NBA world buzzing again on Wednesday after he posted a handful of cryptic posts on Instagram. However, the nature of the posts was concerning in that Morant added a one-word caption in one of the photos that simply said, “Bye.” Dallas Maverick star Kyrie Irving has now come […]

The Boston Celtics held off elimination in the NBA Playoffs with a 116-99 win in Game 4 against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. As they now head back home for Game 5, they’re trying to become the first team to come back from a 3-0 deficit and win a playoff series. Continued […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are losing a centerpiece of their championship core, but it isn’t a player. Michael Winger, the general manager who helped the Clippers acquire Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in 2019, is reportedly joining the Washington Wizards. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Michael Winger has agreed to become the new President of […]

More than a few Los Angeles Lakers fans were left heartbroken by their team’s atrocious showing against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. LeBron James and the Lakers were utterly embarrassed by Nikola Jokic and Co. via a clean 4-0 sweep in a series wherein LA clearly stood no chance against the mighty Nuggets. As […]