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The Phoenix Suns reportedly have four finalists for their vacant head-coaching position. Former Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse, former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers and Sacramento Kings associate head coach Jordi Fernandez made the cut. Phoenix is also reported to have its associate head coach from the last two seasons under Monty Williams, Kevin Young, […]

The Houston Rockets have a team with some young talent, and it seems like after the hiring of Ime Udoka as head coach, the Rockets are hoping to infuse the team with veteran talent, with James Harden at the top of the list of potential names. Eric Gordon, Harden’s former teammate in Houston believes a […]

How close are the Portland Trail Blazers to building a playoff contender around guard Damian Lillard? Portland ended its 2022-23 campaign with a record of 33-49, putting it at 13th in the Western Conference and seven games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder for a spot in the Play-In tournament. Guard Shaedon Sharpe, along with Lillard, […]

Nobody expected the Miami Heat to be in the Eastern Conference Finals this season. Well, maybe the Heat did, but ending the regular season having to fight for a playoff spot in the Play-In Tournament, it seemed like Miami could be heading for an offseason full of mystery. Entering Game 4 of the conference finals […]

Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams caught a lot of flak for providing the Miami Heat with unnecessary ammo in Game 2, yet in a must-win Game 4 he ignored the outside noise and did his job. After going down 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics finally responded with a 116-99 win on Tuesday […]

The Boston Celtics managed to claim their first win of this year’s Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday night and, as a result, staved off a series sweep. After coming off easily their worst showing of the postseason, the C’s managed to put an end to Miami’s offensive escapades that saw them coming into Game 4 sporting […]

Will the Memphis Grizzlies be able to continue building off their recent trips to the NBA Playoffs with a solid selection in the 2023 NBA Draft? The Grizzlies have made the playoffs with their young roster in the last three years, going as far as the Western Conference Semifinals against the Golden State Warriors in […]

The police did a welfare check on Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant following his cryptic social media posts on Wednesday, according to TMZ Sports. A spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said they went to Morant’s home after the concerning messages were posted on Instagram, and that he told them he is taking a […]

The 2022-23 NBA season proved to be a huge success for the Los Angeles Lakers despite getting swept in the Western Conference Finals by the Denver Nuggets. Just the fact that they were in the conference finals alone is a massive feat for this team, especially when you look at their 2-10 start to the […]

The Boston Celtics have struggled to stay alive during this year’s Eastern Conference Finals bout against the Miami Heat and, even with Tuesday night’s win, they find themselves trailing 3-1 in their best-of-seven series. Along the way, countless rumors and reports have surfaced suggesting that there’s a significant amount of trouble and turmoil within the […]

The Phoenix Suns are reportedly very interested in making Ty Lue their next head coach. The current Los Angeles Clippers coach is not on the market but rumors have linked Lue and Phoenix. The two sides will likely have to wait a while if they ever want to pair up, though. According to Stephen A. […]

Did Los Angeles Lakers fans really just witness Austin Reaves go from random bench player to third star on a Western Conference Finals team? That’s the reality we live in, folks. With the season officially over for the purple and gold, the attention now shifts to being able to re-construct a supporting cast around LeBron […]

The Philadelphia 76ers could lose James Harden in free agency this summer amid reports that he could reunite with the Houston Rockets. But, NBA veteran Dwight Howard believes The Beard should come join him in Taiwan. Recently, Howard had a hilarious recruiting pitch for the Sixers guard and on Wednesday, he doubled down on his […]

The Los Angeles Lakers lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Denver Nuggets. It marked a good playoff run for the Lakers, who started the season 2-10 and made trade-deadline moves that put them in contention. But now, they have to look toward the future. Los Angeles has LeBron James under contract. However, he […]

With their backs against the wall, the Boston Celtics managed to scrape out their first win of this year’s Eastern Conference Finals as they bested the Miami Heat on Tuesday night by a final score of 116-99. Despite coming into the second half trailing by six points, the C’s put on a two-way clinic during […]

Ja Morant had a very rocky 2022-23 season for the Memphis Grizzlies off the court, and early on in the offseason, things have continued to go poorly for the embattled guard. Morant was caught flashing a gun on social media again, leading to another suspension for him, further casting doubt on his future in the […]

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is exploring a new venture. Curry, who is a four-time NBA champion, announced this month Gentleman’s Cut Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, which will be available soon, according to a story from FoodAndWine.com. The website said Curry was “intimately involved” in the process while Gentleman’s Cut was produced and that […]

It’s safe to assume that every basketball player from Pee Wee to the pros has, at one point, had a particular individual that inspired and helped mold their style of play. Projected 2023 NBA Draft lottery pick Brandon Miller recently shed light on the individual that he molded his game after. In a sit-down with […]

Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller is an exciting prospect. He’s dealt with controversy in the past, but his potential is difficult to deny. However, even Miller understands why Victor Wembanyama is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, per Shams Charania. Alabama’s Brandon Miller, set to be among top […]

The NBA Playoffs continue as the Miami Heat (44-38) visit the Boston Celtics (57-25) for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Action tips off Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET. Boston staved off elimination thanks to their 116-99 win in Game 4. However, Miami still leads the series 3-1 and needs just one win to […]

The Phoenix Suns seem to have four finalists for their vacant head-coaching position. Or do they? Tuesday night, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the Suns had advanced former Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse, former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers, Sacramento Kings associate head coach Jordi Fernandez and their own associate head coach, Kevin Young, to meet […]

The clock is certainly ticking on this iteration of the Los Angeles Clippers. Four years have passed since the Clippers’ bombshell acquisitions of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, and yet here they are, having fallen short time and time again of their ultimate goal to win a championship. One would think that there would be […]

The Atlanta Hawks need everything and need nothing. On one hand, this is a loaded roster—they have an all-world guard duo of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray yet also legitimately go ten deep and even struggle to carve out minutes for young studs like Jalen Johnson and AJ Griffin. On the other, they aren’t especially […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the NBA playoffs by the Denver Nuggets Tuesday night. Three years after the Lakers beat the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals, Denver swept Los Angeles. Each game was close, but the Lakers never got on top. This will be an important offseason for Los Angeles. Superstar […]

Presented with a chance to eliminate the Boston Celtics in sweep fashion, the Miami Heat could not accomplish such a feat on Tuesday evening, as they now head on the road to TD Garden for a Game 5 with the series record reading 3-1. Despite the loss and their lowly offensive shooting performance on the […]

The Boston Celtics kept their season alive for another day in Game 4, thanks in no small part to Jayson Tatum. The Celtics star did it all. Tatum’s 33 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists, and two blocks were all game-high marks and his 14-point third quarter helped Boston pull away for good. There have been […]

The Miami Heat did not advance to the NBA Finals Tuesday night. The Heat, who led the Eastern Conference Finals 3-0, saw the Boston Celtics go on a second-half run to win Game 4, 116-99, to force a Game 5 in Boston. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in an NBA […]

Becoming good is fun. This season, the Kings took the NBA by storm thanks to the most efficient offense in NBA history. Led by a pair of All-NBA studs in Domantas Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox, the Kings blitzed an unsuspecting league to the tune of 119.4 points per 100 possessions and a top three seed […]

Winning a bronze medal with Germany in the 2022 EuroBasket tournament, Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder is prepared to once again represent his home country in the 2023 FIBA World Cup in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia this summer. During the Lakers exit interviews on Tuesday following their defeat in the Western Conference Finals […]

How will the Nets be able to build their way back into playoff contention? The Nets ended their season with a record of 45-37, good enough for sixth place in the Eastern Conference and four games ahead of the Atlanta Hawks for a spot in the Play-In tournament. Their hopeful run in the postseason ended […]

One day after their hard-fought loss to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals — which encapsulated a resilient season — the Los Angeles Lakers, sans LeBron James, held exit interviews with vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka and head coach Darvin Ham. The GM and coach began the day […]

The Boston Celtics staved off elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals with a huge Game 4 win over the Miami Heat. After going back and forth in the first half, the Celtics went on a big scoring run in the third quarter to take a 10-point lead and then another in the fourth to put […]

Sports media coverage often gets criticized by sports fans, whether it be a show of bias or simply the way a certain network or show does things. Charles Barkley seems to have a problem with the way the media covered the Denver Nuggets and their Western Conference Finals sweep over the Los Angeles Lakers. Rather […]

Ja Morant has made the headlines for the wrong reasons of late. The Memphis Grizzlies star has been lambasted for once again brandishing a gun on an Instagram live, the same thing he caught flak for earlier in the season. With the Grizzlies suspending him shortly after the incident and a good chunk of fans […]

Well, the Boston Celtics are still alive. If you watched their anemic 26-point loss in Game 3 against the Miami Heat, you would have figured Game 4 would have been a wash as well, but instead, they put together the outing they were likely looking for in Game 3, and sent the series back to […]

Triple H…NBA Champion?! As the NBA Finals draws nearer this June, the coveted NBA Larry O’Brien trophy paid a visit to WWE Monday Night RAW this week, at Hershey, Pennsylvania. The NBA Championship trophy took to Twitter and Tiktok to document the visit, where it was held by none other than 14-time World Champion and Chief […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has the memory of an elephant, that much we know of. Who could forget the time when Green named all 34 players who were taken before him in the 2012 NBA Draft? Thus, it’s certainly quite like Green to recall a joke statement from Joel Embiid back in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were swept by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets won Game 4 of the series by a score of 113-111 on Monday night, May 23, 2023, to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. Let’s look at the four Lakers players who […]

Celtics star Jayson Tatum makes history and chases LeBron James’ playoff record from 2018. With their Game 4 win against the Miami Heat, Jayson Tatum recorded his sixth game with 30 points, ten rebounds, and five assists in a single-postseason run, per ESPN Stats & Info. He is a game away from tying LeBron who […]