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Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant decided to release a statement on his most recent gun incident right in the middle of Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers. For some reason, the embattled guard thought this was the perfect time to do it. As expected, Morant […]

Victor Wembanyama is headed to the San Antonio Spurs. This is after the Spurs got their hands on the No. 1 overall pick following the events of Tuesday’s NBA Draft lottery. The 19-year-old was back home in France during the lottery, but he stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to watch the […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has finally ended his silence days after going viral due to another gun scandal. In a statement, Morant shared that he takes responsibility for his action that has drawn the criticisms of not only the media and other NBA personalities, but also the Memphis fanbase. While he understands that people […]

It sure looks like Victor Wembanyama is excited to play for the San Antonio Spurs. If that’s not clear with his immediate reaction after the Spurs won the first pick during the NBA Draft lottery on Tuesday, then his first tweet in the wake of the event should convince everyone that he’s looking forward to […]

San Antonio Spurs faithful came alive after the team acquired the first overall pick and rights to draft Victor Wembanyama in the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery. The team follows a history of drafting generational big men that contribute big to their championship hopes. This list includes their former first-overall picks and hall-of-fame talents, Tim Duncan […]

The Charlotte Hornets struck out of the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes during the lottery for the 2023 NBA Draft Tuesday night. That being said, the Hornets must still be elated over the fact that they still managed to defy the odds to win the No. 2 pick overall. Charlotte is not getting Victor Wembanyama, but the […]

It was close but no cigar on the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes front for the Portland Trail Blazers during Tuesday night’s lottery for the 2023 NBA Draft. The Blazers entered the event with a 10.5 percent chance to win the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft. Instead, they will be picking third overall, which […]

For one brief shining moment in Washington Wizards history, they had the best lottery odds of landing Victory Wembanyama in the 2023 NBA Draft. But that moment didn’t last long, as the San Antonio Spurs swooped in and ended up with the franchise-altering talent. The NBA draft lottery gives teams ownership of 4-number combinations of […]

The San Antonio Spurs just made history on Tuesday night. For the first time since they selected the great Tim Duncan as the No. 1 overall pick in 1997, the Spurs now have an opportunity to get their hands on a generational talent in Victor Wembanyama. This is after San Antonio won the NBA Draft […]

For a brief moment during the NBA Draft lottery, it looked like the Portland Trail Blazers had a chance to pair Victor Wembanyama with Damian Lillard. And how much Dame wishes it to be true. Lillard expressed as much as he responded to a tweet that raised the possibility of him and Wembanyama suiting up […]

Manu Ginobli is excited. His San Antonio Spurs, for whom he played for 16 seasons and 1,057 games, have won themselves the number one draft pick, which they’ll use to select Victor Wembanyama, the hottest prospect since, well, maybe ever. Following the NBA Draft Lottery, Ginobli sent out a short and sweet tweet to highlight […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has done the unthinkable in the first quarter of the NBA Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Jokic, a stat sheet stuffer extraordinaire, compiled a first quarter line that hasn’t been done in any quarter of any game in the last 25 years. Jokic is the first player […]

After a listless season, the Charlotte Hornets needed a big win at the NBA Draft Lottery Tuesday night. And they got just that, after jumping up two spots to land the No. 2 overall pick. However, everyone watching knew the top prize was Victor Wembayama. A Lamelo Ball tweet seemed to suggest as much. Minutes […]

The San Antonio Spurs took a significant step forward for their franchise on Tuesday night. This is after the Spurs sensationally won Tuesday night’s NBA Draft Lottery, thereby getting a chance to select Victor Wembanyama as the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming 2023 NBA Draft. As it turns out, however, the Portland Trail […]

San Antonio Spurs fans went absolutely crazy after winning the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes in the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery. If that was not obvious on Twitter, then look no further than a recent video that is now going viral. In the said clip, Spurs fans watching the NBA Draft Lottery (in a bar which we […]

A lot will be on the line for both teams when the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals. At an individual level, LeBron James also has his legacy on the line as he looks to lead the Lakers to their second trip to the NBA Finals […]

The San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Draft Lottery and the right to select a generational player in Victor Wembanyama– and team owner Peter Holt was feeling a little unsteady. In one of the most priceless NBA Draft Lottery reactions of all time, Holt told ESPN’s Monica McNutt that he “might faint.” "I might faint" […]

Victor Wembanyama was as excited as anyone else for the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery. Less than a half hour before it was revealed that the San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Draft Lottery and the right to select Victor Wembanyama, the French phenom tweeted a pair of hourglass emojis. Wembanyama and the rest of the […]

The Detroit Pistons finished the 2022-23 NBA regular season with the worst record in the entire league but that ultimately did not amount to anything that would guarantee them a chance to land top draft prospect Victor Wembanyama. Instead, the Pistons ended up being arguably the biggest loser of the 2023 NBA Draft lottery, as […]

San Antonio Spurs fans are in absolute frenzy right now, and who could blame them? They just won the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes in the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery. The Spurs took the no. 1 pick, beating the Charlotte Hornets who rose in the NBA Draft boards before settling for no. 2. While the other top […]

Darvin Ham has already joked that his best bet for keeping Nikola Jokic under wraps would be to kidnap him. In the lead-up to Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between his Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets, he has provided a little more insight into how they plan to stop the two-time […]

The San Antonio Spurs have done it. They’ve just landed what many believe is the top prospect in NBA Draft history in Victor Wembanyama. This is after the Spurs ended up landing the No. 1 overall pick during Tuesday’s highly-anticipated NBA Draft lottery. Wembanyama was not in attendance for the event, but he stayed up […]

The San Antonio Spurs have won the NBA Draft Lottery 2023 and will own the rights to the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft on June 22 in Barclays Center. This is the 3rd time in franchise history that the Spurs have held the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft and just […]

Doc Rivers is not affiliated with any team at the moment following his dismissal from his job as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. However, that doesn’t mean he’s reached the end of the road of his coaching career in the NBA. He still wants to be a head coach, with league sources telling Chris […]

Klay Thompson’s season didn’t end exactly as planned. He had his moments in the playoffs and even early in the Golden State Warriors’ series against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, but over the past four games of that series he averaged just 10.5 points on a woeful 25% shooting from the floor, a […]

The NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night marks a momentous occasion for the young hopefuls that are looking to kick off their NBA career next season. In particular, the magnitude of Tuesday’s lottery results cannot be understated for Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, who happen to be the Top 2 prospects in the upcoming NBA […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver couldn’t help but be surprised over the latest gun scandal involving Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant. To recall, Morant made headlines over the weekend after he was caught on IG Live brandishing a gun AGAIN. He was already suspended when he did the same thing late in the 2022-23 season, but […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have just thrown a curve ball in the direction of the Denver Nuggets ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals. With just a little over an hour before tipoff, it has now been revealed that coach Darvin Ham intends to give Dennis Schroder the starting nod for […]

It’s no secret that Nikola Jokic has a pretty in-depth understanding of the game of basketball. Few players in history, and let alone those at his position, have shared his ability to understand what’s going on around him, locate where there is an open man – or where he could lead an open man – […]

The Victor Wembanyama era is upon us. On Tuesday night, we will all get to see who ends up winning the highly-anticipated NBA Draft Lottery and in turn, earn the right to select Wemby as the No. 1 overall pick. There are a handful of teams in contention for the top pick, but if you […]

Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray remains questionable for Game 1 of their West Finals series with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, head coach Michael Malone is not losing hope that their scorer will be able to suit up in Tuesday’s game. Murray landed on the Nuggets’ injury report on Monday due to what the team […]

Doc Rivers is currently out of work in the NBA following his dismissal from his post as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. It was a decision by the Sixers not a few expected the team would make after it shockingly had a meltdown in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs at the […]

Doc Rivers finally broke his silence after the Philadelphia 76ers fired him on Tuesday following another brutal NBA Playoffs exit. In a statement on social media, Rivers was appreciative of the opportunity to coach the Sixers. He also highlighted how much he wanted to bring another championship to the city, but in the end, he […]

The viral TikTok corgi that made headlines during the Los Angeles Lakers-Golden State Warriors series is back with a new prediction. This time, the adorable doggo made its West Finals pick ahead of Purple and Gold’s showdown with the Denver Nuggets. To recall, the TikTok corgi went insanely viral after it correctly predicted the results […]

Austin Reaves’ emergence this season has been a blessing and a curse for the Los Angeles Lakers. The 24-year-old has been integral to the team’s success this year, but at the same time, he’s also played well enough to give the Lakers a potential problem with regard to his looming contract extension this coming offseason. With […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers have an undeniably tough test in the Western Conference Finals in the form of the Denver Nuggets. However, given that his legacy will be at stake here, it would not be surprising if LeBron comes out and dominates this series en route to punching their ticket to the […]

The Golden State Warriors have only just begun turning the page from a failed and tumultuous title defense in 2022-23. As a potentially franchise-altering summer looms, though, widespread trade speculation surrounding Jordan Poole seems a bit premature—at least if you believe Steve Kerr. The Warriors met with the media on Tuesday for the first time […]

For the third time in four seasons, the Boston Celtics are squaring off with the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. While the matchup is the same, the seeding is very different. The Heat were the top seed last year but now find themselves as an eighth seed. And even though the C’s are […]

The Golden State Warriors addressed the media on Tuesday following their 2023 NBA Playoffs loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. During his press conference, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was asked about his future with the organization, and gave a candid, lengthy response, reports The Athletic’s Anthony Slater. Steve Kerr addresses his future. There’s one […]