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The Memphis Grizzlies have made some questionable moves recently. They failed to make any significant last-minute moves at the trade deadline. But the latest shocker has been the firing of head coach Taylor Jenkins, with the playoffs just around the corner. Just recently, Memphis managed to dodge a potential Ja Morant suspension when their superstar […]

The Brooklyn Nets will continue to hold several of their top players out with a chance to lock in their draft lottery odds. Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell, Day’Ron Sharpe and Keon Johnson will miss Tuesday’s New Orleans Pelicans matchup at Barclays Center. The game will mark Cam Johnson’s fourth consecutive absence due to a lower […]

Kevin Durant is expected to be on the move during the offseason. With the Phoenix Suns expected to miss the playoffs this year, coupled with his ankle sprain, chances are good that his days as a Sun are numbered. Since leaving the Golden State Warriors, Durant has suffered several playoff exits, as a championship as […]

Whenever the NBA Rookie of the Year has been brought up to Stephon Castle – and it’s been mentioned often going on a couple of months now – the San Antonio Spurs standout has downplayed the award. Recently, after winning the Western Conference’s Rookie of the Month for March, Castle said it didn’t cross his […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Timberwolves-Bucks prediction and pick. The Milwaukee Bucks host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday in a matchup featuring two of the league’s top scorers. Giannis Antetokounmpo (30.5 […]

With the playoffs set to begin in a little over a week, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s full, undivided attention will be devoted towards making it deep into the postseason and even winning a championship. At present, they have the best record in the NBA, a deep team with elite defenders and shooters across multiple positions, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers could not be thanking their lucky stars any more after a certain turn of events led to their blockbuster trade for Luka Doncic, a deal that materialized out of nowhere. The arrival of Doncic means that the Lakers will have their superstar player for the next decade, allowing them to remain […]

It is seeming inevitable that the Phoenix Suns will be a major seller this summer after enduring a nightmare of a 2024-25 campaign. The Suns need to restock their draft-pick cupboard badly, as it’s evident that there is no way that their “big three” of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal can make it […]

In a span of two days, Sacramento Kings forward Zach LaVine’s history-making exploits continue to amaze. One day, he achieved the most points in franchise history without any free throw attempts. The next, he outdid himself one better.  On Monday, LaVine made more history by becoming the first Kings player to score 35 points in […]

It’s safe to say that the Phoenix Suns are one of the most disappointing teams in the NBA today. Despite having the highest payroll in the NBA for the 2024-25 season, the team is only at the 11th seed, as they’re more likely to miss the playoffs. To make matters much worse, they might not […]

MIAMI – While the Miami Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night, 117-105, to snap its two-game skid, the next contest will no doubt be a crucial one, especially with how the postseason could shape. As the Heat look to solidify their play-in tournament position, the next task for them is traveling to take […]

Monday night’s matchup between the Detroit Pistons and the Sacramento Kings was a tale of two halves. The Pistons led by as many as 18 points in the first half courtesy of their strong offensive execution, but the tide turned for both teams as the stars of the Kings led a comeback effort to defeat […]

MIAMI – As the Miami Heat are looking to take its “good loss” against the Milwaukee Bucks and turn it into something positive, it paid off as the team beat the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night, 117-105. Despite the Heat missing Bam Adebayo and Andrew Wiggins, the rest of the unit led a collective effort […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off arguably their best win of the 2024-25 season, 126-99, against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Lakers have a rematch against the Thunder on Tuesday, but following such a dominant performance, it’s possible that the team decides to sit a few players. Sure enough the Lakers’ injury report seemed […]

Cade Cunningham isn’t worried about the Detroit Pistons’ form after suffering back-to-back losses. The Pistons are coming off a 127-117 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday. Cunningham stood out with a 35-point display, but it wasn’t enough to counter Zach LaVine’s 43 points for the visitors. Cunningham reflected on the loss after the game, […]

The 2024-25 season has been straight out of hell for the New Orleans Pelicans; instead of building off of last year’s playoff appearance, they have endured injury woes like no other team and have found themselves at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. And perhaps this season becomes the breaking point for the Pelicans […]

The New York Knicks have looked pretty good of late. They looked even better on Sunday when All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson returned after a 15-game absence. OG Anunoby had himself a game, as well. But there are still hurdles that New York must clear. One such hurdle involves their poor play against the elite […]

The Sacramento Kings are on the cusp of securing a spot in the play-in tournament; their 127-117 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night means that they only need to win one more game (or for the Phoenix Suns to lose one more) to seal their place in the postseason. After being in a […]

The college basketball national championshop game is going down on Monday night in San Antonio as Florida is going up against Houston. There are a lot of celebrities in the house, and one of them is San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama and the Spurs play at the nearby Frost Bank Center, so it […]

Kristaps Porzingis loves watching the UFC. So much so that a moment that would occur there happened in the Boston Celtics’ game against the Phoenix Suns on April 4. In the fourth quarter with the Celtics up by double-digits, Porzingis absorbed an elbow to the face from a Phoenix defender. He had to leave the […]

It’s funny how things can radically change in a matter of seconds. As was the case last night when the Cleveland Cavaliers showed vulnerabilities as the Eastern Conference’s top seed with a loss to the Sacramento Kings 120-113. The loss denied the Cavs a franchise record of 67 wins.  The most notable moment was when […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Warriors-Suns prediction and pick. The Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns face off Tuesday in a critical Western Conference matchup at the Footprint Center. The […]

Khloe Kardashian just wants to make sure her family stays connected. In the latest episode of The Kardashians, the family celebrated Amari Thompson’s — Tristan Thompson’s younger brother — 18th birthday. Amari has a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and requires care around the clock. The 18-year-old also has other unidentified medical conditions. […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Lakers-Thunder prediction and pick. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers meet again Tuesday in a high-stakes Western Conference clash at Paycom Center. […]

NBA legend Paul Pierce had an intriguing take on the MVP race between the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Pierce appeared on an episode of The Speak how on Fox Sports. He provided his opinion on the hot topic, believing that Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander should share the award. “I’m so […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks on Tuesday . It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Knicks prediction and pick. The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks clash at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday in a marquee Eastern Conference matchup. […]

The Phoenix Suns had a negative injury update on star Kevin Durant ahead of Tuesday’s matchup against the Golden State Warriors. Durant has been out for one week since suffering an ankle sprain against the Houston Rockets on March 30. The Suns lost that game and the next three, putting their postseason hopes at risk. […]

The Sacramento Kings are playing the Detroit Pistons on the road Monday night, as Doug Christie’s team looks to strengthen their chances of clinching a berth in the NBA Play-in Tournament. However, they absorbed a blow mid-game when shooting guard Malik Monk was ruled out for the rest of the contest with an apparent lower-body […]

Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden is the owner of one of the longer-tenured signature sneaker lines, recently releasing his latest ninth iteration with sponsor Adidas, the Adidas Harden Vol. 9. Constantly thinking of fresh new ways to revitalize their brand, Adidas put together one of the more futuristic and progressive sneakers for one of […]

Many fans have criticized Stephen Curry for not getting certain foul calls during Golden State Warriors games. Draymond Green, though, knows the reason behind that. Green dove into why he gets non-calls during his podcast, which was released Monday. Green, who’s one of the league’s most honest stars, dropped a blunt take. “He gets penalized […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown surprised fans with his ideal starting lineup. Brown appeared as a special guest on an episode of the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast on Sunday. He wasn’t able to pick any of his Celtics teammates in the starting five, including himself. However, his selection left out Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and […]

The Golden State Warriors fell at home on Sunday night against the Houston Rockets, and Draymond Green received a flagrant foul at one point in the game. Green was driving to the hoop on Alperen Sengun, and part of his arm appeared to hit Sengun in the face when he was going up for the […]

The Denver Nuggets are not in a good place right now. In what is arguably the most critical part of the season, the Nuggets have tumbled into a 4-game losing streak following a recent loss to the Indiana Pacers. Because of their losing streak, the Nuggets have now fallen into a multiple-team race for seeding […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have their eyes fixed on the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed, a goal that has felt tantalizingly within reach for weeks. All they need is one more win, or a Boston Celtics loss, to lock it up. Cleveland is on the brink of clinching. However, the Cavs will have to get there […]

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Atlanta Hawks and the Orlando Magic on Tuesday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Hawks-Magic prediction and pick. The Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic face off Tuesday in a pivotal matchup with playoff implications. Both teams are neck-and-neck in the […]

MIAMI – As Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo was a late addition to the injury report on Monday afternoon, ClutchPoints would learn that he would be ruled out for that same day’s contest against the Philadelphia 76ers. The same goes for Heat newcomer Andrew Wiggins as he’ll miss the sixth straight game with the hamstring […]

Despite Ja Morant missing 31 games this season, the Memphis Grizzlies (46-32) are somehow only two games out of third place in the Western Conference. They have stayed afloat in his absence with Jaren Jackson Jr. taking a step forward as an offensive player. But the team needs the face of the franchise to be […]

The final week of the 2024-25 NBA season is set to be a bloodbath in the Western Conference standings. Although the Oklahoma City Thunder are sitting pretty at the top, everyone else is still fighting to claim their actual playoff spot. The Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and many others find themselves in a […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown had a newsworthy interview on the Million Dollarz Worth of Game podcast, and his thoughts on the NBA agents model are sure to elicit conversation from NBA fans as well as players. While Brown didn’t speak against players having agents, he stressed that the agent would need to have some level of […]