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It’s the same story for the New Orleans Pelicans for the second straight season. They currently find themselves in the play-in tournament picture, shaking off a rough stretch of the season behind inspired basketball from Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum, all the while the uncertainty of Zion Williamson’s injury status hangs over their heads. And […]

All season long, the Los Angeles Lakers were scouring the market for a starting point guard due to the awkward fit of Russell Westbrook. After failing to pry Kyrie Irving from the Brooklyn Nets, in part due to their reluctance to part with multiple first-round picks, it seemed as if guard Mike Conley would eventually […]

March Madness season has finally come and gone, but the most coveted prospect in the 2023 NBA Draft class remains 7’4 center Victor Wembanyama, who has shown flashes of incredible ball-handling and shot-creation skills for his size, to go along with the incredible rim protection that he provides given his physical stature. For months, the […]

The early iterations of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the late aughts remain some of the most iconic young rosters in recent history. While Kevin Durant spearheaded some promising talent, he wouldn’t have minded being around some of today’s Thunder players based on his recent comments. Following his latest return to OKC when his Phoenix […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the road to take on the Orlando Magic. Check out our NBA odds series as we hand out a Cavaliers-Magic prediction and pick. We will also tell you how to watch the game. The Cavaliers are sitting in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, and it looks like that is […]

The Washington Wizards appear to be stuck in mediocrity, as they currently have a 34-44 record at the moment. And there seems to be no easy fixes present for the team in the nation’s capital. Some fans may say that this is exactly what happens when you lock up Bradley Beal to a supermax contract […]

The Miami Heat are going… nowhere late into the 2022-23 season. Over the last few weeks, this team has looked like a shell of it’s former self. They still hold the seventh seed in the East, which guarantees them a Play-In spot. There’s still a chance for them to advance straight to the playoffs, though, […]

For an NBA player, scoring is the best way to turn some heads and make an impact. Make no mistake, defense is important, but at the end of the day, the game is decided by the number of points a team scores. As everyone knows, the best basketball players in the league usually average over […]

After a bounceback season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and a strong showing for the Finnish national team in the EuroBasket tournament that following summer, Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen has had a career season in Salt Lake City and looks to be the frontrunner for the 2023 Most Improved Player award. Markkanen, who was drafted […]

Since Ja Morant returned to action for the Memphis Grizzlies back on March 22 after a nine-game suspension/personal hiatus, the club has lost just twice. And while the team has certainly benefited from his reinstatement, it’s evident, even to the 23-year-old, that he has not been the lone go-to option like he was before stepping […]

The Miami Heat hope to get a win to potentially get out of the play in games, and in the process send the Detroit Pistons to a tenth straight loss. We continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-Pistons prediction, pick, and how-to watch. The Heat enters this matchup coming off a 129-122 win over […]

The San Antonio Spurs are in borderline-uncharted territory for the franchise; they have a 67 percent chance of landing a top five pick, setting themselves up nicely for the future after a mad dash towards the bottom of the NBA standings. Of course, this effort to bottom out included some blatant tanking shenanigans, including random […]

Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen was one of two players that the franchise made untouchable ahead of the 2022-23 trade deadline but in case he needed any more indication that the Jazz plan to keep him for the long run, he got it. In a lengthy interview about his career journey, Markkanen told HoopsHype’s Michael […]

The Golden State Warriors are expected to get forward Andrew Wiggins back just before the end of the regular season. The Dubs swingman has missed the last 22 games due to personal matters. It’s been revealed that the reason for his leave from the team was due to a serious medical situation his father and […]

The Toronto Raptors will be heading to the play-in games for the Eastern Conference, but first, they need to face the Charlotte Hornets. We continue our NBA odds series with a Raptors-Hornets prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Raptors come in 7-3 in their last ten games and a 39-39 record overall. The recent […]

The Charlotte Hornets could use a rebranding and that’s not just in terms of their ownership. A promising core of LaMelo Ball, Miles Bridges, Kelly Oubre Jr., P.J. Washington, and Terry Rozier has been undermined by underperformance on the court and distractions off of it. It’s been unfortunate, and not just because a team owned […]

The rebuilding efforts of the Orlando Magic are beginning to bear fruit, their 34-44 record at the time of writing notwithstanding. Over the past two seasons, the Magic have accrued a plethora of high-potential youngsters who should only get better as time goes by. With Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner, two players at the heart […]

While only a few fans and pundits (if any) expected the Detroit Pistons to make some sort of mini-leap during the 2022-23 campaign, especially after adding Bojan Bogdanovic in a surprise offseason move, they remain very much where they have been over the past two seasons — the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Of course, […]

When people look into the history of the NBA’s most successful teams and dynasties, Isiah Thomas and the “Bad Boy” Detroit Pistons aren’t often mentioned in that conversation. Maybe it’s because they didn’t win as many titles as some of the other teams did in their history. It’s something Thomas has grown to accept over […]

LeBron James has been in action for the Los Angeles Lakers in their last four games following another lengthy spell on the sidelines. Even LeBron himself would admit that he has yet to reach peak form just yet as he continues to recover from a foot injury that cost him nearly a month of action. Former […]

When Kevin Durant made the big move to the Phoenix Suns, we all knew that they were going to be a force to be reckoned with. Well, six games in, and KD and Co. have lived up to all the hype surrounding this mid-season blockbuster move — and perhaps even more. In case you missed […]

During the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, the Charlotte Hornets seemed to be on the ascent, as slow as their climb towards the NBA’s upper echelon might have been during those campaigns. After last making the postseason in 2016, the Hornets had an opportunity to make the playoffs in both 2021 and 2022, failing in the […]

At 19-60, the Houston Rockets are well on their way to finishing at the bottom of the barrel in the West. It’s another lost season for the rebuilding Rockets, and at this point, it sounds like head coach Stephen Silas is now on his way out. A few big names have already popped up on […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum is not happy with the San Diego State-UConn match-up in the national championship game. After all, for him, there was a more exciting showdown that should have been the main event: the Iowa vs. LSU battle that concluded Sunday. McCollum said as much as the Aztecs and Huskies face […]

After winning just 25 games last season, the Indiana Pacers have shown some improvement this year, adding nine to that total in 2022-23 with three games to go. With the now-injured pair of Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner running the point and center respectively and some young talent at their disposal, there is certainly room for optimism […]

The Golden State Warriors saw their two-game winning streak come to an end on Sunday in a brutal 112-110 loss against a Nikola Jokic-less Denver Nuggets side. It was another road defeat for Stephen Curry and Co. , who just continue to struggle in what is now looking like a lackluster title defense for the […]

NBA legend Charles Barkley made headlines on Monday ahead of the epic conclusion of March Madness, but for all the wrong reasons. Barkley turned heads with his wardrobe choice for the San Diego State-UConn showdown in the men’s national championship game, though as usual, it’s his comments that made a lot of noise. Chuck wore […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are currently three games behind the Denver Nuggets for the top seed in the West. With four games still remaining, a first-place finish is still within reach for Ja Morant and Co. This starts with a matchup against a tanking Portland Trail Blazers side on Tuesday. At this point, however, the Grizzlies […]

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks’ collapse from a playoff team to a lottery-bound squad is definitely one of the ugliest storylines of the 2022-23 season. A new look at how their playoff chances dwindled in just two months make matters even worse. The Mavs are currently 11th in the West with a 37-42 record, […]

Kendrick Perkins has had his fair share of war of words with former Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant. These two have been involved in some back-and-forth through the years on both social media and television. In a rather unexpected turn of events, however, Big Perk is now siding with the Phoenix Suns superstar amid the […]

The last time Anthony Davis missed a game for the Los Angeles Lakers was on March 15th against the Houston Rockets. That was the second night of a back-to-back set for LA, and the team decided to give their superstar big man the night off as part of their management plan for his right foot […]

They haven’t exactly set the world on fire, but there have been plenty of positives to take out of what was always expected to be a development year for the Orlando Magic. A team whose best finishes in the past decade have been a pair of 4-1 defeats in the first round of the playoffs, they […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are in the spotlight plenty right now but not many are reasons that they want to be. Under pressure from star point guard Damian Lillard to make moves that get him in position to make a deep playoff run, the Blazers front office will be put to the ultimate test this […]

At the moment, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics sit two games behind the Milwaukee Bucks for the top seed in the East. They still have four games remaining in the regular season, which means that at this point, a first-place finish is still well within reach for Boston. Be that as it may, it […]

The Utah Jazz get to host LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night in what is going to be one out of their last four games of the season. A matchup against the Lakers is always a huge draw for any team, and the same will be the case for the Jazz […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is back … well, not on the NBA hardcourt but rather in the latest episode of “The Association.” In real Dame fashion, though, the superstar guard once again talked about a topic that is near and dear to his heart: loyalty … or the lack thereof in the NBA. […]

Zion Williamson is set to be re-evaluated this week as the New Orleans Pelicans assess whether he can return before the end of the regular season and at the start of the playoffs. However, things aren’t looking good for the forward in terms of his possible injury comeback. The Pelicans star has been dealing with […]

Few teams have more at stake during the 2023 NBA offseason than the San Antonio Spurs. After missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year, the Spurs have a strong chance to land a franchise-altering player. San Antonio can build a young nucleus that will contend in a few years through both the NBA Draft […]

Another day, another questionable tag for LeBron James. This has become customary for the Los Angeles Lakers of late with the NBA’s all-time leading scorer still nursing the nagging foot injury that kept him sidelined for nearly a month. LA has another big game coming up on Tuesday against the Utah Jazz, and at this […]