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Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has not been in the news for great reasons this season but with the All-Star averaging 27.1 points and 8.2 assists per game, the Grizzlies’ offensive engine hasn’t missed a beat since his breakout season in 2021-22. Furthermore, while Morant was not the picture of perfect health in 2021-22 […]

An intriguing inter-league matchup is on tap for this evening as the Phoenix Suns make a business trip to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bulls. It is time to take a look at our NBA odds series, where our Suns-Bulls prediction and pick will be unveiled for all to see. So far, […]

The Atlanta Hawks are beginning a new era after firing Nate McMillan and then hiring Quin Snyder as the new head coach. With superstar Trae Young leading the show, the pressure is on for the Hawks to get back to their winning ways. After a flurry of changes in Atlanta, owner Tony Ressler made some […]

A pair of top scorers in the NBA will go toe-to-toe as Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers head south to take on Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. Let’s take a look at our NBA odds series, where our Blazers-Hawks prediction and pick will be made. Losers in four of their previous five […]

The spiraling Brooklyn Nets will try to get back on the winning track as they head out to “Bean Town” to take on the reigning Eastern Conference champs in the Boston Celtics. Join us for our NBA odds series, where our Nets-Celtics prediction and pick will be revealed. Ever since the trade of Kyrie Irving […]

LeBron James’ son, Bronny James, has been a big talking point in his final high school season. With Sierra Canyon in the playoffs, a lot of eyes are on Bronny and his team. During Thursday’s game, the entire team paid tribute to former Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant with an interesting shoe choice. Bronny […]

The Atlanta Hawks may lose an important player in the offseason, as HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reports that veteran wing Bogdan Bogdanovic “is expected to enter free agency this summer.” “To do so, he’ll have to decline his $18 million player option. This is a guy that’s one of the more notable shooters on the team. […]

Defense hasn’t been the Chicago Bulls’ undoing this season. Even without the injured Lonzo Ball since 2022-23 tipped off, Billy Donovan’s team boasts a 111.3 defensive rating entering Friday’s action, the fifth-best in basketball, per NBA.com/stats. You wouldn’t have known it watching Patrick Beverley and Nikola Vucevic on a now-viral busted coverage from Chicago’s win […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are going to be retiring Pau Gasol’s number 16 on Tuesday night at the Crypto.com Arena against the Memphis Grizzlies. There should be plenty of former Lakers in attendance for this ceremony, and Gasol’s run in purple and gold was terrific and brought a couple of NBA titles to the franchise. […]

The Miami Heat (33-30) are gearing up for a big game against the streaking New York Knicks (37-27) Friday night in the Miami-Dade Arena. The way their opponents have been playing, the Heat will need to be at least close to full strength in order to pull out a victory. That might not be the […]

Along with the rest of the Memphis Grizzlies, Dillon Brooks has emerged as the NBA’s biggest heel this season; he’s your favorite player’s least favorite player. In one sense, Brooks fits within the broader lineage of NBA antagonists alongside the likes of Bill Laimbeer, Charles Oakley, Patrick Beverley, and, most prominently, the Golden State Warriors’ […]

Kevin Durant is coming off a highly efficient debut game for the Phoenix Suns following his blockbuster move prior to the NBA trade deadline. Against the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, Durant dropped a cool 23 points on a pristine 10-13 shooting from the field. However, seeing as Durant just came back from a 20-game absence […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves continue their Southern California trip as they meet the Los Angeles Lakers. We’re in the house Kobe built, sharing our NBA odds series, making a Timberwolves-Lakers prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Timberwolves are coming off a 108-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Initially, they trailed early […]

The Los Angeles Clippers entered the All-Star break on a high. With Terance Mann as the starting point guard alongside Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Clippers managed to vanquish two other playoff contenders in the Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns as they sat within striking distance of the third-seeded Sacramento Kings. However, they […]

For a basketball-crazed country like the Philippines, welcoming hoops royalty like Carmelo Anthony onto its shores constituted a historic moment. There was no venue more fitting to introduce the newly minted FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Global Ambassador than Araneta Coliseum, which hosted the country’s most iconic global sporting event, the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier bout […]

It’s a classic Eastern Conference showdown as the New York Knicks face the Miami Heat. We’re in South Florida sharing our NBA odds series, making a Knicks-Heat prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Knicks destroyed the Brooklyn Nets 142-118 in their last bout. Ultimately, they sprinted off to a 47-29 lead […]

The Los Angeles Clippers dropped to 0-4 since the NBA All-Star break, with their latest loss coming against the Golden State Warriors in stunning fashion thanks to a huge second-half collapse in which they got outscored 70-35. The Clippers are also 0-4 since adding Russell Westbrook, all of which have come with him as the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers dropped their fourth straight matchup coming out of the All-Star break. It was a 70-35 onslaught in the second half that saw the Warriors come back from down 11 at the half to lead by 15 after three quarters of play. The talk of social media early in the game was […]

Being the son of the greatest high school basketball prospect of all-time LeBron James is a tough act to live up to on the same stage. While Bronny isn’t reaching the same heights, he’s carving out a name for himself in his own right – and his dad can see it, too. Bronny James poured […]

The Golden State Warriors seemed headed for a disappointing loss in arguably their biggest game of the season to date. Once the ball was inbounded for the second half, though, a struggling Jordan Poole immediately put his comeback plans in place. Behind Poole’s 22-point third-quarter explosion, the Warriors rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit on […]

Russell Westbrook certainly wasn’t the only reason the LA Clippers were blown out 115-91 by the surging Golden State Warriors. Almost from the opening tip of Thursday’s game, though, it became abundantly clear the Warriors’ strategy of ignoring Westbrook on the perimeter neutered the Clippers’ offense—and Draymond Green understands why he was unable to exploit […]

Mark Cuban will go to bed smiling tonight, after Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving became the first Dallas Mavericks duo to each score 40 points in a game in franchise history. The win, which came by seven points over the Philadelphia 76ers, was Irving’s eighth since signing with Dallas and his sixth alongside Doncic, but the […]

In the Philadelphia 76ers’ first matchup of the season against the Dallas Mavericks, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving were too much for them to handle. The Sixers lost 133-126 in a crazy game where Joel Embiid, James Harden and Tyrese Maxey all scored very efficiently and above their league average. The Mavs stars simply couldn’t […]

When the Brooklyn Nets added James Harden to their Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving-led core in 2021, many expected that, barring any unforeseen turn of events, they would waltz all the way to an NBA championship. However, things did not work out according to plan. Fast forward to 2023, and Irving and Harden are now […]

Say what you want to say about Kyrie Irving, but the Dallas Mavericks superstar point guard has undeniably made efforts that positively impact people’s lives. The polarizing Irving recently made a surprising GoFundMe donation worth $45,000 to help build an orphanage in Ghana and a school in Nigeria. Irving, who donated 40 points to the Mavs […]

The Philadelphia 76ers found themselves in a back-and-forth, shot-for-shot contest against the Dallas Mavericks. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combined for 82 points to lead the Mavs to a 133-126 win over the Sixers despite 91 points from Joel Embiid, James Harden and Tyrese Maxey. Maxey had a great game, scoring 29 points and leading […]

As expected, there was no shortage of intensity on Thursday night when the Golden State Warriors hosted the Los Angeles Clippers. At one point, Dubs guard Donte DiVincenzo ended up on the receiving end of a wayward elbow from Kawhi Leonard, and it really looked like it hurt. DiVincenzo played some straight-up defense on the […]

Kyrie Irving went off on Thursday night as he and Luka Doncic led the Dallas Mavericks to a hard-fought victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Kyrie finished with 40 points on 15-of-22 shooting in another eye-popping performance for the Mavs. Kyrie and Co. now get to host the new-look Phoenix Suns on Sunday, and all eyes […]

Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic put Dallas Mavericks fans on a thrilling ride Thursday night, as the two superstars took turns in punching the Philadelphia 76ers in the mouth in a 133-126 win at home. Irving and Doncic did not allow the Sixers from worsening the tandem’s record to 1-5 and in the process,  resulted […]

Kendrick Perkins has joined Draymond Green in questioning whether European players are held to the same standard as their American counterparts, making particular reference to the empty shelf in Nikola Jokic’s trophy cabinet. Draymond Green first made the claim on his podcast, saying to Gilbert Arenas that “European players [have] not caught the same flak […]

Anyone who watches the NBA on TNT knows the studio crew never lacks for having a good time, particularly once Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal get going. It was no different Thursday night, and just when we thought we’ve seen it all from the crew, they find a way to raise the bar. Apparently, MC […]

The Philadelphia 76ers did all they could to battle the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving on Thursday night, but in the end, the Mavs proved too strong a force for the Sixers to handle. James Harden came out with another strong performance for his team, but it still wasn’t enough […]

With head coach Gregg Popovich and assistant coach Brett Brown not around, Jeremy Sochan stepped up for the San Antonio Spurs and led his team to a 110-99 victory over the Indiana Pacers at home Thursday night. Sochan stuffed the stat sheets with an all-around brilliant effort on the floor for the Spurs, but it’s […]

LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, whether they like it or not, are major parts of the current cultural zeitgeist, given their otherworldly athletic exploits for the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks respectively. This was evident once more after they find their names involved in a hilarious snowplow naming competition in the home state of […]

Thursday night featured a marquee matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers. It was an opportunity for the Stephen Curry-less Dubs to test themselves against a new-look Clippers side that now features Russell Westbrook. As it turns out, Draymond Green and Co. came prepared. The Warriors have a game plan for […]

There has been a lot of talk surrounding the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Questions have been raised with regard to their fit alongside each other in the Mavs backcourt as two alphas. At this point, however, there is one particular stat that proves just how effective Kyrie is in […]

The Golden State Warriors are getting Stephen Curry back. After missing 10 games and counting due to a leg injury suffered against the Dallas Mavericks in early February, the two-time MVP is making a return to the court soon. The Warriors star is slated to suit up on Sunday against the Los Angeles Lakers, according […]

The Dallas Mavericks and the Philadelphia 76ers’ Thursday night battle is simply a star-studded affair. With the duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving taking on the Joel Embiid-James Harden partnership, fans would find it difficult to change the channel amid what should be an exciting contest. In fact, the battle between the Mavs and […]

When Jalen Brunson was signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks last summer, there were many people who thought the Knicks were overpaying for the pro in his fifth season out of Villanova. Fast forward to current times, and there aren’t too many people thinking this signing was a waste anymore. Brunson […]