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NBA All-Star Weekend is sure to be a star-studded affair this season, as the 2023 NBA All-Star Game will feature a number of celebrities from the entertainment industries, per the Associated Press. Among the celebrities with roles during All-Star Weekend are award-winning actors Ben Affleck and Vin Diesel. Grammy-nominated singers Jewel and Tems will also […]

CAMDEN, NJ — Dewayne Dedmon is back with the Philadelphia 76ers. But it doesn’t feel like a homecoming. The veteran center played 11 games with the Sixers in the 2013-14 season, spending just 20 days with the tanking squad. Dedmon, who agreed to a deal with the Sixers on Monday, recalls when the team practiced […]

Michael Jordan is giving back in an incredible way ahead of his 60th birthday on Friday — the NBA legend is making a donation of $10 million to the Make-A-Wish foundation. It’s the largest donation ever received by an individual in the organization’s 43-year history, per ESPN. “For the past 34 years, it’s been an […]

Wednesday night in the NBA will feature the Cleveland Cavaliers (38-22) visiting the Philadelphia 76ers (37-19) at the Wells Fargo Center. Action tips off at 7:00 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Cavaliers-76ers prediction and pick. Philly carries a three-game winning streak, picking up wins from the Knicks, Nets, and […]

Wednesday night in the NBA will feature the Indiana Pacers (25-34) hoping to end their five-game losing skid as they host the Chicago Bulls (26-31) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Bulls-Pacers prediction and pick. The Chicago Bulls have a 3-4 record this February. They hope to […]

The Chicago Bulls put assembled one of the most talented star trios in the NBA when they paired All-Star center Nikola Vucevic with star guard Zach LaVine at the 2021 NBA trade deadline and then traded for All-Star forward DeMar DeRozan a couple of months ahead of the 2021-22 regular season. Due to injuries to […]

The Dallas Mavericks (31-28) visit the Denver Nuggets (40-18) on Wednesday night! Action tips off at 9:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Mavericks-Nuggets prediction, pick, and how to watch. Dallas has lost two straight games and sits in sixth place in the Western Conference, although they are just two […]

The Detroit Pistons will travel to take on the Boston Celtics in a Wednesday matchup at the TD Garden in Boston. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Pistons-Celtics prediction and pick, laid out below. Detroit has been downright awful this season, with a 15-43 record […]

Two rebuilding teams will clash for a face-off on Wednesday, as the Charlotte Hornets (16-43) will host the San Antonio Spurs (14-44) at the Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. Action tips off at 7:00 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Hornets prediction and pick. San Antonio is still burdened with injury […]

The Miami Heat will travel to take on the Brooklyn Nets in a Wednesday night NBA matchup at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Bulls-Nets prediction and pick, laid out below. Miami is set to make a run at […]

The Golden State Warriors have been the definition of the word “mid” for the entirety of the 2022-23 campaign thus far. At the time of writing, the Warriors have a 29-29 record, going 22-7 at home and 7-22 on the road. All in all, this amounts to a disappointing title defense effort. And with Stephen […]

Los Angeles Clippers eight-time All-Star Paul George is no stranger to trades. While he’s only been traded once himself — from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Clippers in 2019 — he’s a 13-year veteran that’s seen more than his fair share of the NBA’s business side. So, as George speaks on the trade deadline […]

The Houston Rockets (13-44) visit the Oklahoma City Thunder (27-29) on Wednesday night! Action tips off at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Rockets-Thunder prediction, pick, and how to watch. Houston has lost six consecutive games and sits at the bottom of the standings in 15th place in the […]

The New York Knicks will travel to take on the Atlanta Hawks in a Wednesday night NBA matchup at the State Farm Arena. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Knicks-Hawks prediction and pick, laid out below. New York has gone 32-27, seventh place in the […]

The Boston Celtics got a clutch three-pointer from Sam Hauser to force overtime against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. Apparently, the basketball gods would only allow one. With the Celtics down two in overtime after a go-ahead triple from Jrue Holiday, Grant Williams curled toward the left wing and faked a three before turning over […]

Chris Paul is expected to remain the Phoenix Suns’ point guard moving forward during the 2022-23 season. However, the Suns could look to move on during the offseason or next season according to Shams Charania. “They (Suns) did look into Kyrie Irving this year before making the KD trade. They looked into Fred VanVleet this […]

The Utah Jazz (29-30) visit the Memphis Grizzlies (34-22) on Wednesday night! Action tips off at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Jazz-Grizzlies prediction, pick, and how to watch. Utah has won two of their last three games and sits in 10th place in the Western Conference, although they […]

Los Angeles Clippers guard Bones Hyland is one of the most charismatic young players in the league. His energetic personality even spills out onto the court, as the second-year guard uses a variety of ball-handling moves to set himself or a teammate up for a shot attempt. While his play style may have played a […]

With Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown out due to injury, many feared that the Boston Celtics’ Tuesday night clash against the Milwaukee Bucks would end up being a blowout, especially with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, and Jrue Holiday active. However, it seems like almost every game between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks becomes a […]

Milwaukee dispatched Boston 131-125 on Tuesday, but the Bucks were much more in danger of losing to the Celtics than the score indicates. Celtics sharpshooter Sam Hauser was a big reason why. With no Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and Al Horford, the clash of East titans looked slated to be severely one-sided on […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks won their 11th straight game on Tuesday night, beating the only team ahead of them in the Eastern Conference standings in the Boston Celtics in an excellent, back and forth affair that needed overtime to decide. The Bucks got the last laugh in the contest, defeating the Celtics 131-125 […]

The Boston Celtics were severely shorthanded in their Tuesday night contest against the Milwaukee Bucks, but somehow managed to force overtime and very nearly walk away with a victory over the Bucks. Four of Boston’s five starters were inactive for this game, and the only one that was active, Robert Williams, played just 13 minutes […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will travel to Southern California to face off with the Los Angeles Lakers. Dribble the ball with us as we share our NBA odds series, make a Pelicans-Lakers prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. On Monday, the Pelicans defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-100. Significantly, Brandon Ingram led […]

Bronny James just got named to the Nike Hoops Summit and dad LeBron couldn’t be prouder. The Los Angeles Lakers star took to Twitter to shine the spotlight on his eldest son making inroads into his own basketball career. Yessir!! Congrats Young 🤴🏾Bronny!! Proud of you kid! Keep going #JamesGang👑 https://t.co/ctJ91czuDK — LeBron James (@KingJames) […]

It still feels unreal for the Phoenix Suns and their fans. Even Deandre Ayton is seemingly still trying to process the fact that Kevin Durant is now part of the team. “That’s the question i’m trying to answer my damned self. I’m really speechless to be honest. We got KD! Ain’t that something?!,” Ayton exclaimed […]

No one really expected the Golden State Warriors to beat the LA Clippers on Tuesday night. Not only were the defending champions playing without both Steph Curry and Andrew Wiggins on the second leg of a back-to-back, but the Clippers entered at full-strength, Ty Lue’s rotation reloaded after bringing in Eric Gordon, Mason Plumlee and […]

The NBA announced the 2023 Slam Dunk contest participants on Tuesday night. Safe to say the dunkers didn’t generate as much buzz as one of the judges. Utah Jazz icon Karl Malone was announced to judge, leading to widespread anger across NBA Twitter. Presenting 2023 #ATTSlamDunk Judge.. Karl Malone! #StateFarmSaturday: Feb. 18, TNT pic.twitter.com/PzGT9003CC — #NBAAllStar […]

The Boston Celtics, currently the best team in the league record-wise, are going through a fair bit of injury woes at the moment. In fact, they didn’t have the services of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Al Horford in their most recent loss against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. And there may be […]

The revamped LA Clippers proved too much for the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena, sending the defending champions into the All-Star break at .500 with a 134-124 loss. Here are three key reactions from the fatigued, short-handed Warriors’ final game before a much-needed respite in advance of the season’s stretch run. Bench […]

The Portland Trail Blazers need all the help they can get to support Damian Lillard as their star point guard tries to will them into the postseason picture. However, the Blazers enter familiar injury territory instead after Anfernee Simons went down with an ankle injury late in the third quarter of their 126-101 blowout loss […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are on an 11-game winning streak, and Giannis Antetokounmpo is turning all the attention on him as he strengthens his case for MVP. Milwaukee extended its winning streak on Tuesday with a 131-125 overtime win against the Boston Celtics. Antetokounmpo recorded a near triple-double stat line in the contest, registering 36 points, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers made a few moves prior to the trade deadline with an eye towards the future, sending former starting small forward Josh Hart to the New York Knicks for Cam Reddish and a first-rounder and dealing away Gary Payton II for five second-round picks. But it appears the Blazers’ future is now, […]

Kevin Durant has yet to make his debut for the Phoenix Suns, but after watching Chris Paul’s put up a monster game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, he should be excited to suit up for the franchise. Paul made history in the contest as he propelled the Suns to the 120-109 win. He finished […]

The Phoenix Suns made it known over the past few months that they were willing to make moves to bolster their championship hopes. They were one of the most prominent suitors of polarizing point guard Kyrie Irving before the Brooklyn Nets shipped him off to the Dallas Mavericks. And then out of nowhere, at midnight […]

The Boston Celtics came seriously close to ending the Milwaukee Bucks’ 10-game winning streak on Tuesday. Jrue Holiday had other ideas. The All-Star guard was his usual relentless self on the defensive end in the 131-125 win, garnering himself three steals and repeatedly stonewalling Celtics guards who challenged him. But on a rare occasion, it […]

The Boston Celtics got a lot of bad news on Tuesday. Aside from losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime, Grant Williams appeared to have sustained an injury that could put his availability for the team in jeopardy. Speaking to reporters after the 131-125 defeat to the Bucks, Williams admitted that he is dealing with […]

The most recent trade deadline proved to be an epic one with Kevin Durant’s move to the Phoenix Suns serving as the exclamation point. In exchange for Jae Crowder, Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, four first-round picks, and a pick swap to the Brooklyn Nets, the Western Conference team received the two-time NBA champion and T.J. […]

Golf legend Tiger Woods shares his respect and admiration for LeBron James after the Los Angeles Lakers star surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Woods, who hails from California, grew up a Lakers fan. He watched Kareem, Magic Johnson and the likes dominate the NBA on a nightly basis. With that, he […]

For months, the Toronto Raptors have found themselves embroiled in an elaborate will they-won’t they dance with regards to selling off a few members of their core, including Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, and even Pascal Siakam. Nevertheless, the Raptors decided to add a legitimate rim protector instead, swinging a trade for former Raptor Jakob Poeltl […]