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News broke on Thursday that Kyrie Irving is finally set to return. The Brooklyn Nets have reportedly reinstated the embattled point guard for Sunday’s tilt against the Memphis Grizzlies after serving out what turned out to be an eight-game suspension, including Thursday’s matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers. Naturally, this major development garnered more than […]

The Phoenix Suns have been without Chris Paul for the past four games and Friday’s game against the Utah Jazz might make it a fifth straight game. Paul is officially listed as questionable for the matchup as per Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. #Suns injury report: Chris Paul (sore right heel) and Josh Okogie […]

Stephen Curry has been playing some pretty insane basketball of late, and his scorching start to the season reached a whole new level on Wednesday as he dropped a 50-piece all over the Phoenix Suns. It still wasn’t enough for the Golden State Warriors, though, as they suffered their 10th loss of the campaign. ESPN […]

The New Orleans Pelicans got Zion Williamson back in the lineup this season after he missed all of the 2021-22 season with a foot injury. He hasn’t quite been able to stay on the court this season either and he’s officially listed as questionable for the Pelicans game against the Boston Celtics on Friday as […]

Nikola Jokic is without a doubt one of the greatest big men to ever pick up a basketball. The fact that the Denver Nuggets superstar has won back-to-back MVP titles is a clear testament to this fact. At this point, however, Jokic is by no means resting on his laurels. Just ask Nuggets teammate Bones […]

Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball has been ruled out for Friday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and head coach Steve Clifford admits they don’t know how long the playmaker will be out. In a bit of a good news for the team, though, an X-ray on Ball’s injured ankle came back negative. More tests are […]

The Brooklyn Nets have finally decided to lift Kyrie Irving’s team-mandated suspension. After sitting out a total of eight games including Thursday night’s tilt against the Portland Trail Blazers, it is now being reported that the embattled guard is set to return to the lineup on Saturday against Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies. This […]

After a poor start last season, the Boston Celtics came close to trading away Jaylen Brown — or at least that’s what the reports have been saying. Instead, the team decided to stick it out with their Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown core, and they were rewarded with an unforgettable trip to the NBA Finals. For his […]

NBA icon Paul Pierce thinks seven teams are already locked for the playoffs in the Western Conference, though his list noticeably didn’t include the Golden State Warriors,  Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers. On Twitter, Pierce said that he sees the Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers […]

Reinforcements are on the way for the Los Angeles Lakers. According to head coach Darvin Ham — confirming expectations over the past week — point guard Dennis Schroder and center Thomas Bryant will make their 2022-23 debuts on Friday night against the Detroit Pistons at Crypto.com Arena. Schroder and Bryant have both been out since […]

At this point, it feels like the Brooklyn Nets are a sinking ship. This was mainly brought about by the fact that Kyrie Irving decided to drag the team into a whole new scandal, this time involving a shocking antisemitic tweet. Ben Simmons and his inability to stay healthy has also played a key role. […]

There has been a lot that has happened in the season thus far that most of us didn’t really expect coming in. More than a few folks knew that LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were going to struggle, but few, perhaps, predicted that they were going to be this bad. To some extent, […]

LeBron James will be listed as questionable for the Los Angeles Lakers matchup with the Detroit Pistons on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, according to the team. LeBron has missed the past two games with a strained left adductor, which occurred in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Nov. 9. Sans LeBron, the […]

It was a fine idea and a noble experiment. The Chicago Bulls had a star in Zach LaVine, and the front office did its best to put other stars around him to create an NBA title contender. They traded for Nikola Vucevic, did sign-and-trades for DeMar DeRozen and Lonzo Ball, and signed free agents like […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the very best defensive teams to this point in the 2022-23 NBA season. No one who tuned them out after the start of the year would believe that, but it’s true. The Sixers defense ranks fifth in the NBA, providing one of the most pleasant surprises early in the season. […]

The San Antonio Spurs waived young guard Josh Primo on October 28th after he allegedly exposed himself to a team therapist, who shortly after, hit Primo and the organization with a lawsuit for not taking action soon enough. But, on Thursday, Hillary Cauthen settled her lawsuit with both parties, per Shams Charania of The Athletic: […]

Benching Klay Thompson won’t fix what ails the Golden State Warriors. Steve Kerr hasn’t repeatedly brushed off the notion of replacing him as a starter with Jordan Poole out of loyalty to a four-time champion who’s still working his way back from two-and-a-half seasons lost to injury. The Warriors’ optimal blend of shooting, defense and […]

The Detroit Pistons (3-12) travel to face the Los Angeles Clippers (8-7) on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 10:30 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Clippers prediction and pick. The Pistons have lost four straight games and are in last place in the Eastern Conference. Detroit is 6-8-1 against the […]

The Boston Celtics look like arguably the best team in the world. They’re 12-3 (best record in the NBA) and are currently riding a league-best eight-game winning streak. Despite all the negative attention the squad has garnered regarding the Ime Udoka situation, the Celtics haven’t missed a beat.  Boston’s ability to stay composed and play […]

The Los Angeles Clippers received some great news Thursday afternoon. According to ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski, Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard has been upgraded to questionable for Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons. This is a major development as Los Angeles has been playing hampered nearly all season. Leonard has not played since […]

The Indiana Pacers have been off to a better-than-expected start to begin the 2022-23 campaign. Through 13 games, the Pacers have posted a solid 7-6 record after two hard-earned wins against the (depleted) Toronto Raptors and the Charlotte Hornets. Thanks in large part to Tyrese Haliburton’s emergence as one of the league’s best floor generals, […]

The Boston Celtics, in the early goings of the season, own the best record in the entire association with an elite 12-3 record following their 25-point drubbing of the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Their strong start to the season has been fueled largely by Jayson Tatum’s MVP-caliber play, as the 24-year old star is […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are surviving with James Harden sidelined due to a foot tendon strain. They have a respectable 7-7 record and are starting to shed some of the bad habits they showed at the beginning of the season. Even more fortunately for the Sixers, Harden’s rehab seems to be going well. Harden made an […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are sitting pretty to begin the season. The team owns a 10-4 record and is atop the Western Conference standings, one game ahead of the second-place Phoenix Suns. A big reason for Portland’s excellent play thus far has been the addition of Jerami Grant. He has embraced being the No. 2 […]

The San Antonio Spurs (6-9) travel to face the Sacramento Kings (7-6) on Thursday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Kings prediction and pick. San Antonio started the season strong but has since lost seven of their last eight games. The Spurs are 9-6 […]

The Ben Simmons Era in Brooklyn is not going well. The 2015 No. 1 overall pick has already missed a third of the Brooklyn Nets games (5/15), and when he does play, it’s not pretty. Simmons is averaging career lows in minutes (26.6), points (5.8), rebounds (6.1), assists (5.6), steals (1.1), and blocks (0.5). A […]

For the second straight season, the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves on the outside looking in on the Western Conference playoff picture. There’s still much basketball to be played, but all early signs point to the possibility of the Lakers squandering another year of LeBron James’ career. The team has just a 3-10 record, the second-worst […]

The Charlotte Hornets dropped another home game on Wednesday night. This time it was to the Indiana Pacers, 125-113, to spoil LaMelo Ball’s home debut this season. Ball had his best game of his short season, dropping 26 points and six dimes in 37 minutes of action. Unfortunately, after being out for weeks with an […]

When the Boston Celtics signed Sam Hauser to a new contract this summer, it was hard to know what to expect from the sharp-shooting forward. Prior to this season, he played only 26 games in the NBA, averaging 6.1 minutes per game and 2.5 points in that limited time. Yet, through 14 games, Hauser has […]

The Brooklyn Nets (6-9) face the Portland Trail Blazers (10-4) on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Nets-Blazers prediction and pick. Brooklyn is 6-9 and currently sits in 12th place in the Eastern Conference. The Nets are 6-9 against the spread while 60% of […]

Are the New York Knicks figuring things out? Perhaps. Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle led the way for the Knicks in their 106-103 victory against the Denver Nuggets, snapping their ignominious 16-year losing streak in Colorado. Randle, in particular, had his way against the Nuggets defense, dropping 34 points (on 11-21 shooting from the field) […]

It’s been well known for quite some time that the Phoenix Suns and Jae Crowder are heading for a split. Crowder wants a new deal that the Suns aren’t willing to give him, as they turned the starting power forward role over to Cam Johnson prior to him suffering a meniscus injury. As a result, […]

The Golden State Warriors are not off to a good start to the 2022-23 season. disappointing performances has been the constant theme as the defending champs struggle to string together wins. Stephen Curry’s individual brilliance hasn’t been enough to save them through their first 15 games of the season. After dropping 50 points but still […]

Klay Thompson, through 11 games of the 2022-23 season, has posted career-lows in both field-goal and three-point percentage en route to being one of the most inefficient volume shooters in the NBA thus far. And the Golden State Warriors have struggled to the tune of a 6-9 record as a result. Before the Warriors’ 130-119 […]

Three games past the statistical threshold for when net rating and win percentage kinda matter, the 3-10 Los Angeles Lakers have, self-evidently, a “laundry list” of issues. The roster is shallow on talent. Russell Westbrook’s move to the bench has been productive, but he still frustrates teammates with decision-making, wants to close alongside LeBron James […]

The Golden State Warriors’ title defense hasn’t been off to the greatest of starts. Through 15 games, the Warriors have posted a mere 6-9 record, and they fell to an inexplicable 0-8 on the road following their Wednesday night 130-119 loss at the hands of the Phoenix Suns. And one chief reason for the Warriors’ […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a problem. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard nearly singlehandedly defeated the Washington Wizards Thursday night, as he scored 42 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer that gave his team the 121-120 victory. Thunder forward Lu Dort was just as mesmerized as anybody by the incredible string of performances from Gilgeous-Alexander, even saying that […]

While not a lot of NBA teams still believe in Carmelo Anthony, his former New York Knicks coach remains confident the scoring forward can be a contributor to any team. Mike Woodson, who coached Anthony with the Knicks from 2012 to 2014, expressed his belief that Anthony can put up 15 to 20 points on […]

The Phoenix Suns prevented a three-game losing skid Thursday, as they became the latest team to victimize the surprisingly struggling Golden State Warriors, eking out a 130-119 victory over the defending NBA champions at home. Devin Booker dropped 27 points in the win, but it was the tandem of Cam Payne and Mikal Bridges, who […]