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In an incredible show of love and support for his trans child Zaya, NBA icon Dwyane Wade has reportedly filed a request to legally change her name and gender. According to The Blast, Wade made the petition on the Los Angeles Superior Court. The former Miami Heat star is requesting for his child’s name to […]

When Jalen Brunson made his “unofficial” New York Knicks debut in a Pro Am game earlier this August, fans got a glimpse of his connection with Obi Toppin. The two connected on multiple dunks, teasing of what may come in their partnership in the Big Apple. Now, it looks like the two are further nurturing […]

Miami Heat veteran Victor Oladipo has been working out with former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Russell Westbrook this summer as the two prepare for what they’ve dubbed their upcoming “revenge tour.” On Friday, Oladipo sent a special message to the Los Angeles Lakers star amid what has been a rocky offseason for him. Oladipo shared […]

Draymond Green is ready to listen to other offers in the 2023 offseason if the Golden State Warriors do not offer him his desired max contract. However, he might have trouble finding a team that would pay him the money he wants. The veteran forward’s current contract is until the 2023-24 season, but the last […]

There hasn’t been much progress with regard to Collin Sexton’s contract extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs don’t seem to be acting with any sense of urgency, and it appears as though they are seriously exploring the possibility of parting ways with the former No. 8 overall pick. Right now, the Dallas Mavericks have […]

LeBron James once again made headlines on Saturday after it was announced that he was set to make a surprise appearance in Jamal Crawford’s CrawsOver pro-am league on Sunday. As it turns out, the Seattle Seahawks saw this as an excellent opportunity to try and recruit the Los Angeles Lakers superstar to their team. The […]

Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant has only one demand for the NBA ahead of LeBron James and Jayson Tatum’s stint in the CrawsOver on Saturday: a live telecast on NBA TV. Sure, their games will be streamed through the NBA App, but not through the traditional television like NBA TV, ESPN, ABC or TNT. With […]

Indiana Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard recently said that Tyrese Haliburton can be the next Reggie Miller. He meant this in the sense that he can be the next star that the team builds around for the future. Haliburton’s game is certainly different from Miller’s but he can certainly be the centerpiece of a playoff […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo underwent an MRI after dealing with back soreness with the Greece National Team. Milwaukee Bucks fans immediately feared the worst. The last thing the Bucks need is for their best player to suffer an injury before the season even starts. But Antetokounmpo’s MRI came back clean, per Eurohoops. The back soreness he was […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant recently revealed his favorite NFL team. Durant, in response to a tweet, stated that he is now a Los Angeles Rams fan. But the reasoning behind his newfound fandom is hilarious. Somehow this is my cousin. Ima rams fan now https://t.co/55tmW7YESH — Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 20, 2022 The original […]

Coming off of a Western Conference Finals appearance, the Dallas Mavericks needed to add the right amount of talent around Luka Doncic. Although they added Christian Wood, Jaden Hardy and JaVale McGee, they lost key point guard Jalen Brunson in free agency. Mark Cuban and the Mavs can’t miss this window of opportunity with Luka […]

Former NBA big man Enes Kanter Freedom has not been shy about sharing his opinion on NBA-related matters over the past year. Whether he’s calling out Lebron James, begging Elon Musk to buy the league, or taking aim at Jeremy Lin, Kanter Freedom has been no stranger to making headlines. He most recently put the […]

This is a rather weird time for Jordan Clarkson. Yes, he’s currently signed to the Utah Jazz team. However, his stay with the team might be coming to an end depending on how the Donovan Mitchell situation sorts itself out. It’s commonly thought that Clarkson will be traded to a contender in a fire sale […]

NBA stars are playing in Pro-Am leagues all over the country. Perhaps the most hyped contest will take place on Saturday at Seattle Pacific University when Jamal Crawford’s league, The CrawsOver, brings together LeBron James and other NBA stars for a huge game. LeBron, Jayson Tatum and Dejounte Murray highlight the collection of pros making […]

Jamal Crawford’s CrawsOver just got even more star-studded. Joining LeBron James and Dejounte Murray in the Pro-Am festivities is fellow All-Star Jayson Tatum. The Boston Celtics superstar will be making his debut in the league along with plenty more NBA players at Seattle Pacific University. Tatum confirmed Crawford’s announcement on Twitter, calling on Seattle to […]

Fresh off his fourth NBA title with the Golden State Warriors, Andre Iguodala is riding high after another historic run with the team where he was named NBA Finals MVP back in 2015. After several deep playoff runs and a series of clutch plays made on both ends of the floor, Iguodala’s ability to lead […]

Stephen A. Smith may be critical of LeBron James a lot of times, but he isn’t letting anyone disrespect the legacy of the Los Angeles Lakers star. In the latest episode of First Take, Chris Russo snubbed LeBron from his Top 3 … heck, the NBA great didn’t even make his Top 5 ranking of […]

Saturday’s edition of the CrawsOver was already going to be a pretty special occasion. Aside from the usual suspects (Dejounte Murray, Chet Holmgren, and Paolo Banchero), Jamal Crawford announced that LeBron James will be joining the game. His appearance has made this one of the most high-profile Pro-Am games this year. Now, a Boston Celtics […]

Tyrese Haliburton is not saying the Indiana Pacers will be the next Memphis Grizzlies who created a young team around Ja Morant, developed them and transformed the franchise into one of the best and most exciting teams in the NBA. However, what the rising star wants everyone to know is they have a chance to […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and NBA icon Dwyane Wade are collaborating to produce a Netflix documentary for the United States’ 2008 Redeem Team, and sure enough, they couldn’t help but get excited about the project. LeBron and Wade are probably just as hyped as everyone else about the documentary. That much is clear […]

A month after his appearance in the Drew League, LeBron James is back in the Pro-Am scene. This time around, the Lakers star will be playing in Seattle as part of Jamal Crawford’s CrawsOver. Like the Drew League, this will be the first time LeBron will play in the tournament in a LOOOONG time. Of […]

Juan Toscano-Anderson hasn’t even played in a single minute for the Los Angeles Lakers just yet, but already, he’s making all sorts of waves in the city. The 29-year-old got the full LeBron James/Kobe Bryant treatment recently after some supporters put up an epic new mural for the newest Lakers recruit. JTA posed for a […]

New York Knicks rising star RJ Barrett couldn’t help but laugh at the latest comments about him being a role player. In a recent basketball podcast, a group of guys labeled Barrett as nothing more than just a role player. The hating didn’t stop there, as he was repeatedly called “trash” who gets excused a […]

Kevin Durant’s trade away from the Brooklyn Nets is taking a lot of time. It’s definitely dragging on much longer than most have expected. So much so, that there’s now a sense that KD might end up staying in Brooklyn beyond this season. Kendrick Perkins seems to have an explanation for all this. In his […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young wants to be like Stephen Curry … not as the GOAT shooter but rather as an NBA champion. While Young knows the comparisons between him and Curry and sees the similarities in their game, he still believes he is a different player than the Golden State Warriors superstar. However, that […]

A lot of heads turned as soon as news hit that LeBron James agreed to a two-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers worth a whopping $97.1 million. That’s a whole lot of money, even for LeBron’s standards. If you ask Stephen A Smith, however, the ESPN broadcaster firmly believes that the Lakers actually got […]

Kyrie Irving has brought the Brooklyn Nets through a lot over the past couple of years. At this point, there’s no denying that he doesn’t have the best of relationships with the organization. ESPN’s league insider Nick Friedell spoke about this union, and according to the NBA reporter, he is of the belief that the […]

Sacramento Kings rookie Keegan Murray underwent surgery three weeks ago and fortunately, it looks like fans have nothing to worry about his condition. Naturally, Murray’s wrist injury caused some concerns among the Kings faithful. While the procedure is only considered a minor operation done to “clean out some loose bodies” in his wrist, fans just […]

A few weeks ago a photo of a skinny James Harden went completely viral. The Philadelphia 76ers superstar looked like he lost a considerable amount of weight during the offseason, as he prepares for his comeback tour with the Sixers in 2022-23. Right now, more photos of the former league MVP are making their rounds […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is suiting up in the CrawsOver on Saturday, and sure enough, Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero couldn’t be more hyped up. James himself confirmed his appearance in the Seattle Pro Am competition on Friday, noting how it has been 15-plus years since he played in the competition. After seeing […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is following in Draymond Green’s footsteps and starting a podcast. The NBA’s all-time leading scorer made the announcement on Friday via Twitter. “I just started a podcast and I hope you like it ! These are going to be private conversations between me and my Showtime teammates. I will […]

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, has shared the painful experience she had to go through after learning that photos from the helicopter crash site that killed her husband and daughter were taken and shared among law enforcement and first responders. Amid the trial for her invasion of privacy lawsuit […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James’ summer pro-am tour will continue with a trip to Seattle’s Crawsover Pro-AM on Saturday. The league’s host, three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year winner Jamal Crawford, exuberantly revealed the development on Friday afternoon. LeBron confirmed the news shortly thereafter. SEATTLE LETS GET IT!! Been over 15+ years since […]

Tyrese Haliburton has a high-ceiling without question. However, Indiana Pacers GM Chad Buchanan revealed what the organization truly thinks about Haliburton, per Basketball News. “We’re gonna build our team around him,” Buchanan said. “We see him as hopefully being the next Reggie Miller. We had a Reggie Miller mural painted on a building in downtown Indianapolis, […]

Tyrese Haliburton was hurt after the Sacramento Kings traded him to the Indiana Pacers before the trade deadline last season, so much so that he hated the organization for it. The Kings pulled the trigger on the Haliburton deal to land a superstar talent in Domantas Sabonis. With a plethora of guards at their disposal, […]

There’s been a lot of talk about Jimmy Butler’s epic new hairstyle this offseason. He’s been rocking some pretty lengthy dreadlocks and you have to say that they look pretty dope. YouTube superstar Jake Paul definitely seems to think so. Heat stud Tyler Herro recently guested on one of Paul’s segments, and their conversation somehow […]

The Atlanta Hawks are aiming for a successful 2022-2023 season. They acquired guard Dejounte Murray to give Trae Young a superstar alongside him in the backcourt. Young recently commented on why the Hawks backcourt will be ‘scary’ this year, per Yahoo Sports. “Yeah, I mean that’s kind of scary, if you think about it,” Trae […]

Tyler Herro recently joined Jake Paul on Paul’s Youtube show “BS w/ Jake Paul.” Paul and Herro discussed a number of topics and even played a game of horse. During the discussion segment, Paul asked Herro to name his five favorite players of all-time. “I would say, Kobe (Bryant) for sure,” Herro said. “LeBron (James), […]

There’s an old NBA adage that the team with the best player in a playoff series is always most likely to win it. If it holds true in 2022-23, expect the Golden State Warriors to defend their title by winning a fifth championship in five seasons—at least according to Shaquille O’Neal. The five-time champion lavished […]