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After the most recent game against the Milwaukee Bucks, a 120-119 home loss for the Brooklyn Nets, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and co. had some harsh comments for the reigning champs’ “reckless” playing style. It seems as if this budding rivalry is just getting started. Following the showdown, Nick Wright of “First Things First” took […]

After missing 22 games with a sprained ankle for the Charlotte Hornets, Gordon Hayward’s status has been updated from out, to probable for their game in Philadelphia to take on the 76ers. He’s been back to practice over the past couple of weeks and has ramped it up in practice over the past few days. […]

Kevin Durant wants Jayson Tatum to be great, and the Brooklyn Nets star made sure to let the Boston Celtics forward know that when they came together for Team USA heading to the Tokyo Olympics this past offseason. Speaking on The Draymond Green Show, Tatum recalled how Durant got mad at him when he passed […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Pelicans-Lakers prediction and pick. This is an absolutely huge game for both of these teams. The Pelicans are currently sitting in the ninth seed in the Western Conference with a […]

The Dallas Mavericks lost their cornerstone big man last February when they sent Kristaps Porzingis to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans. Dwight Powell has been pretty good, but he isn’t exactly the type of center that the Mavs would like to build around. As it turns out, Dallas could […]

Amid the Utah Jazz’s struggles this 2021-22 season, the trade rumors surrounding Donovan Mitchell continue to intensify. Now, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN in his latest appearance on the Lowe Podcast, a number of teams have been preparing themselves to pounce on the superstar guard if he’s made available by the Jazz. “Other teams […]

The NBA season is winding down and playoff positioning is beginning to take shape. The Toronto Raptors look to make a push toward the postseason as they travel to Orlando. So, let’s continue our NBA odds series with a Raptors Magic prediction and pick. Click here to Bet $5, Win $150 in site credits regardless […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA regular season ends for the Golden State Warriors on April 10. That’s one day before the next time the team will give an update on Stephen Curry’s injured foot. This means the two-time MVP is done for the rest of the 2021-22 season. Friday afternoon, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr […]

The Indiana Pacers are set to face off against the Boston Celtics Friday night. It is a matchup of two teams headed in opposite directions. So, let’s continue our NBA odds series and make a Pacers-Celtics prediction and pick. Click here to Bet $5, Win $150 in site credits regardless of if your bet wins […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves will battle the Denver Nuggets on Friday night in the NBA. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Timberwolves-Nuggets prediction and pick. Surprisingly, the Timberwolves are in a secure position as the postseason approaches. Minnesota is essentially locked in to the seventh seed in the Western Conference without […]

The Dallas Mavericks are in the nation’s capital to take on the Washington Wizards Friday night, in a matchup of teams heading in separate directions as the regular season comes to a close. Luka Doncic and the surging Mavericks are gearing up for a playoff run, while the Wizards have already been eliminated from postseason […]

The Los Angeles Lakers upgraded the status of both LeBron James and Anthony Davis to “questionable” for Friday’s crucial rematch with the New Orleans Pelicans at Crypto.com Arena. LeBron has missed the past two games since spraining his left ankle in the team’s prior matchup with the Pelicans on Sunday. LeBron said afterward his ankle […]

Friday is April Fools’ Day, meaning the internet is a dangerous place because of all the pranks out there. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James got in on the fun, tweeting that he’s done for the season. That LeBron is such a joker: I’m out for the season officially. 🤦🏾‍♂️. See y’all in the fall. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are set to face the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Blazers-Spurs prediction and pick. The Trail Blazers’ season didn’t go exactly how they envisioned it going. Instead of contending for the playoffs, Portland is fighting for one of the […]

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors showed early in the season that they are a force to be reckoned with. But the season is a marathon, not a sprint. The Dubs have been slowly limping down the rest of the season following a very strong start. Curry’s left foot injury has been a reason […]

Russell Westbrook labeled the Los Angeles Lakers’ previous matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans as a “must-win.” Frank Vogel acknowledged that, instead of treating last Sunday’s affair at the Smoothie King Center like any other game, the Lakers internally discussed its Play-In implications. The Lakers blew a 23-point lead in that loss. LeBron James sprained […]

The end of the 2021-22 NBA regular season is just over a week away, and Ben Simmons has still not yet made his debut with the Brooklyn Nets. Simmons is recovering from a nagging back injury that has delayed his debut with his new team after his trade from the Philadelphia 76ers. However, while it […]

The Detroit Pistons will face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Pistons-Thunder prediction and pick. Unfortunately for both of these teams, neither has much at stake in this game. The Pistons are fighting for the worst record in the NBA instead of a […]

In an interconference matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, both teams are entering play with exhilarating overtime finishes within the last 24 hours. This contest should be a dandy to say the least, as both squads will look to avoid feeling fatigued in the final minutes with the Clippers […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were expected to be fighting for a title this season. With six regular-season games left, they are instead fighting for a spot in the play-in tournament. They are tied in record with the San Antonio Spurs and would miss the playoffs entirely if the season ended. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SSn0BoMA9iXWwwHeQpYKh?si=b6d7bb1e40e94a9f Russell Westbrook has been […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the front runners in the NBA regular season MVP race. Giannis, along with Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic, is one of the most discussed candidates for the award. Despite his dominating performance in recent years, former NBA player and current ESPN analyst JJ Redick put other players […]

In August of 2021, Kyle Lowry left his longtime team, the Toronto Raptors, for the Miami Heat. He was a part of a sign-and-trade between the Heat and the Raptors in which Toronto received Goran Dragić and Precious Achiuwa. Less than a month later, Lowry wrote “For My Toronto Family,” one of the latest pieces […]

Welcome back to another edition of NBA basketball out in the wild, wild, west! On Friday night, the Sacramento Kings will remain in the Space City of Houston, Texas for a second straight game to square off with the Rockets. It’s time to take a look at our NBA odds series, where we will unveil our […]

The Brooklyn Nets are gearing up for a playoff run without one of its primary stars. Although Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will be ready, Ben Simmons won’t be. Although trading James Harden seemed to be the Nets’ only real choice, trading for Simmons proved to be costly. Durant, in an MVP-caliber season, will likely […]

To start things off, the top two teams in the Western Conference tip-off on Friday evening between the Phoenix Suns and the Memphis Grizzlies. As the playoffs draw nearer and nearer, both teams would surely love to come away with a win in an attempt to sustain momentum for postseason play. Let’s jump right into […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been downright awful since the All-Star break. Much of that has to do with injuries. All-Star center forward Anthony Davis has missed the last 18 games, while LeBron James has been in and out of the lineup with numerous injuries. The Lakers finally got a piece of good news, as […]

The New York Knicks doubling down on their 2020-21 core has backfired horribly. They nabbed Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier in free agency and brought back their key bench pieces in the hopes that it would work out. Now, Walker is away from the team and those three reserves they brought back have been disappointing. […]

The Golden State Warriors went on a scorching run to begin the 2021-22 campaign, and they sat at 41-13 just shy of two months ago. The Warriors challenged the league-best Phoenix Suns for a while, and even after that, it seemed as if they would cruise to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. […]

The Boston Celtics are prime candidates for this year’s NBA Finals title. The team is third in the Eastern Conference with a winning record of 47-30. If the playoffs started today, the third seed Celtics would take on the sixth seed Toronto Raptors. This is according to a regularly updated hypothetical bracket on the NBA’s […]

Regardless of whether he wins the award this year or not, Joel Embiid is the MVP for the Philadelphia 76ers franchise. But the man himself credits another All-Star for getting him to where he is today: Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors. Joel Embiid was candid in a recent appearance on The Old Man […]

Fresh off a four-game skid where they were all out of sorts, the Miami Heat have bounced back in a major way with back-t0-back wins. Most notably, the Heat just picked up a hard-fought road win against the scorching-hot Boston Celtics. For a moment things looked bleak for Miami after a verbal altercation between Jimmy […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have six games to go in the 2021-22 regular season after a disappointing loss to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. The defeat dropped the Sixers to 46-30, which is good for fourth place in a tight Eastern Conference. Even with so few games left, there are still multiple variations of how […]

Just when the Chicago Bulls need a big performance, DeMar DeRozan has stepped up. The veteran All-Star is having one of the best seasons of his career and leading the team’s resurgence. DeRozan’s latest masterpiece was a 50-point performance against the LA Clippers. He shot 17-26 from the field and made 14 of his 15 […]

The biggest play of the game that Giannis Antetokounmpo made against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night wasn’t from his usual bag of tricks. With his team down by three points, the Milwaukee Bucks star sized up Andre Drummond at the top of the key and rose up for a long-range bomb. While such an […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo was a man among boys on Thursday night. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar showed why he’s the defending champion and two-time MVP, much to the delight of Kyle Kuzma. The Washington Wizards forward just had to give it up to the Bucks star on Twitter. “This dude really a animal attack mode every single […]

We’re nearing the end of the NBA’s regular season. Sometimes it has felt like fans of the Brooklyn Nets have lived nine lives. But as we hurdle toward the home stretch, we got one game that’s certainly starting to feel like a rivalry matchup. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the defending champs, the Milwaukee Bucks, came to […]

In less than a month, Drake has gone on a spending spree that belittles what almost every sports card collector has amassed during their entire lives. The rapper’s initial purchase of Panini’s Flawless cases worth $200,000 was just the first and it seems he’s not going to stop anytime soon. And with an epic trio […]

The season hasn’t exactly gone according to plan for the Brooklyn Nets. But Kevin Durant isn’t bothered one bit. In a recent piece from The Ringer’s Logan Murdock, the Nets star spoke candidly on his changing perspective ever since making the move to the East Coast. Via The Ringer: “Before, I used to worry about […]

The Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks have had a bit of a rivalry building up over the last few years. The two teams have faced each other multiple times in the playoffs. While the Cs have had the Bucks’ number at the start, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s rise to the top has turned the tides over […]