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Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis suffered a knee contusion during Friday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Fortunately, it’s reportedly not as serious as it seems. Davis sustained the injury in the third quarter after he got rolled up on the knee by a falling Jaden McDaniels. The Timberwolves youngster got pushed by LeBron James, […]

Anthony Davis had virtually every type of bad luck happen to him in the Los Angeles Lakers’ matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. Davis failed to finish the game, heading to the locker room twice, due to a knee contusion. Adding insult to injury, this use of brute force by Karl-Anthony Towns put […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were already depleted when they entered the Target Center on Friday night to face the Minnesota Timberwolves. Five players were in COVID-19 health and safety protocols, and Trevor Ariza — while questionable and dressing — remained out with his ankle injury. Things got worse during the 48 minutes of action. Anthony […]

When the COVID-19 vaccine was made available, things started to seem normal in the NBA again. That’s until the most recent rise of COVID-19 cases hit teams–including the Golden State Warriors–all across the league. On Friday morning, Warriors guard Jordan Poole entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols. It caused him to miss their game […]

Anthony Davis was forced to exit the Los Angeles Lakers’ Friday night game against the Minnesota Timberwolves for the second time due to what the team diagnosed as knee contusion. Davis sustained the injury in the third quarter of the contest after Jaden McDaniels rolled on his ankle while falling. It was so bad the […]

Isaiah Thomas has had an eventful return to the court after a nearly eight-month-long absence from the NBA as a free agent. Now that he is off of his couch and onto the Los Angeles Lakers, he is making use of the time away from home and is trying to help the Lakers win games. […]

In his first time back in the NBA since he was on a ten-day contract last year for the New Orleans Pelicans, Isaiah Thomas got in the game on Friday for the Lakers. It was a road game for the Lake-Show, so he was greeted by Minnesota Timberwolves fans, instead. The greeting he got, though, […]

Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis just couldn’t catch a break in Friday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. After suffering an ankle injury in the first quarter of the contest, he once again sustained another injury in the third quarter. According to Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times, the Lakers big man got […]

Steve Kerr guided the Golden State Warriors to yet another win this 2021-22 season, with Stephen Curry and Co. taking down the Boston Celtics on Friday. In the process, Kerr got his 400th win as Dubs coach. As the Warriors noted on Twitter, Kerr is only the third coach in franchise history to reach the […]

The Houston Rockets are just 9-20 so far on the 2021 NBA season and seem to be going nowhere despite some recent surprising wins. The Rockets are equally as bad at home, on the road, on offense, and on defense and most of that is due to young players getting playing time. The Rockets do, […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis was forced to exit Friday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after sustaining what appears to be an ankle injury. Late in the first quarter of the contest, Davis drove to the basket and fell after some scramble downlow. He appears to trip from the fallen Naz Reid, which is […]

On Tuesday, Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry solidified himself as the greatest shooter to ever walk on the planet after he officially passed Ray Allen for first all-time in made 3-pointers with 2,974 in the opening quarter against the Knicks. That number climbed to 2,982 on Friday night after Steph dropped a 30-piece in […]

The Atlanta Hawks might’ve fallen to under .500 on Friday night in a loss to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, but superstar Trae Young reached quite an impressive feat in the process. After dropping 34 points and dishing out 10 dimes, Trae officially hit 100 double-doubles in his NBA career: 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career double-doubles for […]

Isaiah Thomas is back to the NBA after signing a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, and sure enough, he is ready to make the most of his new opportunity. Speaking to the media on Friday ahead of the Lakers’ showdown with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thomas opened up about the events leading to his […]

Ja Morant has missed the last 10 games for the Memphis Grizzlies. The 22-year-old was placed in the league’s health and safety protocols while he was on the road to recovery from a knee injury. Right now, though, it sounds like the Grizzlies will get their star point guard back sooner rather than later. According […]

The Utah Jazz improved into one of the best teams in the league last season. They have carried that level of dominance over to this season so far, posting a 20-7 record. Donovan Mitchell spearheads the NBA’s best offense and remains one of the league’s better shooting guards while Utah posts a top-five defense and […]

Isaiah Thomas is running it back with LeBron James after the Los Angeles Lakers sent several players into the NBA’s health and safety protocols. After balling out in the G-League, Thomas received a 10-day contract from Los Angeles to help them replace some of their key players. One of the players Thomas was seemingly going […]

It was reported on Thursday that Klay Thompson will no longer be able to make his much-awaited debut for the Golden State Warriors before Christmas. On Friday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski revealed that the Dubs are now targeting January as a potential return date for their All-Star shooting guard. It doesn’t sound like Thompson aggravated his […]

During the second quarter of Friday’s Orlando Magic vs. Miami Heat game, Magic big man Wendell Carter Jr suffered an apparent knee injury and needed a wheelchair to leave the court. Wendell Carter suffered an apparent knee injury and needed a wheelchair to get to the Magic locker room. Prayers up for Wendell  🙏🏽pic.twitter.com/ximcZUBeem — […]

Reports of players across the NBA dealing with COVID-19 have quickly surfaced. It seems every hour, another player enters the health and safety protocols. COVID-19 has impacted many teams this season, and it’s finally made its way to the Golden State Warriors. Early Friday morning, the team announced that Jordan Poole would not be available […]

There hasn’t been too much news on the Ben Simmons trade front of late with the Philadelphia 76ers still in the midst of a prolonged standoff with their want-away star. At this point, however, the Houston Rockets have emerged as the latest team to be linked to Simmons’ looming exit from the Sixers. Simmons, however, […]

With the number of COVID-19 cases in the NBA growing by the day, teams are looking all over to find stopgaps for their rosters. Several ex-NBA players could see themselves back in the league as injury replacements. One such player could be Jamal Crawford. Despite being 41 years old, Crawford is a well-respected veteran and the […]

Dennis Schroder’s name has been thrown in trade rumors once again, and according to latest reports, the odds are increasing that the Boston Celtics will part ways with him. As reported by NBA insider Marc Stein, Schroder is the likeliest trade candidate for the Celtics. While there have been recent rumors of the team moving […]

Did you feel the earth just tremble? On Friday we got a monster update on the Brooklyn Nets. It has been reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic that Kyrie Irving is ramping up for a return to the basketball court. Just in: All-NBA star Kyrie Irving has started process to return to the Brooklyn […]

As they face a wave of COVID-19 cases and injuries throughout the locker room, the Brooklyn Nets are turning to an old friend. The Nets are bringing back Kyrie Irving in an arrangement that will allow him to play only in away games, as Irving still is not eligible to play or practice in New […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed two-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas in the wake of Avery Bradley, Malik Monk, Talen Horton-Tucker, Dwight Howard — and now Austin Reaves — entering the NBA’s health and safety protocols (Russell Westbrook cleared protocols on Friday). Thomas will be added via the “hardship exception” — which allows teams to sign […]

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are set to return to action for the first time since the GOAT shooter set the all-time three-point record on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. The Dubs take on the Celtics in Boston on Friday night and before the game, Curry was treated by a local restaurant to […]

Over the last couple of months, there have been numerous reports on when Klay Thompson will return to the Golden State Warriors. While he was hoping to suit up around Christmas time, it appears that Klay and the Dubs have targeted a few different dates in January as his possible season debut. Via Adrian Wojnarowski […]

After breaking Ray Allen’s record for the most 3-pointers in NBA history, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry just has the perfect idea to commemorate it. On Friday, Curry announced on Twitter that he has partnered with two artists in Floyd Norman and Andrea McDonald. Norman is Disney’s first Black animator, while McDonald is a […]

The hits keep coming for the Los Angeles Lakers. On Friday afternoon, Austin Reaves became the latest Lakers player to enter health and safety protocols, hours before the team’s scheduled game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center. Reaves joins Malik Monk, Dwight Howard, Talen Horton-Tucker, and Avery Bradley in COVID-19 protocols. Russell Westbrook […]

There has been a lot of activity within and around the NBA on Thursday with the league seemingly on the brink of a full-blown COVID-19 outbreak. The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the hardest-hit teams, with LA losing a handful of players due to the league’s health and safety protocols. In a surprising […]

NFL free agent running back Frank Gore remains confident in his celebrity boxing match with ex-NBA point guard Deron Williams, but he did admit the nerves are hitting him ahead of their bout. Gore and Williams are set to meet in the boxing ring on Saturday as part of the undercard for the Jake Paul-Tyron […]

The Sacramento Kings’ COVID-19 outbreak continues to get worse. After canceling practice on Thursday and seeing several of its player enter the league’s health and safety protocols, the team suffered another blow with Davion Mitchell joining the list. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Kings rookie has been ruled out for Friday’s game against […]

In what could be considered as a rather shocking turn of events, it is now being reported that Kyrie Irving is taking the necessary steps to make his season debut for the Brooklyn Nets. A target date has not yet been set, but it is abundantly clear that the All-Star point guard is going to […]

Being a sports memorabilia collector used to be hard. To get the coolest stuff, you’d have to make weekly trips to your local stores, pour over auction catalogs, make tons of phone calls, and, if you were lucky, attend memorabilia conventions that came to town. But that’s not the case anymore. Like everything else in […]

Twenty years ago the only “smart” devices people had were computers. And even they weren’t that smart. You may find this hard to believe, but back then you actually had to plug computers into a little box just to get Internet. Crazy, right? Thankfully, those primitive times are long gone. Nowadays pretty much everything is […]

The Charlotte Hornets will take on the Portland Trail Blazers in an interconference showdown. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Hornets-Blazers prediction and pick for Friday night’s game in Porrtland. The Hornets enter this game as the sixth seed in the East. Charlotte has earned that spot thanks to a […]

Trevor Ariza is available to play for the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time this season. Unfortunately for the veteran swingman and his team, though, Ariza’s status is more a reflection of the Lakers’ increasingly dire COVID-19 straits than his readiness to re-debut in purple and gold. The Lakers upgraded Ariza to questionable for […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will, in fact, have Russell Westbrook available to face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night, as Westbrook has cleared the NBA’s health and safety protocols. On Thursday, Westbrook and Avery Bradley joined their Lakers teammates Dwight Howard, Talen Horton-Tucker, and Malik Monk in COVID-19 protocols. However, Westbrook has already been released […]