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The Utah Jazz started the season in a great manner. The squad opened up with four routine wins, but its perfect start was stopped by the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. While the Jazz did not look good versus the Bulls, it is still a good start to the season. More or less, all key […]

The All-Star Game may just seem like one game where the 24 best players in the league showcase their talents in front of millions of fans. For the players, this achievement means a ton because they are able to receive certain financial incentives and further burnish their reputations. Since the regular season tipped nearly two […]

Almost two weeks into the regular season, the Portland Trail Blazers have been arguably the most volatile team in the NBA. At 3-2 following a pair of impressive double-digit victories over Western Conference playoff hopefuls, though, there’s plenty of reason for optimism in Rip City. Here are three overreactions for Portland based on its first […]

As the Sacramento Kings try to build, the team found a sensational connection between Tyrese Haliburton and Richaun Holmes. The young Kings team has been grinding game after game, having won by just below five points in their first three wins this season. While nothing seems to be consistent in the team’s offensive setup at […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Six minutes is the amount of time Golden State Warriors rookie Jonathan Kuminga played in his NBA debut. He was 1-of-4 from the field, and the first basket of his career was a three-pointer. Kuminga was active on defense as well. He earned the first steal of his career in those quick […]

Josh Giddey has been an early season revelation for the Oklahoma City Thunder. The rookie from Australia has started off strong, despite the perfectly normal expectation that his game may take a while to translate. Apparently, his game has translated quicker than expected in other ways as well. The Thunder star was seen charming some […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are out to a 5-1 start to the season after destroying the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night. The Warriors’ only defeat so far came at the hands of Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies in overtime. They’ve shown their depth without Klay Thompson, so the near future […]

Washington Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. is not even aware that his team just had its best start in 16 years. The double overtime win over the Boston Celtics on Saturday saw the Wizards matching its own rare season stat–a 5-1 start. To put this into context, Washington last achieved the said feat during […]

The Portland Trail Blazers and Charlotte Hornets will play in an inter-conference matchup on Sunday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Blazers-Hornets prediction and pick. The Blazers and Hornets have each started the season pretty well, with each side sitting above .500 heading into Sunday’s contest. The Hornets are 4-2 […]

The Utah Jazz and Milwaukee Bucks will play in an inter-conference matchup on Sunday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Jazz-Bucks prediction and pick. The Jazz and Bucks will meet on Sunday in what will be a matchup between two teams that hope to make deep runs in the 2022 […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have not opened the season in the best manner. After acquiring Jonas Valanciunas and Devonte Graham to improve the squad, they still cannot figure everything out. Their record is standing at 1-6, which is the worst in the Western Conference. A part of the reason for their misfortune is the absence […]

The Sacrament Kings and Dallas Mavericks will play in a Western Conference matchup on Sunday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Kings-Mavericks prediction and pick. The Kings and Mavericks have each gotten off to solid starts to the 2021-22 NBA season, as both teams sit with a 3-2 record through […]

The now-iconic tradition of LeBron James Halloween parties was joined by his Los Angeles Lakers teammates, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook. Superstars of the Lakers came correct, with some truly amazing costumes. As reported by Ballislife.com on Twitter, James came in dressed as Freddy Krueger from the legendary horror franchise A Nightmare On Elm Street. […]

San Francisco, CA – The Golden State Warriors took down the Oklahoma City Thunder for the second time this season. But one of the highlights of the postgame interviews was about the NBA rule change and Brooklyn Nets star James Harden. Draymond Green: "Can I say how satisfying it's been to watch the game of […]

Entering the 2021-22 NBA season, the consensus opinion was the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks were the overwhelming favorites to claim the Eastern Conference championship. Others put them on a separate tier from the rest of their competitors, but there is one proven team that has overwhelmingly contradicted that statement early in the season. Hello […]

Jonathan Amey Jr. is a familiar face to many members of the Golden State Warriors for the simple fact that he’s the security guard that greets them as they enter the facility. For one day, Amey was on the other side of the coin as a player trying to compete for a roster spot. The […]

There are few more dreaded days on the calendar for an NBA coach than an extended trip to Los Angeles. It doesn’t matter how good either team is at that moment in time, because the headache for coaches stems from the nightlife scene. To be clear, there are other NBA cities with great nightlife for […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost a heartbreaker to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night and dropped their second game of the season. Minnesota had its chances to send the game into overtime after they came up with a stop with less than 10 ticks remaining on the game clock. The Timberwolves got a running start in […]

It’s spooky SZN in the NBA, and you know what that means! Our favorite NBA players get to be kids for a day and dress up like children going trick-or-treating! Well, not quite: while many NBA players do put on a costume for Halloween, some take it a step further. Case in point: Los Angeles […]

Now that Kyrie Irving has made it publicly known that he has no plans of getting vaccinated and abiding by the state of New York’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, the Brooklyn Nets may have no other choice left but to trade the All-Star guard. In their quest to capture their first NBA title in franchise history, […]

After squeaking by the Orlando Magic thanks in part to a heads up defensive play by Gary Trent Jr. at the buzzer Friday night, the Toronto Raptors found themselves in another tight one (after letting another late lead slip) against the Indiana Pacers on the second night of a back-to-back. This time, the heroics came […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is being patient about the progress of Jordan Poole. Pressure could be mounting on Jordan Poole as he is now given bigger responsibilities in his third year with the Warriors. As expected, there are still a lot of room for improvement as the 22-year-old is still learning his […]

The Washington Wizards are 5-1. They just toppled the Boston Celtics in a double overtime thriller, 115-112, and are off to their best start since the 2014-15 season. With the win, Washington is tied with the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks for the best record in the Eastern Conference. If we’re being honest, […]

Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine played well during Saturday’s win over the Utah Jazz, but head coach Billy Donovan still couldn’t help but worry about his superstar. LaVine recorded 26 points on top of five rebounds and five assists to help lead the Bulls to a 107-99 win over the then-undefeated Jazz. He also shot […]

The Boston Celtics are doing… uh, not great this season. They dropped to 2 – 4 this season after losing yet ANOTHER double overtime game, this time against the Washington Wizards. It’s been a tumultuous season that involved ugly blowouts, close wins against bottom-feeding teams, and getting booed in their home stadium. Things are certainly […]

Draymond Green exploded for a near triple-double against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, and the Golden State Warriors have the Michigan State Spartans to thank for that. Apparently, watching his alma mater’s football team destroy the Michigan Wolverines to stay undefeated and improve to 8-0 in the current college football season motivated Green even […]

In the first season of Buddy Hield, he was traded right away to the Sacramento Kings where has spent majority of his career. It has been a tumultuous ride for Hield as there are games where he would convert over six three-point shots, then there are instances wherein head coach Luke Walton would limit his […]

Klay Thompson sent a message to Draymond Green before his classic Game 6 performance, propelling the Golden State Warriors to ultimately come back from a 3-1 deficit against Kevin Durant and the Thunder in the 2016 West Finals. Everybody knows that when it’s Game 6, for some reason, Klay Thompson always delivers. In an interview […]

Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma knows there’s no other way to say or sugarcoat it: Boston Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown “f***ed” him at one play during their Saturday showdown. For those who were not able to watch the contest, Brown had Kuzma spinning with a well-timed eurostep in the closing seconds of the second quarter. […]

The Washington Wizards just can’t lose. In a game that felt like a defeat waiting to happen, D.C. pulled off a massive victory over the Boston Celtics to go 5-1. Bradley Beal was beyond ecstatic after the contest, sending a message during the postgame presser that Wizards fans will eat up. Via NBC Sports’ Chase […]

Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso is arguably one of the most unassuming guys ever in the NBA. He’s not just deceptively athletic. He is truly an explosive athlete who is very much capable of embarrassing defenders at the rim, as Utah Jazz rim-protectin’ monster Rudy Gobert found out Saturday night. pic.twitter.com/7mCD0w5QOE — Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) […]

The Miami Heat’s defense has been very good so far this season. How good, you ask? The team’s defensive rating, entering their Saturday game against the Memphis Grizzlies, was 94.0, which is a mark that hasn’t been done over a full season in the three-point era, stretching back over 40 years. The Heat have a […]

Celtics executive Brad Stevens gets brutally honest regarding the team’s recent struggles, especially for Marcus Smart. The Boston Celtics dropped back-to-back games against the Washington Wizards. In one game, Smart shot 14.3% from the field, making one out of seven. The team has had a difficult start to the season, currently placed at 12th in […]

The Miami Heat are on a roll, and they have just extended their unbeaten run to four games with a 129-103 road win over the Memphis Grizzlies, but that pales in comparison to Udonis Haslem’s own streak of seasons played for a single team. Haslem is now in an exclusive club that also includes Hall […]

The Denver Nuggets were told that despite hurting his knee earlier this week, Nikola Jokic is healthy enough to join the team. Halloween came early for the Nuggets after star big man Nikola Jokic hurt his knee in a scary collision with Jazz center Rudy Gobert in Denver’s 110-122 loss to Utah on Tuesday. As […]

RJ Barrett’s career night put him amongst some elite company. In the New York Knicks’ 123-117 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, Barrett showed out in front of his college teammate, Zion Williamson, posting a career-high 35 points, eight rebounds, six assists and six 3-pointers. According to Tommy Beer of Forbes, the only other players […]

Over the last two seasons, the Dallas Mavericks were ousted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. One glaring weakness of the franchise was their difficulty of finding a secondary ball handler and shot creator that could complement their budding superstar Luka Doncic. Defenses would focus on containing him […]

The Washington Wizards are off to a 5-1 start to the season. Young forward Rui Hachimura has not been a part of the fun, though, as he has been away from the team due to personal reasons since September. Reporter Quinton Mayo provided an update on Hachimura’s status. Sources told Mayo that the former Gonzaga […]

The Detroit Pistons and the rest of Motor City had to wait for some time, but it’s certainly worth it. No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham finally made his official NBA debut on Saturday against the Orlando Magic, and in the process banked his first professional basket. Cunningham didn’t have the best start to say […]