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After days of rumors, the Portland Trail Blazers have made it official: Chauncey Billups is now Damian Lillard’s new head coach. Some fans are already celebrating, especially those familiar with Billups as a player and as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. However, this hiring did not just push through without a slew […]

Damian Lillard has been pretty heated on Twitter lately. The Portland Trail Blazers guard has faced some backlash over his support of his team’s new head coach Chauncey Billups. Billups was previously slapped with rape allegations during his early playing days, which were eventually settled out of court. A handful of Blazers fans gave him […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetotokounmpo was dumbfounded after watching Khris Middleton erupt to lead their team to an impressive road win against the Atlanta Hawks. The two-time MVP was nothing short of impressed after Middleton took over in the fourth quarter and basically put the entire franchise on his shoulders with a 20-point explosion in […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton have bee together with the Milwaukee Bucks for eight seasons now, and through the years, they have developed a bond that transcends more than just being teammates. With that said, Giannis admitted that the day Middleton retires would be the one of the saddest and most heartbreaking days of his […]

Damian Lillard has officially entered the trade rumor mill after a series of tweets that suggested he wants out from the Portland Trail Blazers. Even before the tweets, some believe that Lillard deserves to be somewhere else. After all, Lillard has led the Blazers to eight consecutive playoff appearances. However, five of these trips resulted […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young sustained an ankle injury in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals showdown with the Milwaukee Bucks, and he was obviously bothered by it for the rest of the game. Young picked up the injury in the closing seconds of the third quarter after he accidentally stepped on the foot […]

Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal have had a longstanding love-hate relationship. The two Hall of Famers are constantly trading jabs at each other, and Chuck just dropped another one on Shaq during halftime of Bucks-Hawks Game 3. Catch Charles Barkley try to make a point on Shaq, but then subtly slip in a nasty dig: […]

Is Damian Lillard actually headed to Texas to join Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks next season? Well, if there’s a front office that could pull off such a bold move, then it’ll probably be Mark Cuban’s. The Portland Trail Blazers star has been going through a rough patch as of late with the team […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is called the Greek Freak for a multitude of reasons, and the Milwaukee Bucks star showed one of those in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Atlanta Hawks. The Bucks took a 2-1 lead against the Hawks behind Antetokounmpo’s sensational performance, recording 33 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, two […]

Milwaukee Bucks swingman Khris Middleton had another historic performance to lead his team to a huge Game 3 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Middleton put on a show in the game’s final 12 minutes as he scored 20 of his game-high of 38 points to help Milwaukee steal the 113-102 road win behind the 29-year-old’s […]

Chauncey Billups has reportedly reached an agreement with the Portland Trail Blazers to be the team’s next head coach, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Per Woj, the contract is four five years with a team option for the fifth year. No financial details were disclosed, but the figures are expected to come out soon […]

PJ Tucker has made a ton of threes throughout his 10-year NBA career. The Milwaukee Bucks forward has 105 playoff triples to his name through 63 postseason contests, but probably none as fortuitous as this last one. With just Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young on him, Giannis Antetokounmpo called for the alley-oop lob as he […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is not a good free-throw shooter, and Atlanta Hawks fans are making sure to remind him of that and make fun of it whenever they can. Late in the second quarter of the Eastern Conference Finals Game 2, Giannis took a trip to the charity stripe for a chance to […]

Trae Young has been everything for the Atlanta Hawks. That’s why it was a scary scene when the star guard hurt his ankle after making contact with NBA official Sean Wright. Watch the Hawks star ever so slightly step on the referee’s foot when he was about to make a move: Trae Young heads to […]

The Phoenix Suns have built a great roster and have made a deep playoff run thus far. They are led by guards Devin Booker and Chris Paul who were both All-Stars this season. The Suns have done a great job in surrounding these guards with players that fit well. They have surrounded those guards with […]

The Atlanta Hawks have built a great young core and have had a great season thus far. They have shocked the NBA world by making it all the way to the Eastern Conference finals. While no one predicted it, the Hawks have a shot at making the NBA Finals. The 2021 NBA draft will enable […]

Kristaps Porzingis’ $50,000 fine during the Dallas Mavericks’ playoff series with the Los Angeles Clippers didn’t become a big issue and quickly faded away amid the intensity of the postseason. Apparently, however, Luka Doncic was not happy at all with what his Mavs teammate did. According to Mike Fisher of Sports Illustrated, Doncic did not […]

The Memphis Grizzlies made a nice run in the latter portion of the season and made the Western Conference playoffs after winning the play-in tournament. Memphis is a young, talented team that is still learning to play together. They don’t have many players leaving for free agency and could free up to $13 million if […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are down 3-1 in the Western Conference Finals against the Phoenix Suns, but they are not losing hope. Besides, they have a coach in Ty Lue who knows what it takes to come back from such massive deficit. Lue is in familiar territory as he tries to erase another 3-1 lead, […]

The Phoenix Suns are just one win away from the NBA Finals, and Devin Booker knows how special the moment is for his veteran teammate Chris Paul. After the Suns took a 3-1 lead against the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference Finals, Booker spoke about the fact that it is just CP3’s second […]

Devin Booker has nothing but praises for his Phoenix Suns teammate Deandre Ayton, who stepped up big time for the team in their Game 4 victory against the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference Finals. Ayton put up 19 points and 22 boards in the contest, all while recording three assists, one steal and […]

Damian Lillard has been blamed for the Portland Trail Blazers’ hiring of Chauncey Billups, with many criticizing the decision due to Billups’ rape allegations in the past. However, there is no truth at all to reports claiming he endorsed the former NBA guard. When the Blazers suffered another disappointing playoffs exit and fired Terry Stotts […]

The situation regarding the Portland Trail Blazers continues to increase by the day. After the Blazers announced they are going to hire Chauncey Billups as their next head coach, they faced much criticism. Now, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Damian Lillard could potentially force his way out of Portland. “The enormous backlash from […]

The Atlanta Hawks travel back to State Farm Arena on Sunday night, looking to rebound from a beatdown in Game 2 from the  Milwaukee Bucks. It’s time to continue our NBA Playoffs odds series and make a Hawks-Bucks prediction and pick for Game 3. The Bucks hold an overall record of 9-4 in the postseason but are […]

Notwithstanding the way they performed in the playoffs, Tom Thibodeau and the New York Knicks are still among the best stories of the 2020-21 NBA season. Now, the Knicks look to build on their recent success, as they plan to address some roster issues to sustain their momentum going forward. One of the items on […]

The Atlanta Hawks are arguably the biggest surprise of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. They have gone way further in the postseason than even what most of their fans projected the team to reach before the start of the 2020-21 NBA season. After upsetting the New York Knicks in the first round and making Ben Simmons’ […]

The San Antonio Spurs are coming off a disappointing season that resulted in just barely missing out on the postseason. Gregg Popovich’s squad lost in the play-in tournament to the Grizzlies, who eventually clinched the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. While the Western Conference will likely continue to be loaded with stiff competition, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers fell to the Phoenix Suns in Game 4 by just a slim margin, an outcome that could have been changed by a blown call in the game’s dying seconds. The Suns owned possession and a one-point lead with under 10 seconds left to play when guard Cameron Payne made a move […]

With the Los Angeles Lakers looking to do a serious roster overhaul this summer, it can definitely be expected for them to be busy during the 2021 NBA Draft. Currently holding the no. 22 pick in this year’s draft, the Lakers will look to add some young talent to this veteran Lakers squad. With a […]

Paul George, Ty Lue, and the Los Angeles Clippers’ backs are officially against the wall once again. After overcoming an 0-2 deficit against both the Dallas Mavericks and the Utah Jazz, the Clippers also started their series against the Phoenix Suns down 0-2 as well. The only difference is they’ll now face a daunting 3-1 […]

Led by 2020-21 NBA Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball, the Charlotte Hornets turned into one of the most must-watch teams in the league this past season. The Hornets were in the thick of the playoff race for much of the year, but just came up short in the end after they lost in the […]

Gervonta Davis took the WBA Superlightweight Championship belt from Mario Barrios in their epic boxing match on Sunday in Atlanta, and his performance was nothing short of spectacular as the likes of Kevin Durant, Ja Morant and other NBA stars were left in awe of his display of speed and power. Davis won the fight […]

Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul doesn’t want to be reminded of 3-1 leads. After all, he knows very well that no lead is safe in the NBA. Devin Booker, Paul, Deandre Ayton and the rest of the Phoenix roster put the team one win away from an NBA Finals appearance with a narrow 84-80 victory […]

The Los Angeles Clippers fell short in Game 4, and nobody’s more disappointed than their team owner Steve Ballmer. With the Clippers down three points with just a shade over six seconds remaining, Paul George had two free throws to potentially inch LA closer to overtime. Unfortunately, PG was a little short on the attempt, […]

Deandre Ayton has been sensational for the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 NBA playoffs so far, and Chris Paul sure hopes the franchise knows what to do to reward the big man. After the Suns took a 3-1 lead against the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference Finals on Saturday, Paul acknowledged the massive […]

Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker fouled out late in Game 4 of their Western Conference Finals series against the Los Angeles Clippers. However, it seems former NBA coach and current sports commentator Mark Jackson was not paying attention. Booker got his sixth personal foul in the game after a foul call on Patrick Beverley was […]

Game 4 between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Clippers got rather testy, to say the least. The Suns emerged victorious in an extremely gritty, low-scoring affair, 84-80. There was certainly no love lost between Clippers’ Paul George and Suns’ Devin Booker. They went at it for virtually the entire game, including some extra […]

If you still don’t know by know, PJ Tucker is the main man when it comes to the freshest pairs of kicks in and around the NBA. So much so, that even Milwaukee Bucks teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo is left in awe by Tucker’s insane shoe game. As the pair boarded their flight to Atlanta to […]

Montrezl Harrell has always been a vocal figure, whether it be on the playing court or on social media. The Los Angeles Lakers big man isn’t afraid to express himself, even when it comes to his personal struggles. Harrell voiced out some of his emotions of late, revealing he isn’t expressive just to get kind […]