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MIAMI – After a great performance from Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler to lead them past the Philadelphia 76ers Monday night, 106-89, they were missing point guard Terry Rozier due to foot discomfort. Still, the Heat would get a crucial victory over the 76ers, but the concern now is if Rozier’s injury is serious, but […]

Last year, one of the highlights of NBA All-Star weekend was the three-point contest between Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry and New York Liberty WNBA All-Star Sabrina Ionescu. Curry ultimately came away with a narrow victory in what was one of the most highly anticipated events of the weekend, and now, it […]

The NBA’s new All-Star Game format seems to be more than just a hypothetical plan for the future. It seems the league is set to move forward with the tournament-style All-Star Game and implement it starting in the 2024-25 season, per Shams Charania. Two semifinal games will be played by four teams with the winner […]

A home game vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder represented Mitch Johnson’s 10th game as the San Antonio Spurs acting head coach. Some of these contests have featured fantastic individual performances, like Victor Wembanyama’s 50-point outburst, and blowouts against good teams, like a 20-point showing against the Sacramento Kings. Perhaps though, none were as satisfying as […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks will be without Luka Doncic for at least the next week due to a wrist injury. The Mavs will need players to step up around Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson. One player who has made an immense impact throughout the season is Daniel Gafford, as the veteran center is currently […]

DALLAS — It was revealed on Thursday that Luka Doncic suffered a right wrist sprain. He sustained the injury during the Dallas Mavericks’ 132-91 victory against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. He will be re-evaluated in a week, meaning he will not play during the Mavericks’ upcoming three-game road trip. Kyrie Irving and […]

Despite the Orlando Magic’s six-game win streak ending with a 104-93 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, Anthony Black continues to impress during his extended role off the bench. In his second season, Black has embraced the challenges of his “learning process” with the second unit, showing flashes of brilliance while navigating […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are “moving and grooving” even while Ja Morant and Zach Edey watch from the sidelines thanks to some humble leadership from head coach Taylor Jenkins. Desmond Bane was boasting about the best coach in franchise history after an emotional, down-to-the-wire victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Jenkins took over the top spot in […]

The Brooklyn Nets had an eye on the 2025 draft class when they traded Mikal Bridges and pivoted to a rebuild this summer. Two of the nation’s top prospects are in their backyard. Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper, the projected No. 2 and 3 players in the 2025 class, took the floor for Rutgers on […]

The Boston Celtics are the reigning NBA champions, which means they get to visit the White House. Ahead of their visit, Jayson Tatum spoke about the opportunity, and he looks to be excited about it. “​​I think it’ll be cool,” star forward Jayson Tatum said in an interview with The Athletic. “One of the perks […]

Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein debuted at the Paycom Center on Wednesday, giving his team a significant boost off the bench during their 109-99 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Hartenstein fractured his left hand during the preseason, forcing him to miss the first 15 games of the regular season. He finished with 13 […]

Changes are likely coming to NBA All-Star Weekend. Recent reports suggested that the NBA has been discussing possibly changing the format of the 2025 All-Star Game to a new tournament style that would consist of four different teams. Now, it appears as if this tournament-style All-Star Game is nearing finalization with new details. With the […]

When the New Orleans Pelicans traded for Antonio Reeves on draft night, they were taking a chance on a 24-year old guard who would be the last in a long line of John Calipari-coached Kentucky guards to make it to the NBA. But they may not have expected the rookie to make history so soon. […]

When LeBron James announced he would take a break from social media, it sparked questions, but it sparked some criticism from Stephen A Smith. The ESPN First Take host spoke Thursday morning and slammed James for his comments that had no substance. “You’ve got a lot of people out there that literally will pass gas […]

DALLAS — Klay Thompson has enjoyed some big games to begin his Dallas Mavericks career. He has also endured some forgettable performances, though. Thompson is still trying to find consistency with his new team. Thompson scored 19 points on 6-15 shooting from the field and 5-9 shooting from beyond the arc in the Mavs’ 132-91 […]

The Toronto Raptors have been very entertaining to start the 2024-25 season regardless of what their 3-12 record may show. It’s quite a testament to their young core that they’ve been semi-competitive despite missing the services of star player Scottie Barnes for the past 11 games. The good news is that Barnes appears to be […]

The New York Knicks’ hire of assistant coach Rick Brunson in June of 2022 raised eyebrows at the time. And as of November 2024, the addition is still making headlines. SNY’s Ian Begley reported that the NBA was investigating the timing of the Knicks’ promotion of Brunson. The promotion occurred this offseason when associate head […]

Longtime NBA coach and broadcaster Hubie Brown, 91, plans to retire from television after the NBA season, according to ESPN president Burke Magnus. Magnus said on ‘SI Media with Jimmy Traina’ that the current season would be Brown’s last broadcasting games for ESPN, with which he has been for more than 20 years. “We are […]

The Philadelphia 76ers’ team meeting following their loss to the Miami Heat was leaked to the media shortly thereafter, sparking a wave of controversy and putting even more pressure on the team. After assembling a Big 3 of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George this offseason, the Sixers have had as bad of a […]

It’s safe to say that through fourteen games, the 2024-25 season could not have gotten off to a worse start for the Philadelphia 76ers. After signing Paul George in the offseason, there was optimism in the City of Brotherly Love that after years of processing, this could finally be the season that the 76ers got […]

The Golden State Warriors have been rolling this season and have the best record in the Western Conference. One of the reasons for the improved play this season is limiting the turnovers, an area where they’ve struggled in the Stephen Curry era. Draymond Green has been conscious of limiting his turnovers, and he mentioned that […]

Michael Jordan is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time and many expected that his two sons would follow in his footsteps. While both of them tried their luck, in the end, neither pursued a career in professional basketball despite Jordan being an owner of an NBA team. But why? […]

The Memphis Grizzlies, like all the other teams in the NBA, are experiencing considerable injury problems. For the past two weeks, the Grizzlies have been without star point guard Ja Morant, as he has had to miss time due to multiple hip injuries and is considered week-to-week as a result. Morant, however, has been teasing […]

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic is expected to miss some time with a wrist injury, according to NBA insider Marc Stein. While it is unknown when exactly this injury occurred, there doesn’t appear to be a clear timeline for when Doncic could be ready to return to the court for the Mavericks. The early expectation, […]

Assessing his team’s defensive effort in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 122-106 win against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night, Doc Rivers singled one player out. No, not two-time Defensive Player of the Year Giannis Antetokounmpo. Or Brook Lopez, who’s second in the NBA in blocks per game. “I thought he did the best job of any […]

In the aftermath of ESPN and TNT’s agreement to air the uber-popular ‘Inside the NBA’ show on ESPN, popular podcaster Bill Simmons has some questions about this deal. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the parent company of TNT Sports, failed to retain the right to air NBA games in the league’s next television deal, which begins […]

The Denver Nuggets had a questionable start to the 2024-2025 NBA season. But with three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic playing his best basketball, the Nuggets are slowly getting their season under control. Unfortunately, that doesn’t take away the biggest disappointment for the Nuggets this season, which has been the shooting struggles of NBA champion Jamal […]

In January of last season, Chicago Bulls PF Patrick Williams had to miss some time because of pain in his left foot. He was sidelined for about a month before the team realized he would need season-ending surgery. Williams spent the offseason working to be able to get back for this season, but he is […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are still going through their disappointing season, and their team meeting is the latest thing that has had people talking. In the meeting, Tyrese Maxey reportedly called out Joel Embiid for being late to activities and how it’s affecting the team. Patrick Beverley, a former teammate of both Maxey and Embiid, spoke […]

Behind an effort in which Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane combined for 46 points and 14 rebounds, the Memphis Grizzlies improved to 9-7 on Wednesday night with a 117-111 win over the reeling Philadelphia 76ers, keeping pace with the rest of the Western Conference which currently boasts 11 teams with winning records. Grizzlies head […]

The Philadelphia 76ers find themselves in a similar situation after losing to the Memphis Grizzlies: Paul George hyperextended his left knee and his availability going forward is uncertain. George hurt his knee going for a rebound in the Sixers’ 117-111 loss. Nick Nurse said that he will be evaluated soon and that he was close […]

Former NBA player Steve Hayes, arguably the best basketball player born and raised in Idaho, was ecstatic to join the National Basketball Retired Players Association community for three days at the 2023 Legends Getaway event in Las Vegas before heading off for a vacation in Montana. The 7-foot center, who once stepped foot on the […]

Welp, there’s no way two ways about it: the Philadelphia 76ers are a bad, bad basketball team. Now sure, there are plenty of reasons why the team is having issues, as they just can’t seem to get all three of their max players on the court at the same time. Joel Embiid and Paul George […]

The leaked contents of a Philadelphia 76ers’ team meeting provided a backdrop for the brutal start they’ve had to the 2024-25 season. Joel Embiid getting called out by Tyrese Maxey for being late and the general discontent of the team made for a huge story. Embiid was not at all happy that the contents of […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes has made the playoffs in five of his 12 full seasons in the NBA, including two trips to the Finals, a championship and a berth two years ago. At 32 years old, the former Golden State Warrior, Dallas Maverick and Sacramento King is an old man on a Spurs […]

The Golden State Warriors cruised past the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, 120-97, as Andrew Wiggins paced the team with 27 points and Stephen Curry poured in 23. Their balanced attack and reliance on depth have made them a potent team this year, despite Klay Thompson’s offseason departure. Meanwhile, Draymond Green nearly had what Charles Barkley […]

The New York Knicks may not have hit the ground running like many envisioned they would following their blockbuster offseason acquisitions of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, but they are starting to put it together. On Wednesday night, the star tandem of Towns and Jalen Brunson at the Knicks’ point of attack was firing on […]

The Golden State Warriors may have been met with some unfortunate news regarding De’Anthony Melton and his season-ending surgery to repair his injured ACL but they still managed to pull out a dominant 120-97 win over the Atlanta Hawks at home on Wednesday night. The Dubs continue to click, as a unit, and tonight, it […]

A 5-game skid for the Phoenix Suns leaves feelings of discontentment and an urge for a change. For Devin Booker, he broke down about what the five-day break from games will do for the team. “I think it’s an important time to get the guys healthy,” Booker said postgame to reporters. “We need the same […]