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It has been an up-and mostly down year for the Memphis Grizzlies this season. After losing Mike Conley at the beginning of the season, the Grizzlies transformed into a lottery team, winning just 18 games over the course of the year. After suffering an intrusion in his left heel, the Grizzlies announced that Conley will […]

With the NBA trade deadline quickly approaching, the Memphis Grizzlies have seemingly started to shift gears toward their rebuild. As a result, shooting guard Tyreke Evans’ departure has become an inevitability after he did not take part in Wednesday’s game versus the Indiana Pacers. It has been a disastrous 2017-18 NBA season for the Grizzlies, to […]

LaVar Ball is continuing to find ways to expand the growth of his family’s Big Baller Brand with the announcement he made recently about the launch of the Junior Basketball Association this summer. Summer 2018. The game will be forever changed. #JBAhttps://t.co/bMBByPRhTj pic.twitter.com/hNTaIAUcN7 — Big Baller Brand (@bigballerbrand) February 1, 2018 The company’s CEO made […]

The 2018 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge competition contestants have been officially announced by the league with some familiar names and some first-time participants to the All-Star Weekend event. The list is headed by the New York Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis who is returning to defend the crown which he won a year ago. Playing in front […]

The field for the 2018 All-Star weekend’s JBL 3-point contest has now been announced. We will again witness an array of shooters tire the net with swishes to battle it out for the crown. The contestants were announced in a special episode of NBA on TNT. There’s a 100% chance it will be raining 👌s […]

This season, the NBA is implementing a brand new format to the All-Star Game. Unlike previous seasons, voters selected All-Stars from across the league. Players with the most votes were to become team captains and would get the opportunity to select from a pool of players to build their own team to compete in the […]

Blake Griffin is now officially a Detroit Piston. After scoring his first points in his first game for Detroit Thursday night, Griffin received a standing ovation from his teammates and a loud roar of approval from the hometown crowd. Technically, he already was a Piston the moment that they had a press conference for him […]

The possibility of LeBron James joining the Golden State Warriors has caught the entire NBA’s attention. Naturally, the parties involved are going to be receiving questions regarding the recent rumor that James would listen to what Golden State has to offer this summer. But Warriors coach Steve Kerr is having none of it. Or at […]

As it was reported that LeBron James could listen to the Golden State Warriors during free agency if they’re able to create max salary cap room, there have been a lot of reactions given by fans, players and some media personalities. David West is now the latest to share his thoughts about the Cleveland Cavaliers […]

During a break in Sunday’s 113-102 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns, several Houston Rockets fans decided to bust out their best dance moves. It was a jumbotron dance-off, and Red Nation was in full effect. All it took was one “Yeah!” from Lil’ John to get the party started in earnest. All of the […]

Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers and Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz just got named as January’s NBA rookies of the month for the Eastern and Western Conference, respectively. It’s the second time both have been given such an award this season. Sixers insider and Philly radio personality Derek Bodner tweeted the news: Ben […]

When it comes to the Boston Celtics’ 103-73 blowout victory over the New York Knicks last night, it was just another brick added to the wall of 20-plus point victories in the Brad Stevens era. However, according to a tweet by Celtics play-by-play radio announcer Sean Grande, five of 14 20-plus point victories during the […]

Brook Lopez hasn’t had the type of season he was expecting during his first year as a member of his hometown Los Angeles Lakers. The 7-footer recently expressed the reasoning behind his visible frustration in recent games, noting it’s directly correlated to his lack of playing time. Lopez’s frustration wasn’t any more evident than during […]

Covering interviews of NBA players is by all means not an easy task. Reporters are not guaranteed to have the chance to ask them questions they want to receive answers on, and their cameramen also need to make sure they capture every moment of the media sessions. That means battling for position and going up […]

After he missed the Houston Rockets’ 114-107 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, star point guard Chris Paul is expected to start tonight on the road against the San Antonio Spurs. However, Tim MacMahon of ESPN also tweeted that potential NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award candidate Eric Gordon will be out […]

After turning professional in Lithuania back on December 11, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball’s contracts with Vytautas Prienu have now been guaranteed for the remainder of the season. The development was reported by Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports, which does not come as a complete surprise with the success the two have had in their stint […]

Miami Heat shooting guard Dion Waiters recently underwent successful surgery on Jan. 23 to repair the instability in his left ankle, as well as a preexisting navicular bone fracture. The former Syracuse stand-out has been ruled out for the remainder of this season. As a result, the NBA has awarded the Heat with a $5.5 […]

The fight between Nikola Mirotic and Bobby Portis was only a day prior to the Chicago Bulls opening game of the season, taking out one of the key bench players as Mirotic was forced to miss time with facial fractures. Now slated to join the New Orleans Pelicans prior to the end of the week, […]

Over the course of this season, Markelle Fultz has become the enigma of the NBA. While he is an undoubtedly gifted player, Fultz has only played in four games for the Philadelphia 76ers this year. The reason being is because of his nagging shoulder injury and his broken jumpshot. While shoulder injuries are not known […]

On the first day of February, the NBA awarded two of its top guards in the league with the Western Conference and Eastern Conference Players of the Week. The winners were star point guard Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors, according to a tweet from the NBA’s […]

Centers Hassan Whiteside from the Miami Heat and Joel Embiid from the Philadelphia 76ers are set to face each other tomorrow night at Wells Fargo Center in the City of Brotherly Love. These players have an ongoing beef both on and off the court. Before heading to face the Sixers tomorrow and fly to Detroit […]

Dwyane Wade will go down as one of the best shooting guards to have ever played in the NBA. As most hoops fans know, Wade joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2017 offseason, but most will remember him from his days with the Miami Heat. As it turns out, Wade, now 36 years of age, […]

In the midst of an early morning report saying that LeBron James would listen to a max offer from the Golden State Warriors, president Bob Myers wasn’t having any questions related to that report during his media availability day. Myers: “Before we start, I know you guys have to ask, but I can’t talk about […]

In the midst of what’s bound to be an ugly breakup between center Joakim Noah and the New York Knicks, one of his longtime former teammates has come in his defense. Al Horford, who was Noah’s frontcourt partner back in his days at the University of Florida, noted the big man could still produce and […]

With the NBA trade deadline of Feb. 8 coming up fast, there are surely going to be teams that are active during that time. The Denver Nuggets, who are 26-25 and currently the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoff race, supposedly will be looking for big players. One name that has reportedly come up […]

The Chicago Bulls finally traded Nikola Mirotic, and were able to get Omer Asik, Jameer Nelson and Tony Allen in return from the New Orleans Pelicans. However, there are reports that say Allen will be waived so he can become a free agent. It’s also unclear what will happen with Asik. But as far as […]

In the midst of earlier reports from ESPN’s Chris Haynes, suggesting LeBron James would listen to a max-offer pitch from the Golden State Warriors this upcoming summer, Kevin Durant wasn’t sold on the news. The Warriors forward called “bulls**t” as soon as he was asked the first question, according to Logan Murdock of the San […]

When it comes to superstars James Harden of the Houston Rockets and Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder, there is no question that they are two of the best guards the league has ever seen. How high they may rank up compared to the other legendary guards once their careers are over remains to […]

The New York Knicks really want to move off the contract of Joakim Noah. The Knicks have been trying to look for a possible trade scenario to get Noah out of New York for some time now. Thus far, the team has been unsuccessful. But it has now come out that the Knicks are willing […]

With two games remaining on the Los Angeles Lakers’ current five-game road trip, head coach Luke Walton officially ruled rookie point guard Lonzo Ball out for the rest of the trip. The Lakers will practice on Thursday, play the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night at Barclays Center, then travel to play the Oklahoma City Thunder […]

As we head into the month of February, we already have Nikola Mirotic on his way to play with star power forward Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans. On Thursday, Mirotic was traded from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for a package that included center Omer Asik, guards Tony Allen and Jameer Nelson, and […]

With the NBA All-Star game fast approaching, team Stephen Curry and Team LeBron James are gearing up for a very entertaining showdown. But James will have a new player on his team because Kevin Love broke his hand a couple of days ago and will be about up to two months. That new players is […]

The Houston Rockets are the second-best team in the Western Conference, and considered to be the biggest threat to unseat the Golden State Warriors in the conference, possibly even getting a good opportunity to win an NBA championship. But even though the Rockets have a deep roster and an MVP candidate in James Harden, the […]

The LeBron James sweepstakes has already started, and the 2017-18 season isn’t even close to being over. It’s already been reported that James would be willing to take a meeting with the defending champion Golden State Warriors this summer during free agency. That news basically broke the entire internet, and now everyone is thinking the […]

When the Detroit Pistons were in pursuit of Blake Griffin, they were not sure whether they could get him. They looked around the market for many possible players who could be available, but quickly became focused on Griffin as the main target. They put the deal together and made it happen. But the Pistons were […]

LeBron James is the best player on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Heck, he’s the best player in the entire NBA. But there comes a point in every basketball career when a player starts to decline, and James might be headed there very, very soon. James is quite possibly the best stat stuffer in the league, but […]

This is a season to forget for New York Knicks guard Ron Baker, who has been hit with one injury after another. He has had four just in the last couple of months, with the most recent one possibly ending his 2017-18 campaign. After a sprained ankle, a bruised shoulder, and a fractured orbital bone, […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are likely the frontrunners to acquire forward/center Greg Monroe once he’s evaluated all of his options, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, as they have gathered momentum to make an aggressive push for the touted frontcourt player. Coach Alvin Gentry spoke to Monroe in the aftermath of his contract buyout with the Phoenix […]

The NBA seems to get more interesting with each passing day. On Monday, the L.A. Clippers traded their franchise star Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons. The move came as a shock to many people, including Griffin himself who stated that he found out he was traded on social media rather than from the front […]