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Back in December, the Los Angeles Lakers’ top brass talked to LaVar Ball, asking the infamous father of rookie point guard Lonzo Ball to ease off a little on making flammable remarks about the team, its front office, and its coaching staff. While LaVar has toned down a bit, the Lakers seemed to have triggered […]

The Big Baller Brand is getting bigger, more baller, and more branded. In lieu of playing in a less-competitive Lithuanian league, LaVar Ball found a way to get his sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, more playing time in the foreign country, per Jeff Goodman of ESPN. Prienu Vytautas, the Lithuanian team that signed LiAngelo and LaMelo […]

LaVar Ball, the outspoken father of Lonzo Ball, has been critical of the state of the Los Angeles Lakers lately. In the past, Ball has criticized head coach Luke Walton on multiple occasions. After Lonzo Ball’s return to the Lakers, his father once again criticized Walton, and according to Jeff Goodman of ESPN, his dissatisfaction came […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George seemed to have a turned a new corner in terms of shooting the rock from deep. Thus far in his first year wearing Thunder colors, George is enjoying a career-high accuracy when it comes to 3-point shooting. A Reddit user who goes by the name xslayuh emphasized on George’s hot stroke. […]

Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has finally been released from the Seal Beach Detention Center after spending 25 days in the facility. What that means is that Caldwell-Pope is now allowed legally to travel with the Lakers even during road games, which he was not able to do the past four times the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have built up nice momentum once again after defeating the San Antonio Spurs at home, 111-110, on Sunday for their second win in a row. It’s an extra sweet victory for the Blazers since their star point guard Damian Lillard did not play in that game nursing a calf injury. It […]

The controversial comments made by LaVar Ball about Luke Walton’s grip on the Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the most discussed topics around the basketball world lately. The media circus has resulted to a lot of fans taking to their social media accounts to voice out their opinion, bringing a lot of attention […]

After a nine-game skid, the Los Angeles Lakers have finally won a game. Luke Walton’s squad was able to get the best of the visiting Atlanta Hawks at the Staples Center on Sunday night despite the added distraction of LaVar Ball’s comments about the head coach earlier in the day. Walton continues to get criticized […]

If Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony knows a little bit about Napoleon Bonaparte, then he could call Phoenix his Waterloo. Unlike Napoleon, though, Anthony has lost more than just once in the desert. In fact, Melo has lost in 14 of his last 15 trips to Phoenix, according to Dave King of SBNation. ummm […]

Jarrett Jack will no longer have to worry about job security for the meantime, as the New York Knicks have guaranteed his contract, according to Anthony Rieber of Newsday. The Knicks have guaranteed the contract of starting point guard Jarrett Jack for the rest of the season, general manager Scott Perry announced on Sunday. The […]

The Los Angeles Lakers got back to their winning ways in convincing fashion on Sunday as they blew out the visiting Atlanta Hawks, 132-113. Led by Brandon Ingram, Jordan Clarkson, and Julius Randle, the Purple and Gold ended their nine-game losing streak with the huge win. However, there was another streak that still continued on […]

Utah Jazz rookie guard Donovan Mitchell is one of the most exciting and underrated players in the NBA this year. A certain play he had during the third quarter of the Jazz’s game against the Miami Heat on Sunday afternoon just proves that notion even more. With Utah leading 62-59 midway through the third quarter […]

Markelle Fultz is getting closer to returning to the Philadelphia 76ers. Fultz, who has been out all season with a strange shoulder injury, played 5-on-5 during the Sixers’ practice on Sunday, per Sarah Todd of Philly.com. Though still not considered a full-practice participant because of some small restrictions, Fultz looked good in his full contact […]

The Phoenix Suns punctuated their weekend with an upset 114-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at home. That unlikely victory might not have been possible if not for the hot hands of second-year forward Dragan Bender, who churned out one of the best games of his young NBA career, scoring a career-high 20 points […]

During Sunday night’s game between the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks, tempers started to heat up a bit in the fourth quarter when Knicks power forward Kristaps Porzingis and Mavs shooting guard Wesley Matthews got into it on two separate possessions. With 6:39 left in the final frame, Porzingis was being defended by Matthews […]

LaVar Ball is once again the topic of a lot of headlines when it was recently reported that he blasted Luke Walton for the team’s nine-game losing streak. He said that he thinks the Los Angeles Lakers head coach “does not have control” of the team and that their players do not want to play […]

The Dallas Mavericks held a special event during halftime against the visiting New York Knicks. The Mavs honored one of their all-time greats, Derek Harper, by hanging his no. 12 in the American Airlines Center rafters. Harper, known to be hard-nosed combo guard during his 16-year NBA career, played 12 seasons for the Mavericks (1983-1994, […]

The Detroit Pistons have reached a decision on the future of their young backup big man, Eric Moreland, as they will reportedly guarantee his contract for the remainder of the season, according to Chris Haynes of ESPN. ESPN Sources: Detroit plans to guarantee the contract of Eric Moreland for remainder of season. The forward received […]

One of the more surprising rises to relevance in the league this season has come out of Brooklyn from point guard Spencer Dinwiddie. As a result, the Nets have unsurprisingly decided to guarantee the contract of Dinwiddie for the remainder of the 2017-18 NBA season, according to Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders. Nets will guarantee […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are set to part ways with DeAndre Liggins before his contract becomes fully guaranteed, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Milwaukee Bucks will waive guard DeAndre Liggins before Sunday's deadline to guarantee deals for season, league sources tell ESPN. Liggins played 31 games, impacted defensively. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 7, 2018 The […]

Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving has shown his benevolent side. Irving paid for a complete renovation of several facilities in New Jersey’s St. Patrick School, his high school alma mater. Irving paid for a new gym, weight room, and locker room, per Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog. .@KyrieIrving paid for a complete renovation of the […]

The date was Nov. 19, 2004. A day in NBA history, more than 13 years ago, that will forever live in infamy as one of the league’s darkest events, as the then-defending champion Detroit Pistons hosted the Indiana Pacers at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Late in the fourth quarter, with the game already decided, […]

For the Chicago Bulls, it’s very hard to take anything positive away from Saturday night’s 125-86 blowout loss on the road to the Indiana Pacers. According to an article by Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, Bulls power forward Nikola Mirotic was insistent that the team shouldn’t panic, simply forget about that game, and move […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is clearly on his way to superstardom. The Milwaukee Bucks point-forward is the current leading vote-getter for the All-Star game after the first returns were made public recently. He has MVP buzz and is lighting up the league with ridiculous play after ridiculous play after ridiculous play. One of the main criticisms of […]

The San Antonio Spurs had just started feeling like they were developing a rhythm with Kawhi Leonard back in action. After missing the first 27 games of the season with a quad injury, Leonard returned on December 12th against the Dallas Mavericks and put up 13 points and six rebounds in just 16 minutes of […]

LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are now officially international basketball professionals after joining a Lithuanian basketball team some time ago. But apparently, the Ball brothers, excluding Lonzo, have different priorities that don’t only have to do with basketball. The entire Ball family has their own reality show, “Ball in the Family,” which follows the brothers and […]

Despite only playing in his first season in the NBA, Donovan Mitchell is already emerging as the go-to-guy for the Utah Jazz especially in late-game situations. On Sunday, he was once again tasked by head coach Quin Snyder to take the biggest shot of the game. With only 5.1 seconds remaining, Mitchell received an inbound pass […]

The Chicago Bulls and Dallas Mavericks have not had a lot of success so far this season. They are both currently ranked 13th in their respective conferences and are struggling to win games on a regular basis. However on Friday night, they did not look like teams bound to end the season at the bottom […]

For Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, controversial sports dad LaVar Ball is being given an unnecessary platform to broadcast his acerbic takes. While that is not necessarily a new thing, what irked him the most of late was a story by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman in which Ball made inflammatory comments about Luke Walton’s head […]

For almost 25 days, Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has been staying in a police detention facility in Seal Beach, Calif., just south of Los Angeles. According to a report that was published late Saturday night by ESPN staff writer Chris Haynes, the 24-year-old is finally set to be released tomorrow. “Lakers guard […]

DeMar DeRozan has been on a tear lately for the Toronto Raptors, but the reason why may surprise and inspire basketball fans everywhere. DeRozan’s father, Frank, has been battling a kidney disease and has been in poor health lately. As a result, DeRozan went to visit his dad recently in between games to check on […]

Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside has started to see less of the basketball floor in crunch time. As one of the team’s best players — and the team’s highest-paid — it would be confusing to most fans why Whiteside isn’t closing games and getting an opportunity to impact the end of games. But apparently, the […]

The Chicago Bulls must really like David Nwaba. The undrafted guard out of Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo just inked a guaranteed contract from the Bulls, who recently decided to keep him on for the remainder of the season, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. As expected, the Chicago Bulls will guarantee the contract of […]

According to Shams Charania from YahooSports, point guard John Wall has a new shoe deal: “Sources: Washington Wizards All-Star John Wall has agreed to a five-year endorsement deal with Adidas. Wall returns to the brand after testing shoe free agency over the past couple years.” Wall had been a shoe free agent for at least […]

Even from Lithuania, LaVar Ball keeps making headlines with his comments. In an exclusive interview with ESPN in Lithuania, the father of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball made some comments about head coach Luke Walton. Ball addressed how Luke Walton would not be able to handle a superstar like LeBron James, if he comes […]

With the Los Angeles Lakers losing nine consecutive games during the 2017-18 NBA season, LaVar Ball’s comments about head coach Luke Walton only added fuel to the fire. While it was a challenging stretch in December against championship contenders (Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, and Houston Rockets), the team’s effort has been poor since their […]

Amid the nine-game losing streak during the 2017-18 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers are once again dealing with LaVar Ball’s comments. Despite President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka asking Ball to tone down his public criticism of head coach Luke Walton, it has not changed. With the Lakers hosting […]

As the Los Angeles Lakers host the Atlanta Hawks, they are looking to end a nine-game losing streak. With Lonzo Ball returning against the Charlotte Hornets after missing six games with a shoulder injury, LaVar Ball believes head coach Luke Walton has lost the team’s locker room. Following shootaround, the 20-year-old was asked about his […]

As an NBA fan, it is common to wonder how frustrated Russell Westbrook’s teammates can feel playing alongside the reigning MVP, as he has the ball in his hands very often. Westbrook’s high statistics in multiple categories and triple-double records have earned him the nickname “Mr. Triple-Double”, but also “ballhog,” “stat-padder,” and “stat chaser.” In […]