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During the offseason, the Houston Rockets were long viewed as the frontrunners to acquire All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony from the New York Knicks However, nothing truly came about from the trade discussions with Anthony instead being moved to the Oklahoma City Thunder in mid-September just prior to the start of training camp. With a matchup […]

It looks like veteran forward Luol Deng will be serving the Purple and Gold for the entire duration of this season. It’s not a secret that the Lakers are fixated on finding ways to open up some extra cap space in order to put the team in a more favorable position to lure star free […]

All-Star point guard Chris Paul is once again on the mend after suffering a left adductor strain against the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this week. According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, the 32-year-old’s status for the Christmas Day game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Rockets G Chris Paul listed as doubtful to play tomorrow […]

The Los Angeles Lakers saw Lonzo Ball suffer a shoulder injury, but remain in the game against the Portland Trail Blazers last night. After further evaluation, the Lakers have determined Ball has a shoulder sprain and will miss the Christmas Day showdown against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He will also be re-evaluated in one week. Lonzo […]

When it comes to New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley, the former second overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft from Kansas State University has been on quite the journey across the league and around the world. Before his recent breakout with the Knicks, Beasley had played with five different NBA teams (including three different stints […]

What happens when you get hit in the head, and it doesn’t even get called? During Saturday night’s contest between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets at Oracle Arena, star forward Draymond Green was inadvertently elbowed in the jaw by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, and no whistle was blown for an offensive foul. In […]

With the Washington Wizards’ huge 130-103 thrashing of the Orlando Magic on Saturday night, the team accomplished a feat that has not been done since the 2005-06 NBA season when former star point guard Gilbert Arenas was still a member of the squad. According to a tweet from the official ESPN Stats & Info page, […]

The L.A. Clippers have been riddled by injuries through the first couple of months that has put the team in an early-season rut. However, it has opened up a prime opportunity for veteran guard Austin Rivers to take advantage of a prominent offensive role. It’s something that the 25-year-old has voiced much confidence that he can […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are a young team showing a lot of promise for a bright future. The team has talented players like Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and Kyle Kuzma which has fans and the Lakers’ brass excited about the years to come, but the players on the current squad aren’t without significant distractions about […]

In the last few weeks, veteran guard Austin Rivers has stepped into a more prominent offensive role for the injury-ridden L.A. Clippers. The 25-year-old has taken that up a notch over the last couple of games as he dropped a career-high 38 points in Saturday’s 115-112 road loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. According to Clevis […]

San Antonio Spurs big man Pau Gasol has continued to remain quite productive in the back end of his NBA career. He put that on display on Saturday night against the Sacramento Kings by notching his first triple-double in two years, which also put him in exclusive company in league history, according to Tomer Azarly of […]

The Utah Jazz had a brief stay in the win column before losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the second time in a matter of days. Fortunately, fans were treated to another stellar performance from rookie phenom Donovan Mitchell. After missing the prior two games with a toe injury, Mitchell came back strong to […]

Trash talking in the NBA always has been and always will be an art form. Among the NBA’s most legendary trash-talkers, one would be hard-pressed to name a more vocal player than Seattle Supersonics legend Gary Payton. However, even the best of trash-talkers like Payton can sometimes be a bit careless with who they pick their […]

The Golden State Warriors were flying high amidst their 11-game winning streak. Unfortunately, it all came crashing down in Saturday night’s matchup versus the Denver Nuggets. Everything seemed to be going against the Warriors in their blowout 96-81 loss to the Nuggets. Even superstar forward Kevin Durant had a simple explanation for their embarrassing defeat, according […]

‘Tis the season of giving all across the NBA. Washington Wizards superstar John Wall recently got into the holiday spirit by presenting some lavish Christmas gifts to his teammates. Needless to say, Wall has set the bar high for other star players across the league looking to play Santa Claus for their team during the holidays. […]

The Utah Jazz are coming off one of their most impressive victories of the 2017-18 NBA season with a solid win over the San Antonio Spurs. Unfortunately, they were unable to carry over that momentum into Saturday night’s star-studded matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Despite the 103-89 loss to the Thunder, rookie phenom Donovan […]

Before the end of the first half between the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday, the fans inside Staples Center had a scare when they saw Lonzo Ball exit the game abruptly after suffering a shoulder injury. Fear grew further as he went directly to the locker room while holding on to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers showed plenty of promise in their toughest stretch of the 2017-18 NBA season against two of the most elite teams in the league. Unfortunately, they took a step back with another close loss to the Portland Trailblazers on Saturday night. While there are many factors that have attributed to their struggles, […]

When the Golden State Warriors announced that Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are all available to play versus the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, it was expected to be a high-scoring affair, and that the home team will have their high-octane offense in full display once again. However, that wasn’t the case, as the […]

As the Chicago Bulls were getting blown out by the Boston Celtics on Saturday, they knew that every basket counts, especially in the third quarter, to give themselves a chance to catch up, or even make the score look decent. That especially held true for Jerian Grant, who did his best to score in the […]

Despite the 11-20 record after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers, there is great optimism for the Los Angeles Lakers. After a difficult stretch against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors (twice), and Houston Rockets, the young Lakers showed they could compete against championship contenders. Following the 95-92 loss at Staples Center, head coach Luke […]

The Golden State Warriors have an injury-riddled roster right now, and could use some hand in covering some of the temporary holes in their lineup. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr believes he has an answer to ease the team’s quandary of having such a short rotation and that’s by signing another Steve. That would be Steve […]

The Los Angeles Lakers recently gave fans an early Christmas gift by paying homage to one of the best players in NBA history in the legendary Kobe Bryant. To no surprise, the Lakers revealed not one both of his No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys amongst their all-time franchise greats at Staples Center. One of the best […]

Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have been playing together for the San Antonio Spurs longer than they have been married to their current wives, so it only some sense that they have developed a strong relationship that sometimes manifests in the weirdest of ways. Just take for example their oddly synchronized sequence of reactions while […]

The L.A. Clippers have a banged-up roster, and it’d be a great help to the team if their do-it-all power forward Blake Griffin could come back soon. According to Clippers head coach Doc River, Griffin could return to active duty as early as this week, via Tomer Azarly. #Clippers' broadcaster @Ohmeomy says in an interview […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker has yet to play since suffering a groin injury in a game against the Toronto Raptors earlier this month, which is why you’d spot him sporting a much different attire on the sidelines during Suns games of late. The Suns’ Twitter account tried to make fun of Booker’s garb […]

The Orlando Magic got another body to add to their crowded injury list. That’s center Nikola Vucevic, who sustained a fractured hand in the first half of Saturday night’s road game against the Washington Wizards. He has been ruled out of the game and for at least 6-8 weeks, according to Shams Charania of The […]

Can 2017 get any more 2017 before it ends? It could, actually, especially if Kobe Bryant accepted the challenge from Floyd Mayweather. Perhaps missing the attention he used to get before he hung up his gloves, Mayweather issued a challenge to Bryant – a game of one-on-one basketball for $1 million. Floyd wildin' pic.twitter.com/GFhiZaNGNH — […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have appeared to get out of their recent three-game skid by ripping off a pair of consecutive wins. The Bucks will have to venture into Saturday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets without the services of All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, according to Matt Velazquez of the Journal Sentinel. Jason Kidd says Giannis Antetokounmpo […]

On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Lakers (11-19) will be without one of their young rising stars in forward Brandon Ingram when they host the Portland Trail Blazers (16-16) at Staples Center. According to a tweet today from Lakers sideline reporter Mike Trudell of Spectrum SportsNet, Ingram will be inactive tonight against the Blazers with issues […]

Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is set to miss Saturday’s tilt against the Charlotte Hornets, which will mark his second game missed this season. This marks the second game this season that he has missed due to the same designation. However, Antetokounmpo has voiced no real concerns about it possibly being a long-term issue, […]

Since making his return from a quadriceps injury earlier this month, it has been a physical uphill battle for San Antonio Spurs All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard. This has featured him sitting out a couple of games in the process as he gets further acclimated to playing again. According to Paul Garcia of Project Spurs, the […]

Third-year guard Emmanuel Mudiay has seen his role with the Denver Nuggets progressively diminish over the last couple of seasons. Mudiay has been relegated to a reserve role coming off the bench in all 29 appearances this season while averaging 21.1 minutes per game. According to Marc Berman of The New York Post, the Nuggets […]

For Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, beating the Golden State Warriors in a seven-game playoff series is the only thing he thinks about. As for Warriors head coach Steve Kerr? He takes a much different approach, according to an article published by Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle. “I don’t wake up in […]

The Golden State Warriors are clicking on all cylinders after having won 11 straight games with their victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. What has made their stretch even more impressive is how they have managed to do it without superstar point guard Stephen Curry at the helm. Although the Warriors’ goals for […]

Golden State Warriors rookie forward Jordan Bell has progressively seen improvement in his play as the season has rolled along. The 22-year-old put together the best performance of his brief NBA career on Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers recording his first double-double with season highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds. Following the […]

San Antonio Spurs veteran forward Rudy Gay was able to recover in time from a torn Achilles tendon to take the court to start this season. Gay has only missed just two games this season for rest purposes, but he recently voiced that it is still an uphill battle for him mentally to get past […]

When it comes to the amount of playing time he gets this season, Los Angeles Lakers backup forward Julius Randle has learned to expect the unexpected. In an article published last night by Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times, Randle opened up about his role in Lakers head coach Luke Walton’s lineup rotations. “Just […]

Even without the services of superstar point guard Steph Curry, the Golden State Warriors (26-6) continue to win games. With the Warriors currently in the middle of an 11-game winning streak, head coach Steve Kerr and his squad have gone 7-0 in Curry’s absence with a severely sprained right ankle. According to Chris Biderman of USA TODAY […]