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Amar’e Stoudemire will be returning to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. However, he will not be part of the New York Knicks, but instead, will light a menorah, as part of the historic arena’s first ever Hannakuh night. The ceremony will kick-off the first night of the holiday, and will take place during the game […]

The Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder took part in one of the more controversial trades of the offseason, with Paul George going to OKC for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. That trade was largely panned for the Pacers’ inability to get much more for George. However, it has actually turned out much better […]

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry is good at a lot of things. He’s always been a very good playmaker. He then successfully transformed himself into a knockdown 3-point shooter later in his career. He’s also a sneakily-great rebounder at the point guard position. In fact, Kyle Lowry is having a historically great rebounding season and […]

Hardly a game goes by without someone within the NBA praising Boston Celtics rookie Jayson Tatum. Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy was the latest to chime in and offer his praises for the Celtics’ star youngster. According to The Republican’s Jay King, Van Gundy remarked prior to the Pistons’ game against the Celtics […]

Despite missing his team’s last two games, Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry still found a way to be with his teammates inside their private plane ─ at least in their team photo. The former back-to-back MVP shared the picture on his Instagram account recently, where he photoshopped himself lying on the floor and […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – On Sept. 29, Marcus Scott had a stroke. The husband and father of two were at his Guthrie home when it occurred while his wife, Daune, was at work. Daune Scott knows if she hadn’t trained her daughters, Sparkle (15) and Honey (12.), on how to deal with medical emergencies, they may […]

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler wants to see his team exert total effort on defense. Known as one of the stingiest defenders in the NBA today, Butler is certainly credentialed to ask his teammates to put a high premium on that side of the ball. He let his feelings known about it by passionately preaching […]

Having the best record in the NBA right now and fuelled by their high-octane offense, the Houston Rockets have received a lot of praises from players and coaches around the league. One of them is the Portland Trail Blazers’ Terry Stotts, who had nothing but good words to say about the Rockets. The 60-year-old bench […]

Having spent two seasons with Luke Walton when he was still part of his Golden State Warriors coaching staff, Steve Kerr has gotten a greater understanding and appreciation toward the Los Angeles Lakers coach. The latter understands what the former’s tendencies are both as a coach and a person. Kerr spoke about Walton recently, and […]

The Chicago Bulls are in the middle of a difficult season. A year after making the playoffs, they are expected to miss it this time around with a major rebuild in Windy City in just its early phases. Part of that rebuild is point guard Kris Dunn, who is surely not having fun absorbing this […]

Just before the Philadelphia Eagles took the field Sunday to face the Los Angeles Rams, one of Philly’s most famous sons, NBA legend and future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, tried to jazz up the Eagles by doing his own version of the team’s fight song titled, “Fly Eagles Fly.” #MambaMentality pic.twitter.com/FOQzJdHRtO — Philadelphia Eagles […]

The proliferation of score-first guards today in the NBA is redefining the position – if it hasn’t been already – but from time to time, we are reminded what a point guard’s primary duty is, which is to distribute the ball on the floor. On Sunday, that’s exactly what New Orleans Pelicans guard Rajon Rondo […]

The GOAT wants to kick the monkey off the Charlotte Hornets’ back. That’s Hornets team owner and basketball legend Michael Jordan, who gathered his players in a meeting just before the squad took on the Los Angeles Lakers at home last Saturday in hopes of detecting any issues that could be slowing the team down, […]

We all know that New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley is the type of player/person who marches to the beat of his own drum, so while it’s surprising to learn that the former lottery pick fouled out of Sunday’s contest against the Atlanta Hawks after seeing just 10 minutes of playing time, it’s not as […]

New Orleans Pelicans Tony Allen limped off the court with an apparent leg injury during their match against the Philadelphia 76ers. The veteran shooting guard took himself out of the game and went directly to their locker room after no one even checked up on him. That resulted to the four other Pelicans players on […]

The Charlotte Hornets aren’t playing to their potential so far this season. While the team sport a number of talented pieces, they are just 9-16 through their first 25 games. They’re currently on a three-game losing streak, and have won just once over their last seven games. Apart from his team’s struggles, Hornets forward Nicolas […]

Victor Oladipo was on fire Sunday, with a career game versus the Denver Nuggets. Finishing with 47 points, seven rebounds, six assists, two steals, and one block, Oladipo led the Indiana Pacers to an overtime victory, 126-116, and turned a lot of heads with his stellar play. His effort’s did not go unnoticed as Chris […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George put smiles on people’s faces on Sunday, as he dished out gifts during a charity event. At the same time, he probably also made his fantasy owners happy by saying that he’s likely to make a return Monday following a two-game absence due to a calf injury, per Brett […]

The Boston Celtics are in danger of playing without their starting center, Al Horford, when they take on the Chicago Bulls on Monday. He revealed after their game on Sunday that his knee hurts, and that he is uncertain if he can see action the next day. The Celtics’ four-time All-Star then said that it […]

It’s not everyday that you get to see a 7’3” unicorn get dunked on because there are so few players with the hops, strength, and most of all, the audacity to even try that. On Sunday, however, fans at the Madison Square Garden were all witnesses to that rare occurrence, as Atlanta Hawks big man […]

In his first official season, Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons has taken the league by storm with his stellar play. During Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Simmons threw down a vicious one-handed dunk over All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins that he proceeded to give the big man a long staredown after the play. […]

After suffering an ankle injury in their game versus the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, Jusuf Nurkic will miss his second consecutive contest on Monday, when the Portland Trail Blazers face off against the Golden State Warriors, according to Casey Holdahl of Blazers.com. Although X-rays came out negative, Nurkic apparently needs to receive more treatment on […]

Already playing shorthanded in their guard rotation with Markelle Fultz continuing to recover from his injury, the Philadelphia 76ers will also be thin in their frontcourt, as their starting small forward, Robert Covington, will miss at least the team’s next two games with a back contusion, according to Keith Pompey of the Philly Inquirer. Sixers' […]

The Golden State Warriors are rolling right now, having won all of their last six games, but the success doesn’t mask the team’s continuing dealings with their banged-up lineup. Already without two-time MVP Stephen Curry, who is nursing an ankle injury, the Warriors are still uncertain of All-Star forward Draymond Green’s status for Monday’s home […]

Since he was forced to remain on the sidelines following a shoulder injury only five games into the season, many have forgotten about Markelle Fultz. With all the attention on his fellow rookies like Ben Simmons, Lonzo Ball and Jayson Tatum, just to name a few, he is not being thought of as a rookie […]

Through his first 22 games in the NBA, New York Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina has been able to showcase his talents on the floor, and even glimpses of his true potential. From his ability to score in different ways to setting up his teammates on offense, he has given their fans a lot to look […]

Kobe Bryant is not here for your misconstruing of his words. The Los Angeles Lakers legend recently gave an interview to Chris McGee of Spectrum SportsNet on an episode of “Connected With.” In the interview, Bryant touched on a variety of topics, but only one of them grabbed national headlines. While discussion patience that Lakers […]

Apparently the Chicago Bulls don’t know how to spell. And that wouldn’t be so bad if they had misspelled, say, onomatopoeia. That’s a really hard word to spell. Instead, they misspelled the name of Joakim Noah, who spend nine years playing for the same Bulls franchise, helped them win many playoff games and was essentially the […]

The Houston Rockets have out the entire NBA on notice so far this season, boasting the best record in the NBA. They’ve taken the league by storm in such a way that Rockets legend Hakeem Olajuwon gave his two cents on just how well his former team is playing this season, per Adam Wexler of […]

Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward will need to have a conversation pretty soon. About what, pray tell? Well, Irving’s theory that earth is flat, of course. Let’s explain. Irving has been on this whole tirade about the earth being flat since about February of this year. He’s offered several explanations for his thinking, including at […]

New York Knicks general manager believes in Frank Ntilikina. The controversial first-round pick seems to have the approval of Perry, who came to the defense of his rookie during a wide-ranging interview with Marc Berman of the New York Post. Perry said Ntilikina is coming along nicely, even though he has to learn how to be a […]

Maybe Gordon Hayward isn’t come back this year after all. Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens once again told the media on Saturday that the team’s star free agent signing is not expected to return this season after suffering a horrific leg injury at the beginning of the season, per Jay King of Masslive.com. Brad […]

Managing the health Joel Embiid has become somewhat of a challenge for Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown. As of now, there’s a so-called policy that Embiid doesn’t play in of the games of a back-to-back situation. This is used in an effort to prevent Embiid form injury. He already has missed much of NBA […]

It’s only 25 games into the 2017-18 NBA season, but New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis has already had to deal with a number of different ailments. From his elbow to his back to his ankle, there always seems to be something that’s hurting. To his credit, he has not yet missed significant time, in part […]

Tyson Chandler’s three-year tenure with the Phoenix Suns has not been fun. The Suns have been among the worst teams in the league since Chandler arrived in 2015, in part because the franchise finally started to adopt a full rebuilding mode. As the Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn reports, Chandler admits it’s been a rough ride […]

If there’s one thing that everyone knows about about Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau, it’s how he opts to manage the minutes of his players. As a head coach in Chicago, the discussion around the minutes his starters played was always that they played too much. For two consecutive seasons, former Bulls star Jimmy Butler […]

The Miami Heat almost pulled a fast one on head coach Eric Spoelstra while on their trip to Mexico City. The team stopped at a park to take in some sights. And while doing so, Spoelstra made a trip to the little boy’s room. And you won’t believe what happened next, per Manny Navarro of […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton did not play Lonzo Ball for the entire fourth quarter in the Lakers’ win over the Charlotte Hornets. This has not been the first time Walton has kept his rookie point guard on the bench at the end of games and because it’s Ball, it continues to be […]

Despite being much more competitive in recent games, the Dallas Mavericks are still not winning enough to be considered good. They are currently 7-19, the worst record in the Western Conference, and third-worst in the entire NBA. Mavs owner Mark Cuban eventually wants to get his team back to winning and being competitive in fairly […]