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Golden State Warriors guard Nick Young was trying to be a team player by giving his teammates the advice of not going out in Los Angeles the night before their game against the Lakers. According to him, they obediently heeded his advice. However, it appears Swaggy P didn’t exactly practice what he preached. Nick Young's advice […]

Nick Young has had some adjusting to do from his shot-gunner habits with the Los Angeles Lakers upon signing with the Golden State Warriors. Matter of fact, Young has only attempted double-digit field goals in two of his 20 games played coming off the bench with his new team. His teammate Kevin Durant, thinks that […]

Nikola Mirotic has finally broken his silence regarding the whole Bobby Portis saga. The Chicago Bulls forward has revealed that he has accepted his teammate’s apology for punching him in the face and sustaining injuries which have seen him miss the first quarter of the season. Mirotic said he accepted Portis' apology. Does Portis know […]

Draymond Green may be a bully on the court, but he has a soft side as well. The Golden State Warriors forward recently announced on Twitter that he is raffling off an opportunity to hang out with him and also receive two tickets to the Christmas Day home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. I want to […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball has had a rough go of things over his first 20 games in the league. The No. 2 overall pick is averaging just 8.7 points and is shooting a horrific 31 percent from the floor. However, Ball has a believer in Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, who is […]

The firing of David Fizdale was a tough pill to swallow for plenty in NBA circles, one of them is his colleague Erik Spoelstra, who coached the Miami Heat along with Fizdale before he got his first shot at a head coaching gig with the Memphis Grizzlies to start the 2016-17 season. Yet for many […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is one of the countless people LaVar Ball has taken shots at over the past year or so. Ball boasted that his son, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, would be better than Curry if they swapped places when Ball was at UCLA. Curry isn’t interested in entertaining the elder […]

Stephen Curry may look like a mild-mannered guy. He has a loving family, is never in trouble and generally seems like a wholesome human being to be around. But on the basketball court, Curry is as competitive as anyone. And against the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, he won’t be any different. Curry will likely defend […]

Golden State Warriors leading scorers Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have been upgraded to probably prior to their matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, according to the team. Forward/center David West has been ruled out with lateral knee soreness. Curry had been dealing with a right hand contusion, stemming from Saturday’s game against the […]

Bobby Portis isn’t the only one Nikola Mirotic has not spoken to since the now-infamous incident when Portis punched Mirotic which sent him to the hospital and sidelined him for the first quarter of the season. Mirotic has also yet to address the media and give his thoughts on the Portis incident. However, Mirotic was […]

Only a couple of days after his firing, more substantial details about the relationship between former Memphis Grizzlies head coach David Fizdale and star center Marc Gasol have emerged. According to Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports, sources told him that the two had very minimal interaction through the better part of the last year. […]

Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic have one of, if not the most complicated teammate relationship in the NBA at the moment. Mirotic, who is slowly working his way back from the injury he suffered quite literally at the hands of Portis, has reportedly still not spoken to his teammate after their unfortunate incident in which […]

The life of a rookie is often uneasy, filled with changes, adjustments, and a myriad of expectations to reach or surpass a supposed potential based on a position in the NBA Draft. For Lonzo Ball, being selected with the No. 2 overall pick by his hometown Los Angeles Lakers was both a blessing and a […]

Marcus Morris’ exit from the Detroit Pistons was unforeseen for all parties involved, but in the midst of Gordon Hayward’s acquisition by the Boston Celtics, president and head coach Stan Van Gundy saw the chance to pounce at one of the league’s premier three-and-D talents with the ongoing back-and-forth with then-restricted free agent Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. […]

New Yorkers recently voted for their mayor earlier this month, and the results are in — sort of. Several New York athletes received write-in votes for mayor, including Knicks superstar Kristaps Porzingis, per Ian Begley of ESPN. Final voting tally from NYC Board of Elections: Aaron Judge (10), Kristaps Porzingis (9), Kristaps Porzinais (1), Kristops […]

Losing to the Philadelphia 76ers has become somewhat of a risk. Not because the 76ers are a bad team (they’re not) or they’re so good that losing is a foregone conclusion (it’s coming). No. It’s because Joel Embiid might clown you on his Twitter page, like has so many players and teams this season already. […]

Second-year New York Knicks big man Willy Hernangomez has seen his minutes decline significantly this season. He’s averaging just 10.7 minutes per game, as coach Jeff Hornacek has put Kyle O’Quinn ahead of the Spaniard in the backup center role with Enes Kanter firmly entrenched as the team’s starter at center. But even with the […]

The Memphis Grizzlies made the surprising decision to part ways with head coach David Fizdale after just 19 games into his second season with the team. In response to that, veteran guard Mike Conley sent out a personal message showing a great amount of appreciation for playing under his former coach. Adversity reveals character.. thanks […]

Lonzo Ball constantly receives criticism from all over the place in the media. Most recently, Ball got the Stephen A. Smith treatment on ESPN’s First Take, where Smith said he was “petrified” for the Los Angeles Lakers rookie. But one person who has Ball’s back is his former coach at UCLA, Steve Alford. According to […]

Despite Los Angeles already opening doors for LeBron James to walk in during free agency, another exciting prospect can be the young Philadelphia 76ers, as president Bryan Colangelo is expected by executives around the league to take his best shot at netting his services, according to Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY Sports. Many have raved […]

During this past offseason, All-Star forward Gordon Hayward made the tough decision to leave the Utah Jazz after seven seasons for the Boston Celtics in free agency. It was a thorough process that saw Jazz big man Rudy Gobert reach out to Hayward about the entire situation, but his text messages were not being answered by […]

If not for the availability of Avery Bradley and the situation with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Marcus Morris would still be a Detroit Pistons player. Pistons coach and president Stan Van Gundy admitted as such and revealed he had not entertained the idea of trading him before then. “We never had one thought about trading Marcus ever. […]

LeBron James and Dwayne Wade have now played on two teams together: the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The two besties went to four consecutive NBA Finals and won back-to-back championships for the Heat, experiences that they likely look back on from time to time. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, who coached James and […]

Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker is slated to miss his first game of the season today with a left shoulder contusion, suffered on Saturday against the San Antonio Spurs. Michael Carter-Williams will get the start in his place, also opening up a spot for Malik Monk to back him up, according to Rick Bonnell […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has admired the way LaMarcus Aldridge has managed to carry this team without two key cogs in Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard, the latter who has yet to play a single game this season with a quad injury. “He’s gotten us through this period of time without Tony […]

The Dallas Mavericks seem to be en route to yet another subpar season, sitting dead last in the Western Conference with a 5-16 record to start the first quarter of this NBA season. Fans still await the impending return of shooting guard Seth Curry, who has missed the start of the season with a stress […]

Breaking: Another old man yells at cloud. This time it’s NBA legend and basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, who ranted about some of today’s generation of players complaining about having to play on short rests before going off on a tangent with regards to the differences between his era to the present, when it […]

Even if his team is currently struggling to find consistency and stringing a few wins together, Los Angeles Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. remains optimistic that they have a realistic shot of making it to the playoffs. The team only has an 8-12 record to show, and have lost seven of their last 10 games. […]

The championship honeymoon might still be in effect for the Golden State Warriors, who have dropped three of their last seven games, and most recently two of their last four after a narrow loss to the Sacramento Kings. While the Warriors have dealt with injuries to Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry over the last few […]

It is not often a player manages to get scolded by their perspective franchise during an injury. However, New York Knicks center Enes Kanter managed to receive just that after finding himself in hot water with the Knicks front office for comments he made during their loss to the Portland Trailblazers. Kanter — who sat out […]

A video of Zach LaVine completing a ferocious windmill dunk in practice shared by the Chicago Bulls’ Twitter account had fans on their toes about his looming return to the court — a sign of having regained his otherworldly explosiveness and athleticism that saw him crowned as back-to-back Slam Dunk king and one of the […]

It has been a lethargic start to the NBA career of Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball. Although Ball has actually played some solid basketball, his shooting woes continue to plague him a quarter of the way into the 2017-18 NBA season. As a result, he has received scathing criticism from nearly all angles, […]

More often than not, every single championship team seems to have at least one savvy veteran on the roster that is way past their prime. They are easy to spot because they were once household names who’ve spent their best years on floundering teams and are now relegated to ring-chasing before officially calling it quits. Needless […]

Having last played in an NBA game back in the 2015-16 season, it’s very understandable that Chris Bosh misses competing at the highest level. It also adds to his feeling of wanting to suit up again, as he saw on Tuesday two of his former teammates go up against the Miami Heat, when LeBron James, […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is gracing the cover of the Philadelphia Magazine’s December issue. Embiid making the cover of the said magazine is a testament to his popularity in the city. It’s been a while since Philadelphia had a transcendent basketball player, whose fame goes beyond the realm of the sport just like what […]

San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker recently gave promising remarks on Kawhi Leonard’s recovery status. Parker himself had just returned from injury and, during that time, ready to play his very first game of the season and was perhaps a bit too excited. Leonard’s injury seems to teeter on the more mysterious side, seemingly […]

The Sacramento Kings surprised the basketball world on Monday, when they completed an upset victory over the defending champions, Golden State Warriors. Behind a balanced attack, and the heroics of Bogdan Bogdanovic, the team stunned their opponents, 110-106, and improved their record to 6-14 for the season. Their social media team also joined in the […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry didn’t win the MVP trophy last season, but that doesn’t mean his popularity has waned. In fact, it’s the complete opposite. This season Nike took control of the uniform designs for each NBA team making Statement, Association, Icon, and City uniforms which were not all revealed at the same […]

Even if the L.A. Clippers wanted to keep center DeAndre Jordan, it seems that the basketball gods are lining them up to the direction where the team will eventually put Jordan on the trading block. The Clippers are not that far away from a recent debilitating nine-game losing skid, and just when it looked like […]