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During the offseason, Kobe Bryant dared Giannis Antetokounmpo to win this season’s Most Valuable Player award. And after three games, it appears that the Milwaukee Bucks superstar is taking the Los Angeles Lakers legend’s challenge to heart. However, that’s not the only headline-grabber involving Antetokounmpo’s name as his father passed away late September in Milwaukee. […]

The Memphis Grizzlies got the better of the Golden State Warriors, winning their matchup, 111-101, in front the FedExForum crowd. Marc Gasol bullied his way to tallying 34 points and 14 rebounds against a hapless Warrior interior. To make matters worse, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant both lost control of their emotions as the two […]

The Toronto Raptors easily prevailed over the Philadelphia 76ers, 128-94, Saturday night. The home team was carried by DeMar DeRozan who scored 30 huge points for Toronto, but they also had to witness starting center Jonas Valanciunas leave the game early. https://twitter.com/RaptorsMR/status/921904648264359936 Valanciunas had an awkward landing on Dario Saric’s foot in one rebound play, […]

The LA Clippers were finally healthy heading into the 2017-18 season, but injuries are hard to escape and staying healthy sometimes takes a bit of luck. In the Clippers home opener on Saturday night, starting point guard Milos Teodosic came down with a left foot injury and had to be carried off the floor. Teodosic […]

Heading into the 2017-18 season, there is an expectation that the Philadelphia 76ers are going to take the precautionary route with rising star Joel Embiid given his well-document history of injuries. This includes the plan of not allowing him to play the entire set of a back-to-back in order to ease the physical grind on Embiid. […]

The NBA season has just begun and the Warriors are off to a rocky start so far. It’s rare to see one superstar ejected from an NBA game, but two at once is an unprecedented event that eventually happened tonight. Saturday was the night the Memphis Grizzlies hosted the world champion Golden State Warriors in a […]

It has been a delicate process for the Philadelphia 76ers in terms of handling big man Joel Embiid’s workload this season. In fact, this has become one of the constant dialogues around the Sixers so much so that Embiid has voiced that he wants a stop to the labelling of the situation, according to Jake […]

The Sacramento Kings faced off against the Dallas Mavericks Friday night that ended in a 93-88 Kings win. Rookie phenom De’Aaron Fox played 26 minutes going 4-of-13 from the field and scoring nine points and adding 10 assists, just one point shy of a double-double. The most interesting part of the game came after the […]

Earlier this week, the Chicago Bulls had to deal with an internal ordeal involving an altercation between forwards Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic that landed the latter in the hospital needing surgery to repair maxillary fractures and treat a concussion. Former Bulls big man and current San Antonio Spurs center Pau Gasol has given his […]

The Dallas Mavericks have quickly dropped to an 0-2 hole to begin the 2017-18 season. However, much of the attention has shifted over to the health of rookie point guard Dennis Smith Jr., who missed Friday’s game against the Sacramento Kings due to knee effusion, which is swelling of the area. According to Brad Townsend […]

For the first time since being traded to the Utah Jazz over the offseason, veteran guard Ricky Rubio took the court against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Following the game, All-Star forward Jimmy Butler made it clear that he didn’t want Rubio’s presence in the locker room. One leftover from last night: Jimmy B informed the authorities […]

Chicago Bulls third-year forward Bobby Portis is currently serving an eight-game suspension for punching teammate Nikola Mirotic in the face during practice earlier this week that required Mirotic to be hospitalized. In fact, the Bulls had announced that Mirotic suffered a concussion and maxillary fractures that needed surgery to repair the injuries and keep him […]

Through his first 10 seasons, Golden State Warriors star forward Kevin Durant has earned the recognition from his peers as one of the top players in the league. Much of this has been due to his unique skill set offensively that has made him a premier scorer. However, Durant recently made it clear that there […]

The Houston Rockets now find themselves in a precarious position with All-Star point guard Chris Paul dealing with nagging soreness in his left knee. According to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle, head coach Mike D’Antoni voiced that he doesn’t want to rush Paul back from the injury until he’s completely healed. “It wasn’t responding […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a slow start of the gate in the 2017-18 season after dropping their first two games. Following Friday’s loss against the Boston Celtics, rising star big man Joel Embiid vented out his frustrations about not getting enough touches in the low post. Joel Embiid “I didnt think I got […]

Earlier this week, Boston Celtics All-Star forward Gordon Hayward underwent surgery to repair a fractured left tibia that is expected to keep him out for the rest of the season. However, head coach Brad Stevens had found himself in an intriguing situation as his initial comments about Hayward’s recovery were misconstrued into giving off the […]

Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving was caught on camera dropping some serious NSFW language directed at a fan following the team’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. The 76ers fan asked Irving where LeBron James was and Irving quickly replied with ‘Suck my d—.’ Here’s a look at the video: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bafk3LpDGry/ Irving […]

New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins has been fined $25,000 by the NBA after trading F-bombs with a fan near the end of the season-opener against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, according to a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Arena security was needed during this altercation ending with the fan being ejected from the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have waived guard Jordan Crawford today, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The decision comes just a little after the Pelicans decided to sign veteran point guard Jameer Nelson. The NBA denied the Pelicans’ appeal to guarantee an injury exception contract, which is why they were forced to waive Crawford to make […]

In order for the Denver Nuggets to sign Richard Jefferson, they waived Jameer Nelson to create the necessary roster spot. After Nelson cleared waivers, there were reportedly four teams interested in signing him including the Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans. As numerous teams expressed interest, the one-time All-Star has signed […]

After starting 40 out of 75 games for the Denver Nuggets during the 2016-17 NBA season, Jameer Nelson was surprisingly waived. With Jamal Murray winning the starting point guard position over Emmanuel Mudiay, the Nuggets wanted to move in a different direction by signing Richard Jefferson. With the 35-year-old clearing waivers, four teams have expressed […]

In the NBA, it is extremely rare for the top two teams in the Eastern Conference to make a blockbuster trade. After playing against each other in the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals, the Boston Celtics acquired Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and a 2018 first round draft […]

After a poor NBA debut against the Los Angeles Clippers, Lonzo Ball responded well against the Phoenix Suns in a back-to-back situation. In the 132-130 win, Ball finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists in 37 minutes. Down the stretch against the Suns, Ball made key plays to secure the team’s first win […]

In Frank Ntilikina’s NBA debut, he finished with zero points, zero rebounds, one assist in just eight minutes against the Oklahoma City Thunder. As the New York York Knicks prepare for the Detroit Pistons, the rookie unfortunately suffered an ankle injury during practice. Head coach Jeff Hornacek revealed Ntilikina likely stepped on Willy Hernangomez’s foot […]

Prior to the 2017-18 NBA season, Kobe Bryant challenged Giannis Antetokounmpo to win his first Most Valuable Player award. At just 22 years old, many players around the league like LeBron James and Kevin Durant know how special Antetokounmpo can be. In their first matchup of the season, Antetokounmpo finished with 34 points, eight rebounds, […]

The Philadelphia 76ers will be facing the Toronto Raptors on the tail end of a back-to-back tonight. As such, NJ.com’s Jake Pavorsky is reporting that big man Joel Embiid has been ruled out of action — a move that remains unpopular for Embiid, but the team felt necessary as he works his way to erasing […]

When the NBA Board of Governors passed the NBA Draft lottery reform last month, the Dallas Mavericks chose to abstain from voting. As it turns out, however, Mark Cuban has a good reason for doing so. Cuban actually had two alternative solutions that he believes would effectively discourage tanking than the proposal that passed, and […]

All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony got the first major hurdle out of the way in the season opener on Thursday night by helping the Oklahoma City Thunder top his former team, the New York Knicks, in convincing fashion. However, there remains the challenge of playing back in Madison Square Garden as an opposing player for the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were due for a bounce-back game after Thursday night’s debut in an embarrassing loss to the L.A. Clippers at Staples Center where phenom Lonzo Ball scored a paltry three points on 1-of-6 shooting in 29 minutes as Clippers guard Patrick Beverly focused his strength and defensive intensity on giving Ball a […]

Kobe Bryant is not done hoisting shots. Need evidence? Here’s a video by model Winnie Harlow via Bleacher Report showing the five-time MVP taking a swing at shooting a basketball, by bouncing it on the floor. Apparently, Kobe wants to be the GOAT in HORSE, too. Kobe still got it. (via @winnieharlow) pic.twitter.com/IP2ZYUw7fh — Bleacher […]

Steven Adams has evolved into a stout student of the game over the last few years, and while the fate of this Oklahoma City Thunder defense rests on his broad shoulders more than ever, he hasn’t always been so keen on the details. The New Zealand native claims that growing up into the sport, he […]

There seems to be some trouble brewing in the Motor City. After putting up a gallant stand albeit losing to the Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons point guard Reggie Jackson is now throwing shade at teammate Andre Drummond. Speaking to reporters inside the locker room, Jackson noted how the Pistons’ game changed, for the better, when […]

Among the plethora of moves this past summer, veteran forward C.J. Miles signed a 3-year deal to join the Toronto Raptors. It didn’t take long for Miles to make a huge impact on his new team as he scored 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting off the bench in the season-opening win over the Chicago Bulls. […]

Veteran guard Jeremy Lin saw his 2017-18 season come to an abrupt end in the Brooklyn Nets’ season opener on Wednesday after rupturing the patellar tendon in his right knee. After undergoing successful surgery to repair the injury, Lin looked to be in positive spirit as he was poking fun at his surgical cap in […]

Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood had his first great game of the season Friday, as he scored 20 points in 24 minutes of action, albeit in a 100-97 road loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. But since the basketball Gods have been particularly brutal to players early this season, Hood wasn’t able to finish the game, […]

The Boston Celtics just lost a major piece of their team after Gordon Hayward went down with a likely season-ending injury on opening night. However, the Celtics could soon be able to reinforce their roster to help make up for Hayward’s absence. According to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe, team president Danny Ainge and […]

The Orlando Magic suffered their first loss of the season Friday, taking a 126-121 defeat on the road at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets. Orlando tripped itself up with 22 turnovers in the game that led to 17 points off turnovers by the Nets. However, the Magic will have to deal with a more […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard is still not quite ready to make his season debut. According to Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News, he and Tony Parker have traveled with the team to Chicago, but neither is expected to play for the Spurs’ game against the Bulls on Saturday. Kawhi Leonard and Tony […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed forward Joel Bolomboy to a two-way contract after the former Utah Jazz player cleared waivers, The Step Back’s Chris Reichert reports. The Milwaukee Bucks are signing Joel Bolomboy to a two-way contract, per league sources — Chris Reichert (@Chris_Reichert) October 20, 2017 Joel Bolomboy, 23, was the final cut made […]