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The Orlando Magic face a challenging stretch as they adjust to life without star forward Paolo Banchero, who is expected to be sidelined for 4-6 weeks due to a torn right oblique. With Banchero out, head coach Jamahl Mosley is calling on players like Jalen Suggs and Franz Wagner to elevate their roles and lead […]

Bradley Beal’s net worth in 2024 is $100 million. Beal is a professional basketball player who was recently traded to the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He is a three-time All-Star, an All-NBA Third Team selection, and an All-Rookie First Team member. For this piece, let’s take a closer look at Bradley Beal’s net worth […]

As the Miami Heat prepare to face the Washington Wizards in Mexico City, there are still questions regarding the offense that has been mildly concerning to start the season. Part of has been the lack of involvement from Heat center Bam Adebayo and even a total low usage rate for Jimmy Butler as head coach […]

The Timberwolves visit the Spurs on Saturday! The Timberwolves and the Spurs have been inconsistent this year and need to find a way to be consistent. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Timberwolves-Spurs prediction and pick. The Timberwolves were a surprise team last season. Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle, and Rudy Gobert […]

The Cavaliers visit the Bucks on Saturday! The Cavaliers look to stay undefeated after winning their first five games, while the Bucks have struggled to open the season. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Cavaliers-Bucks prediction and pick. The Cavaliers have started off the season red-hot. They are one of the […]

The Celtics visit the Hornets on Saturday! As the defending champions, the Celtics have all the momentum and look amazing to start the season. The Hornets have not looked like the disaster they were last season, but they have looked decent so far. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Hornets prediction […]

The Warriors visit the Rockets to open the NBA Season! The Rockets are an emerging team, while the Warriors have played great despite their new-look roster. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Warriors-Rockets prediction and pick. The Warriors look different without Klay Thompson. Steph Curry is still great, and Andrew Wiggins […]

Rookie forward Tristan da Silva seized his first significant opportunity with the Orlando Magic on Friday night, coming off the bench to showcase his potential in a hard-fought loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Despite the 120-109 defeat, da Silva’s performance was a bright spot, underscoring his readiness to contribute as the Magic navigate their season […]

Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams received a lot of criticism for his hit on Jayson Tatum with Draymond Green being one of his loudest critics. The Golden State Warriors forward was upset with Williams’ handling of the incident after getting ejected from the game with a flagrant two foul. Williams said the hit on Tatum […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — The Philadelphia 76ers are anticipating the returns of Joel Embiid and Paul George, who are recovering from respective injuries with their left knees. Although they still have plenty of progress to make, a position change nears for Guerschon Yabusele when the stars come back. He’s excited to go through with it — […]

Since Cam Thomas entered the NBA four years ago, the discourse surrounding his game has centered on what he can’t be. Many scouts, executives and fans have doubted whether his skillset can be conducive to winning on a contending team. There were justified concerns about Thomas’ game entering the league, some of which remain. He’s […]

Karl-Anthony Towns is in his video vixen era. The NBA star was cast by girlfriend Jordyn Woods in the music video for her debut single, “Be With You.” Woods, who is mostly known for her friendship with Kylie Jenner, dropped her first single about her romance with Towns. “I’ll be everything you need/You know that […]

Jalen Suggs recorded a career-high performance for the Orlando Magic on Friday night, stepping up in the absence of Paolo Banchero, but it wasn’t enough to secure a victory as the Magic fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 120-109. The loss dropped Orlando to a 3-3 record as they continued their five-game road trip, a rematch […]

Five games into the 2024-2025 season, Anthony Edwards has hit the ground running and is having a career year from behind the arc. Having taken nearly 60 percent of his total field goal attempts from three-point range, some critics believe the Minnesota Timberwolves guard should go back to his roots in attacking the basket, but […]

The Toronto Raptors’ rally fell short Friday night in a 131-125 home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, but there were some positives to take away from the team’s fifth loss of the season, including a double-double by RJ Barrett, which was a step in the right direction according to Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic. After […]

This week was viewed as a series of tests for the Cleveland Cavaliers. After starting the season 3-0, the Cavs would face a gauntlet of tough opponents with little rest, showing this group what they’re capable of. After trouncing the Orlando Magic 120-109, Cleveland remains undefeated at 6-0, a feat they haven’t accomplished since the […]

Charles Barkley has advocated for NBA fans, especially regarding load management. Since stepping away from basketball, he’s always had an issue with players sitting out due to load management. Even at the beginning of the 2023 season, Barkley had a serious take on load management. When he appeared on the Dan Patrick Show on Friday, […]

In a 119-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Memphis Grizzlies guards Marcus Smart and Desmond Bane left the game with injuries and didn’t return. Smart suffered an ankle injury in the 13-point loss, and Bane went down with an oblique injury. On Friday, Memphis released an update on the pair of guards with a week-to-week prognosis, per […]

Friday night’s defeat for the Detroit Pistons against the New York Knicks was ugly from the start. The 129-98 blowout was lopsided to the point where the Pistons never held a lead once. Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff didn’t hold back on what a loss of this magnitude can do for a team. “We didn’t […]

The Charlotte Hornets fell to the Boston Celtics 124-109, but the game’s outcome was a much smaller footnote in a much larger mess. Grant Williams was assessed a flagrant two after a hard foul to Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum. His teammate, Derrick White, said, “The stuff at the end was BS, but we got […]

We’re back with another betting prediction and pick for the upcoming NBA slate as we turn our attention towards this next tilt in the Western Conference. The Utah Jazz (0-5) will take on the Denver Nuggets (2-2) in a must-win game for both teams. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Jazz-Nuggets […]

We’re back with another betting prediction and pick for Saturday’s upcoming slate as we head up north for this next matchup. The Sacramento Kings will take on the Toronto Raptors in an exciting showcase of young talent. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Kings-Raptors prediction and pick. The Sacramento Kings are […]

The NBA will continue its expansion into new territories as the league touchdowns down in Mexico City for the thirty-first installment of the NBA Mexico City Games. The Miami Heat (2-2) will take on the Washington Wizards (2-2) for the special showcase from Mexico’s capital city. It’s time to present our NBA Mexico City odds […]

We’re set for another betting prediction and pick for the upcoming NBA slate as we turn our attention towards this next cross-conference showdown. The Memphis Grizzlies (3-3) will take on the Philadelphia 76ers (1-3) as both teams try to reverse their recent fortune. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Grizzlies-76ers prediction and pick. The […]

The first matchup of the season between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves did not disappoint, as two of the Western Conference’s best teams delivered a physical, intense, down-to-the-wire thriller at the Target Center on Friday night. In the end, the game unfolded the same way the Western Conference semifinals did this past May… down […]

The Miami Heat have been among the league’s title-contending teams ever since Jimmy Butler signed with the team in 2019. Since 2020, the Heat have played and won the second-most playoff games, which is no mean feat, even though it hasn’t resulted in a championship quite yet. But in the early goings of the 2024-25 […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves got the better of the Denver Nuggets in a barnburner on Friday night. The Timberwolves closed the game on a 10-0 run to pick up a 119-116 win in a game where they buckled down on defense and found the necessary buckets when they became available. For center Rudy Gobert, the night […]

Former Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams weighs around 236 pounds, which is close to the size of fearsome Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis. Celtics star Jaylen Brown thought the resemblance was uncanny on Friday night when Williams bowled into five-time All-Star Jayson Tatum. Grant Williams has been EJECTED after this hard foul on Jayson […]

On Friday night, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers came in to Scotiabank Arena and took care of business against the Toronto Raptors in a 131-125 victory away from home. But on the eve of Vince Carter’s jersey retirement night, reporters asked James what his thoughts were on the Raptors’ tribute gesture for one […]

The rematch of one of the best playoff series of last season hasn’t disappointed. The game between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves was tightly-contested down the stretch in the fourth quarter. With the game hanging in the balance, Nuggets guard Christian Braun drove in the lane and dunked all over Timberwolves center Rudy […]

The game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night was tightly-contested and the game was in the balance until the final minutes. At the end of the game, tempers flared on both sides as multiple ejections were handed down while the Celtics pulled away in a 124-109 win. Former Celtic and […]

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks were once again down several key players in Friday’s game against the Sacramento Kings, but that didn’t stop them from fighting until the end. Players such as Garrison Mathews and Keaton Wallace kept the Hawks in the game as they combined for 11 three-pointers, but it was Trae Young who […]

With a little over two minutes to go and an eventual 124-109 win for the Boston Celtics over the Charlotte Hornets nearly wrapped up, Grant Williams left his mark on the game by charging hard at Jayson Tatum — dislodging him from the ball with a hard shoulder barge. The Celtics bench, understandably, was not […]

With the Denver Nuggets going through some early-season woes, the last thing they need is anything that would hamper the performance of Jamal Murray even further. Concerningly, Murray had to exit to the locker room in the third quarter of the Nuggets’ Friday night contest against the Timberwolves after getting hit on the head by […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a fresh and different feel in 2024-25 with JJ Redick as the new head coach. They got off to a hot 3-0 start before losing two-straight games, but LeBron James and company were able to get things back on track on track on Friday night when they picked up a […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are dealing with injury after injury, again, and embattled coach Willie Green cannot catch a break, figuratively. First Trey Murphy III (hamstring) went down in training camp. Then Dejounte Murray (hand fracture) was dealt a huge blow in a season-opening win over the Chicago Bulls. Herb Jones (shoulder) and CJ McCollum […]

The matchup between the Charlotte Hornets and the Boston Celtics got very testy during the fourth quarter on Friday night. With the Hornets trailing in a close game, forward Grant Williams ran straight through Jayson Tatum in an attempt to stop a Celtics fast break. Grant Williams has been EJECTED after this hard foul on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the midst of a five-game road trip and have dropped their last two games after starting the season 3-0. But as of publication, they were on pace to snap their two-game losing streak as they held a double-digit lead in the second half against the Toronto Raptors. The Lakers […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the midst of a five-game road trip and have dropped their first two games of the trip after starting the season 3-0. They are already short-handed as Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt have been out due to injury. And now they might have another issue to worry about. During […]