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In a stunning and abrupt roster shakeup, the Los Angeles Clippers confirmed overnight that they are parting ways with veteran point guard and franchise icon Chris Paul. The news surfaced shortly after Paul posted a cryptic Instagram story around 3 a.m. ET, saying he had been informed he was being “sent home” from Atlanta ahead […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may have emerged as the most logical landing spot for Chris Paul after his shocking late-night departure from the Los Angeles Clippers, but the timeline complicates everything. Despite fan pressure and ongoing speculation, the Lakers are not currently in a financial position to sign Paul, at least not until mid-January. The […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George isn’t hiding from the reality of his slow start. Following the 76ers’ win over the Washington Wizards, the veteran forward opened up about his form, conditioning, and recent struggles, offering a candid assessment of where he stands just seven games into the season. George finished with a solid performance against […]

The Golden State Warriors may still be waiting for Stephen Curry to return to the lineup, but his younger brother made sure there was still a Curry lighting up the floor at Chase Center. In his first official game back with the Warriors, Seth Curry delivered 14 points, two assists, and two made threes while […]

SAN FRANCISCO– As Draymond Green made abundantly clear, there are few moral victories to take away from Golden State’s 124-112 loss to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, especially when the loss brought them back to .500 at 11-11 on the season. But if there was one silver lining to take away from the Stephen […]

There is no debate about the lasting impact of NBA legend Michael Jordan. Even though he’s been retired for 22 years, his larger-than-life greatness continues to be felt by many in various fields. Commercially, the Jordan Brand remains very popular. But even years before that, he made Nike a cultural phenomenon with his Air Jordans, […]

BOSTON — The 2025-26 Boston Celtics aren’t world-beaters. They won’t regularly blow teams out like the 2023-24 Celtics who went on to win a championship in dominant fashion. However, they will bring the utmost effort on almost a nightly basis and stay in the fight, which was apparent during a gutsy 123-117 win over the […]

In shocking fashion, the Los Angeles Clippers are cutting ties with franchise legend and point guard Chris Paul. The move comes at 3AM EST amid a Clippers road trip and a five-game losing streak. The move has sent shockwaves through the NBA overnight, with many wondering what happened between the Clippers franchise and Chris Paul, […]

Elden Campbell, a forward/center who was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers and won a championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004, has passed away at the age of 57, per Broderick Turner of the LA Times. A strong rim-protector on defense and a capable contributor on offense, the former Clemson star played more than […]

Draymond Green reached a milestone of historic significance on Tuesday night, becoming just the second player in Golden State Warriors history to play 900 regular-season games for the franchise. Until now, Stephen Curry was the only Warrior to hit that benchmark. Green’s achievement adds another chapter to a career that has already cemented him as […]

With Stephen Curry sidelined with a quad contusion, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler were tasked to carry the cudgels for the Golden State Warriors against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Chase Center on Tuesday. The Thunder erected a big lead at halftime, 63-44, but the Warriors rallied in the third quarter to inch closer. Green, […]

The Golden State Warriors were already shorthanded versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, but beating the defending NBA champions is an even more grueling task without Jimmy Butler. The star wing suffered a knee injury midway through the second quarter of Tuesday night’s Western Conference clash and exited to the locker room. He was ultimately ruled […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves leaned on their franchise star again Tuesday night, and Anthony Edwards delivered. The superstar guard powered the sixth-seeded Timberwolves past the New Orleans Pelicans in a 149-142 overtime win, taking over the second half to extend the Wolves’ winning streak to three games. For a team trying to climb the Western Conference […]

The Boston Celtics outlasted the New York Knicks, 123-117, at TD Garden on Tuesday, with Jaylen Brown exploding for a season-high 42 points. Brown battled against the Knicks’ tough defenders, including Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart, but he still came out on top, shooting 16-of-24 from the field. He also had four rebounds and four […]

Scottie Barnes had another all-around performance to lead the Toronto Raptors past the Portland Trail Blazers, 121-118, at Scotiabank Arena. They improved to 15-7, including 8-2 at home. The Raptors ended their two-game skid after fending off the furious rally of the Trail Blazers in the fourth quarter. Barnes scored a game-high 28 points on […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are seeing a breakout stretch from center Zach Edey, who just achieved something even phenom Victor Wembanyama hasn’t done in his young NBA career. The second-year big man has recorded at least 15 rebounds in four straight games, an impressive run that highlights his emergence as one of the league’s most productive […]

Harrison Barnes is the exact kind of player that every team with winning aspirations need. The San Antonio Spurs certainly know how valuable Barnes can be even when some of his contributions don’t exactly show up on the box score. This is why when he pops off for an excellent scoring night the way he […]

The Golden State Warriors are still missing Stephen Curry, but another Curry is helping the Dubs against the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night at Chase Center in San Francisco. That’s none other than Seth Curry, who buried his first bucket as a member of Golden State during the second period of the Thunder game. The […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are continuing to prove that last season’s championship was no fluke, as they hold the league’s best record at 20-1 entering their game against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday. The Thunder put their 12-game winning streak on the line in their visit to Chase Center. The Warriors played without Stephen […]

Upon returning from a torn meniscus and a thumb injury that further delayed his comeback bid, Jared McCain looked like a shell of his former self. The Philadelphia 76ers guard lit up the NBA last year when he took on a larger role amid his team’s plethora of injury woes, but to start the 2025-26 […]

After a rough stretch in which the Minnesota Timberwolves got embarrassed by the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings and then put into their place by the powerhouse Oklahoma City Thunder, they have rebounded to win two in a row against good, if injury-ravaged, opposition (Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs). This was what made the […]

After spending the 2024-25 NBA season as the captain of a sinking ship, Tyrese Maxey returned to the Philadelphia 76ers on a mission to prove he can be the top option on a championship-caliber team. Taking the court with a few new faces like long-time friend Trendon Watford, third overall pick VJ Edgecombe, and eventually […]

The Toronto Raptors have been humbled in recent days, as they were served humble pie by the Charlotte Hornets in a 118-111 overtime loss on Saturday and they were knocked down a peg or two when they lost by 24 to the New York Knicks on Sunday night. But on Tuesday, the Raptors returned to […]

The Toronto Raptors are back in the win column after holding on against the Portland Trail Blazers, 121-118, at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday. The Raptors led by as much as 16 points, but they allowed the Trail Blazers to fight back in the fourth quarter, leading to the down-to-the-wire finish. Scottie Barnes led the charge […]

The Houston Rockets’ hot start featured a stretch in which they played the fewest games in the league and none on back-to-back days. That changed this week, as the calendar flipped to December, with the Rockets’ first back-to-back test exposing several concerns moving forward. Rockets struggle without Steven Adams in back-to-back The Rockets have built […]

The Philadelphia 76ers continue to face a mountain of injury woes, with Quentin Grimes joining Joel Embiid and Kelly Oubre Jr. on the mend on Tuesday night in their clash against the Washington Wizards. But at the very least, Jared McCain seems to be putting his injury battles in the rearview mirror. McCain, who saw […]

The Toronto Raptors are looking to bounce back and start another hot run after suffering back-to-back losses following their nine-game winning streak. The Raptors were coming off defeats to the Charlotte Hornets and the New York Knicks when they hosted the Portland Trail Blazers at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday. The Raptors held a double-digit lead, […]

A game against the Toronto Raptors on the road was always going to be tough for the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers are missing a few key guys, and they’re battling against one of the best teams in the East in the early goings of the 2025-26 campaign. Thus, it wasn’t that big of a […]

The Boston Celtics are finding their footing a little bit. Of their past four games heading into their Tuesday night clash against the New York Knicks, all of them came against teams that made it to the playoffs last season. They went 3-1 during that stretch, setting themselves up quite nicely for a matchup against […]

Tyrese Maxey is still on a heater after leading the Philadelphia 76ers over the Washington Wizards, 121-102, at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Tuesday. Maxey dropped a game-high 35 points on 13-of-26 shooting. He added four rebounds, six assists, four steals, and one block in yet another laudable performance. The talented guard has been one of […]

Only two teams posed much of a threat to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the duration of the 2024-25 campaign — the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers. The latter has been ravaged by injuries. This leaves the Nuggets, among many aspiring championship contenders, as perhaps the most likely team to dethrone the Thunder — especially […]

Over the last few years, the legitimacy of the NBA All-Star game has been called into question. No longer a must-see event where the best NBA players play an exhibition, but rather something to endure and not built with the same excitement it once was.  Nevertheless, NBA legend Dwyane Wade has offered a solution to […]

As great as LeBron James is, he is only human. Therefore, the 40-year-old legend on the Lakers is bound to experience periods of slowness.  Over the last five games, James has averaged 15.2 points per game, the lowest average over that stretch since his rookie season of 2003. In December 2003, James averaged 20.2 points […]

There was a time when Ben Simmons was thought to be one of the next NBA superstars, back when he was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. But after multiple injury issues, Simmons’ NBA career hasn’t quite gone as initially expected. The former top overall […]

How much worse could it get for the Chicago Bulls? They are in the midst of a four-game losing streak, and their roster is saturated with injuries.  On Tuesday, the Bulls received more bad news: Coby White and Kevin Huerter were listed as out for Wednesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, per the NBA Injury […]

The Dallas Mavericks are coming off a solid win against the Denver Nuggets, and they have won two straight games since their loss to the Los Angeles Lakers last week. With a matchup looming against the Miami Heat on Wednesday, the Mavericks received good news on the injury front regarding big man Anthony Davis. Anthony […]

Anthony Edwards is considered one of the most exciting up-and-coming talents in the NBA. In his young career, Edwards has already earned three All-Star Game appearances and a pair of All-NBA Team selections. He has also led the Timberwolves to back-to-back Western Conference Finals appearances. While he’s enjoying a steady rise, he still has a […]

When the Portland Trail Blazers signed Javonte Cooke before the start of the regular season, he became only the second active NBA player to have played all four years of college basketball at a Division 2 school. The only other current player to have played D2 for all of his college career is Brooklyn Nets […]

Many did not think the 2025 NBA rookie class would be anything special outside of Cooper Flagg. Well, we are learning very quickly that there are several rookies becoming essential parts of their new organizations outside of Flagg, and none more than Kon Knueppel with the Charlotte Hornets. Flagg was the big name coming out […]