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The Brooklyn Nets looked far from a team ready for opening night during Thursday’s 127-119 preseason loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Several numbers jump off the page when assessing what went wrong, but none were more glaring than Brooklyn’s 27 turnovers. Yes, you read that correctly, 27. The Nets are attempting to find an offensive […]

The Los Angeles Lakers still haven’t named their starting small forward for opening night against the Denver Nuggets next Tuesday. Anthony Davis certainly wouldn’t oppose Taurean Prince getting the nod. Davis commended Prince for his preseason showing after Lakers’ practice on Tuesday. Since fouling out of the preseason opener in 13 minutes, the veteran 3-and-D […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham clarified his previously stated goal for Anthony Davis to shoot six 3-pointers per game this season. “I’ve requested to see six 3-point attempts a game,” Ham said last week. “Three per half, at least. I wouldn’t put that on him if I didn’t think he was capable.” Since […]

Draymond Green is instrumental to the success of the Golden State Warriors, and they need him on the floor if they are to reach their championship potential. Just a couple of weeks ago before the start of training camp, Green suffered a sprained ankle and has missed all of the Warriors’ preseason games. Initially said […]

Malcolm Brogdon is one of the top guards in the NBA. He is a Rookie of the Year winner, an All-Rookie Team player, and the reigning Sixth Man of the Year. Given Brogdon’s success in the league, have you ever wondered how a guy like him lives? Well, wonder no more. This article features Malcolm […]

Celtics guard Derrick White hasn’t been in Boston for long, but he’s already made a name for himself. The 29-year-old was moved to the C’s ahead of the trade deadline in 2022, and since then, he’s made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team and firmly established himself as a two-way player. For his work, the front […]

Boston Celtics guard Derrick White is coming off a stellar season. Yet, according to ESPN’s panel of experts, it wasn’t enough to make him one of the top 100 players in the NBA. During the 2022-23 campaign, White played all 82 games and averaged 12.4 points per outing. He also solidified himself as a legitimate […]

NBA 2K24 2KTV Episode 6 includes more questions, and in the words of Gandalf , they are “Questions that need answering”. In case you don’t know, 2KTV is a weekly show viewable on the game (and on various other platforms) which includes a wide variety of content. Hosted by Chris Manning and Alexis Morgan, the […]

Buying an NBA team in the 1980s and 1990s has become the easiest way to become a billionaire. The teams were bought for anywhere from $50 million to $300 million. Now, the average value of an NBA team is $2.86 billion. However, for most owners, it isn’t about the money. The owners take pride in […]

To become an All-Star in the NBA is one of the greatest achievements any player can reach. Such an honor signifies that they are one of a few illustrious talents in the world and that the rest of the league views them as such. Year-after-year, we see various players make their first-ever NBA All-Star Game, […]

Episode 5 of NBA 2K24’s 2KTV comes packed with with more questions to reward players with some much needed and totally free VC. If you’re new to the series, 2KTV is a weekly show from the development team, hosted by Chris Manning and Alexis Morgan. Overall, the show features a wide variety of content, from […]

BROOKLYN, NY — The Philadelphia 76ers put on a clinic in disruptive defense in their first 2023 preseason victory. Going against the Brooklyn Nets, the Sixers showed as clearly as possible how great defense fuels great offense. De’Anthony Melton tallied four steals and a block and Kelly Oubre Jr. notched a pair of blocks and […]

ESPN’s annual preseason player ranking lists the 100 best players in the NBA heading into the season, and Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves checked in at No. 66 on the list, which might be surprisingly low considering he was one of the best players for Team USA during the FIBA World Cup this summer. […]

After being arrested in September for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, Kysre Gondrezick, in New York City, the Houston Rockets have agreed to trade Kevin Porter Jr. and two future second-round picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for veteran guard Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. 🚨 BREAKING: The […]

Despite the presence of Joel Embiid and James Harden plus the emergence of Tyrese Maxey, Tobias Harris should remain an integral figure for the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers forward is entering his 13th season in the NBA, which is also the final campaign of the current deal he signed with Philly back in 2019. That […]

Tyrese Maxey is viewed as the best young piece the Philadelphia 76ers have, with many wanting to acquire him in a trade in recent years as the team added players around Joel Embiid, but it seems as if the 76ers are keeping him as a building block, and Tobias Harris believes he will take another […]

The San Antonio Spurs are trying to build a contender around Victor Wembanyama. Young players like Zach Collins, Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson, and Jeremy Sochan are all apart of a quality young core. San Antonio’s depth is questionable though. That said, offseason addition Cedi Osman has impressed Gregg Popovich so far during the NBA preseason. […]

The NBA’s Rookie of the Year race almost always features the first overall pick, followed by one or two other lottery picks. Entering the 2023-24 NBA season, we really shouldn’t overthink who the best rookies in the league are, especially when Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren tower over everyone. No, really, these guys are so […]

San Antonio Spurs big man Zach Collins is excited to play alongside Victor Wembanyama. Collins believes his partnership with Wembanyama can lead to big things. The 25-year-old recently explained his fit alongside Wembanyama for the Spurs. “Yeah, we want to make it work,” Collins said, via Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News. “We have […]

The Phoenix Suns may have been lost in the shuffle when it comes to true title contention in the aftermath of the blockbuster trades the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics pulled off for Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday, respectively, but make no mistake about it, the Suns are still as scary a matchup as it […]

There are so many talented players in the NBA right now, which is why it is extremely hard to compile a list ranking everyone against each other. However, that is exactly what we have done at ClutchPoints, as we have slowly revealed our Top 100 players list week-by-week with the start of the 2023-24 season […]

The Serbian basketball revenge tour could be coming in 2024 in Paris. Bozidar Maljkovic, who is the President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, went on record during a recent interview with AS.com, that Denver Nuggets superstar big man Nikola Jokic will be part of the country’s hoops team in the 2024 Paris Olympics (h/t […]

After finally blowing up their roster and giving up on the Bradley Beal era, the Washington Wizards enter this upcoming 2023-24 NBA season with zero expectations. The Wizards will simply not be a good team this season. They have no chance of sniffing even the play-in tournament. If the preseason has shown anything, this campaign […]

During his run with the Phoenix Suns, Deandre Ayton anchored the paint for the squad that once went all the way to the 2021 NBA Finals. The Bahamas big man is also an All-Rookie team selection. However, just recently, Ayton was traded as part of a three-team blockbuster deal to the Portland Trail Blazers that […]

The way with which analysts evaluate an NBA player’s impact has changed over the years, and deservedly so. Gone are the days where inefficient volume scoring was valued in such an outsized manner. These days, players who nail the little things and do the dirty work that helps grease the wheels when it comes to […]

It appears that Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey is poised to take the next step toward superstardom in the NBA. For Brooklyn Nets guard-forward Ben Simmons, does not doubt Maxey’s ability to reach his full potential in the league. “He just continues to grow and he works so hard,” Simmons said of Maxey (h/t Ky […]

Preseason may not exactly bring fans the most exciting brand of basketball seeing as it’s a means for players to get themselves in game shape more than anything. However, many fans tuned in to the Sunday preseason matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers, as it was going to be the first time […]

BROOKLYN, NY — Nick Nurse has his first (unofficial) win as the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. In a wire-to-wire victory over the Brooklyn Nets, the Sixers continued to exude Nurse’s teachings with a wild display of up-tempo basketball. Nurse has stressed a multitude of talking points to the Sixers as he prepares them […]

Gregg Popovich takes every game in the San Antonio Spurs schedule seriously. Every matchup whether it falls in the NBA Preseason, in the 82 games, or the postseason has its function. The team looks all set and ready to go and the Victor Wembanyama-led squad has a lot in store. Specifically, they have huge plans […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are ushering in a new era after they finally catered to Damian Lillard’s trade request and shipped him to a championship contender in the Milwaukee Bucks. With that, the Blazers have handed over the mantle to Scoot Henderson to lead this next chapter of Blazers basketball. The Blazers landed a handful […]

DeAndre Ayton has not looked the same during his last NBA playoff run with the Phoenix Suns. It was just about time that they moved on from him and traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Jusuf Nurkic. A lot of the issues came from not being able to get into good […]

There are certain nuances to roster-building that often get lost on fans of the NBA. Putting together a roster filled with as much top-tier talent greases the wheels when it comes to competing for a championship, but it’s the synergy between the most prominent personalities of a team that tend to dictate just how sustainable […]

The Houston Rockets took on the San Antonio Spurs in a marquee preseason tilt Monday night that had diehard NBA fans switching away from Monday Night Football for the excitement of a matchup between two incredibly talented rookies. The Rockets have arguably their most talented team in years under former Celtics boss Ime Udoka, but […]

All eyes have been on Victor Wembanyama when fans talk about the San Antonio Spurs. But, there are also other outstanding talents in Gregg Popovich’s squad other than the enormous French tower. Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell have been running the show long before the 2023 NBA Draft. But, there is one particular young gun […]

After a pair of preseason games against the same opponent, the Philadelphia 76ers faced off against the Brooklyn Nets in the Barclays Center. With the Phillies again drawing eyeballs away from them, the Sixers built a big lead and held on, winning by a score of 127-119. Joel Embiid was out, despite an expectation that […]

Where do we even begin with this Charlotte Hornets franchise? This Hornets team just cannot catch a break anymore this offseason with all the controversies it is facing — from Miles Bridges’ new arrest warrant to Kai Jones getting waived amid his bizarre antics on and off the court. While all of these are off-the-court […]

After three years of game-planning for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, opposing coaches will be met with a revamped Brooklyn Nets squad in 2023-24. While the Nets lack a superstar, the new-look roster is filled with versatile two-way players. Ben Simmons presents one of the league’s top passers and defenders if healthy. Mikal Bridges and […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are hoping to recapture the team’s championship glory this season behind a superstar trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Christian Wood. The Bucks faced the Lakers yesterday in preseason action that led to a hilarious gesture by ‘The Greek Freak’ after an insane block against new Lakers addition Christian Wood at […]

Team USA is going to be massively full of talent for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Stars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Devin Booker have all expressed some level of interest in suiting up for the red, white, and blue. But, the team would need a two-way guard with immense talent in hounding opposing ballhandlers. […]