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Philadelphia 76ers’ disgruntled star James Harden is left with few options at the moment. While he’s been adamant about his desire to be traded, the Los Angeles Clippers have walked away from negotiations with the Sixers. No other team has shown serious interest in acquiring him, which means the guard is essentially a rock in […]

The Damian Lillard trade speculation is over. On Wednesday afternoon, it was the Milwaukee Bucks who were able to land the seven-time All-Star in what turned out to be the biggest deal of the offseason. In a three-team trade involving the Phoenix Suns as well, the Bucks were able to acquire Lillard at the cost […]

Eight months ago, the Brooklyn Nets were thought to have hit rock bottom. Kyrie Irving requested a trade, then Kevin Durant. Brooklyn acquiesced to both, completing the implosion of what many considered the most talented big three in NBA history. With Durant, Irving and James Harden all requesting trades within a year, the questions about […]

The Miami Heat lost out on the Damian Lillard trade when the Portland Trail Blazers dealt the star to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team deal with the Phoenix Suns. Now, the Heat are left looking for plan B. Could a James Harden trade with the Sixers be on the table? The answer to that […]

There’s no better way than to just rip the band-aid off. All offseason long, there was a lot of speculation about when the Portland Trail Blazers would trade Damian Lillard. The star point guard requested a trade earlier after 11 years with the team. With a lot of years left on his contract, though, there […]

The Milwaukee Bucks shocked the NBA world on Wednesday, swooping in and making a Damian Lillard trade with the Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns, stealing the seven-time All-Star from the Miami Heat. How did it happen? NBA insiders Shams Charania and Sam Amick have a fantastic timeline of how it went down. On Thursday, […]

The 2023-24 season will be an important one for the Detroit Pistons. Detroit finished last season with a record of 17-65, putting them in fifth place in the Central Division and 15th place in the Eastern Conference. It made a few key moves during the offseason, including bringing in forward Ausar Thompson and guard Marcus […]

The Portland Trail Blazers may have finally pulled the trigger on the much-awaited Damian Lillard trade, but it wasn’t quite as smooth-sailing as every involved party hoped it would. In fact, in recent weeks, it seems like Lillard was resigned to the fact that he’ll be starting the 2023-24 season still as a member of […]

Talk about a trade that came out of literally nowhere! The Portland Trail Blazers officially traded Damian Lillard… to the Milwaukee Bucks! Despite not even being mentioned in trade talks, Milwaukee swooped in to scoop the star point guard away. Lillard was initially rumored to be joining the Heat, but talks significantly slowed down between […]

The Milwaukee Bucks just put the pedal to the metal. Amid the looming possibility that Giannis Antetokounmpo bolts this season, the Bucks decided to go all-in again and trade for Damian Lillard. Lillard will be Giannis’ best teammate by a country mile. With this move, Milwaukee becomes a bona fide contender for the 2023-24 season. […]

Winson-Salem State alumnus and NBA legend Chris Paul have partnered with ESPN and Andscape to produce a new edition of the ESPN+ series “Why Not Us” per a statement by ESPN Press Room. “Why Not Us: Grambling Dance” will feature episodes centered around the Orchesis Dance Company, which was founded on the campus of Grambling […]

There’s an interesting aura surrounding the Minnesota Timberwolves right now. With the ascent of Anthony Edwards during the 2023 FIBA World Cup, there are questions about who’s the “top dog” in Minnesota. Is it already Edwards, or is it still Karl-Anthony Towns (who also had an excellent FIBA World Cup)? This question is likely to […]

The Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns completed a blockbuster Damian Lillard trade on Wednesday that shocked the NBA world when the superstar guard ended up with the Bucks instead of the Miami Heat. After the deal, sources revealed what the final Heat offer was for Lillard before this trade went down. “For […]

The trade of Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks took the NBA world by storm on Wednesday, but when it was revealed that Jrue Holiday was heading to the Portland Trail Blazers in the deal and would be flipped to another contender, that created another story to watch before the start of the season, and […]

The Sacramento Kings were arguably the biggest and most welcome surprise in the NBA last season. They made their first playoff appearance since 2006, which snapped the longest active playoff drought in the NBA at the time. The Kings went 48-34 off the heels of an offense that was the best in the NBA a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks made things a whole lot more interesting heading into NBA training camp by landing Damian Lillard. This is bad, bad news for the Philadelphia 76ers, who now see one of their superior conference adversaries get even better. There is a way the Sixers can salvage the situation, though: bringing back Jrue Holiday. […]

For much of the NBA offseason, rumors surrounding a potential trade involving longtime Portland Trail Blazers superstar guard Damian Lillard had been the talk of the league. And after a long wait, Lillard was finally dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday afternoon in a shocking blockbuster deal. This move caught the attention of the […]

Damian Lillard’s storied tenure with the Portland Trail Blazers has only just come to an end. Before ever suiting up for the Milwaukee Bucks and chasing championships alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo, though, the greatest player in franchise history is already dreaming of a return to Rip City. Mere hours after he was traded to Milwaukee, Lillard […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are a talented team that has fallen short in the playoffs for multiple years. Philadelphia is trying to build a championship roster around Joel Embiid, who won the MVP award this past season. One notable name to watch on the Sixers is James Harden. Harden opted into his player option to seek […]

The Portland Trail Blazers finally traded Damian Lillard away in a three-team deal that sent him to the Milwaukee Bucks. Jrue Holiday was one of the pieces Portland received in return, and they could flip him to a contending team. Holiday is a two-time All-Star guard who is an elite defender and solid scorer. He […]

With the dust starting to settle in the aftermath of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Milwaukee Bucks’ blockbuster Damian Lillard trade, it’ll be interesting to see which team manages to pry away Jrue Holiday from the Blazers’ grasp. There have been many teams floated around as a possibility. For one, the Boston Celtics and […]

So, Damian Lillard is now a Milwaukee Bucks. That means he is going to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo. That means they are going to be very good in the Eastern Conference. And that does not bode well for the Boston Celtics. In fact, the Bucks have already jumped the Celtics as the favorites to lift […]

The recent blockbuster three-team trade that sent Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks has caused tremors in the NBA. It has left fans and experts speculating about upcoming moves. Among the potential beneficiaries of this trade are the Los Angeles Lakers. They might be considering a trade for Jrue Holiday, the newly acquired guard for […]

So, the Milwaukee Bucks just traded for Damian Lillard. Meanwhile, Jrue Holiday is now on the Portland Trail Blazers. But he won’t be a Blazer for long. Which team does he end up on next? Are the Golden State Warriors in the mix to trade for the five-time All-Defensive guard? There were plenty of moving […]

The Houston Dynamo put on a show at DRV PNK stadium. It just so happened that Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden was present to see the absolute decimation of the Inter Miami squad. The US Open Cup Finals saw two stars absent for the herons as Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi could not play. But, […]

Make no mistake: The Minnesota Timberwolves still want to win as soon as possible. Training camp tipped off on Wednesday with the Wolves thirsty as ever for success, hopeful the borderline disaster of Rudy Gobert’s debut season in Minnesota will be a blip on a path toward sustained contention that starts in 2023-24. It better. […]

The Orlando Magic are building. After winning just 21 and then 22 games in the previous two seasons, they jumped up to 34 in 2022-23, and the list of young talent they’ve steadily compiled is actually beginning to look pretty imposing. They’ll be looking to continue their improvement this season, and these are three burning […]

After much ado, Damian Lillard has finally received his much-anticipated trade — but not towards his initial preferred destination, the Miami Heat. On Wednesday afternoon, the Milwaukee Bucks pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Portland Trail Blazers, bringing in the seven-time All-Star point guard to improve the team alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo. Even after bringing […]

Well hasn’t the outlook of the Milwaukee Bucks changed drastically? Granted they were a contender before the Damian Lillard-Jrue Holiday trade just as they are after it, but a whole new set of circumstances surrounds this team now heading into the 2023-24 season. Clearly, the talent that they have at their disposal is significant, but […]

The NBA is unrecognizable with all the blockbuster player movement that has been happening since the offseason started. It started with the Boston Celtics trading away Marcus Smart in exchange for Kristaps Porzingis. It was followed by Bradley Beal moving out of the Wizards. Now, Damian Lillard is on his way to play for the […]

The dust from the Damian Lillard blockbuster is beginning to settle and with that comes the potential follow up moves from the teams who missed out. One of those teams is the Boston Celtics. The Celtics were mentioned as being one of the teams involved in discussions with the Portland Trail Blazers regarding a Lillard […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ big offseason move of 2022 saw them bring in Rudy Gobert to play alongside Karl-Anthony Towns, but that pairing didn’t quite reach the heights they’d hoped last season. In a large part that was due to the fact that the two didn’t play alongside one another all that often, and with another […]

For decades, the Miami Heat have been a force in the Eastern Conference. This is mainly due to the fact that Pat Riley and their front office have been able to lure All-Star after All-Star in pursuit of championships. They did so with LeBron James and Chris Bosh during 2010 free agency, as well as […]

The 2022-23 season was one of significant improvement for the New York Knicks. After missing the playoffs the season prior, they won 47 games and then very impressively knocked off a good team in the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games. Jalen Brunson’s career season in his first with the team was a large reason for […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s offseason has not been very eventful. They did eat Davis Bertans’ contract in a draft day trade with the Dallas Mavericks to move up two spots to draft the player they wanted in Kentucky’s Cason Wallace. Another trade they made was with the Miami Heat to acquire Victor Oladipo in a […]

With the start of the 2023-24 NBA season set begin next month and training camps set to get underway, teams are in the process of finalizing their rosters. NBA teams are permitted to bring up to 21 players to camp. Once the regular season begins, they must cut down their rosters to no more than […]

It’s been close to a year and a half since Isaiah Thomas last appeared on an NBA court, but that hasn’t stopped the former All-Star from offering up his services to the Milwaukee Bucks after they stunningly brought in Damian Lillard in exchange for Jrue Holiday on Wednesday. Thomas’ career, of course, unravelled in sad […]

Damian Lillard definitely wasn’t surprised to be moving on from the Portland Trail Blazers shortly before training camp. His ultimate destination in wake of a very public trade request, though? It turns out the seven-time All-Star had not only advanced knowledge, but advanced approval of his trade to the Milwaukee Bucks. As trade talks between […]

The San Antonio Spurs are surely going to slowly step away from tanking this NBA season. Victor Wembanyama is in town and his presence means that they need to get him a lot of experience on the court. Gregg Popovich is also back but it is uncertain if he will finish his five-year extension. Youth […]