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It was a near perfect start for the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. So much in fact that LeBron faced a first in his career after the Celtics took a 36-18 lead in the first quarter. This is the largest deficit LeBron James […]

Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics are preparing to take on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. After mixing up his lineups repeatedly throughout the postseason, coach Stevens had everyone guessing for most of the week as to who they would start in Game 1. On Sunday […]

After a breakout season with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid leading the way, the Philadelphia 76ers have big plans for the NBA offseason. Although the team is already very talented and with a young core that could be successful for many years to come, the front office is ready to make some bold moves this […]

The idea that somebody could stop LeBron James on single coverage is a concept that should have been buried a long time ago. While James has looked unstoppable for most of his career – most especially, over the past few seasons – it has not stopped many to continue believing that someone could actually put […]

It goes without saying that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James will be a handful for the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. James is enjoying the best postseason form throughout his 13 career playoff trips. The juggernaut that is James will be facing a different challenge in the Celtics, though. More than the players […]

Boston Celtics forward Marcus Morris isn’t one to hold his punches. Going up against the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James, Morris recognizes the path of destruction that the Cavs superstar left behind on his way to a second-straight playoff series against the Beantown team. Marcus Morris is asked if LeBron James can break teams. “I […]

The always-heated debate on who’s the better player between Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James won’t lose steam for the foreseeable future, but the former may have added more vitriol into the conversation with his latest Twitter activity. A look into Bryant’s Twitter page reveals one interesting activity by […]

It is no secret that Cleveland Cavaliers small forward LeBron James had his way with the Toronto Raptors in the Conference Semifinal Round. One player who has not been shy about voicing his opinion on the Raptors’ defenses of James is Boston Celtics power forward Marcus Morris. There were a number of issues that factored […]

It’s another playoff series against LeBron James, and it’s another player saying they are confident in their skills guarding him. This time it’s Marcus Morris, who not only said he thinks he can guard James, but he is the second best at guarding him behind Kawhil Leonard. Marcus Morris not shying away from matchup with […]

The Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers are set to kick off their series on Sunday afternoon with the winner heading to the NBA Finals. LeBron James knows just how tough this is going to be for the Cavaliers, and he wasn’t afraid to give out a lot of praise to Brad Stevens’ Club. “I […]

A few months from now, LeBron James will be entering free agency and NBA teams will be crunching the numbers and preparing elaborate presentations to lure him away from the Cleveland Cavaliers. After all, it’s not every summer that the best player in the game becomes available and any GM would be remiss in his […]

In last year’s playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers handed the Boston Celtics a gentleman’s sweep with a 4-1 series victory. This year, Al Horford is a bit more confident in finally beating James and his crew. As reported by Scott Souza of MetroWest Daily News: #Celtics Al Horford: Last year was a unique group that played […]

Brad Stevens is a smart coach, and he knows to use all of his resources wisely. Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving won’t be on the court during this series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but he might actually be a key to the Boston Celtics upsetting the defending Eastern Conference champions. According to Brad D’Amico, […]

The Philadelphia 76ers made some huge strides forward this year, and if they brought back the same team that they had this year, there is no question they would be at least a little better, because of the strides the young players will take during the offseason. Brett Brown isn’t ready to trust natural progression […]

When the New York Knicks were trying to make a decision on who to hire for their next coach, they asked a lot of different individuals about David Fizdale. One guy who has always had a lot of good things to say about Fizdale has been LeBron James. The Knicks couldn’t talk to James directly […]

The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers are set to do battle in the Eastern Conference Finals, as most hoops fans know. While there are several interesting points of discussion with regards to the matchup, there is also one story line that might be a bit surprising to some. As it turns out, Jayson Tatum and […]

Joel Embiid knows the Philadelphia 76ers are good, he also knows how much better they can be if they add a star like LeBron James. Embiid didn’t wait until the offseason to already start recruiting James to the team, as was already on social media a few times during the season trying to recruit The […]

One of the first big moves for New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale is deciding which players on the roster he wants to be part of the future. One guy that evidently wants to be back with the Knicks is Enes Kanter, and according to Steve Mills the feeling is mutual, but the ball […]

Meek Mill’s favorite team, the Philadelphia 76ers, hadn’t even been eliminated for a full day, and he was already trying to recruit LeBron James to team up with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. Mill appeared on ESPN’s first take on Thursday morning and he gave his pitch on why he believes the King’s next move […]

The season wasn’t supposed to end in the first round of the playoffs for Paul George. He went to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the hopes of expanding his horizons other than going to the L.A. Lakers in the 2018 offseason. The Lakers weren’t willing to give up any of their young players to acquire […]

The Boston Celtics punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second-straight year, which now bodes a reunion between rookie Jayson Tatum and his childhood idol LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Yet the nerves of going up against someone he once looked up to will be completely different, now with a task […]

Fresh off a second-round postseason knockout at the hands of their longtime rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers now must look ahead to a crucial offseason. After finishing the regular season on a 16-game winning streak and notching a first-round victory against the Miami Heat, the Sixers cemented themselves as a legitimate Eastern Conference force. Though inexperience […]

The Eastern Conference Finals has now been booked. It will feature the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers — a rematch of last year’s battle in the East. Both teams look different now, though. The Cavs have a mixed bag of new acquisitions. The Celtics, meanwhile, now have Kyrie Irving — although he’s not playing. […]

After downing the Philadelphia 76ers in five games in the second round of the playoffs, the Boston Celtics brace themselves for a different challenge in the conference finals. That would be the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers, the same Cavs team Brad Stevens and the Celtics lost to in last year’s edition of the Eastern Conference […]

The Toronto Raptors seem to be doing a lot of soul-searching after being eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third year in a row.  For DeMar DeRozan, he said on Tuesday that this is the lowest feeling he has ever had. “This is probably the toughest, most frustrating, difficult, lowest feeling I’ve had,” DeMar […]

David Fizdale is a big fan of LeBron James and the King is also a big fan of the newest New York Knicks coach. They spent time together when Fizdale was an assistant coach for the Miami Heat and after Fizdale was fired by the Memphis Grizzlies, James was one of the first to publicly […]

There are plenty of details for Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey to mull over throughout the summer as he tries to piece together exactly what happened to his team this postseason as it ended in disastrous results. Wednesday afternoon brought the coach’s exit interview. He answered questions from reporters and gave his thoughts about […]

Gilbert Arenas finally revealed what Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James told him during his famously missed free throws in the two’s 2006 first round NBA Playoffs series. First, for context, here is what we are talking about: (2006) 12 years ago today, the Cavs beat the Wizards in a crazy game 6. pic.twitter.com/clUXcM80QQ — Timeless […]

Scrolling through Twitter can lead to a lot of interesting things and that was the case Monday. Nick Kapur who is a historian of East Asia and Japan and also an assistant professor at Rutgers University put together a thread of Chinese Nicknames for some of the biggest stars in the NBA. Lebron James – 小皇帝 […]

The Toronto Raptors were supposed to be a better team ahead of a playoffs rematch with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers this year, but nothing in their Eastern Conference Finals supported that type of expectation. Just like last year, the Raptors were mercilessly swept by Cleveland in the second round even though the Raptors […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James owns the Toronto Raptors, plain and simple. During the last offseason, the Raptors completely changed their style of offense with the idea of finally getting past the Cavs, but that still wasn’t enough as the Raptors were swept in the second round series. LeBron James (34.0 PPG, 11.3 APG, 8.3 […]

The trades that sent the Cavs’ Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics and the Pacers’ Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder were two of the biggest moves of the 2017 NBA offseason. Although the trades were unrelated, Irving and George were nearly dealt for each other multiple times. If that deal had gone through, […]

New York Knicks center Enes Kanter surprisingly hinted at his willingness to play alongside LeBron James, posting a Twitter video in which he called out the self-professed King of New York to prove so by signing with the team during the offseason. “Hey LeBron, you really want to be king of New York? Come and […]

One night after LeBron James scored 38 points in a Cleveland Cavaliers win, Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors did exactly the same. Durant top-scored for the defending champions as they sent back the New Pelicans to Earth with a 118-92 trouncing. He shot the ball well, hitting 15 of his 27 shots from […]

In his 15th season in the league, Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James has continued to play at a remarkable level at a point of his career where many of the league’s best player prior to him began to see some deterioration of their respective individual games. James has continued to put that on display […]

For Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, his team’s misfortune against the Cleveland Cavaliers continued on Saturday night when they lost their ninth consecutive postseason game to the Cavs and now face a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. DeMar DeRozan should take some of the blame, but more on that in a […]

LeBron James did it again on Saturday night to the Toronto Raptors. After having a big lead for most of the game the Toronto Raptors got back into the game and gave their fans some hope that they just might be able to get back into the series. James then decided he had enough of […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were led to yet another win in their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup against the Toronto Raptors to grab a commanding 3-0 series lead. It was once against led by star forward LeBron James putting up yet another huge all-around playoff performance that was all capped by his second game-winner in this year’s postseason. […]

It happened yet again to the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Toronto Raptors. Cleveland Cavaliers superstar forward LeBron James heroics down the stretch of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals broke the Raptors hearts with a game-winner off the glass for a stunning 105-103 for the Cavs. After the stunning loss, Raptors star point guard Kyle […]