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Shooting guard Quentin Grimes has been upgraded to probable for the Detroit Pistons’ Saturday matchup against the Orlando Magic. The Pistons acquired Grimes from the New York Knicks before the NBA Trade Deadline with Evan Fournier, Malachi Flynn, Ryan Arcidiacono, and two second-round picks in exchange for Alec Burks and Bojan Bogdanovic. Grimes has been […]

The NBA is all about accolades. All-Star appearances, All-NBA nods, scoring titles, MVPs, and plenty of other awards factor into how a player is viewed at the end of their career. But, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum knows which achievement is most important to him. Following a 129-112 win over the Chicago Bulls, Tatum was […]

Tim Hardaway is a very highly-respected NBA veteran. Having played 13 years with the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, and Indiana Pacers, Hardaway has seen everything from the start of his NBA career in 1989 until his final season in 2002-03. As a member of the National Basketball Retried Players Association, Hardaway stopped by Legends […]

With the NBA All-Star break behind them, the Portland Trail Blazers are ready to take on the stretch run of their 2023-24 season. While the Blazers have struggled to a 15-39 record through the first two-thirds of the season, there are still some intriguing storylines for fans to follow in the last 28 games of […]

After making his Philadelphia 76ers debut, Kyle Lowry will sit out the team’s next game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. On the second night of a back-to-back after not playing for a month, the Sixers are easing Lowry back into the swing of things. Lowry is listed as out on the injury report due to “return […]

Kevin Ollie faced the daunting task of optimizing a struggling Brooklyn Nets roster after replacing Jacque Vaughn as head coach. Among the top questions relating to that assignment was how he would deploy Ben Simmons. Ollie started with a direct message to the three-time All-Star about driving more. “Most of it’s with pace. We know […]

JJ Redick enjoyed a solid NBA career. He is one of the better three-point shooters of all-time. Redick also played with a number of superstar teams throughout his career. The ex-sharpshooter was recently asked to build a starting five of his former teammates in the NBA, and he almost forgot to add Dallas Mavericks star […]

The San Antonio Spurs were on the verge of knocking off a team that’s expected to make the playoffs. They’d rallied to lead the Sacramento Kings by four with just over two minutes remaining in the game. From that moment on, one team showed why it’s looking for a second straight postseason appearance while the […]

The Boston Celtics can get scoring from seemingly every direction, which is one of the reasons why they’re an NBA-best 44-12 overall. On Thursday night, the C’s traveled to the Windy City for their first game following the All-Star break. Although the Chicago Bulls put up a fight in the first half, Boston’s 3-point attack […]

The Dallas Mavericks earned a 123-113 home victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. In what felt like a playoff game, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving led the charge in Dallas’ victory. It was also the Mavs’ seventh consecutive win, which equals Dallas’ longest win streak since the 2010-11 championship season, per Mavs PR […]

The San Antonio Spurs aren’t going to win a lot more games over the last third of their season.  But that doesn’t mean they won’t improve. In fact, be prepared to see significant individual growth from several key players. Combine a trade deadline move that didn’t make them better, an 11-44 record at the All-Star […]

LeBron James is expected to return to the Los Angeles Lakers’ lineup for Friday’s matchup vs. Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs at Crypto.com Arena, according to head coach Darvin Ham. LeBron missed the Lakers’ loss vs. the Golden State Warriors on Thursday due to ongoing treatment on his left ankle. (At All-Star Weekend, […]

Exiting the NBA All-Star break, the Cleveland Cavaliers planned to gradually ramp things up before the start of the playoffs. With 29 games to go entering Thursday’s action, it’s understandable why the Cavs wanted to lean on their depth and ease Evan Mobley and Darius Garland, who only just returned from injury just a few […]

The regular season return after All-Star break was far from ideal for the Detroit Pistons. Their last-place record dropped to 8-47 after suffering a 129-115 road loss to the Indiana Pacers. The blowout gap grew as big as 31 points courtesy of 15 turnovers by the Pistons, including 11 in the first half. Point guard […]

PHILADELPHIA — Individually, Kyle Lowry’s debut with the Philadelphia 76ers was a success. The veteran guard showed exactly what he can bring to his new team. Unfortunately, Lowry and the Sixers got beaten handily by the New York Knicks. They lost 110-96, cutting a 26-point deficit down to six before failing to keep up the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will play the first game after the NBA All-Star break against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, but they’ll have to do so without the services of starting point guard Scoot Henderson. Henderson is listed as out on the Blazers’ injury report with a left adductor strain. It’s unclear how Henderson injured […]

The Brooklyn Nets were seeking a spark under newly hired interim head coach Kevin Ollie coming out of the All-Star break. “Energy-generating behaviors” had been Ollie’s focus during his first two practices upon taking over. However, the majority of EGBs during his first game Thursday came from the Toronto Raptors as they blew the Nets […]

The Chicago Bulls returned to action after the All-Star break on Thursday night at home against the Boston Celtics. The Bulls held their own in the first half against the top seed in the East, but things got away from them in the third quarter. Chicago led by three at halftime, but they ended up […]

The Chicago Bulls have had to deal with a lot of injury trouble this season, and it hasn’t been easy. Right now, a couple key players that are out for the Bulls are Zach LaVine and Patrick Williams. LaVine is out for the season because of surgery, and Williams is battling a left foot injury. […]

With the All-Star break officially over, the Philadelphia 76ers (32-23) resumed their season against the New York Knicks (34-22). The Sixers fell down by as much as 26 early in the game before mounting a mammoth comeback in the second half. But they ran out of gas late and lost 110-96. Let’s break down the […]

Patrick Williams has been out for a few weeks now for the Chicago Bulls as he is currently battling a left foot injury. There was some hope in Chicago that he could return after the All-Star break, but he is out again. The Bulls are back to game action on Thursday night as the Boston […]

The Chicago Bulls have had an interesting season this year that has been plagued with injury trouble. For how many players have gotten hurt, the season is going pretty well. The Bulls have had to play shorthanded fairly often, and whenever that happens, guys that don’t play as much have to step up. For the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans missed most of Mardi Gras due to a road-game-heavy schedule going into the NBA All-Star break. They played eight of the last ten games away from the Smoothie King Center and then everyone but Jordan Hawkins went on a week-long February break somewhere besides Indiana. The team had practice in the […]

Exiting the All-Star break, there are only 28 regular season games left until the Cleveland Cavaliers face the very best the Eastern Conference has to offer in the playoffs. It all begins with the Cavs hosting the Orlando Magic on Thursday. And although Cleveland was the hottest team in basketball entering All-Star weekend, it might […]

Who will win the 2024 NBA Finals? As all 30 teams prepare to resume the season following the All-Star break, there is still no clear-cut answer to this question. Although the Boston Celtics have clearly cemented themselves as the best team in the league this year with a 43-12 record, there are still several other […]

The Boston Celtics made multiple moves at the trade deadline, but they haven’t seen their new additions in action yet. That could change on Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls, as big man Xavier Tillman and guard Jaden Springer are both off the injury report. Tillman was literally and figuratively Boston’s biggest trade, as the […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — After years of having other people tell their stories, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family have finally decided to tell their own story in their own words with ‘Giannis: The Marvelous Journey.’ On Monday, Amazon Prime released the highly anticipated movie, which detailed different points of Antetokounmpo and his family’s […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves entered the 2024 NBA All-Star break as perhaps the biggest surprise story in the NBA. NBA media shared heavy doubts about the team’s fit while overlooking their vast collection of talent and adaptability. The team came into the season with vastly improved maturity, which has translated into an elite defense, ranking first […]

With the Super Bowl being over, it is now officially the early off-season for NFL teams. Ahead of the NFL Combine and NFL Draft, rumors start swirling as well. One rumor is that Sean Payton might have revealed his hand on who the Denver Broncos are looking at, according to Vikings’ PA announcer Paul Allen. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have converted point guard Ashton Hagans from a 10-day contract to a two-way deal, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: “The Portland Trail Blazers are signing G Ashton Hagans on a two-way contract, sources tell ESPN. Hagans — undrafted out of Kentucky — was a G League All-Star for the Rip City […]

Although Marcus Smart broke the trend during the 2021-22 season, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award tends to go to a power forward or center. After all, most centers are utilized for their length in order to block shots and protect the paint nowadays. Jaren Jackson Jr. was the recipient of this award […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown became the first All-Star since 2017 to compete in the Dunk Contest, but he didn’t get much love for his effort. Although the three-time All-Star placed second in the competition, he was booed a few times in Indianapolis: The crowd did NOT like Jaylen Brown’s second dunk 😳https://t.co/hc3tjmidOC — ClutchPoints […]

Few teams needed the All-Star break as badly as the Philadelphia 76ers did. The injuries piled up on them until they were leaning on multiple players on two-way contracts to play real minutes. The time is now for the Sixers to start proving that winning without Joel Embiid can become a trend, not a handful […]

Mark Cuban, who recently sold his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks but will still maintain control of the Mavs’ basketball operations, is pursuing a new online class venture. Cuban is set to teach a class with Masterclass on how to win big in business. Cuban will address a number of different topics while providing […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — Kyle Lowry is on his way out of the star phase of his NBA career. The tank hasn’t emptied yet, though, and the 37-year-old’s next stop is with the Philadelphia 76ers. Whatever the six-time All-Star has left — at least for this season — he’s going to give to his hometown squad. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are sitting at 33-22 coming out of the NBA All-Star break, tied with the Phoenix Suns for fifth place. Willie Green has this group on pace for one of the best regular season finishes in franchise history, but that was not the goal back in September. They are 27 games away […]

The San Antonio Spurs’ only move at the NBA trade line was their biggest mistake. And not by default. ClutchPoints reported on Doug McDermott’s affection for San Antonio and the Spurs leading up to a deal that sent him to the Indiana Pacers. In parting ways with one of their few veteran players, the franchise […]

The Dallas Mavericks are mostly healthy heading into the second-half of the 2023-24 season. Dante Exum is the only player who was limited at practice on Wednesday, Mavs head coach Jason Kidd revealed. “Exum did some work, non-contact so he’s going in the right direction,” Kidd said Wednesday. “Besides Exum, everybody participated, everybody looked good.” […]

The Brooklyn Nets dominated headlines Monday with their abrupt firing of Jacque Vaughn. While Vaughn’s status was in question amid an 8-23 stretch that dropped the Nets to 11th in the Eastern Conference, the timing of the change came as a surprise, so much so that Cam Thomas said he thought it was a prank. […]