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If it weren’t the playoffs, Giannis Antetokounmpo probably wouldn’t be playing. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar has been dealing with a nagging back injury which forced him to miss Games 2 and 3 of their NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Miami Heat. He played through the pain in Game 5, but unfortunately for the Bucks, […]

Austin Reaves was quite a revelation for the Los Angeles Lakers in their Game 1 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. As a matter of fact, it was the second-year guard who carried LA to a 128-112 victory over Ja Morant and the No. 2 seed Grizzlies on Sunday. NBA guru Shams Charania has shared his […]

The Los Angeles Clippers face a tough test in the opening round of the playoffs when they battle Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns in the first round. Facing a surging Suns side is already a major challenge in itself, but unfortunately for Clippers fans, the absence of Paul George due to injury will make […]

It’s been a tough season off the court for Russell Westbrook — to say the least — and according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, there might not be a happy resolution on the horizon for the Utah Jazz guard. The Utah Jazz have not bought out Westbrook after he was traded from the Los Angeles […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are bracing themselves for life without Zion Williamson. The All-Star forward is now expected to be sidelined for a relatively significant period after suffering a hamstring injury during New Orleans’ loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. At the moment, things aren’t looking very good for the Pelicans’ cornerstone superstar. NBA […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are going through a rough patch right now. The team has lost four out of its last five games, and just recently, Anthony Davis, arguably its best player, went down with a right foot injury. To make matters worse for the Lakers, they have very few assets at their disposal to […]

The Chicago Bulls are in a terrible stretch right now. They just suffered an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves where they gave up 150 points in a blowout. It appears as though there might be more to this situation than what’s on the surface. Reports of Zach LaVine’s current situation with […]

At this point, it remains unclear when Brandon Ingram will be able to return to the lineup for the New Orleans Pelicans. The 25-year-old recently suffered a setback on his road to recovery from a sprain on his big left toe which further delayed his return to action. Right now, the Pels have yet to […]

There were some bizarre scenes during Saturday’s matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder. None of them was more controversial, however, than when Ja Morant was ejected by a referee for what turned out to be a rather questionable decision. NBA guru Shams Charania recently spoke out about the incident and the […]

Zion Williamson has set the NBA ablaze with his scorching run of late. The New Orleans Pelicans superstar was recently named the Western Conference Player of the Week behind what has been an MVP-worthy run for the 22-year-old. NBA guru Shams Charania has now spoken out about how Zion has looked recently, and Shams’ recent […]

The Washington Wizards have a real dilemma on their hands on the Kyle Kuzma front. He currently has two more years remaining on his current deal including this season, but the catch is that he has a player option for next year. This means that unless the Wizards sign him to an extension, he could […]

There have been a few more controversial calls early in the season that of Stephen Curry being whistled for a traveling violation in the dying seconds of the Golden State Warriors’ loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. The game came down the wire and with less than 10 seconds remaining on the clock, […]

NBA insider Shams Charania revealed the truth in reference to rumors surrounding a viral burner account, per Pat McAfee on Twitter. “Yeah Pat. I’m doing my own work right now with The Athletic, with Stadium, with FanDuel, you know, reporting, and doing all my news, and then yes, on the side, I’m also somehow putting […]

Ah yes, the power of social media anonymity. The use of burner social media accounts has become more and more commonplace in recent years due to the considerable freedom being able to express whatever opinion you have without them being tied to your name gives. Kevin Durant famously lambasted the Oklahoma City Thunder when he […]

LeBron James exited Wednesday’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter with what turned out to be a groin injury. The Los Angeles Lakers have officially listed him as day-to-day, but it has now been revealed that LeBron is going to be sitting out his team’s next two games. The official diagnosis […]

The Brooklyn Nets shocked the basketball world on Tuesday night after they announced the firing of now-ex-head coach Steve Nash. It now appears that the Nets have already identified their next coach with disgraced Boston Celtics shot-caller Ime Udoka quickly emerging as the top candidate for the vacancy. As a matter of fact, NBA guru […]

The Miami Heat were considered as one of the frontrunners to land Kevin Durant as his trade saga with the Brooklyn Nets dragged on. KD himself identified the Heat as one of his preferred destinations as he attempted to force his way out of Brooklyn. As it turns out, however, the Heat were never really […]

Ric Bucher made waves earlier this week when he dropped a report claiming Ben Simmons left a Brooklyn Nets group chat after he was asked by teammates if he would be playing in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics. Simmons denied this ever happened, as did Shams Charania. Despite these refutations, Bucher is doubling down […]

Jaylen Brown has been the talk of the town of late after it was revealed that the All-Star forward could be on his way to the Brooklyn Nets. Earlier reports claim that the Boston Celtics have made an offer to the Nets centered around Brown in exchange for superstar Kevin Durant. Apparently, Brooklyn rejected the […]

Despite the fact that Kyrie Irving already decided to opt-in to his deal with the Brooklyn Nets for next season, the trade rumors just won’t go away. LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were supposedly the frontrunners to land Kyrie before he made his decision, but apparently, there were at least three other powerhouse […]

Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons appears to be doing well in terms of his rehab process from back surgery. At this point, it sounds like the former Rookie of the Year is on track to be ready for the start of the 2022-23 season. NBA insider Shams Charania of The Athletic recently provided a fresh […]

Ben Simmons has been the talk of the town after the former Rookie of the Year bailed on the Brooklyn Nets in their Game 4 loss to the Boston Celtics on Monday. The general belief was Simmons was finally going to make his Nets debut in that game only for us to realize at the […]

The talk of the town over the past few days is about LeBron James potentially leaving the Los Angeles Lakers to return to his beloved Cleveland Cavaliers. While it may have sounded outrageous at first, the fact that this rumor continues to pick up steam seems to point to the fact that there could be […]

There’s been a heated battle going on among NBA circles for the past few years – but it’s not on the court. Adrian Wojnarowski has had his all-knowing supremacy challenged by one Shams Charania. While Woj is still considered top dog by many when it comes to breaking news in the NBA, he’s come under […]

The Golden State Warriors signed Andre Iguodala on Friday, just a day after it was reported that the veteran was deciding between the Warriors, Brooklyn Nets, and Los Angeles Lakers. The report came out of his intent to sign, and Shams Charania of The Athletic confirmed it shortly after. However, Iguodala put Shams on blast […]

Any time NBA news breaks, it is always a race between Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania. To that point, the Team USA men’s basketball squad is taking shape by the hour as the Tokyo Olympics draw near. Reports have surfaced of players committing left and right, from Shams to Woj over and over again. Early […]

Jimmy Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, did not hold back his thoughts after Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium claimed there have been “very testy moments” between his client and the Miami Heat this season. On Friday, while talking with a panel that includes NBA free agent guard Iman Shumpert, Charania shared that he has […]

This is becoming a nice little old-fashioned standoff between the Toronto Raptors’ media relations team and Shams Charania. In one corner there’s Shams, highly regarded and well thought of for constantly breaking NBA news accurately for The Athletic and Stadium. He reported earlier Tuesday that the Toronto Raptors had fined Pascal Siakam $50,000 after “directing […]

The suspension of games in accordance with the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols has been the new normal this season. Teams have been used to sitting out for a few days after a violation gets spotted. A report, however, stating the Toronto Raptors violated the health guidelines didn’t sit particularly well with coach Nick Nurse. In a […]

Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania. These are the two biggest names in the NBA today in terms of providing the biggest insider scoops in the most timely manner. Sometimes, Woj and Shams get their information even before the players do. Just ask Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant. In a recent episode of his podcast, The ETC’s, […]

Shams Charania of The Athletic has been coming up on the scene in being regarded as one of the top news-breakers in the NBA. He’s highly respected, thanks to his ability to beat nearly every media outlet to the punch and his credibility with most inside sources. Let Kyrie Irving tell it though, Charania was […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie officially weighed in on the question that has gripped the NBA over the last few days: who is the superior league insider, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski or The Athletic’s Shams Charania? For Dinwiddie, though, it’s not a tough decision: You gotta make it a real vote on here. But it’s @ShamsCharania […]

With nothing going on in the NBA at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Athletic’s renowned NBA insider Shams Charania opted to somehow cover the 2020 NFL Draft in the meantime. The surprising crossover happened on Thursday when Charania bared that the Miami Dolphins will be taking Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa with their No. […]

While the former duo of ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania have gotten more NBA scoops than a Coldstone Creamery, there is yet another scoopmaster operating in the interweb, providing breaking news days before the two lauded insiders did for their own networks. Reddit user SEAinLA had Kevin Love’s four-year, $120 million extension […]

Yahoo is parting ways with NBA insider Shams Charania, the website confirmed. Charania, 24, ends his three-year tenure at Yahoo as its top NBA insider. As reported by Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Yahoo and Charania couldn’t come to terms on a financial agreement. Yahoo admitted that they had decided to walk away […]

Adrian Wojnarowski. Zach Lowe. Marc Stein. Lee Jenkins. What do these gentlemen all have in common? They are among the top reporters in the NBA for breaking news. Just as incoming NBA players stand on the shoulders of the greats before them, incoming NBA journalists do the same. Similar to how Kobe Bryant replicated many of Michael […]