The last thing that the Los Angeles Lakers needed right now was another injury to Anthony Davis, who went down with a sprained ankle last night in the second quarter against the Utah Jazz. An MRI also revealed a sprained mid-foot, so the Lakers will shut Davis down for at […]
Rookie Josh Giddey from the Oklahoma City Thunder has been turning heads, especially when the teenage Australian became the youngest player in NBA history to post a back-to-back triple-double at just 19-years old. The Thunder (18-39) are the second-worst team in the Western Conference, but they have the second-best betting […]
Giannis ‘Greek Freak’ Antetokounmpo put on a shooting clinic when he scored a season-high 50 points to lift the Milwaukee Bucks to a 128-19 victory over the refurbished Indiana Pacers. The last time the Greek Freak dropped 50 points, it was in the championship-clinching game for the Bucks in the […]
Everyone is waiting for James Harden and Ben Simmons to debut for their new teams since the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets swapped unhappy players on the morning of the trade deadline last Thursday. Prior to the trade deadline, Harden missed multiple games with the Nets due to a […]
Norman Powell played only a couple of games with the Los Angeles Clippers before the swingman suffered a foot injury that puts the rest of his season in jeopardy. Powell suffered a fractured left foot when he injured the fractured medial sesamoid bone against the Dallas Mavs last week. He’s […]
The Philadelphia 76ers saw their 2022 NBA championship odds increase to +700 after they acquired James Harden for Ben Simmons in a swap with the Brooklyn Nets prior to the trade deadline. The Nets are still the betting favorite on the NBA futures board, but it’s been reduced to a […]
The 2022 NBA All-Star Game will take place in Cleveland on Sunday, and LeBron James and Kevin Durant are captains once again after they selected rosters and drafted their team from a pool of starters and reserves. The NBA ditched their old format with the Eastern versus the Western Conference. […]
At the start of the final week before the All-Star Break, five hot teams won at least five consecutive games. The Boston Celtics (33-25) extended their winning streak to eight games in a row thanks to their top-notch defense. Meanwhile, the Miami Heat (37-20), Phoenix Suns (46-10), Memphis Grizzlies (40-18), […]
This year’s NBA trade deadline was one of the busiest and craziest in recent memory, when the Philadelphia 76ers finally found a new home for disgruntled Ben Simmons, but they pulled off a huge coup by securing and equally unhappy James Harden from the Brooklyn Nets. However, the biggest loser […]
The NBA schedule this weekend is thin on Super Bowl Sunday, but stacked on Saturday including a sizzling-hot Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavs continuing their domination of the LA Clippers, the Brooklyn Nets attempting to end their 10-game losing streak when they head to Miami, and the best team […]
When you’re hot, you’re hot. They have that expression in Slovenia too. Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavs exploded for 28 points in the first quarter including seven 3-pointers against the helpless LA Clippers, and he finished with a career-high 51 points. The scoring eruption occurred a couple hours after […]
The Unicorn is on the move from the Dallas Mavericks. On Thursday, the Mavs agreed to trade big man Kristaps ‘Unicorn’ Porzingis and a future second-round draft pick to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans. The Washington Wizards (24-29) currently occupy the #11 seed in […]
Within hours of the NBA trade deadline, the Brooklyn Nets traded James Harden and Paul Milsap to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Ben Simmons, Andre Drummond, Seth Curry, and two first-round draft picks. In five seasons with the 76ers, Simmons averaged 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.7 assists per […]
The Utah Jazz traded Joe Ingles to the Portland Trail Blazers for Nickeil Alexander-Walker in a three-team trade that also includes the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs send Jauncho Hernangomez to the Jazz and get back Tomas Satoransky from the Trail Blazers and a second-round draft pick from the Jazz. […]
The Brooklyn Nets are the betting favorite at +170 odds to win the Eastern Conference even though they recently plummeted to the #8 seed amidst a nine-game losing streak. With only 4.5 games separating the top seven teams, the rest of the field in the Eastern Conference offers up tremendous […]
A tough year for Bradley Beal got a lot worse after the All-Star guard from the Washington Wizards announced he will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a wrist injury. Beal, a three-time NBA All-Star, led the Wizards with 23.2 points, 6.6 assists, and 4.7 rebounds per game this season. The […]
The NBA can be a brutal business, especially if you get exiled to Cow Town in a trade. The Indiana Pacers continued the implosion of their team when they agreed to trade two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, Justin Holiday, and Jeremy Lamb to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Tyrese Haliburton, […]
The fire sale continues in Rip City. The Portland Trail Blazers parted ways with CJ McCollum when they agreed to a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans that includes seven total players and three draft picks. McCollum, 30, averages 20.5 points and 4.5 assists this season with the Trail Blazers. […]
The Golden State Warriors extended their winning streak to nine games in a row thanks to a couple of clutch 3-pointers from Klay Thompson to seal a victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Thompson finished the night with 21 points. In his first 10 games back after a 2.5 season […]
The Phoenix Suns are the hottest team in the NBA with a 15-2 record since the start of the new year, and they moved into a tie with the Golden State Warriors at +450 odds as the second co-favorites to win the 2022 NBA championship. The Warriors and Suns still […]
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