Basketball

The Atlanta Dream will likely take Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft. (Image: AP)

Fever Reloading with Four First-Round Picks in 2022 WNBA Draft

The Atlanta Dream will pick first in the 2022 WNBA Draft, but it’s the Indiana Fever who may get the most out of their selections on Monday night. Indiana holds four of the 12 first-round picks, including the second overall selection in the 2022 WNBA Draft. Howard, Smith among top […]

The Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns are two teams from the Pacific Division that could win the 2022 NBA championship. (Image: Getty)
2022 NBA Playoffs

Prop Bet: Which Division Will Win the 2022 NBA Championship?

Do you have a personal favorite to win the title this year? If so, then take a look at the latest prop bet from DraftKings. There’s a cool prop bet about which division will win the 2022 NBA Championship, with the Pacific Division the betting favorite at +160 odds followed […]

Chris Paul from the Phoenix Suns bring the ball up the court with Devin Booker trailing. (Image: Donald Becker/Getty)
2022 NBA Playoffs

NBA Title Odds: Phoenix Suns Consensus Favorite as Playoffs Tip Off

The NBA regular season is over and at the start of the postseason, the Phoenix Suns are the consensus betting favorite at +260 odds to win the 2022 NBA championship. The Suns, last season’s runner-up, finished the regular season with the best record in the league. The defending champion Milwaukee […]

Giannis 'Greek Freak' Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks slowly reacts to a pass from Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavs. (Image: Getty)

NBA Weekend Betting Preview: Final Games of the Regular Season

It’s been a long and wild NBA season and the final quickie weekend betting preview is here. At this point, we know who all of the playoffs teams are, and it’s just down to the final seedings with the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics fighting for the #2 seed in […]

The Memphis Grizzlies swarm Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic at The Ball Arena. (Image: Porter Lambert/Getty)

Joker 2K/1K/500 Guy: MVP Favorite Nikola Jokic Makes NBA History

Nikola Jokic from the Denver Nuggets became the first player in NBA history to score 2,000 points, pull down 1,000 rebounds, and dish 500 assists in a single season, making him the lone member of the newly-minted 2K/1K/500 club. Jokic passed 1,000 rebounds for the first time in his career […]

Anthony Edwards from the Minnesota Timberwolves pulls up for a jumper against Jakob Poeltl of the San Antonio Spurs. (Image: Getty)

NBA High Guys: Minny’s Ant Man Career-High 49 Points (VIDEO)

Anthony Edwards, the former #1 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft otherwise known as “Ant Man,” dropped a career-high 49 points for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 127-121 victory against the San Antonio Spurs. When the buzzer sounded, Edwards tallied 49 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and a thunderous dunk […]

Jack McKinney spent just 14 games as the head coach of the LA Lakers at the start if 1979-80 season before he suffered a near-fatal bicycle accident. (Image: Getty)
Winning Time

The Architect of the Showtime: Who is Jack McKinney from the LA Lakers?

Pat Riley gets a lot of credit for engineering the Showtime-era LA Lakers in the 1980s, but it’s former head coach Jack McKinney who deserves all the credit for introducing run-and-gun offensive concepts that would help lead the Lakers to five championships between 1980 and 1988. McKinney is a former […]

An exhausted LeBron James from the LA Lakers walks off the court during recent loss. (Image: Getty)

Losing Time: Disappointing LA Lakers Eliminated from Playoff Contention

The Los Angeles Lakers were officially eliminated from playoff contention last night when they lost to the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets to secure the final spot in next week’s Western Conference play-in tournament. LeBron James, who’s been nursing an ankle injury, didn’t suit […]

Marcus Smart from the Boston Celtics acknowledges the crowd at TD Garden in Boston during a recent victory. (Image: Jeff Chiu/AP)

Marcus Smart Betting Fave for NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Marcus Smart from the Boston Celtics is attempting something that hasn’t happened since 1996 when he hopes to become the first guard to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) in 26 seasons. Smart is the betting favorite to win the DPOY at DraftKings at +120 odds, with […]