Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
The NBA regular season is set to tip-off within the next month. Teams are ramping up their training camps and play their preseason games to get into game shape. In what could transpire as the new era of the NBA where anyone can win it all, the 2019 NBA preseason has been anything but boring […] READ MORE
The 2019 FIBA World Cup has just concluded and we got a glimpse of the basketball landscape for the upcoming NBA season and next summer’s Olympic games. This summer has proven that the rest of the world has caught up with the United States in the development of the sport and how global the game […] READ MORE
Team USA narrowly beats Turkey in overtime with a score of 93-92 in Shanghai, China. The Americans move to 2-0 in FIBA World Cup 2019 play. The streak is still alive as the last time the Americans lost in an official tournament was in the 2004 Athens’ Olympics versus Argentina in the semifinal round. Team […] READ MORE
This offseason, the NBA together with the board of governors, approved the use of “in-game challenge flags” for the 2019-20 NBA season. Coaches may now challenge fouls, out-of-bounds violations, and goaltending calls against their team. More calls and in-game challenges will be added as the experiment goes on. For now, the scope of calls is […] READ MORE
The Los Angeles Lakers will be coming into the 2019-20 season with championship aspirations. The Lakers went into “Win Now” mode when they swung their young assets for the superstar, Anthony Davis, to pair with LeBron James. With a whole new roster, coach, and season, this season is poised to be an interesting one with […] READ MORE
The NBA schedule release for the 2019-20 season is around the corner. NBA Free Agency has reshaped the landscape of the league in a dawning of a new era. There are some potential marquee matchups that would make for interesting headlines. The NBA has begun an entirely new era after free agency. The superteam era […] READ MORE
Former NBA champion J.R. Smith has been waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night sources tell ESPN. Smith was waived before his salary of $15.6 million becomes guaranteed at 5 pm EST. The Cavaliers were looking to trade Smith but will have to instead pay him $4.4 million-plus of his contract according to Shams […] READ MORE
LeBron James will be wearing the number 23 next season after all. According to Yahoo! Sports, the Los Angeles Lakers missed the March 15th deadline for a jersey change. This means that Anthony Davis wearing the number 23 and James wearing the number six will have to wait until the 2020-2021 season at least. Davis […] READ MORE
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