Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
The Portland Trail Blazers’ All-pro point guard Damian Lillard is on the shortlist of MVP candidates going into the 2021-22 NBA season. Will the six-time All-Star be able to push Portland to a title run? Are the Trail Blazers 2021-22 Championship Contenders? MVP Darkhorse Lillard finished the 2020-21 campaign seventh in the NBA MVP race. […] READ MORE
In 1998, the Dallas Mavericks drafted little known Dirk Nowitzki with the 9th overall pick. A year later, the San Antonio Spurs picked yet another foreigner with their 57th pick—Manu Ginobili. These two players would soon prove their worth in the NBA. Nowitzki went on to become the greatest player to put on a Mavericks […] READ MORE
All across sports, we hear about the importance of homecourt. In the NBA, teams spend 82 games trying to secure homecourt throughout the playoffs, or at the very least, the first round. The goal is to ensure you play more games in front of your fans than opposing fans. The logic makes sense. The numbers […] READ MORE
The pre-season favorites and defending champion Los Angeles Lakers are out, with LeBron James and company succumbing in the first round of the playoffs to the Phoenix Suns. The Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat are too – just to name a few of the contenders last season that made a fist of it in […] READ MORE
There will be a new NBA Champion this season, no matter which team hoists the Larry O’Brien trophy at season’s end. With NBA Finals usual suspects LeBron James and Stephen Curry out of the picture, the race to the top of the NBA is wide open. Between the teams remaining in the 2021 NBA Playoffs, […] READ MORE
Ahead of the NBA Playoffs, the last year’s champions Los Angeles Lakers were the #1 favorite for another title. But, they’re out of the picture! They got knocked out by the Phoenix Suns in Round 1, which made Brooklyn Nets the strongest trophy candidate. Before the Lakers exit, the Nets were the second-favorite with odds […] READ MORE
A championship is an event or competition that determines the winner for the year. In basketball, this means determining which team will be crowned as champion for the season. The NBA Championship happens at different times throughout the year, with teams playing one another until there are two teams left to compete in the best-of-seven […] READ MORE
The current basketball season is nearing completion. In Europe, it remains to identify the winners of the national championships. The long-awaited final four in the Euroleague will take place in Cologne in the very near future. In North America, things are just starting to get really hot as the NBA has kicked off its playoff […] READ MORE
It’s been a thrilling NBA season so far. Fans tuned into the Play-In Tournament, which took place on 16 May, and then to playoffs betting, which kicked off on May 22. In the Western Conference, the Utah Jazz have been playing phenomenally, while over in the Eastern Conference, the Brooklyn Nets, who finished slightly behind […] READ MORE
There isn’t a more fashionable position in the NBA than point guard. The league’s biggest stars play in this position, as it is similar to the quarterback in American Football. Players that play in this position must have a high basketball IQ and must have the ability to run the show from an offensive point […] READ MORE
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