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On Monday night, the Golden State Warriors lost 104-101 against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, dropping to 3-1 in their best of seven series. Golden State is 1-14 all time in playoff series after trailing 3-1. The Warriors’ only comeback was in the 2016 Western […]
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has scored 293 points this postseason, the most through eight playoff games since Michael Jordan (325) in 1990. In the Suns’ 121-114 second-round win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, Booker posted 47 points. It was his fourth 45-point playoff game of his eight-year […]
Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul (left groin strain) remains out for Tuesday night’s Game 5 matchup against the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. The 12-time All-Star suffered the injury late in the third quarter of the Suns’ 97-87 Game 2 loss last week and was absent for the rest […]
The Brooklyn Nets are not interested in trading Mikal Bridges to the Portland Trail Blazers, per sources. Bridges has been mentioned in a number of hypothetical trade scenarios. However, he’s not being shopped to Portland for logical reasons. “The Nets don’t seem to have much incentive to play ball here,” said John Hollinger of The […]
For one of the more intriguing NBA rumors, the Detroit Pistons are interested in adding Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson, but it might take signing the 6-foot-8 wing to a four-year, $100 million deal. Ben Simmons has a cap figure of $37,893,408 for the 2023-24 season. “There have been reports that the Nets plan to […]
Los Angeles Clippers president Lawrence Frank plans to continue building around star players Kawhi Leonard and Paul George after an underwhelming season plagued by injuries and questionable front office decisions. On Tuesday, the Phoenix Suns eliminated the Clippers in five games of the first-round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. George missed the final nine games […]
ESPN’s Mark Jackson, the former Golden State Warriors head coach, has apologized to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic for leaving the five-time All-Star off his MVP ballot. Jackson, 58, was the only voter to not have the two-time MVP in his top-five selection. Jackon’s decision was leaked Thursday afternoon. The ESPN broadcaster picked Joel Embiid, […]
Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone made a comparison between two-time MVP Nikola Jokic and Hall of Fame power forward/center Tim Duncan. Malone called Jokic a “selfless superstar” on NBA Finals media day. “He’s not trying to be something he’s not,” Malone said of Jokic. “He’s not trying to create a narrative other than ‘I’m Nikola […]
Nikola Jokic has an estimated net worth of $30 million in 2023, a salary of $33,047,803 for the 2022-23 NBA season, and a $24.23 million net income after taxes. His 2023-24 net income after taxes is based on an average salary of $46.9 million from the five-year, $272 million max extension he signed with the […]
One of the latest NBA trade rumors pertains to Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris. According to Kyle Neubeck of PhillyVoice, it is unlikely that Harris will get moved ahead of this Thursday’s 2023 NBA Draft. Shake Milton is also the least likely of the Sixers’ free agents to re-sign with the team. “One source familiar […]