Payton Pritchard: Celtics will continue to shoot threes because they’re ‘the best’ at it

“Too many damn threes are being launched. So it’s a broader conversation than just about the All-Star Game,” LeBron James told the press recently, when asked about the current state of the NBA. Days before, NBA Commissioner had said that the league was looking into the saturated volume of shots taken from beyond the arc.  […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  23 Dec 2024
Report: Warriors are the highest-valued franchise in the NBA

Yet again, Sportico have announced their annual assessment and placed the Warriors as the most valuable franchise in the NBA. The Golden State club is then followed closely by the Knicks in second place, and then the Lakers in third, who all lead the top of the list by a wide margin.  According to their […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  23 Dec 2024
Victor Wembanyama reached 200-career threes faster than Curry and Harden

By the way that Victor Wembanyama has been playing this season, you can pretty much guarantee that each game he plays he is going to break some kind of record. If not, by the time a Spurs match is over, he will surely have produced some sort of historical stat line.  This has been the […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  23 Dec 2024
Alex Caruso signs a 4-year, $81M extension with the Thunder

Oklahoma City have now secured a two-time NBA All-Defensive Team selection for the future, as they’ve signed Alex Caruso to a four-year, $81 million extension that should go through the 2028-29 campaign. The information, confirmed by the player’s agent Greg Lawrence, did not specify the contract’s terms.  This deal means that the 30-year-old will be […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  23 Dec 2024
Magic’s Moritz Wagner suffers potential season-ending knee injury

During this weekend’s Florida derby between Orlando and Miami, Moritz Wagner suffered an injury that might leave him out of action for the rest of the 2024-25 campaign. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the German international won’t recover from his knee pains this current season.  This clearly comes as a huge blow for the Magic […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  23 Dec 2024
Celtics Coach Joe Mazzulla Fined $35K For Aggressively Pursuing Ref

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Saturday “for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” at the end of his team’s 117-108 home loss to the Chicago Bulls at TD Garden on Thursday night. Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla lashed out at referee Justin Van Duyne […]

James Foglio  •  21 Dec 2024
NBA Rumors: Alex Caruso Says It ‘Would Be Awesome’ To Sign Extension With Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso told Jake Fischer of “The Stein Line” during a recent interview that he would welcome a contract extension offer from the Western Conference contender. The eight-year veteran said it “would be awesome” to sign a potential four-year deal future with this group. Update: Oklahoma City signed Caruso to a […]

James Foglio  •  21 Dec 2024
Dwight Howard Announces Engagement to Rapper Amy Luciani

Former NBA champion Dwight Howard and rapper Amy Luciani revealed their engagement Friday in separate Instagram posts. Howard, 39, also shared photos of them at the movie screening for Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera in Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday, which Howard hosted. “Happy,” he wrote, including the hashtags, “black love” and “prayed for this.” Amy […]

James Foglio  •  21 Dec 2024
Suns’ Devin Booker To Miss First Game Saturday Against Pistons

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been ruled out of Saturday’s home game against Detroit Pistons due to left groin tightness. The 28-year-old Booker sat out practice Friday, one day after sustaining the injury in the third quarter of a 120-111 loss to the Indiana Pacers. Devin Booker will miss Saturday’s contest, his first regular-season […]

James Foglio  •  21 Dec 2024