Category: NBA Saturday
The Houston Rockets and center Steven Adams have agreed to a three-year, $39M extension. ESPN’s Shams Charania was first to report. Adams is now financially secured through 2028. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer and turns 32 next month. The New Zealand native will be entering his 12th NBA season. […]
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s clutch time heroics rescued the Oklahoma City Thunder from falling into a 3-1 series deficit and instead head back home with the NBA Finals knotted at two games apiece against the Indiana Pacers. In the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, the new league MVP poured in 15 points to help the […]
The New York Knicks’ frenzied head coaching search is now believed to include Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins. This is according to The Athletic’s Sam Amick. Brown was last with the Sacramento Kings before being fired this season. Jenkins was fired late into the season by the Memphis Grizzlies. Brown previously interviewed with the Knicks in 2020 […]
The Golden State Warriors are expected to be a team interested in Bobby Portis if the Milwaukee Bucks forward elects to decline his player option. The Warriors’ interest is linked to Steve Kerr being a fan of Portis after their time working together with Team USA. Portis was a member of the Team USA 2023 […]
Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers drew its lowest audience rating since 2007. The Pacers won what was a very entertaining game 111-110 on a Tyrese Haliburton jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining. The average viewership was 8.91 million viewers, the lowest since Tim Duncan and the San […]
Team representatives have gone from feeling confident to feeling skeptical that Giannis Antetokounmpo will become available via trade. This is according to the latest from NBA insider Jake Fischer. The Milwaukee Bucks were defeated in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight season. That, combined with Damian Lillard being expected to miss […]
The league-best 68-14 Oklahoma City Thunder find themselves in a pickle against the Denver Nuggets and head coach Mark Daigneault’s blunders in the clutch are among the reasons they’re in this position. Now trailing 2-1 in the series after a tense, 113-104 overtime loss in Game 3, the Thunder are forced to play with some […]
Nikola Jokic may have played his worst playoff game in the Denver Nuggets’ thrilling 113-104 overtime Game 3 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The three-time MVP finished with 20 points, 16 rebounds, six assists, two steals, and two blocks but shot just 8-for-25 from the field. That includes an abysmal 0-for-10 from three and […]
The NBA has announced its finalists for end-of-season awards such as MVP (Most Valuable Player) and DPOY (Defensive Player Of The Year), among others. Each finalist was confirmed on TNT’s Inside The NBA and announced by each of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Shaquille O’Neal. There was a hilarious moment when Barkley pronounced […]
Anthony Edwards had a technical foul picked up on Friday rescinded by the NBA. It would have been his 18th of the season, resulting in an automatic suspension. As a result of the league’s announcement, Edwards can now play in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ final game of the regular season against the Utah Jazz. Per the […]
