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The Portland Trail Blazers continue to be one of the few unbeaten teams in the league. Along with the Utah Jazz, Portland is one of the surprise teams to start the season. Despite many expecting this to be a rebuilding year for Portland, the Trail Blazers have other things in mind. They have been dominant […]
Paul George has spoken out in defence of former teammate and Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook, saying the 2017 MVP is one of the best players of all-time. George, 32, spent two seasons playing with Westbrook at the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2017-19 and went head-to-head with his former backcourt partner on Thursday night. […]
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has spoken out on his opening night scuffle with Joel Embiid, claiming he ‘could’ve cracked his head open, but didn’t’. Early in the third quarter, Embiid appeared to intentionally pull Smart’s arm after collecting a rebound which led to last season’s Defensive Player of the Year grabbing at Embiid’s leg. […]
Former Miami Heat guard Norris Cole and ex-Boston Celtics guard Vander Blue will enter the 2022 NBA G League Draft. The Cleveland Charge possess the No. 1 overall pick. Cole was selected 28th overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2011 NBA Draft. However, he was then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Days later, Minnesota […]
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Dennis Schröder is set to miss up to four weeks following a thumb injury which required surgery. After a season to forget for the Lakers last campaign, they’ve spent the offseason bringing in reinforcements to help out LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook, and one of those is an […]
The new Bill Russell-inspired Boston Celtics City Edition uniform for the 2022-23 season which will be debuted on opening night against the Philadelphia 76ers has been revealed. The uniform is inspired by Boston’s Slade’s Bar & Grill, which was owned by Russell in the 1960s. There are also 11 gold diamonds on the sides of […]
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been targeted with the most negative tweets amongst all active NBA players according to a study by Action Network. Action Network surveyed over 8.5 million tweets during the 2021-22 season directed towards the top 50 NBA players. Here are some of the key findings from the combined data: Marcus […]
Malcolm Brogdon has revealed he was offered a choice of which team he would be traded to this summer – the Boston Celtics or Toronto Raptors. In a deal that very few could have foreseen, Malcolm Brogdon was traded in July from the Indiana Pacers to Boston Celtics in a package involving Aaron Nesmith, Daniel […]
Russell Westbrook will play as the Los Angeles Lakers’ sixth man in their final preseason game against the Sacramento Kings tonight, according to reports. The Lakers are planning to bring the former MVP off the bench in tonight’s final preseason game away in Sacramento with Westbrook ‘quarterbacking the second unit’. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, […]
FiveThirtyEight have published their predictions for the 2022-23 NBA season, which tips the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets to reach the finals. The model is based on FiveThirtyEight‘s RAPTOR-based forecast with 50,000 simulations of the rest of the season. The player-based RAPTOR forecast doesn’t account for wins and losses; it is based entirely on NBA […]
