Caitlin Clark uncharacteristically struggled on Sunday during Team USA’s game against Italy. The Indiana Fever star played her worst game of the FIBA World Cup and drew strong reactions from fans for her off night. She finished with just one point on 0-of-6 shooting, including 0-of-3 from beyond the arc. Clark added four rebounds, one [...]
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Former NBA forward Reggie Perry has signed with KK Bosna, according to a team press release. The club is based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and competes in the EuroCup, as well as the ABA League and Bosnia’s domestic league. Perry, a 2020 second-round pick who appeared in 36 NBA games from 2020-22, spent recent […]
The 76ers will enter the season having the best fifth option the league has ever seen, but it's not going to be VJ Edgecombe.
Team USA managed to earn a 55-52 over Italy. However, it was an incredibly ugly performance for the Americans. It was so bad, they should be considering themselves lucky they got the victory. Caitlin Clark was no exception either, as the Indiana Fever star had arguably the worst outing in her basketball career. Reports indicate […]
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LeBron James is gone. Derek Fisher doesn’t believe the Lakers are going away with him. The former Lakers guard and five-time NBA champion believes Los Angeles can remain firmly in the playoff picture during its first season built entirely around Luka Doncic. “I think Luka and Austin Reaves are basically an All-Star backcourt that you […]
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This is what all of you basketball maniacs have been waiting for this summer… our first extended peek at the team via a practice scrimmage video. Rest assured, Jason and Donald of the DBR Podcast are taking a deep dive into everything we learned from the video. Jason even tracked all the stats so you […]
The Bulls have one roster spot left, and Victor Oladipo could be the perfect veteran addition to Bryson Graham's revamped Chicago roster.
Jaylen Brown already faces a problem at the Philadelphia 76ers that he would've avoided had he been traded to the Golden State Warriors.
Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took shots at his former star teammate Chris Paul, but not for basketball reasons this time. Paul played 21 seasons in the NBA from 2005 to 2026, playing with the Thunder for one year during the 2019-20 campaign. He and Gilgeous-Alexander excelled as teammates, making the playoffs that year […]
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Nikola Jokić does not do empty optimism. So when the three-time MVP was asked about the Denver Nuggets’ decision to trade Peyton Watson and offered a calm assessment of the team’s future, it carried more weight than the usual offseason platitudes. After leading Serbia past Victor Wembanyama and France in a FIBA World Cup […]
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Team USA survived what would’ve been a massive upset in its 55-52 win over Italy on Sunday. Italy had a chance to tie the game at 55 with 20 seconds remaining, but their last-second 3-pointer hit the backboard and fell into Breanna Stewart’s hands as time expired. After scoring five points off the bench in […]
New Synergy Sports metrics show Derrick White ranked #1 in point-of-attack defense, outranking Dyson Daniels and Amen Thompson.
Team USA has officially qualified for the quarterfinals of the FIBA Women’s World Cup, and to say that Italy made them work for it would be an understatement. The Americans narrowly escaped past the Italians 55-52, as head coach Kara Lawson made sure to take some lessons from the game. “But in the fourth quarter […]
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The 2026 FIBA World Cup completes group play on Monday, Sept. 7, with all 16 teams playing their third and final group game. For some teams, the final group match will be perfunctory. That’s true for the United States and Group D. Even if they made things way too interesting against Italy. At 2-0, Team […]
The Chicago Bulls should consider making a trade with the LA Clippers for Darius Garland.
Since Scoot Henderson was drafted, his time in Portland has been anything other than rosy. It’s been a grind for him, after he was exposed as a rookie for not being ready to be the star his hype promoted. Whether it was being sat for turning over the ball too much, or a hamstring tear […]
The San Antonio Spurs made the big leap last season to reach the NBA Finals, before coming up short. But are the Victor Wembanyama-led Spurs ready to really win it all, as constructed? Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report has proposed a blockbuster deal with the New Orleans Pelicans that would, as he says, make the Spurs "championship-ready." It would go down like this : San Antonio Spurs Acquire: Trey Murphy III Dejounte Murray New Orleans Pelicans Acquire: De'Aaron Fox Luke Ko...
When the Los Angeles Clippers dealt a 20-year-old Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the move seemed like the ultimate push to put the Clippers in championship contention. Yes, the Clippers gave up a haul of future picks, but they formed their dream star duo of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. As much promise […]
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Who has the most to prove in Detroit's training camp?
The Heat need to monitor their point guard depth, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel opines in his latest mailbag. While Davion Mitchell is deserving of the starting job, there are legitimate questions regarding projected backup Dru Smith and two-way player Tre Donaldson on a team that expects to be a contender. Miami […]
Matt Barnes has taken a look at the new-look Lakers, and one thing immediately stood out. “This is the whitest Laker team since the Minneapolis Lakers,” Barnes joked during an interview with TMZ Sports. Well, OK then. Barnes, who spent two seasons with the Lakers during his 14-year NBA career, was smiling when he delivered […]
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Kevon Looney has revealed a Luka Doncic move that he never got to experience during his decade with the Golden State Warriors.
LeBron James was still early in his first run with Cleveland when he began thinking about the players who could help the team. The Cavaliers had already reached the NBA Finals, but the roster around their young star still had room to change. One of those possible additions was playing on the other side of [...]
Italy nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the FIBA Women’s World Cup, but Team USA held on for a 55-52 win. As the Americans moved forward, outrage erupted in Italy over a late no-call involving star Cecilia Zandalasini. Late in the game, with Italy close behind, a defender appeared to hit Zandalasini […]
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The Celtics already sacrificed Jaylen Brown on the NBA apron altar. Payton Pritchard's looming extension makes him a cost cut target...for the Chicago Bulls.