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The Emirates NBA Cup doesn’t always indicate who the best teams in the league for the season will be, but in 2025, the Western Conference bracket features two of the toughies. Last night in the completion of quarterfinals action for the annual tournament, the Oklahoma City Thunder crushed the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio […]
The Philadelphia Eagles are struggling. They’ve now lost three games in a row — the latest a turnover-filled mess in overtime against the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football. Just eight months ago, Jalen Hurts was the MVP of Super Bowl LIX as the team ended a dominant season in dominant fashion. Today, the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are finishing up a long road trip today with a visit to New Orleans to face the Pelicans. Both teams are coming into this game well rested while watching the Emirates NBA Cup action over the last few days. The banged up Blazers are 1-3 on this road trip, and have […]
Many fans of the Portland Trail Blazers are under the impression that their team has been short-handed most of the current season due to injuries, but is that actually the case? The team’s injury list is required by the NBA to be accurate, so the answer to this question seems self-evident—yeah, the team has truly […]
The NBA season is rolling along right now, as is the college schedule. Players all over the NCAA ranks are building resumes for NBA front offices to consider at the 2026 NBA Draft. And those front offices are starting to identify the issues their roster needs to address, both before the trade deadline this season and for the long term thru the draft. So why not jump into an updated first round mock draft? There some exciting talent on the board for the 2026 NBA Draft, so putting toge...
The Celtics travel to Milwaukee for their first meeting with the Bucks this season. Here are three questions before tipoff. Can Boston keep its momentum? The Celtics have won five straight and eight of their last 10. They now face a Bucks team off to a difficult start, sitting 10th in the East at 10-15. […]
I get it. This week has been quiet because of the ongoing NBA Cup elimination round games, so the Wizards have been on a de-facto break to get their legs fresh before Friday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the meantime, Washington is 3-19 so far this season. As Kevin Broom wrote earlier today, the […]
Whoever was concerned about the Spurs having “too much guard talent” can rest assured, it’s not a bad problem to have. Much ado was made about the Spurs giving De’Aaron Fox a max contract extension this summer, which was an expected move when they traded for him last February, but the Spurs lucking into the […]
LeBron James brought the greatest era of Miami Heat basketball in franchise history from 2010-2014. That four-year run with the James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh “Big 3” was highlighted by four straight trips to the NBA Finals and back-to-back championships in the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Unfortunately, that time came to a quicker than […] The post LeBron James’ agent hints that the LA Lakers don’t have a better culture than the Miami Heat appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
The Syracuse Orange (5-3) are finally back in action tonight as the St. Joseph’s Hawks (6-3) visit the JMA Wireless Dome. It’s another 9:00 pm tip on the ACC Network and here’s what we’re watching for: James: Rebounding St. Joe’s team rebounds well, grabbing 40.2 rebounds per game to Syracuse’s 35.9. Interestingly, not one Hawks […]
Simone Fontecchio’s start to his Miami Heat career couldn’t have gotten off to a better start. Acquired in the Duncan Robinson sign-and-trade with the Detroit Pistons this offseason, the 30-year-old wing averaged 11.5 points on 50.0 percent shooting from beyond the arc (5.3 3PA) over his first 14 games. He’s since returned to earth, averaging […] The post Is this recent addition the Miami Heat’s most expendable player? appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
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Jermaine Pennant has compared Mohamed Salah with the best right wingers in Europe and he believes there is only one player in the position better than the Liverpool goal machine. The 2025 Ballon d’Or caused as much outrage as usual, with many supporters left frustrated by the 30-man rankings drawn up by France Football. It […] The post Jermaine Pennant rates Mohamed Salah more highly than Ballon d’Or winner appeared first on Paisley Gates .
Coming off an extended break due to the NBA Cup quarterfinals, the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics are back in action tonight at Fiserv Forum. Trending in opposite directions—the Bucks are 2-8 over their last ten games while the Celtics are 8-2—tonight’s grapple of the greens will be a difficult one for the Bucks, but […]
It’s all about finding an edge. That’s been the Rockets’ modus operandi for a long time. There is seemingly an organizational impetus to identify a statistical area and lean (almost) absurdly hard into it. Teams are shooting more threes? Cool. We’re going to shoot way more threes. We’re going to shoot so many threes that […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers had options during the 2024 NBA Draft. Sitting in the late first round, they could have chosen a number of different prospects — or traded out of the draft altogether. Ultimately, they zeroed in on one player. Jaylon Tyson. A junior from California who wore several hats during his time in college. […]
Is this the longest week in Knicks history? New York keeps resting ahead of their semifinals matchup against the Magic, with a ticket to the Cup Final on the line on Saturday. Here’s some of the stuff we’ve heard of late. Mike Brown On the team’s two-way potential: “With the weapons and skill sets we […]
From the beginning, the theoretical pairing of All-Star level center, Anthony Davis, at the five and dynamic downhill monster and rookie, Cooper Flagg at the four, was an exciting thought for many a basketball minds. What these two could accomplish together, if – again theoretically – they were put in their natural positions and managed […]
It is an interesting point in the season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The weather outside has gotten cold, the doldrums of the NBA season are approaching, and before Monday’s loss to the Phoenix Suns, the Wolves had won their previous five games. Despite the recent winning streak, it does not feel like the Wolves are […]
The San Antonio Spurs keep winning high-stakes games without Victor Wembanyama. Each player has doubled their payday to $106,187 if they go no further in Emirates Cup Play, and the two-way contracts get half of that. A neutral court in Las Vegas awaits them for a date with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the semifinals […]
Pep Guardiola has said something special about the Liverpool team he faced when Jurgen Klopp was in charge. Liverpool’s rivalry with Manchester City is less historic than either clubs’ unfriendly relationship with Manchester United. However, it was often the Premier League title decider during the years Jurgen Klopp spent as the Reds’ manager at Anfield. […] The post Pep Guardiola makes admission about Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool team appeared first on Paisley Gates .
LeBron James has made an All-NBA team for over two straight decades. His prime spanned 15 seasons. Figuring out what year was his absolute best can be debated. That said, there’s a few seasons that stick out from the rest. James’s first MVP season in 2008-09 was special. He was at the height of his […]
The Washington Wizards are on an epic bizarro heater — consecutive seasons of historically awful basketball, which could well end up as the worst two-year run in NBA history. Yes, even worse than The Process Sixers. Last season, the Wizards posted the fourth-worst scoring margin and the fourth worst adjusted scoring margin (controlling for strength […]
During the second Western Conference Emirates Cup Quarterfinals matchup last night, Cassidy Hubbarth mentioned how Keldon Johnson will spend his earnings. “Keldon Johnson seems motivated to get to Vegas in this one and this morning he told me he already has a good idea of what he’d buy with the NBA Cup money — a […]