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Welcome to Finals Week, where the staff of Hammer & Rails works to create content while no games are actually happening. It’s not quite the desert of mid-June, but as the players work fervently on cashing in more NIL deals and increasing their brand Finals this week there is not a lot of actual sports […]
Pistons fans were trashing their own players and when that player did something good, it's like they always liked them. Calling Payton Pritchard an angry hamster cracked me up. They complained so much about the Celtics shooting threes while they shot almost as many. All the complaints about the Pistons being targeted by the refs when they take the 2nd most free throws in the league and the Celtics take the fewest. My favorites are in bold. What are yo...
Jarred Vanderbilt has had quite a time with the Lakers. He’s had highs like the 2022-23 season, where he was an integral part of a team that reached the Western Conference Finals. Then came bad luck with injuries, which have limited his availability over the last two years. Now that he’s healthy, he has been […]
The Boston Celtics went down in painful fashion against the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. Once again, a glaring hole at the backup big man spot — and the inability to corral defensive rebounds — reared its head in what is becoming a familiar trend in Celtics losses this season. Joe Mazzulla has attempted to […]
The Mavericks were 1-1 this past week and now sit in 10th place in the West. They beat Brooklyn (119-111) at home on Friday before going to Utah and losing a heartbreaker to the Jazz (140-133). Cooper Flagg led the team in scoring during these two games with 32 points per game. Daniel Gafford (ankle) […]
When it rains in Chicago, it pours. With not much to celebrate day to day for the Chicago Bulls, the one thing we’ve always had was Michael Jordan and his legendary run in the Windy City. But here comes Stephen Curry, breaking not one, but two Jordan records — with another major one approaching soon. So, what were the TWO Michael Jordan records broken? Let me read you the charges facing the Baby-Faced Assassin. On December 12, in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Curry ...
On today’s episode, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun break down the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ wins over the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, as well as the recent play of Bones Hyland. — The Timberwolves have won six of their last seven games, but of done so in somewhat lackluster fashion. Does the “eye test” even […]
Two 18-7 teams meet in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena tonight when the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs face off in the Emirates NBA Cup Final. The paths that brought them here could not look more different. Practically everyone predicted New York to dominate the Eastern Conference, while most pundits had […]
The biggest 2026 NBA Draft storyline for the Washington Wizards has understandably been about who they will take with their own first round pick. The Wizards currently have the worst record in the NBA and are on track to have a 14% chance at the first overall pick and a 40.1% chance at getting a […]
College basketball produced a great week last week, which lined up nicely with the Dallas Mavericks not playing a game for almost a full week. If you were able to tune into some of the games, you saw elite prospects and teams doing elite things. And although this week appears to be a little lighter […]
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The Dallas Mavericks locked up with the Utah Jazz in a high-scoring affair Monday night. Going without Anthony Davis, Dallas welcomed back Daniel Gafford for a bit of help down low. The Mavs unfortunately came unraveled in the final minutes of regulation, losing 140-133 in overtime. Let’s get to the grades! Ryan Nembhard: B+ 14 […]
When ESPN’s NBA crew previewed Tuesday’s NBA Cup Championship between the Knicks and Spurs, they highlighted the obvious carrot: a $500,000 check for each player and coach on the winning side. For max-contract superstars, it’s pocket change. For two-way players grinding to stay in the league, it’s life-changing money. Victor Wembanyama doesn’t need the cash. […]
Never say “things can’t get worse.” I heard this after the Wizards loss two weeks ago. We quote and maybe even take as truth this inherently incorrect statement for whatever reason, perhaps because we don’t fear extinction (truly the worst outcome for humanity). In terms of NBA basketball, well… we’re seeing it now after perhaps […]
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On June 25, 1999, the San Antonio Spurs, led by an aging David Robinson and young upstart Tim Duncan, outlasted the Knicks, a scrappy group that became the first No. 8 seed to make the NBA Finals despite losing franchise icon Patrick Ewing to an Achilles tear three weeks prior, in Game 5 of the […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Well, December is here. It’s coming into NBA trade season. The deadline is February 5, so […]
30 teams entered, four faced off in Las Vegas, and now two remain in the battle for the NBA Cup. One, an underdog of sorts that fought tooth and nail to make it here. Another, the favorites in the Eastern Conference, who have plenty of playoff experience. Yet, it seems like it could be anyone’s […]
NEW YORK — In the same way that New York City is the hub of American culture, it has long been the hub of American college basketball. Before Iona existed as an institution, the best college basketball teams in the country would come to Madison Square Garden to show off under the big city lights. […]
Welcome to Week 3 of The Long Forecast on NetsDaily. As each week goes by, more tape on these prospects for the 2026 NBA draft class continues to surface, and they could go down as one of the most talented classes over the past decade. Where do the Nets’ picks sit? Since last week’s column, […]
So! What do you – longtime Missouri fan – know about the football team at the University of Virginia? It’s ok if you don’t know much. Despite playing the sport since 1888 the Cavaliers of Virginia have typically not made a massive national impact with their football. In fact, most of their coaches with winning […]
In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Louisville goes to Tennessee, Florida State visits Dayton, Clemson welcomes the hated Gamecocks, FIU buses over to Miami, Marist jets down to Georgia Tech and East Tennessee drops in on the Heels. The highlight here is obviously #11 Louisville visiting the #20 Vols. Tennessee hasn’t been great so far, but it’s […]
We have reached December 16th, one day after players who were signed in free agency can be included in trade and 52 days until the trade deadline on February 5th. For the Hawks, they have two players who meet the former criterium: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (highly unlikely to be traded given his production and contract length) […]
More things have gone right than not thus far during the 2025-26 season for the Philadelphia 76ers, as we have plenty of positive takeaways from the team’s 14-11 start. One situation that we would call underwhelming or disappointing, though, is Jared McCain’s sophomore season. With 16 games now under his belt, the former Duke Blue […]