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Broad stance, elbow secured, ball held high above his forehead, the silhouette of Joe Ingles’ jump shot alone should spark warm memories for those fortunate enough to witness the Aussie’s prime with the Utah Jazz. With the recent announcement that Jinglin’ Joe would return home to Melbourne United of the Australian NBL, the NBA community […]
Game one of the NBA Western Conference finals is in the books and it was an instant classic. The San Antonio Spurs stole game one against the Oklahoma City Thunder, in double overtime, 122-115 behind a 41-point, 24-rebound performance from Victor Wembanyama. OWembanyama’s performance will forever be talked about but what will be overlooked is […]
This is just the first game of the Western Conference Finals, but it’s one of the greatest playoff games in the history of the league. The Spurs, without the services of their veteran point guard De’Aaron Fox got almost 49 minutes from Victor Wembanyama, Dylan Harper, and Stephon Castle. Victor scored 41 points with 24 […]
With the Heat well into their offseason, we take a look at the team and its fans from a ‘gameday experience’ point of view. Watching the Miami Heat at the Kaseya Center has evolved far beyond simply attending an NBA game. Modern Heat fans now experience basketball through multiple layers of interaction, from in-arena entertainment […] The post The 305 Upgrade: How Florida’s maturing betting landscape is changing the Kaseya Center experience appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Bl...
LeBron James is an unrestricted free agent this summer. Will he be leaving LA? After eight seasons with the Lakers, and 23 overall in the NBA, LeBron's whereabouts this offseason are legitimately up in the air. Insider Scoop B Robinson lists the three locales that are the teams to watch for LeBron, if he is to play a 24th NBA season. And a lot of it might have to do with where Giannis Antetokounmpo goes. Where is LeBron James heading next? @ScoopB listed the Lakers, Cavs, and Knick...
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has taken another step into football ownership after NXTPLAY — the sports investment platform he co-founded alongside Gonzalo Vila — officially acquired a stake in Spanish club CD Extremadura. The agreement was announced this week by both parties, with current club president Daniel Tafur remaining in charge of the sporting […]
As The Athletic continues to roll out data from its annual anonymous player poll, the Brooklyn Nets continue to make waves in it — sized somewhere between tidal and ripple. Last week, Nets head coach Jordi Fernández and forward Michael Porter Jr. each were each top-of-mind among anonymous players voting in the survey conducted by […]
When Eden Hazard arrived at Real Madrid in the summer of 2019, the expectations were impossible to ignore. Cristiano Ronaldo had left the club one year earlier, leaving behind a historic void both statistically and emotionally, and Hazard was widely viewed as the superstar signing meant to lead Madrid into its next era. But according […]
The Carolina Panthers have a thing for former Seattle Seahawks. Their head coach, Dave Canales, was a longtime assistant under Pete Carroll. General manager Dan Morgan might have been a former linebacker for Carolina, but he also worked a whopping eight seasons in various scouting and front office roles for Seattle. There are several former […]
The Western Conference Finals series in the 2026 NBA Playoffs is here. The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs will face off tonight in Game 1 of their best-of-seven contest to see who will make it to the NBA Finals and a chance at a championship. Here’s the info on the game: 5:30 PM, […]
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The rule against trolling also applies to members of this site […]
There are only two NBA players with explicit, contractual no-trade clauses: LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers). But what if players across the league DID have a clause? What teams would be at the top of their "no-trade" list? The Athletic conducted an anonymous poll of NBA players, and came up with a list of teams that they simply would NOT want to be traded to. NBA players voted on the number one team on their "no-trade" list: • Mem...
The Minnesota Vikings will only get one home game during the 2026 preseason, but they’ll be spending it getting prepared against one of the more interesting teams in the AFC. Ahead of their preseason game at U.S. Bank Stadium on 22 August, the Vikings will be hosting the league’s other purple team, the Baltimore Ravens, […]
The Packers quarterback is mocked for his "R-E-L-A-X" quote following loss to Seahawks.
Following the first major weekend of summer AAU basketball, Kentucky Basketball has sent out a flurry of scholarship offers, the latest being to Cayden Daughtry. On Monday, the 4-star point guard announced his offer from Kentucky. He’s also scored offers from Michigan, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, USC, Georgia, Miami, Villanova, BYU, Iowa, and Ohio State, […]
DETROIT — Over the past seven months, Donovan Mitchell made sure to remind every reporter he could that this season wasn’t the same as the previous. “We got to let last year go,” Mitchell said back in November. “This is a whole different season. Everybody around us got better. It’s a different season. I think […]
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It’s a quick turnaround for the Cleveland Cavaliers. There’s just one day separating their emotional seven-game series against the Detroit Pistons and the start of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks. These two teams couldn’t be coming into this series from more opposite perspectives. The Cavs have played two physically demanding series […]
In Part 1 of The Dig’s long-awaited reaction to the Nuggets’ 2025-26 season, Miroslav, Jeremy, and Nick get honest, raw, and naked… The post THE DIG: 2025-26 Denver Nuggets Season Debrief, Part 1 | ft. Miroslav Ćuk and Jeremy Poley appeared first on Denver Stiffs .
In the search for the coaching candidate most willing to work for exposure, the Blazers are still scouring the market for eager suitors to take the reins of their roster. Shockingly, not many clear options are stepping up. As a result of their reluctance to pay livable wages, the Blazers are not looking at marquee […]
The Sixers may be done for the season, but Sixers fans are never out of things to talk about. I’ll share a few in my latest “Sixers thoughts” column… Tobias Harris showed what he was truly made of in Detroit’s Game 7 loss As the playoffs progressed, I read so much online about how Tobias […]
The 2025-26 NBA season provided a lot of experience for a Portland Trail Blazers team starting to make their push into the NBA Playoffs. Throughout the season, Portland was able to weather injuries and overcome slumps from deep to make its first postseason appearance since the 2020-21 NBA season. Once there, one of the biggest […]
It’s a big day for the Spurs as they kick off their first Western Conference Finals appearance since 2017, and it’s against none other than an old rival who has given the Spurs a few very tough tests in their short existence in the Oklahoma City Thunder. Going up against the defending champions without homecourt […]
Herald Jaylen Brown unloads on Stephen A. Smith in profane rant: ‘F— Stephen A’ Globe Jaylen Brown curses out Stephen A. Smith, calls on ESPN pundit to retire once again Report: Pelicans hire Jamahl Mosley as coach Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers rout Pistons in Game 7 to reach NBA Eastern Conference final The NBA is in […]