NBA News and Rumors

Written by Mike Page on May 6, 2021

Last year, as teams finished out the 2019-20 NBA season in the “bubble” in Orlando, a new format emerged for the playoffs. In each conference, the seventh through tenth place teams at the end of the regular season took part in a “play-in” tournament. The seventh-place team and the eighth-place team met in a one-game playoff for the seventh seed Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 5, 2021

The Dallas Mavericks got 36 points out of Tim Hardaway Jr, who nailed ten three-pointers in a 127-113 win over Miami on Tuesday night. The Heat jumped out to a 39-30 lead after the first quarter, but then the Mavericks turned on the defense and only permitted 38 points over the next two quarters. The Mavericks are now in fifth Read More

Written by Mike Page on May 3, 2021

When LeBron James is complaining about the playoff format, you know that things are getting tense down the stretch in the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers are currently in sixth in the Western Conference, even with Dallas and Portland at 36-28. Portland sits in seventh but could pass the Lakers and force them into the play-in tournament, and so now Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 28, 2021

When it comes to online betting, another way that NBA fans can make money is through playing in daily fantasy leagues. Choosing the right players, day in and day out, can allow bettors who pay close attention not just to the injury reports but also to those reserves who emerge to take on starting roles with success — and guys Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 28, 2021

Most of the NBA’s 30 teams have either 10 or 11 games remaining on their regular season schedule for 2020-21. As a result, we have an idea of how teams may finish. However, there is still a lot of movement; in the Eastern Conference, for example, only two games separate the fourth-place New York Knicks from the seventh-place Miami Heat. Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 27, 2021

LeBron James continues to set records, even though he is currently in the middle of the longest injury recovery process of his career. The PWCC Marketplace sold one of his rookie cards, a 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection rookie patch autograph card for $5.2 million. That made his card the most expensive basketball card ever sold, tying the all-time mark Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 26, 2021

We’re down to about ten games remaining in the NBA’s 2020-21 regular season, and once again, questions are swirling around the Los Angeles Lakers. As we neared the start of the postseason last year, we wondered whether coming back from the unusual break would damage the Lakers’ chances, especially as they struggled once regular season play resumed in the “bubble.” Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 22, 2021

On Wednesday, the National Basketball Players ASsociation announced that three unidentified players had tested positive for COVID-19, out of a testing pool of 488 players. This reporting period ran from April 14-21. In the previous week, there had been no positive tests. Any player who comes back with a confirmed positive test or has been identified as a close contact Read More

Written by Mike Page on April 21, 2021

The Brooklyn Nets’ drive for an NBA title took a big hit this week, as James Harden’s hamstring rehab has hit a major snag, and now he has no timetable for a return. He’s made a major push for MVP this season, but if he can’t come back to the floor, that’s a huge blow for the Nets. Meanwhile, the Read More