NBA News and Rumors

Written by admin on March 23, 2021

We’re just two days away from the 2021 NBA trade deadline, which means that teams have some hard choices to make with respect to adding more players to make a push for the postseason or deal away valuable players in order to stock up their draft picks for future seasons. Such former All-Stars as LaMarcus Aldrdige, Kyle Lowry and Andre Read More

Written by admin on March 23, 2021

Despite losing Joel Embiid to a back injury, the Philadelphia 76ers just keep winning. Their 30-13 record leads the Eastern Conference, with the Brooklyn Nets a half-game back. The Nets are having issues getting their Big Three on the floor at the same time, as Kevin Durant’s hamstring woes continue, and now Kyrie Irving will miss three games while dealing Read More

Written by admin on March 22, 2021

The NBA’s Western Conference is undergoing a seismic shift at the top of the power rankings, for a number of reasons. The Utah Jazz started 22-2 — and have gone 8-9 since then. The Los Angeles Clippers walloped the Lakers in the season opener, but they have had a difficult time maintaining consistency. The Phoenix Suns have shot up the Read More

Written by admin on March 16, 2021

The Los Angeles Lakers have hit a hard patch this season, dropping six of ten. Anthony Davis is out for at least another week and a half with an Achilles tendon injury. Kyle Kuzma and Alex Caruso are below 100 percent. However, it is far from time to panic in Hollywood. With everyone out there on the floor, the Lakers Read More

Written by admin on March 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic turned the entire world of sport on its head, but a sport that some of the greatest schedule disruption was American pro basketball. For teams that qualified for the bubble, the end of the regular season and the playoffs in Orlando brought them back to the floor and allowed them to get back to their game, but Read More

Written by admin on March 9, 2021

There was a time when basketball coaches frowned on the long-range shot. It was seen as low probability, compared to shots inside, so the emphasis was on working the ball toward the basket. When the ABA emerged as an alternative to the NBA, that league had a three-point line, which was one of the most fundamental shifts in basketball, rewarding Read More

Written by admin on March 8, 2021

In some of the other major North American pro sports, division results have a lot of weight. For example, in the NFL, division winners get to host their first playoff game, even if their record is worse than a wild-card team from another division. In Major League Baseball, wild card teams have to get through a play-in game just to Read More

Written by admin on March 3, 2021

The NBA’s All-Star Game is set for Sunday night from Atlanta, with the game set for 8:00 pm Eastern time. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the festivities have been reduced to one day, which means that the Rising All-Stars game has been shelved for this season. The Skills Competition and the 3-Point Shot Contest will take place before the game, Read More

Written by admin on March 2, 2021

Yesterday, we put out our updated sports betting odds to win the NBA’s Eastern Conference, and today we turn our attention to the West. The two conferences have different competitive tenors right now — and have had for several years now. As of this writing, the ninth seed in the West would hold the fourth seed in the East, based Read More