NBA News and Rumors

Written by admin on March 2, 2021

One of the more bizarre sports feuds in recent years has popped up between NBA legend LeBron James and storied soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Last week, Ibrahimovic raised eyebrows with his shot across King James’ bow, in which he said LeBron and other athletes should just stay out of politics and focus on playing their prospective sports. LeBron responded by Read More

Written by admin on March 1, 2021

The Brooklyn Nets are steadily gaining on the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference, as the Sixers’ offense is taking on water. The Nets won eight in a row despite only having their new Big Three of James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant together for a scant amount of time before losing to Dallas this past weekend. The surprising Read More

Written by admin on February 24, 2021

The NBA is moving forward with the 2021 All-Star Game, although the festival is compressed to one day. That means that the Rising Stars Game, which features the young stars of the game in USA vs World format, will not take place this year. Can you imagine a USA team that would have had LaMelo Ball, Ja Morant and Zion Read More

Written by admin on February 24, 2021

Why is Dallas’ Luka Doncic an All-Star starter, based on fan voting, for the second season in a row? We learned why on Tuesday night when the phenomenal guard sank not one, but two, three-balls in the last minute of Dallas’ 110-107 win over Boston. The Mavericks had let an 11-point lead slip away in the last four minutes of Read More

Written by admin on February 22, 2021

The NBA MVP debate is already heating up. One of the favorites, Dallas’ Luka Doncic, has said that he should not be a part of the conversation because of the struggles Dallas is having even to stay at the .500 mark. However, it’s not Luka’s offense that is the problem — it’s the injuries and COVID-19 absences, as well as Read More

Written by admin on February 17, 2021

We’re still a few months away from crowning the 2020-21 NBA champion, but if your sports betting includes NBA futures, it’s not too soon to consider who might win the Larry O’Brien Trophy at the end of the Association’s playoffs. Obviously, the Los Angeles Lakers, as the defending champion and the home of LeBron James and Anthony Davis (as well Read More

Written by admin on February 17, 2021

The Utah Jazz sit atop the power rankings in the National Basketball Association this week. They have won 19 of 20, including a big home win over the Philadelphia 76ers, who currently lead the Eastern Conference, on Monday night. In a season in which inconsistency is more of a factor than usual, the Jazz have figured out things on both Read More

Written by admin on February 15, 2021

The 2020-21 NBA is definitely a different beast so far. Offense is way up, as are blowouts. Defense is way down, even in the grittier Eastern Conference. We have a new Big Three, as James Harden has joined Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in Brooklyn. In the Western Conference, Utah and Phoenix are both streaking, winners of nine in their Read More