NBA News and Rumors

Written by admin on February 5, 2018

We’re almost two-thirds of the way through the 2017-18 regular season in the National Basketball Association, and we’ve seen some surprising moments in the last week. The L.A. Clippers traded one of their cornerstones, Blake Griffin, to Detroit in what looks like the second step in a long rebuilding process (expect Lou Williams and DeAndre Jordan to go shortly). We Read More

Written by admin on January 29, 2018

In the Eastern Conference, the grind of the regular season seems to be showing on the leaders, as none of the top seven teams have won more than six of their last ten. None of them have lost more than six, though — so there hasn’t been a lot of shifting. Detroit is the outlier, having dropped eight straight and Read More

Written by admin on January 22, 2018

The Cleveland Cavaliers are learning a hard lesson this season — that high-flying style that has won in the postseason the past few seasons doesn’t play all that well over the grueling marathon of the regular season. LeBron James simply can’t carry this team by himself while the rest of the team plays shoddy defense. Winners of just three in Read More

Written by admin on January 19, 2018

When you look the latest NBA Championship Odds, one interesting feature is the difference between those numbers and the places that teams hold in their respective conference standings. For example, in the Eastern Conference, the standings from 1-5 goes Boston, Toronto, Cleveland, Miami and Washington, but the order of those teams in the odds is Cleveland, Boston, Toronto, Washington, and Read More

Written by admin on January 15, 2018

Don’t look now, but the Boston Celtics are on another big winning streak, having picked up seven victories in a row. Miami is the biggest surprise in the East right now, though, riding a seven-game streak of their own to vault up to fourth in the conference standings and become a solid NBA Betting Odds favorite. Washington is also hot in Read More

Written by admin on January 9, 2018

The Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors are gradually pulling away from the rest of the Eastern Conference, with third-place Cleveland 5 ½ games back of Boston and 2 ½ back of Toronto. Philadelphia has put together a four-game winning streak to get back to .500 and the fringe of the playoff conversation. In the West, Golden State has vaulted Read More

Written by admin on January 2, 2018

Don’t look now, but the Dallas Mavericks have vaulted out of the basement in the Western Conference, putting together a four-game winning streak that features wins over Toronto, Oklahoma City and Indiana. The Lakers are the new residents of the cellar, thanks to a seven-game slide. The Golden State Warriors have taken the top spot in the West thanks to Read More

Written by admin on December 26, 2017

The top story from the Christmas matchups in the NBA might be the defense that Kevin Durant showed in slowing down LeBron James in the Warriors’ home win over Cleveland. However, the top story in the Eastern Conference right now is the Toronto Raptors, who have vaulted past Cleveland and Boston to take the top spot in the conference standings Read More

Written by admin on December 11, 2017

The Boston Celtics still sit on top of the Eastern Conference standings in the NBA, having won 7 of 10 and posting a 23-5 record. Toronto has won eight of ten and six in a row to shoot up to second place, a ½ game behind Cleveland but ahead on percentage points and with three games in hand. The Cavaliers Read More