Still, 2024 could be transformative in Los Angeles, with LeBron James and Paul George potentially becoming free agents this summer. Looking ahead to 2025, stars such Jayson Tatum, Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell hold player options that teams will be monitoring very closely. Key: restricted = restricted free agent; player = player option; team = […]
Continue readingFor the entire offseason, and throughout training camp, that memory — of falling one game short not once, but twice — has stuck with the Nuggets. It has haunted them. And, as this season has gotten underway, it has served as a constant reminder of what this young nucleus has yet to accomplish. It’s a […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. The Browns’ defense comes up big again as it sacks Clayton Tune for the seventh time. (0:22) BEREA, Ohio — Early in the third quarter of the Cleveland Browns’ first shutout victory in 16 years, defensive end Myles Garrett powered through a double team and barreled in toward Arizona Cardinals rookie […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith breaks down why the Cowboys trading for Christian Kirksey. There have also been multiple trades this week — including the deal that sent quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft. In trading Lance, San Francisco admitted it made a colossal […]
Continue readingBut first let’s recap the season from a betting perspective, primarily the bets that have already been paid off: division winners and a rundown of how each of the association’s 30 teams fared against their over/under season win total. The division winners are easy to recap as favorites won five of six divisions: The Boston […]
Continue readingThe NBA’s 2022-23 schedule is here, and the league won’t waste any time delivering fans some star-studded showdowns. Opening week is stacked, with the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics hosting the Philadelphia 76ers on Oct. 18 — the first night of the season — followed by the Los Angeles Lakers looking to spoil ring […]
Continue reading“I think we’ve gotten younger, I think we’ve gotten faster, I think we’ve gotten hungrier,” new Lakers coach Darvin Ham said of his team’s free agency class headlined by Lonnie Walker IV (23), Troy Brown Jr. (23), Thomas Bryant (25), Damian Jones (27) and Juan Toscano-Anderson (29). Contrast that to 2021, when nine players the […]
Continue readingSoon, the Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant could become the latest all-time-great player on that list. As the basketball world waits to see what deal could come together for the future Hall of Fame forward, we took a look at some of the biggest names to be dealt over the past 20 years and evaluated how […]
Continue readingLast season, the New Orleans Pelicans took Herbert Jones of Alabama in round two. He averaged 9.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, while showing impressive skills on the defensive end. Jones is one of numerous second-round picks who have shined brightly over the years. MVP Nikola Jokic was a second-round choice. Khris Middleton, a […]
Continue readingThe Celtics had been coming off one of their most dispiriting losses of the season, blowing a double-digit, fourth-quarter lead at home to the Portland Trail Blazers, who were without star point guard Damian Lillard. Jayson Tatum had missed 18 consecutive 3-point shots over a four-game stretch. The team’s offense had hovered around the NBA’s […]
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