Three of the big favorites to win the 2021 NBA Championship stumbled out of the gate in the opening weekend of the playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers, LA Clippers, and #1 seed Utah Jazz all lost their Game 1 match ups, yet oddsmakers still have faith that all three teams […]
On Monday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that the league will launch NBA Africa, a new entity that will handle all business on the continent, including managing the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Investors in NBA Africa include former NBA stars Dikembe Mutumbo, Grant Hill, Joakim Noah, and Luol Deng. Nigerian […]
All signs pointed toward Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan “Spida” Mitchell returning to the hardwood for the opening game of the Western Conference playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies after being sidelined because of an ankle injury. However, Mitchell was a last-minute scratch for the Jazz shortly before the tip-off of […]
The first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs tipped off over the weekend and five players excelled in Game 1, including Luka Doncic, who tallied a triple-double for the Dallas Mavericks in a victory over the LA Clippers. Other notable NBA High Guys this weekend included Tobias Harris (Philadelphia 76ers), […]
It’s Spida time! Donovan ‘Spida’ Mitchell now that the #1 Utah Jazz begin a first-round series against Ja Morant and the #8 Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference playoffs. The Grizzlies won two games in the play-in tournament to lock up the #8 seed. The Grizzlies edged out the San […]
Get ready for Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons to throw down against Bradley Beal and Russell Westbrook in one of the most exciting opening round draws in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. Washington Wizards secured the #8 seed via the play-in tournament and now battle the Philadelphia 76ers in the first-round […]
The New York Knicks returned to the postseason for the first time in seven years as the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference and will meet Trae Young and the #5 Atlanta Hawks in this must-see opening-round series. Julius Randle destroyed the Hawks this season with a pair of 40-plus […]
Two of the top defensive teams in the NBA meet up in this opening-round series between the defending champion #7 Los Angeles Lakers and #2 Phoenix Suns. The Lakers rallied from a double-digit deficit at halftime to defeat the Warriors in the Seven-Eight Game. LeBron James knocked down a clutch […]
Two superstars square off in the opening-round series of the Western Conference playoffs when Nikola Jokic and the #3 Denver Nuggets host Damian Lillard and the #7 Portland Trail Blazers. These two teams met during an exciting series in the 2019 Western Conference semifinals when the Trail Blazers edged out […]
The #2 Brooklyn Nets and their Big 3 host the short-handed #7 Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving plays his old squad and the Celtics would love to pull off a massive first-round upset over the mercurial point guard and the Nets […]
The #4 LA Clippers knocked out Luka Doncic and the #5 Dallas Mavericks in the first round of last year’s Western Conference playoffs, and the two teams meet again this year for a postseason rematch. The Clippers are -400 favorites to defeat the Mavericks in the opening series, and to […]
The first round of the NBA Playoffs features a revenge series in the Eastern Conference between Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo and Jimmy Butler. The Miami Heat upset the Milwaukee Bucks in five games last postseason, and the two teams meet again in the postseason when the #3 Bucks host the […]
There’s one more postseason spot available, with the #8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs up for grabs. Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies fly out to San Francisco to take on Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors for the final game of the play-in tournament where the winner […]
The Indiana Pacers defeated the Charlotte Hornets in the Nine-Ten Game on Tuesday, and now meet the Washington Wizards for a chance to secure the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers played three times this season, with the Wizards winning all three games […]
The NBA play-in tournament continues Wednesday when the Memphis Grizzlies host the San Antonio Spurs in the West Nine-Ten Game. The stagnant Spurs backdoored their way into the postseason, where they meet a division foe from the Southwest. The winner of the Nine-Ten Game faces the loser of the Seven-Eight […]
If NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants to quit his job and move to Hollywood to become a television producer, he’s got a knack for show business. Silver’s creation of the 2021 NBA Play-in Tournament features LeBron James and Steph Curry throwing down in primetime on Wednesday evening. The NBA heavyweights […]
What a difference a month makes. No one wants to face the Washington Wizards (8) right now after a late-season surge where they went 17-6 and seized the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs to secure a spot in the play-in tournament against the downtrodden Boston Celtics (7) in […]
The Charlotte Hornets (10) and the Indiana Pacers (9) will meet on Tuesday to tip off the NBA’s 2021 Eastern Conference Play-in Tournament Nine-Ten Game. Both teams are dinged up, but the Hornets lost five games in a row to end the season and are desperately missing veteran Gordon Hayward […]
Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors notched his second NBA scoring title by averaging a career-high 32 points per game this season. Curry edged out Bradley Beal in the final weekend of the regular season, and the two gunslingers have been fighting for the scoring title over the last […]
The NBA regular season concluded last night and the Brooklyn Nets are the consensus favorites to win the 2021 championship. You can back the Nets right now at +250 odds to win the NBA championship on the futures board over at DraftKings. The Los Angeles Lakers (+400 odds) and LA […]
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