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As is customary, although more than slightly ridiculous, the odds makers in Vegas have already released their initial championship odds for the 2017-18 season and as expected, the Warriors are heavy favorites. Here are the complete odds: Odds To Win 2017-18 NBA Championship Golden State WARRIORS 1-2 Cleveland CAVALIERS 3-1 San Antonio SPURS 12-1 Boston [...]

Josh Jackson has been a name that is trending upward in the past weeks as an extremely athletic and gifted 6’8″ player out of the University of Kansas who projects to be an elite defender who can guard multiple positions and the potential to be a 20 point per game scorer down the line. The [...]

Robert Horry has had the opportunity to play with many all time great teams and players in his career, serving as a valuable and clutch role player for seven NBA championship teams. He has had his high moments, the game winning shot in Game 4 of the 2001 western conference finals, his big shot in [...]

Lonzo Ball landing with the Los Angeles Lakers is starting to feel like less and less of a formality. The latest, in fact, is fairly damning. A source told Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz that, if the draft were today, the Lakers would pass on Ball for a variety of reasons: Even if the Lakers’ feelings [...]

Forget about the NBA Finals for a minute. Let’s draft it up. (For more 2017 mock drafts, please visit THD’s 2017 NBA Mock Draft Database) Here’s our lottery projections for this year’s prospect pageant. 1. Boston Celtics: Markelle Fultz, Washington, PG Loads of people want the Boston Celtics to trade this pick. The top prospects [...]

The Dallas Mavericks need to upgrade at point guard. They have the No. 9 pick in this year’s draft. Ricky Rubio has been bandied about the trade rumor mill since the beginning of time—or at least since Tom Thibodeau took over as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ head coach and president. Eric Bledsoe’s timeline looks to run [...]

Every year, we spend a majority of the NBA’s regular season talking about two draft prospects jostling for position as the consensus No. 1 overall pick. And every year, at least one other player seems to creep their way into the discussion. This year is no different. Because Kansas’ Josh Jackson has joined UCLA’s Lonzo [...]

Do you want the good news or the bad news first, Atlanta Hawks fans? Let’s start with the bad news. Paul Millsap has missed each of the last five games with a knee injury, and it doesn’t look like he’ll be returning too soon, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Chris Vivlamore: Paul Millsap will be out at [...]

The triangle isn’t going anywhere. Prior to the New York Knicks’ Wednesday night loss to the Utah Jazz, head coach Jeff Hornacek said that the team will be all triangle everything next season, and they’ll look to ditch anyone and everyone who isn’t buying in. Per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: Jeff Hornacek made it clear that the [...]

While the Los Angeles Lakers, owners of the NBA’s second-worst record, are already projected to keep this year’s top-three protected first-round pick, they aren’t taking any chances. They’re shutting down both Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov for the rest of the year, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com: The Los Angeles Lakers have effectively shut [...]