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Despite leading by as many as 23 points, the Cleveland Cavaliers needed all 48 minutes to put away the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. And afterward, LeBron James wasn’t so much relieved as exasperated. As he told reporters, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: “We want to play better and we know we have the ability to [...]

In spite of their somewhat bizarre decision to load up on veterans in the off-season, the Kings are still sitting at 13-31 and in last place of the western conference standings. Also, by the numbers, the Kings are technically the worst team in the NBA as they are currently last in the NBA in offense [...]

Great news for a Jazz team in desperate need of some. Their star center and the best rim protector in the league, the Stifle Tower himself, Rudy Gobert is likely to return for the Jazz this weekend. [tweet https://twitter.com/kylegoon/status/954159387827847168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] He could suit up for the Jazz home game against the Knicks on Friday night or [...]

Welp, that didn’t last long. Less than a week removed from NBA Hallwaygate 2018, the beef festering between the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets appears to be quashed. Or rather, at the very least, whatever tensions exist between Trevor Ariza and Austin Rivers are a thing of the past. Both Ariza and Gerald Green [...]

Thursday night turned out to be a bittersweet one for the Boston Celtics and Kyrie Irving. On the one hand, the point guard was named as an All-Star starter, validating both himself and the team’s direction. On the other, he was unable to go for a nationally televised tilt with the Philadelphia 76ers—which Boston lost—due [...]

The NBA’s annual popularity contest has ended and the prom kings of each coast are…. you guessed it, LeBron James and Steph Curry. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar/status/954156447364939776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] LeBron was the leading vote getter with 2,638,294 votes and Curry was 2nd with 2,379,494. Here are the remaining pool of fan voted starters that each captain will pick from [...]

Damian Lillard is universally recognized as one of the NBA’s elite-most talents—a top-25 to top-30 player in most seasons, and a borderline top-15 to top-20 player this season. So why is it he only has two All-Star appearances to his name, and none since 2015? Well, mostly, the backcourt ballot is incredibly stuffed in the [...]

While the NBA news cycle is dominated by problems in Cleveland again, trade rumors, Lavar Ball and the infamous locker incident between the Clippers and Rockets, the Warriors are quietly back to playing at their dynastic level. In spite of recent nagging injuries to all four of their stars, they won their 14th straight road [...]

Coming into the 2017-18 season, there were a number of rookies who arrived in the NBA with plenty of hype as potential stars of the future: Ben Simmons (didn’t play last year), Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, Jayson Tatum and Josh Jackson to name a few. Some have looked like stars in the making (Simmons and [...]

Breathe freely, New Orleans Pelicans peeps. Your team isn’t on the verge of trading Anthony Davis anywhere. And, yes, “anywhere” includes the Boston Celtics. Here’s what ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski had to say on the matter during an appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show (h/t Clutch Points’ Andrew Salmi): “No. I mean, New Orleans has no intention of [...]