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Yes, the Washington Wizards jumped out to a 1-0 series lead over the Atlanta Hawks. No, they won’t be basking in that victory for long. Or at all. As they prepare for Game 2 in Atlanta, the Wizards push forward, cautiously no doubt, knowing that both John Wall and Bradley Beal. First we have Wall’s [...]

Throughout most of the 2014-15 season, nothing much changed in LeBron James’ game, he is still a beast and nightmare match-up for league defenders. In terms of appearance however, there was a slight change, his signature headband which he stopped wearing in games. It was on March 7 this year that James ditched the headband [...]

Saturday night’s Spurs-Clippers game 7 was an instant classic. It’s a shame that had to be played in the first round, as that had a Conference Finals feel to it. Chris Paul came up huge down the stretch for L.A., despite injuring his hamstring in that game. Following the game, Paul had an MRI on [...]

In the pantheon of surprise rumors, the Denver Nuggets being open to trading Ty Lawson ranks somewhere between “Oh” and “Yeah, we know.” Related: The Denver Nuggets are willing to trade Ty Lawson. On the heels of a since-deleted Instagram post that included Lawson waxing a desire to play for the Dallas Mavericks—or at least [...]

In the words of Kelly Clarkson: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. In the words of San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich (probably): What doesn’t kill you makes you drink a decades-old pinot noir. Once again, it looks like the Spurs’ followed Popovic’s lead over Clarkson’s. TMZ has video (h/t Complex) of the Spurs coming [...]

This year’s MVP race has got to be one of the closest that we’ve ever seen. All the candidates deserve to win the award, but unfortunately, there can only be one winner. And the winner is the Golden State Warriors’ All-Star point guard Stephen Curry, according to Monte Poole of the CSNBayArea.com: Warriors guard Stephen [...]

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Next week, we should find out who will be named the 2014-15 NBA’s Most Valuable Player. It seems like forever since there was actually intrigue leading up to the decision as it has often been a foregone conclusion at this point. There are pros and cons for Steph Curry and James Harden but if you [...]

With Portland headed for an early off-season after being eliminated by the Grizzlies in five games (4-1), the franchise now needs to start addressing a number of things that mostly involve the immediate futures of their key players. One of them is obviously their perennial All-Star forward, LaMarcus Aldridge, who still has yet to make [...]

Sit down, because this might come as a shock: The Boston Celtics are in the market for good basketball players. I know, right? It’s so crazy, it almost makes sense. On the heels of the their first-round exit against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Celtics are thinking big. They made the playoffs in just the second [...]