NBA Playoffs

At long last, some good news on the health front for the Golden State Warriors: Andre Iguodala will be ready to rock when the NBA playoffs tip off. From the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Connor Letourneau: After missing six of the Warriors’ final seven regular-season games with left knee soreness, Andre Iguodala is poised to return for [...]

Kevin Durant wants you to know the Golden State Warriors aren’t NBA Finals locks. They aren’t locks for anything, period. Most had the Warriors ticketed for another championship at the start of this season. Even now, with the Houston Rockets having clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, it’s tough for some to [...]

Could Kemba Walker’s nostalgia for participating in the NBA playoffs lead him to request a trade once the Charlotte Hornets hire a new general manager? It seems we’re about to find out. From the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: The Hornets will soon hire a new general manager to replace the departed Rich Cho. If that next [...]

The Houston Rockets are having quite the season thus far, at 47-13 they currently possess the best record in the NBA and have the No. 1 seed in the western conference by way of tiebreaker over the Golden State Warriors. They are also an incredible 30-1 when their three best players, James Harden, Chris Paul [...]

LeBron James is cool with the NBA’s new method of fielding All-Star teams each and every February. He is not, however, on board with a proposed change that would send the 16 best squads to the playoffs irrespective of conference affiliation. From the Associated Press’ Tom Withers (via NBA.com): Commissioner Adam Silver recently floated a [...]

So, um, Denzel Valentine is really starting to feel the 2017-18 Chicago Bulls. After starting the season 3-20, seemingly on the fast track towards the NBA’s best lottery odds, the boys in red and white have rattled off seven straight victories. This streak coincides with Nikola Mirotic’s return from facial fractures and a concussion following [...]

Every year the 1st round of the NBA Playoffs is a mixed bag full of treats. For instance, good or exciting series are like mini Snickers or Twix bars in a trick-or-treater’s bag, while bad or boring series (also known as the NBA TV series, NBA fans know what I am talking about) are like [...]

It has been more than 10 years since the Sacramento Kings last made the NBA playoffs in 2006. That drought has been wearing on the franchise for a while. Over the past few years, they’ve so obviously chased a low-seeded postseason berth, only to come up short. Nothing has changed this season. Snagging the Western [...]

A double-digit win over the Brooklyn Nets goes a long way. Apparently. Following the Philadelphia 76ers’ 105-95 victory over the Nets on Sunday, Rookie of the Year favorite Joel Embiid set a lofty goal for his team, per the Associated Press’ Brian Mahoney: Embiid has looked at the standings and seen the 76ers are eight games [...]

Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Phil Handy was pissed at his team after they dropped Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors. Like, really pissed. So pissed, he uncharacteristically laid into his team after the fact, which Game 3 superhero Richard Jefferson admits helped light a fire under the Cavaliers’ derrières, [...]