Category: NBA Betting
Concern rises around NBA with Florida virus spike
With Florida posting a record number of coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Saturday, concern is rising among NBA players, team executives and the league office itself as plans go forward to resume play in Orlando next month. Click here to read the full article…
Pacers’ Victor Oladipo to workout, evaluate return to play in Orlando
After missing more than a year with a serious knee injury, Victor Oladipo wants to ease himself back after shut down. Click here to read the full article…
NBA rumors: Warriors’ enormous $17.2M trade exception expires Oct. 24
The Warriors will have 36 hours after the conclusion of the free-agency moratorium to utilize the exception. Click here to read the full article…
Victor Oladipo still contemplating return for Pacers: ‘I’ve just got to be smart’
After spending a full year rehabbing from a torn quad tendon, Victor Oladipo played in just 13 games for the Pacers before the league suspended play in March. Click here to read the full article…
Have LeBron James, Lakers had secret workouts on replica Staples Center court?
The replica Staples Center court does exist. Did the Lakers’ players use it? Click here to read the full article…
Memo: NBA sets Aug. 17 early-entry deadline
Potential early-entry candidates for the 2020 NBA draft will have until Aug. 17 to declare that they are entering the draft, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. Click here to read the full article…
Embry: Players should never shut up and dribble
NBA Hall of Famer Wayne Embry, who was the first African American to become a general manager in pro sports, believes players should use their voices by continuing to play during the current protests while supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Click here to read the full article…
Winslow: Finishing NBA season in Orlando ‘tricky’
Grizzlies swingman Justise Winslow, in a conversation with former NBA forward Caron Butler on the league’s Twitter feed on Friday, said playing out the rest of the season in Orlando is “tricky,” adding “it’s almost the opposite of social distancing.” Click here to read the full article…
Basketball restarts in China after virus shutdown
The Chinese basketball league has restarted after an almost five-month shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic, with fewer foreign players and no fans in the stands. Click here to read the full article…
Buss to whites: Acknowledge racism and stop it
Lakers chief executive officer and governor Jeanie Buss shared a photograph of a letter on her Instagram account Friday containing racial and misogynistic epithets “so that everyone can see the hate is real and living out there,” she wrote. Click here to read the full article…
Rockets reportedly considering signing Tyler Johnson for playoffs
The Rockets would have to waive a player to create the roster space. Click here to read the full article…
Justise Winslow on bubble concerns, “I don’t know if it’s worth it”
“From the COVID standpoint, I don’t think it’s a great idea just to have all these people in a bubble and tight spaces.” Click here to read the full article…