Category: NBA Betting
Vegas favors ’17 Warriors over MJ’s ’96 Bulls
Las Vegas bookmakers would install last year’s Warriors squad as a favorite over the 1995-96 Bulls team that went 72-10 in the regular season. Click here to read the full article…
Sources: Porter Jr. (hip) cancels 2nd pro day
Former Missouri forward Michael Porter Jr. canceled his second pro day in Chicago on Friday because of a strained hip, sources told ESPN. Click here to read the full article…
Select teams to see Porter Jr. for medical exam
An invitation-only medical examination of Missouri freshman star Michael Porter Jr.’s surgically repaired back will go forward on Friday in Chicago, his agent, Mark Bartelstein, told teams in an email. Click here to read the full article…
The 9 biggest NBA playoff shots since Michael Jordan beat the Jazz 20 years ago
Anyone who’s picked up a ball has wanted to find something close to that feeling Michael Jordan created. These guys — the authors of the nine biggest NBA playoff shots in the 20 years since Jordan’s in 1998 — came closest. Click here to read the full article…
Free Agency Preview: Pacific
Ryan Knaus examines free agency and salary-cap situations in the Pacific Division, including Kevin Durant, DeAndre Jordan and Brook Lopez. Click here to read the full article…
Where do Warriors rank among NBA’s 50 best teams?
ESPN Insider Kevin Pelton shows where Golden State ranks among the 50 greatest NBA teams of all time. Click here to read the full article…
Twenty years ago today, Michael Jordan took the greatest bow in NBA Finals history
“I think it was a very defining moment of what my career was in Chicago,” Jordan said. “… The essence of who Michael Jordan became, and who Michael Jordan was, ended with that shot in 1998.” Click here to read the full article…
As endings go, MJ’s is the undisputed GOAT
At age 35, with 43,360 NBA minutes on his legs, the fate of a franchise on his back, the Bulls needed Michael Jordan to make magic one more time. Click here to read the full article…
Debate over Jordan’s signature shot still rages on
Twenty years after Michael Jordan hit one of the most iconic shots in NBA history, the “was it a foul” question lingers. Here, one of the game’s refs gives his point of view. Click here to read the full article…
Sources: Lakers ask Ball, Kuzma to tone it down
Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma have agreed to tone down their joking insults of each other on social media after the Lakers spoke to the players, sources tell ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Ohm Youngmisuk. Click here to read the full article…
Sources: Draft prospect Huerter has surgery
Kevin Huerter had surgery on his right hand to repair torn ligaments, and the projected first-round draft pick is expected to miss two months, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Click here to read the full article…
Mavericks G Barea wins citizenship award
Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea was named winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award on Wednesday, an honor given to a player, coach or athletic trainer that displays outstanding service and dedication to the community. Barea was one of five finalists in balloting conducted by more than 200 Click here to read the full…