Category: NBA Betting
Mitchell leads the class in throwback dunk contest
Kevin Pelton slams out grades for every player in the slam dunk contest. Click here to read the full article…
Silver floats possible playoff format change
In musing possible NBA postseason playoff format change, Adam Silver offered a compromise: both the Eastern and Western conferences still send eight teams apiece, but 1-16 seeding would mean the best two teams, regardless of conference, make the final. Click here to read the full article…
Sunburn: Booker’s hot shooting leads 3-point grades
Kevin Pelton’s grades for every player in the 3-point contest were all over the chart. Click here to read the full article…
NBA players, officials meet, discuss tension
A small group of NBA players and officials met on Saturday to address this season’s escalating tension between players and referees, agreeing to establish direct communication and be respectful. Click here to read the full article…
Stephen Jackson brought a globe to All-Star media day to goof on Kyrie Irving
It was a year ago today that the world learned Kyrie Irving believes the Earth is flat. Click here to read the full article…
Kyrie Irving’s well wishes to Porzingis offer Knicks fans hope
LOS ANGELES — Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving thought he would be teammates this weekend with Kristaps Porzingis on Team LeBron at Staples Center. Maybe one day that happens at the Garden. Irving said he has sent his “well wishes” to the fallen 7-foot-3 Latvian and revealed he gave Porzingis Click here to read the…
Nash, Kidd, Hill among finalists for basketball Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES – Point guards could run the show in the next Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, with Jason Kidd and two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash among the 13 finalists announced Saturday morning. Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Maurice Cheeks and Chris Webber also made the cut, but the two standout Click here to…
NBA’s Africa Game returns to South Africa in August
. – NBA players will return to South Africa in August to participate in the third NBA Africa Game, officials said on Saturday. The game, scheduled for Aug. 4, will match Team Africa against a world team. It will honor the centenary of the birth of former South Africa president and anti-apartheid Click here to…
LeBron says he won’t be silent on social issues
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on NBA All-Star Saturday (all times local): 3:05 p.m. LeBron James says he will not stick to sports. The Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star reiterated his determination to speak out on social issues and the nation’s political climate Saturday during media availability for Click here to read the full article…
Notebook: Langston Galloway kicks it as a media member — asking NBA All-Stars about their footwear choices
LOS ANGELES — Langston Galloway was on the other end of the microphone. Standing amongst the hundreds of reporters, from all over the world, the Detroit Pistons forward held his ground in the media scrum, trying to get a question in during the All-Star Game’s media event in the Los Angeles Convention Click here to…
NBA All-Star 2018: Ben Simmons, Joe Ingles, Adam Silver, conspiracy theory
NBA commissioner Adam Silver would like Australia to know there is no conspiracy targeting the nation. Sure, Ben Simmons was repeatedly snubbed for a spot in Sunday’s All-Star game in Los Angeles despite multiple players pulling out with injury and Joe Ingles, despite proving to be one of the NBA Click here to read the…
Russell Westbrook says his best career dunk was on a clothes hamper
Russell Westbrook’s favorite dunk of all time didn’t come in an NBA game. It wasn’t when he was in college. It, in fact, wasn’t in an official game at all. Or even on a hoop. Instead, it was playing against his brother when he was just a kid, he told reporters at the NBA All-Star…