WWE’s Randy Orton offers unfiltered 2-word take on LeBron James when asked about NBA’s GOAT debate
The debate over who is the greatest NBA player of all time remains a hot topic. When sports fans debate who the greatest players of all time are two names that often come up: Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Recently, when the conversation surrounding the league’s GOAT came up with WWE star Randy Orton, he […]
NBA’s 11 best free agents still available on 2024 market, ranked
While most of the big names in NBA free agency have signed their deals, DeMar DeRozan is still around. The Chicago Bulls star is the best player left on the free market as he approaches his 35th birthday, but there doesn’t seem to be a perfect fit for him anywhere. With the Bulls looking ready […]
NBA’s new TV deal is worth $76 BILLION, and the salary cap is exploding again
The NBA’s new media deal was expected to be big, but no one anticipated just how enormous the financial benefits for the league would be. Wall Street Journal report The 11-year, $76 billion deal with NBC, ESPN and Amazon would shatter even the high end of expectations. That averaged out to just over $6.9 billion […]
Tyronn Lue becomes one of NBA’s highest-paid coaches after signing 5-year extension with Clippers: reports
Tyronn Lue recently completed his fourth season as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers finished the 2023-24 regular season with 51 wins, the most under Lue’s tenure, but the team lost in the first round of the playoffs for the second consecutive year. However, Lue still appears to be highly respected within […]
The NBA’s pathetic suspension of Patrick Beverley proves once again that fans come last
When the Indiana Pacers ended their first-round upset against the Milwaukee Bucks last week, all the analysis of what had been a pretty entertaining basketball series turned into an uproar over the late-game antics of mercurial Bucks guard Patrick Beverley. Lost. He was caught on camera throwing the ball to the fans. Twice. I think […]
NBA’s ‘L2M’ referee report does more harm than good
You’ll think that’s unbelievable. But somehow, by the evening of Tuesday, October 17, 2017, they had a professional basketball game. When the NBA’s 70th season began in Oakland with a heartbreaking 122-121 victory for the defending champion Warriors over the defending runner-up Rockets, somehow the NBA was back in action for the first time in […]
G League’s Lindsey Harding to get interview with NBA’s Hornets
The former No. 1 overall draft pick is one of the Hornets’ candidates for the vacant head coaching position. Lindsey Harding, the top pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft and current head coach of the Kings’ G League team, is among the list of names the team has been cleared to speak. ESPN reported. The […]
Predicting how NBA’s wild Eastern Conference finish will unfold
The NBA took a breather Monday and shifted its basketball attention to the NCAA Tournament championship battle between Connecticut and Purdue, and that’s probably a good thing. At this point, the sport only has one next he’s given as it reaches its regular season bell lap. The Celtics will play all Game 7 games at […]
Ex-ref Tim Donaghy knows where the NBA’s betting weakness lies
DENVER — As online sports gambling explodes and intertwines with the league, Tim Donaghy, the disgraced NBA referee and expert on the pitfalls of corruption, wants players and umpires to follow in his footsteps. I don’t think that I will inherit it. Instead, Donaghy sees lower-level employees as conduits for inside information to gamblers. “I […]
NBA’s Rudy Gobert fined $100,000 for suggesting refs were influenced by gambling
The NBA on Sunday charged Minnesota center Rudy Gobert with making a gesture during a Friday night game that suggested referees were improperly influenced by gambling and related calls. It was announced that a fine of $1.00 was imposed. During Friday’s game between the Timberwolves and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Gobert rubbed his fingers together and […]