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Injuries to Fred VanVleet in September and Steven Adams in the midst of the season affected the Rockets far beyond their on-court contributions, according to Ramona Shelburne and Tim MacMahon of ESPN. With their two veteran leaders not in the lineup, there were fewer buffers against Kevin Durant‘s “moodiness,” which had an effect on the […]
Thilo Widder is joined by JR Wilco to engage in some friendly banter for what will be an unfriendly series.
The Cavs will advance to the ECF if they take care of these three keys.
Within his Suns offseason preview at the Third Apron (Substack link), Yossi Gozlan writes that Phoenix should “seriously consider” reconstructing its roster by trading its top players — including Devin Booker — to acquire draft picks. As Gozlan explains, the Suns were one of the NBA’s most pleasant surprises in 2025/26, far exceeding external expectations […]
The NBA trade deadline is one month away -- so where do we think Giannis, AD, Trae Young and others will be on Feb. 5?
The Cavaliers sent out an injured 26-year-old point guard to receive the 36-year-old Harden
Jalen Williams missed the first month of the season recovering from a wrist injury, too.
How to watch Game 1 of the Knicks vs. 76ers series during the 2026 NBA Playoffs.
Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton came up big to close out the first-round series against the Houston Rockets, and now he knows the team will need more of the same from him if they want to have a chance against the Oklahoma City Thunder. “Doing the exact same thing, but really staying poised,” Ayton […]
On Monday, the Dallas Mavericks made headlines by hiring Masai Ujiri to lead their new front office regime. Ujiri was the architect of the 2019 Toronto Raptors championship team and will be joining a Dallas organization that is currently rebuilding around Cooper Flagg. Although Dallas missed the playoffs in 2025-26, Flagg had an outstanding first […] The post Carmelo Anthony hits Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg with ‘no ceiling’ praise appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Ahead of their Western Conference semifinals series, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander revealed why he isn’t taking future Hall of Fame forward LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers lightly. While playing without Luka Doncic to start the series isn’t ideal against the defending champion, a James-led Lakers squad is still a legitimate threat […] The post Why Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won’t take LeBron James, Lakers lightly in 2nd round appeared first on ClutchPoi...
With the NBA trade deadline now just over a month away, there seems to be an increasing level of interest around the league in the availability of, and potential market for, Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr.
