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Here's how one official ballot for year-end awards will look like.

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal puts Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry in his Mount Rushmore of players alongside Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

Jalen Williams missed the first month of the season recovering from a wrist injury, too.

Leonard Miller scored a career-high 26 points and matched his career best with 11 rebounds as the Chicago Bulls eased to a 119-108 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night to sweep a two-game set. Tre Jones scored 31 points and Collin Sexton added 27 for the Bulls, who won 129-98 at Washington on Tuesday night to snap a seven-game skid. Miller, Jones and Sexton combined to shoot 65.3% (32 of 49) as Chicago (31-49) pulled even with Milwaukee for 11th place in the Eastern Conferenc...

Jordan Clarkson’s season has been, in an odd way, a microcosm of the New York Knicks’ season that has encapsulated the team and their roller-coaster season. The former Sixth Man of the Year, his playing time, and quality of play may not have the most direct correlation with when the Knicks’ peaks and valleys have […]

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.

The Celtics star declared himself the best two-way player in the game. Is he right?

The Heat keep talking about urgency. About pride. About responding. Problem is, none of it is showing up when the ball goes up. Miami dropped a 128-114 decision to the Raptors on Thursday, and it wasn’t nearly as close as the final score might suggest. The Heat trailed by 19 at halftime, fell behind by […] The post Heat showing cracks at worst time, fall to Raptors again appeared first on Hoops Wire.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out by the Milwaukee Bucks for their regular season finale on Friday against the Brooklyn Nets. Antetokounmpo has been out since suffered a hyperextended left knee and a bone bruise on March 15th. Antetokounmpo is widely expected to be traded this offseason if he doesn't signal his intention to sign a five-year, $275 million extension in October with the Bucks. The relationship between Antetokounmpo and the Bucks turned contentious in recent weeks over the...

The NBA has cleared Sacramento Kings coach Doug Christie of tanking following an investigation into his decision to foul Golden State Warriors guard Seth Curry in the final minutes of Tuesday's 110-105 loss, determining the move was a tactical miscalculation rather than a deliberate effort to lose. "The investigation found that Christie made no intentional effort to give the Warriors a shooting foul, or to cause the Kings to lose the game," the league said in a statement. The foul, ordered wi...

DeMar DeRozan continues to rise on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Lately, he surpassed Oscar Robertson for 16th with 26,702 points. Now he is closing in on Russell Westbrook, Elvin Hayes, Moses Malone, Carmelo Anthony, and Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq is 10th on the all-time list. However, not everyone is keen on the idea of DeRozan […] The post DeMar DeRozan goes scorched earth on ‘clown’ that doesn’t want him passing Shaq appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The NBA’s 65-game rule has been in effect since 2023-24. The rule requires players to appear in at least 65 games in order to be eligible for end-of-season awards, such as MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and All-NBA teams. It was implemented in order to prevent teams from resting their superstars, as doing so […] The post NBA 65-game rule: Which players are and aren’t eligible for NBA awards appeared first on ClutchPoints.