After the NBA playoffs tipped off on Saturday with a handful of one-sided contests, things got a little more interesting on Sunday and Monday, with the Thunder, Knicks, and Nuggets among the team...
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With all 30 NBA teams enjoying a day off on Saturday, we have just one day of regular season games remaining in 2023/24, with 15 games on Sunday’s slate. Amazingly, through 81 games, only three...
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The NCAA Tournament title game not only features the two most dominant teams this season but also the top big men in Division I. It’s a matchup of old-school centers between two-time National P...
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The Celtics currently hold a 14-game lead for the top seed in the Eastern Conference, making them a very strong favorite to reach the NBA Finals, though that outcome is far from assured. The stan...
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Malik Monk appeared to have the Sixth Man of the Year award locked up. Monk emerged as the heavy favorite for the award among the betting public with a career year. The Kings guard has posted ave...
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The Pelicans have quietly moved up in the Western Conference standings over the last two months. New Orleans was a ho-hum 26-21 in late January after a three-game losing streak. The team is now 1...
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Paul George made some interesting comments following the Clippers’ 17-point home loss to the Hawks on Sunday night. The veteran forward stated the team hadn’t established an identity. “We w...
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With the Rockets still pushing for a play-in spot and in the midst of a four-game winning streak, the Western Conference’s postseason teams aren’t yet set in stone. But Houston remains 3.5 ga...
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There’s one clear frontrunner for most of the NBA’s end-of-season awards in 2023/24, but that doesn’t appear to be the case for Most Improved Player, an honor that multiple players have str...
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As our tracker shows, eight notable veteran players were waived at some point after last month’s trade deadline and subsequently landed with teams that have playoff or championship aspirations....
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The NBA’s 2023/24 Rookie of the Year race has arguably been the best in recent memory, with Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama and Thunder center Chet Holmgren both enjoying incredible debut seaso...
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When we checked in on the Western Conference playoff race on Sunday, the main takeaway was how wide open the conference looks, with several teams bunched together at the top of the West and a han...
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We are fast approaching a significant deadline for some veteran players. A player on an NBA contract must be waived by the end of the day on Friday in order to retain his playoff eligibility. As ...
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While the Celtics have built an eight-game lead over the No. 2 seed in the East, no such separation exists over in the Western Conference, where the top four seeds are all within four games. Ente...
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The NBA continues to tinker with ideas to produce a more competitive All-Star Game, but nothing seems to be working. Scoring records fell Sunday night as the East defeated the West, 211-186, in I...
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