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Joe Lyons

Sports Editor

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Joe Lyons is a sports writer and basketball expert for Basketball Insiders. Joe has a keen eye for the betting markets within the NBA and a great passion for the game of basketball. also been published by Nottingham Forest FC, working with the academy and senior teams to produce content on matchdays. He formerly covered the Premier League and EFL as an on-site reporter during the 2020/21 season for Prost International. He is an expert in a range of other sports including soccer, horse racing darts and American football. Joe specialises in long form SEO content alongside news, tips and betting.

Articles by Joe Lyons (166)

Darius Garland believes the Cleveland Cavaliers will reach the Eastern Conference finals

Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Darius Garland has made a bold prediction ahead of the 2022-23 NBA season – that his team will make it as far as the Eastern Conference finals. The 22-year-old made an appearance on the Varsity House podcast earlier this week and predicted that his Cleveland Cavaliers will reach the Eastern Conference […]

Joe Lyons  •  22 Jul 2022
ESPN analyst Tim Legler claims Jayson Tatum is ‘under the most pressure next season’

ESPN analyst Tim Legler has claimed that Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum is the player under the most pressure to perform next season after a heartbreaking finals defeat last month. In a recent edition of NBA Today, Tim Legler and Brian Windhorst alongside host Malika Andrews discussed who they believe is the player under the […]

Joe Lyons  •  22 Jul 2022
WATCH: Donovan Mitchell dunks on Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero

Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell has wasted no time in welcoming the 2022 NBA Draft’s first overall pick to the league, as he showed Paolo Banchero exactly how it’s done in a pickup game. Banchero, who was selected by the Orlando Magic as the first overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft from Duke University, […]

Joe Lyons  •  21 Jul 2022
Internet reacts to Steph Curry’s jokes about LeBron James during ESPYS speech

Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry hosted the ESPYS award show on Wednesday, and wasn’t afraid to remind LeBron James of what happened in the 2007 NBA finals. Steph Curry, fresh off the back of a fourth NBA title and his first Finals MVP award, became just the second NBA player to host the ESPYS […]

Joe Lyons  •  21 Jul 2022
ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins tips Anthony Davis to win 2022-23 NBA MVP award

Former NBA champion and ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins has tipped Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers to win the 2022-23 NBA MVP award, despite the Lakers missing the playoffs entirely last season. Anthony Davis averaged 23.2 poimts. 9.8 rebounds, and 3 assists per game last season, but played just 40 of the Lakers’ 82 […]

Joe Lyons  •  21 Jul 2022
Shaedon Sharpe NBA Draft preview: Worth the risk as a top-five pick?

Shaedon Sharpe NBA Draft Odds Position Shooting Guard School Kentucky Height 6’5″ Projected Draft Number #6 – Indiana Pacers Drafted Under #8 Odds -140 with BetOnline Drafted Over #8 Odds +100 with BetOnline Who is Shaedon Sharpe? Shaedon Sharpe is undoubtedly one of the NBA Draft’s biggest mysteries – from a consensus five-star recruit at […]

Joe Lyons  •  22 Jun 2022