Category: NBA AM
On Thursday, New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum praised former Portland Trail Blazers teammate Damian Lillard. Reporters asked McCollum how much he thinks Lillard cares about breaking Clyde Drexler’s all-time scoring franchise record with the Trail Blazers. “I think that’s one of the reasons why he’s been so committed to being in Portland to break […]
New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram received compliments from Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant during the teams’ pregame shoot around. Following the Pelicans’ 130-108 win over the Nets, reporters asked Ingram about his conversation with the two-time Finals MVP. “I think he was trying to butter me up a little bit so I would come […]
On Wednesday, Darius Garland suffered a laceration on the inside of his left eyelid in the Cavaliers’ 108-105 loss against the Raptors at Scotiabank Arena. Garland was poked in the eye by Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. with 3:56 remaining in the second quarter. The All-Star guard stayed face down on the court for a […]
Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash believes Ben Simmons needs more time to adjust to the 2022-23 NBA season. On Wednesday night, the Nets lost 130-108 at home against the New Orleans Pelicans. Simmons ended his performance with 4 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in 23 minutes of action. He fouled out early in […]
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant wants to win an NBA championship, but his main individual goal is winning the MVP award. The 23-year-old received his first All-Star selection last season. During a segment on NBA Today with Malika Andrews, the guard discussed his own personal goal for the 2022-23 season. “MVP for sure,” explained Morant. […]
The Toronto Raptors have picked up the options of Malachi Flynn, Scottie Barnes, and Precious Achiuwa. Flynn’s $3,873,025 team option for the 2023-24 season was exercised. This is part of the four-year, $10 million rookie scale contract he signed with the Raptors in 2020. Of course, Toronto exercised Flynn’s $2,145,720 team option for the 2022-23 season […]
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has come a long way since his early playing days with Filathlitikos, a Greek professional basketball club. The Greek Freak has witnessed almost everything. However, he had never seen a two-way player talk trash to him before. It became a reality after Milwaukee selected Sandro Mamukelashvili 54th overall in the […]
Prior to the 2022-23 season opener against the Lakers, the Warriors unveiled their seventh title banner and championship rings at Chase Center. In addition to Warriors front office executives and players, the rings were designed by Josh Arasheben, who runs the jewelery business known as Jason of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, California. According to […]
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is now more optimistic leading into the 2022-23 NBA season, following the trade request and offseason drama spurred by Kevin Durant. Moving forward, the seven-time All-Star believes the events that transpired will help improve the team. “When Kev made that request, I feel like we got better,” Irving told Shams […]
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff is confident in his players’ abilities to support Donovan Mitchell throughout the 2022-23 season. In an interview with Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal, the veteran coach was asked if he thought Mitchell would be up to spreading the ball around on the court. “He wants to do […]
