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It sounds like Derrick Favors is doing the Oklahoma City Thunder a favor. Late afternoon on Tuesday, the 12th-year NBA veteran said, “I expect to be back here next year. And, yeah, I’ll probably pick it up.” As a free agent, on Nov. 20, 2020, the center signed a three-year, $29.2 million contract with the […]
Five-time All-Star Joel Embiid is the first center since Shaquille O’Neal to win the NBA scoring title. In a total of 68 games played this season, the 76ers’ center averaged a league-best and career-high 30.6 points per game. By the end of the 1999-00 season, Shaq had averaged 29.7 points per game in 79 games […]
According to sources, Lakers’ guard Kendrick Nunn will likely pick up his player option for the 2022-23 NBA season. Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report stated, “Nunn is expected to pick up his $5.25 million player option for next season, sources said.” On Aug. 6, 2021, the Illinois native signed a two-year, $10.3 million contract with […]
Top MVP candidate Nikola Jokic made history on Thursday night. In the Nuggets’ 122-109 win over the Grizzlies, the center became the first player in the NBA to amass 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists in one season. This fact alone will help boost his MVP argument. He is attempting to win his second […]
LeBron James and Stephen Curry go way back. Well, within the last nine years. When LeBron rejoined the Cavaliers in 2014, it didn’t take long for the team to dominate. In only his first season back, they returned to the NBA Finals, where Curry and the Warriors defeated them in six games in 2015. Then, […]
In 2021, the New York Knicks made the playoffs for the first time since the 2012-13 season. And, it was head coach Tom Thibodeau’s first season coaching the team. It all makes sense why general manager Scott Perry wants to bring the veteran coach back. Leon Rose, the president of the Knicks, agrees. He wants […]
With the 2021-22 NBA regular season coming to a close, the latest rumor concerns the Lakers and Jazz pursuing 76ers’ head coach Doc Rivers. Although Rivers still has a job with the Sixers, could this be his final season with the organization? Expectations are high. Owners and general managers across the league are keeping their […]
Last offseason, DeMar DeRozan was more than willing to return to Los Angeles and play for the Lakers. He was a free agent. However, LeBron James had a different plan. During an interview on ESPN’s Get Up!, Magic Johnson discussed the organization’s goal to sign the California native. Of course, after everything was said and […]
Eight-time All-Star Anthony Davis earned his first NBA championship in his first season with the Lakers. However, ever since the 2019-20 season, it has been anything but smooth sailing for the organization. Last week, Davis told reporters that his team would’ve defeated the Suns in the 2021 NBA Finals, if not for his groin injury […]
NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says LeBron James deserves to pass him on the all-time scoring list. In the Wizards-Lakers matchup last month, the 19-year veteran passed Karl Malone for second place on the list. This milestone was certainly earned. Malone retired with 36,909 points, and King James needed only 19 points to tie […]
