Jamal Murray's Denver Nuggets meet the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday at 8:30 PM ET in Game 1 of the opening round of the NBA playoffs, and to beat his
Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks will compete against the Indiana Pacers at Fiserv Forum on ESPN on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Lillard's props for the matchup open at 23.5 points, 6.5 dimes, and 4.
It's do-or-die for the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings in a
Zachary Cohen runs through his NBA picks and predictions for
We have arrived to the best time of the year: The NBA postseason! The
Despite his multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards, those in the NBA believe that Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the most overrated player in the league. According to an anonymous poll run by The Athletic, today’s NBA players believe that Gobert is the most overrated (13.6% of the vote), followed by Jordan Poole (8.6%) […]
When this season started, it looked like Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid would defend his regular season MVP title. Unfortunately, he got injured and was ruled out of the season. However, it didn’t discourage Drew Hanlen from naming Embiid as the best player. Hanlen is Joel’s trainer and accompanies him most of the time. He …
The NBA said it banned Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter Jr. for violating the league's gaming rules. He was accused of manipulating his own performance and tipping off bettors. NBC News' Sam Brock reports.
A number of NBA contracts include player options in the final year. Those
Earlier this week, The Athletic published their wide-ranging anonymous NBA players poll that asks, among other things, who the most overrated player in the league is. And for the second consecutive season, the answer was three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert. Gobert’s stunningly low popularity in NBA circles is certainly nothing new, as The Washington […]
Instead of counting on Jimmy Butler to lead the team into the postseason, the Miami Heat will be in full collective-effort mode when they host the Chicago Bulls on Friday night in the loser-goes-home play-in game. Butler will sit out with a sprained MCL in his right knee that was sustained during Wednesday's 105-104 road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. THE ODDS The Heat are anywhere from 1.5- to 2.5-point favorites at most sportsbooks despite Butler's absence. The line has held steady at 2.5...
India captain Rohit Sharma is "not a fan" of the Impact Player rule in the IPL, arguing that it's detrimental to the growth of allrounders in Indian cricket. Rohit is the first high-profile Indian player to be critical of the Impact Player rule which was introduced in IPL 2023 and allows teams to bring in a 12th player at any point in a match to replace a player from the XI after the toss."I generally feel that it is going to hold back [development of allrounders] because eventually cricket is...