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.
With Caitlin Clark officially in the WNBA, is she among the league's highest-paid players? Here's a list for 2024, including Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart.
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 […]
For weeks now there has been a discussion going on about how Caitlin Clark and other players entering the WNBA from college are going to be “losing” money because of the low player salaries. Thanks to NIL, many of the players that were selected in the WNBA draft Monday night, are still going to be […]
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Some believe that lofty preseason expectations should have pushed Tyrese Maxey out of contention for the NBA's Most Improved Player, but that's revisionist history.
Philadelphia All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey was named the league’s most improved this season. Maxey’s scoring rose for the third consecutive year, and he finished the regular season averaging 25.9 points, 6.2 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game - all career bests.
The Defensive Player of the Year favorite has frequently found himself the subject of barbs and ridicule from star players, fans -- even Hall of Famers. The question is why.
With the 2024 playoffs set to begin Saturday, what better way to celebrate the highest of stakes than to take a survey of the playoff landscape and examine the best clutch performers this post-season has to offer.