The NBA regular season has come to an end and it was packed with incredible performances from first-year players. Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, did not disappoint in his rookie year and the future looks bright for the young star as the San Antonio Spurs continue to build their… Read More »
It’s March Madness in the NBA! With only two weeks left in the regular season, many teams are still vying for play-off placement. Which East prospect can avoid the Celtics side of the bracket? Will the Rockets bounce the Warriors out of the play-in tournament? Our NBA writers break down the playoff races to take… Read More »
Each week during the 2023-2024 NBA season, we’ll dive deeper into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an effort to determine whether the trends going forward will be more based on fact or fiction. [Last week: Is Nuggets-Celtics the NBA Finals we deserve?] This week’s topic: The Thunder don’t need any playoff scars There… Read More »
For almost the entire season, it has been a two-man race at the top between Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama for NBA Rookie of the Year. The dueling 7-foot-plus hybrid centers have been impressive all season, especially in the three games the duo have faced off. In the last match it was Wembanyama and Spurs… Read More »
SALT LAKE CITY – On NBA Draft night last June, Keyonte George sat in the green room with his family, waiting for his name to be called and anticipating where his career would begin. Victor Wembanyama, of course, was the first player to walk across the stage and shake hands with NBA commissioner Adam Silver,… Read More »
INDIANAPOLIS — “My mentality is to come out and just be myself.” That was Portland Trail Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson, hours before the NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge. He came out, hooped and scored 10 points in a 40-35 loss to open the evening’s four-team mini-tournament. It was a microcosm of what was a quiet rookie… Read More »
Fantasy basketball’s annual hiatus has arrived, and All-Star Weekend kicks off tomorrow in Indianapolis. Considering the number of injuries impacting fantasy basketball, the All-Star break couldn’t have come at a better time. While we’re in the middle of a two-week fantasy scoring period, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on which players have… Read More »
Welcome at the Victor Wembanyama experience. Come one, come all, because there’s a 6-foot-4 Frenchman who you can make nutmeg from the bounce, block your three-pointers, step back from 3, took his own step back in two steps And dive on you from a standstill outside the restricted area. See the human cheat code. Here… Read More »