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 »
The long grind of the regular season is coming to an end, with a new, more urgent grind on the horizon. Here are a few burning questions facing the NBA, a month away from the start of the playoffs. The refereeing has become lighter, the number of fouls has dropped and the scores are not… Read More »
NBA Power Rankings: Where Warriors, Kings sit with one month left originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area And just like that, the 2023-2024 NBA regular season ends in a month. Aside from the still-rising Boston Celtics, every team is vying for the best possible positioning, whether that’s for playoff seeding or draft purposes. The… Read More »
NBA Power Rankings 2023-24: Knicks, Nuggets in rhythm with month to go originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area And just like that, the 2023-2024 NBA regular season ends in a month. Aside from the still-rising Boston Celtics, every team is vying for the best possible positioning, whether that’s for playoff seeding or draft purposes.… Read More »
Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that tells you who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the week ahead in fantasy basketball. Each week you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, lineup notes (who’s in and out of… Read More »
Checking the hype meter on the Celtics’ upcoming big matchups originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics begin an intriguing five-game stretch with Friday night’s visit of the Dallas Mavericks. With a nine-game winning streak and an eight-game lead over the Eastern Conference, the Celtics don’t necessarily have to worry about piling up… Read More »
It’s the first of the month and Week 19 is approaching, and so are the fantasy basketball playoffs. Fighting for a spot in the playoffs can get ugly, so you should try to control your destiny as much as possible. As we head into fantasy season, we’ll be checking for weaknesses in every matchup so… 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 the NBA All-Star Game fixable?] This week’s topic: In the NBA scoring era, 40,000 points are not… Read More »
To understand why Jacque Vaughn was fired as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets on Monday morning, start by considering how and why Vaughn climbed into the front seat on Brooklyn’s bench in November 2022. Barring a stroke of luck, in a business that offers little happiness to the few, Vaughn’s path always seemed to… Read More »