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 trends are based more on fact or fiction. [Last week: Does Nikola Jokić have any challengers in the MVP race?] This week’s topic: The Boston Celtics are worth rooting for This campaign… 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 »
DETROIT – The last time the NBA world really interacted with the New Orleans Pelicans, the team embarrassed itself in its inaugural season tournament in Las Vegas in December, jokes about Zion Williamson’s weight were flying and everyone was gleefully passing attention to settle elsewhere. The Williamson stuff is cheap folly, but plenty of it… 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 »
NBA Power Rankings: Where Warriors, Kings Sit with 22 Games to Go originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Two things 28 other NBA teams don’t want to see: the Bucks and Nuggets finding rhythm late in the season. Milwaukee and Denver have each won six straight in early March, a possible sign of things… 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 »
Stephen Curry will take on Sabrina Ionescu on the court this All-Star Weekend for the first-ever three-point battle between the NBA and WNBA. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) It’s time for the 73rd NBA All-Star Weekend, as Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James once again face off as the captains of Teams East and West, respectively, in… Read More »
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid’s recent knee surgery will cost the NBA’s reigning MVP the 65 games needed to qualify for this year’s award, leaving open a race that was once headed for another iteration. Of course, previous back-to-back MVPs Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo remain in the mix, as do a pair of rising… Read More »