The Western Conference has undoubtedly dominated the 21st-century NBA. But after blockbuster trades and free agency moves, the Eastern Conference appears to be historically stacked. Now, with newly emerged “super teams” like the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks, the fully healthy Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics, and true contention from the Miami Heat, Toronto […]
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After the Miami Heat signed star Klay Thompson to fill the priority of three-point shooting on Aug. 23, the team shortly after addressed another need in the frontcourt. As the Heat signed center Nick Richards, the newcomer would send a message to the rest of the NBA about not giving him a shot. Richards signed […]
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The punishment the NBA handed down to the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the league salary cap through no-show sponsorship deals signed by Kawhi Leonard is unprecedented in American professional sports. The Clippers were stripped of five future first-round NBA Draft picks, received one-year suspensions for owner Steve Ballmer and president of business operations Gillian…
The Dallas Mavericks need Cooper Flagg to rediscover his 3-point shooting next season, as he struggled in this area last season. He was an excellent shooter at Duke, but his numbers decreased for Dallas.
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The Denver Nuggets can get a good laugh out of the mess the Clippers got themselves into with Kawhi Leonard.
Former Hawkeyes Caitlin Clark and Megan DiLeo will compete for the United States and Spain, respectively, at the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, Sept. 4-13 in Berlin, Germany.
The Miami Heat may have unfairly put Davion Mitchell in an impossible position heading into the start of this season.
When the NBA stripped the Los Angeles Clippers of five first-round draft picks Wednesday, it immediately brought back an awful […]
Ahead of her FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup debut for Team USA, Indiana Fever superstar guard Caitlin Clark provided some insight into her mindset this week.
Pablo Torre says Kawhi Leonard’s known endorsement arrangements reached at least $66 million, and the final number could be higher.
With new Miami Heat star Klay Thompson joining Giannis Antetokounmpo down in South Beach, it also marks the reunion between the three-point specialist and forward Andrew Wiggins from their Golden State Warriors days. As Thompson looks for a redemption season with the Heat, Wiggins would speak about the heights the team could achieve after the […]
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The Detroit Pistons made an important move on the former Philadelphia 76ers center, Paul Reed.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen will be playing for the United States in the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup. This will be the second consecutive World Cup where a Mystics player has made the American roster, after Shakira Austin did in 2022. Before the announcement […]
On Thursday, it was reported by ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania that the Houston Rockets had signed wing Amen Thompson to a five-year, $208 million contract extension. The move keeps the former lottery pick around for the long haul and gives the Rockets a key building block to work with moving forward. Despite the generational […]
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DALLAS — Mark Cuban said college football and basketball roster management has become a tougher job than running an NBA roster. His example was Indiana, which won a national championship without building its team around a collection of five-star recruits. Von Miller responded by going back to Texas A&M‘s 2022 recruiting class, then the highest-rated […]
Sustainability simply wasn't an option when the Los Angeles Lakers had LeBron James—even if he didn't intend for the consequence.
What is a Clipper? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Well, my unnautically aware friend, it’s a ship. More specifically, a 19th-century merchant ship. And seeing as the Los Angeles Clippers originated in San Diego after moving from Buffalo in 1978, it makes sense that a team in one of the greatest port cities […]
Steve Ballmer owns the Clippers. For the next year, he’ll have to do so from a considerable distance. Ballmer’s one-year suspension stemming from the NBA’s Kawhi Leonard investigation prohibits him from attending Clippers games and practices or entering the team’s offices, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic. He’s also barred from influencing personnel or […]
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12:51 pm: Thompson’s rookie scale extension is official, per NBA.com’s transaction log. The Rockets have confirmed the deal in a press release. “Amen represents everything we want our organization to be about,” general manager Rafael Stone said in a statement. “He has elite two-way ability, a toughness and the will to outwork his peers, and […]
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament is down to the last few matchups of the first round! For those not in the know, over the last couple weeks—in addition to our usual coverage—we’ve been filling the slow time in NBA Summer with a series of polls. Each post lines up two good things against […]
The Indiana Fever have been rolling right along, recently picking up a blowout win over the Connecticut Sun. Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell have both thrown their name into the WNBA MVP race so far this year, with both players scoring 34 points in the win over the Sun. Recently, a picture from 2017 was […]
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Kawhi Leonard says he didn’t know anyone was trying to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap. That doesn’t mean he was entirely removed from the endorsement negotiations at the center of the league’s investigation. Leonard said in a statement Wednesday that he had “no knowledge of any intent on anyone’s part to circumvent the salary cap.” […]
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The OKC Thunder now find themselves in a far more financially troubling situation when it comes to Cason Wallace's looming extension.
Steve Ballmer deserved a much more creative monetary penalty from the NBA.