Over the last few years, the NBA and the entire sports market have been encountering an epidemic worse than any lockout or shortage: the rise of legalised and widespread sports betting. Season after season, more and more games and players are investigated and implicated in illegal practices relating to sports betting. According to Sportradar in… Continue reading
During the 2024-25 NBA season, the league set a new record for total revenue: $12.25 billion. This is approximately 104 times the total revenue the NBA made during David Stern’s first season as the league commissioner in 1982. The pandemic destroyed league revenue in 2021, but the NBA may have had one of the greatest… Continue reading
When you talk about loyalty, especially in the sports world, it is quite a rare trait. Teams break apart, former teammates and friends begin to fight, and the most loyal players eventually leave. An athlete’s thirst for winning blinds them, and it controls them. Take Giannis Antetokounmpo, for example. We thought he would be a… Continue reading
The LeBron James situation seems to be reaching the final stage. Of course, in classic LeBron fashion, he is holding up the entire NBA, from the executives to even NBA Commissioner Adam Silver himself. In LeBron’s defence, this is an incredibly hard challenge, picking 1 team to spend the rest of his career on, but… Continue reading
It feels like Yesterday when we were welcoming in our newest star into the league, drafted 1st overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, Victor Wembanyama had such a bright future ahead of him, earning the title of the most hyped prospect of all time, overtaking names like LeBron James and Kevin Durant, and he earned… Continue reading
The Western Conference Finals were supposed to be a world-class exhibition for the NBA’s future; instead, they have suddenly become a reminder of how intense the NBA playoffs are, and how vulnerable they leave even the brightest stars. Jalen Williams and Dylan Harper both exited from Game 2 with lower-body injuries. Not only can this… Continue reading
The Oklahoma City Thunder did not just sweep their way through to the Western Conference Finals for the 2nd straight season; they quite literally bought themselves time, and for a young, deep, defending championship team already sitting at a perfect 8-0 In the playoffs, they might have the most dangerous advantage in these playoffs: rest…. Continue reading
Keldon Johnson is one of the most underrated players in the NBA. The Spurs knew this, yet still made him the permanent 6th man for the 2025-26 NBA season, but it all worked in their favour. Johnson was 1 of 18 players in the entire NBA to play all 82 games this season, yet started… Continue reading
The 2026 NBA Playoffs have started, and we aren’t even a week into the postseason, yet the Finals already feel decided. The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Boston Celtics did not just dominate in the regular season; they set a new tone for what the best teams in the NBA look like. Game 1 of… Continue reading
In only his 181st NBA game, Victor Wembanyama has instilled terror amongst offenses throughout the league, due to his alien-like defensive powers. In only 3 Years, Wembanyama has managed to rack up an impressive 627 blocks, the most in a players 1st 3 seasons, which has earned him 3 straight block titles before the age… Continue reading
The NBA Play-In tournament is do-or-die basketball before the playoffs even begin, and if you aren’t ready for the pressure or the stakes, then you do not belong. Personally, I strongly disagree with all the hate against the play-ins. It gives the 9-10 seeds a chance at the playoffs, while testing the 7-8 seeds if… Continue reading
13 years of loyalty, now coming apart in only 1 bad season. It isn’t just the injuries for Giannis Antetokounmpo; the team conflict has been the main issue for the Greek superstar, and after a career low 36 games played, multiple injuries, and a season shutdown dispute, it seems like the tension has reached its… Continue reading