When LeBron James missed out on the postseason for the first time in 14 years, he left a massively large hole in the proceedings. After all, James had dragged his squad to the NBA Finals in eight consecutive seasons, dating back to his inaugural season alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh down in Miami. Without
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The first round of the NBA Playoffs provides infrequent upsets – especially since 2003 when the first round was extended to a best-of-seven series (from a best-of-five). Per the usual, this year has its share of favorites in the driver’s seat. For example, it’s a fair assumption that the Celtics, Rockets, Trailblazers and Bucks will
PORTLAND, OR – APRIL 16: Steven Adams #12 of the Oklahoma City Thunder talks with Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers during Game Two of Round One of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 16, 2019 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by
The first round of the NBA Playoffs provides infrequent upsets – especially since 2003 when the first round was extended to a best-of-seven series (from a best-of-five). Per the usual, this year has its share of favorites in the driver’s seat. For example, it’s a fair assumption that the Celtics, Rockets, Trailblazers and Bucks will
The first round of the NBA Playoffs provides infrequent upsets – especially since 2003 when the first round was extended to a best-of-seven series (from a best-of-five). Per the usual, this year has its share of favorites in the driver’s seat. For example, it’s a fair assumption that the Celtics, Rockets, Trailblazers and Bucks will
The Boston Celtics used a late run to power themselves to a 2-0 series lead over the Indiana Pacers. After one of the ugliest games in recent playoff memory, Game 2 between Boston and Indiana felt at times like a complete reversal of Game 1 — and still, neither team managed more than 1.07 points
Before the playoffs began, we used this space to check in on six key questions that would help decide who won the first-round series between the Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder. The Blazers now lead that series 2-0 after sweeping their home-game set, so we figured now was as good a time as
There is nothing worse in sports than seeing somebody get hurt. In the NBA, we’ve seen plenty of devastating setbacks. Torn ACL’s, ruptured Achilles, broken bones—all of them season-enders and most of them career-alterers. Jusuf Nurkic’s gruesome leg injury most recently comes to mind. Before that, Victor Oladipo and Dejounte Murray. Last year, Gordon Hayward’s
After another Rockets blowout over the Jazz, the biggest question now is whether this will even be a competitive series before Utah bows out. Playing the Houston Rockets right now is like swimming in shark infested waters after someone’s dumped a bucket of chum all over you. It’s not a matter of if, but when.
The Toronto Raptors’ fan base is one of the best in the NBA and they showed why again when they sarcastically cheered Kyle Lowry’s first playoff point. Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry really wanted to get the goose egg off of his playoff score sheet, and so did the Raptors faithful. After an opening
The NBA Playoffs are finally here, but at what cost? This week, the community said goodbye to two certain Hall of Famers — Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki. Beyond their cemented statuses as adored fan favorites for nearly 20 years, the pair also boast an insane amount of professional achievements. Wade finishes his career with
The Los Angeles Lakers have parted ways with head coach Luke Walton after 3 seasons, according to the team. Former Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue may be next. The winds of change are at gale force in L.A., as the Los Angeles Lakers have “mutually agreed to part ways” with head coach Luke Walton after three
Ja Morant is probably going to be a top-three pick in the 2019 NBA Draft because of his star potential. But where does his game have to improve for him to reach that level? Ja Morant was probably the second biggest name in the 2019 NBA Draft class behind Zion Williamson. The sophomore point guard
The opening week of the March Madness tournament yielded some entertaining games, but in the end, the “chalk” won out, setting the stage for all “Blue Blood” sweet sixteen. There were a few notable performances – Temetrius “Ja” Morant put on a show, showing why he may be the second player drafted overall in 2019.
Welcome to The Whiteboard, catching you up every morning on what’s good around the NBA. Find The Whiteboard here on The Step Back, and subscribe here to get it delivered to you by email. When the NBA handed out its first-ever Most Valuable Player award to Bob Petit 63 years ago, the league probably thought it was
Zion Williamson has become the latest Duke player to play a season for the Blue Devils as a way station to the NBA Draft and Coach K is OK with it all. To the surprise of absolutely no one in the basketball world, Duke University freshman Zion Williamson declared Monday for the NBA Draft. Williamson
The NBA Playoffs are finally here, but at what cost? This week, the community said goodbye to two certain Hall of Famers — Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki. Beyond their cemented statuses as adored fan favorites for nearly 20 years, the pair also boast an insane amount of professional achievements. Wade finishes his career with
As the Detroit Pistons try to get an upset bid off on the right foot, they look likely to be without Blake Griffin for Game 1 against the Bucks. The Detroit Pistons needed a win in their regular season finale to earn a playoff spot, and they easily dispatched the New York Knicks 115-89 without Blake
The Jazz had become a trendy upset pick but the Rockets made clear in Game 1 that they’ll have their work cut out for them. The greatest downside of the first round of these NBA playoffs is that one of Houston or Utah – the two most dominant teams in the entire league since the
The NBA Playoffs are finally here, but at what cost? This week, the community said goodbye to two certain Hall of Famers — Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki. Beyond their cemented statuses as adored fan favorites for nearly 20 years, the pair also boast an insane amount of professional achievements. Wade finishes his career with
After securing the second seed in the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets are looking to make a deep playoff run, here is why they can do it. The Nuggets impressed many this season as they played their way to the second seed in the West, and the fourth-best record in the NBA. They were able
The Nets weren’t supposed to be this far along this fast. Even Coach Kenny Atkinson didn’t foresee a playoff berth so soon after bottoming out. “Never envisioned it. Not in my wildest dreams.” But as we enter the 2019 NBA Playoffs, the Nets season will continue on into the postseason for the first time since
In this latest edition of Basketball Insiders’ “Fixing” series, we’re going to take a look at the one team that arguably has the least fixing to do: The Sacramento Kings. Just saying that feels so unordinary knowing the Kings’ reputation. In a season that had no shortage of surprises, the Kings’ sudden uprise ranks among
The first round of the 2019 NBA playoffs features a bevy of intriguing, star-studded matchups. Thanks to some late-season luck, the Denver Nuggets escaped with the Western Conference’s No. 2 overall seed, which allows them to dodge both the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets until the conference finals. But before looking that far ahead,
The NBA playoffs are finally here. There are interesting series of both sides of the bracket, but I find the No. 3- No. 6 matchups in each conference to be the most interesting. So we’re going to break down six major questions (three for each team) that will matter in Sixers vs. Nets (below) and
In this latest edition of Basketball Insiders’ “Fixing” series, we’re going to take a look at the one team that arguably has the least fixing to do: The Sacramento Kings. Just saying that feels so unordinary knowing the Kings’ reputation. In a season that had no shortage of surprises, the Kings’ sudden uprise ranks among
Last year in this space, we introduced a metric called Wins Above Age-Derived Expectation, or WAADE. It measures exactly what it sounds like: how many more wins an NBA team actually gets than you would have expected them to based on their minutes-weighted age. In introducing the metric, we highlighted several teams that stood out
With the last meaningful college basketball action finished for the year, here are the top 60 2019 NBA Draft prospects as we head into draft season. The NCAA Tournament has come and gone. It provided us with an entertaining last three rounds, culminating in Virginia’s victory over Texas Tech in one of the best title
After parting ways with Dell Demps during the season, the New Orleans Pelicans are finalizing a deal with David Griffin to take over their basketball ops. Surveying the range of job opportunities in the NBA, it appears David Griffin has settled on the New Orleans Pelicans gig as the most attractive. Certainly, Griffin has come
The Nets weren’t supposed to be this far along this fast. Even Coach Kenny Atkinson didn’t foresee a playoff berth so soon after bottoming out. “Never envisioned it. Not in my wildest dreams.” But as we enter the 2019 NBA Playoffs, the Nets season will continue on into the postseason for the first time since
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