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Porzingis’ injury comes at pivotal time for Wizards originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington For a player with as detailed an injury history as Kristaps Porzingis, the Wizards should be pleased overall with what they have gotten from him so far this season. He has played in 41 of their 46 games, roughly 89% of … Read more

The Manimal, as Kenneth Faried has been known since his days in Denver, has had quite the journey. After eight productive seasons in the NBA and stints overseas including Russia, Puerto Rico, and China, Faried is back south of the border playing for the G League affiliate Mexico City Capitanes. After joining the Capitanes to … Read more

The Brooklyn Nets should “hold” during the 2023 NBA trading deadline, according to an article by Bleacher Report on Monday. Within the terms of the piece, a team that should hold is a franchise that isn’t necessarily perfect as is, but is a team that has limited capital to make something during trading season and … Read more

Phoenix Suns v Washington Wizards Three Things To Know is NBC’s five-days-a-week wrap-up of the night before in the NBA. Check out NBCSports.com every weekday morning to catch up on what you missed the night before plus the rumors, drama, and dunks that make the NBA must-watch. 1) Hachimura trade, Porzingis injury shake up Wizards … Read more

Now that the Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to send out guard Kendrick Nunn and three second-round draft picks to the Washington Wizards for Rui Hachimura, the talk is that they aren’t done wheeling and dealing. Most agree that while Hachimura will help them, he won’t make them championship contenders. One or two more trades … Read more

After the Boston Celtics recently beat their 2022 NBA Finals nemesis the Golden State Warriors at home last week, ESPN senior analyst Stephen A. Smith shared that he believes the Celtics are “the best team in basketball.” Speaking on a recent episode of the popular “First Take” sports news show offered by the Bristol, Connecticut-based … Read more

At this particular moment in the league calendar, most fans of the Boston Celtics and the 29 other teams that comprise the NBA are focused on what their favorite ball club is planning to do (or not do) at the 2023 trade deadline coming this Feb. 9. But some intrepid souls have already been focusing … Read more

When it comes to the NBA take economy that is the media covering the league, it is not all that often that you will find a mea culpa for an especially egregious take when reality proves it wildly wrong. But in a sea of opinions offered up a little more than a year ago about … Read more

On this day in 1963, former Celtic shooting guard Kelvin Upshaw was born in Chicago, Illinois. An alum of both at both Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and the University of Utah, Upshaw went undrafted but worked his way up from the Continental Basketball Association (CBA — an equivalent to the G League in that era) to … Read more

With nearly a half-dozen 50-point games to his resume and plenty of more impactful contests with lower scoring outputs to his name, picking the four best games of star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum’s NBA career is no easy task for his fans. From his latest 50 burger against the Charlotte Hornets earlier this month, … Read more