0 of 3 Frank Franklin II/Associated Press This season was championship-or-bust for the Brooklyn Nets, so it’s time to officially declare it a bust. Brooklyn’s title hopes came to an abrupt end Monday when the Boston Celtics finished their four-game sweep with a 116-112 victory in Game 4. The campaign started with dreams of Kevin
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0 of 6 Stacy Revere/Getty Images Multiple sources informed the Bleacher Report NBA staff that there has been an alarming lack of clarity on who should win the 2022 MVP award. And so, on the heels of the regular season’s conclusion, we decided to cook up some. A no-brainer or concrete favorite typically emerges this
Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Kevin Durant knows whom he’d pick for MVP, at least as of Friday night: Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. “If I had to take a guess [who will win the award], I would go between Joel Embiid…DeMar DeRozan…and Ja Morant, for me,” he told reporters. “Those are my top three, and I
Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images Peloton instructor Alex Toussaint was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2022 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday night at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. Dime @DimeUPROXX Your All-Star Celebrity Game MVP: Alex Toussaint 👏 <a href=”https://t.co/lyIFuIxUEy”>pic.twitter.com/lyIFuIxUEy</a> Toussaint guided Team Walton, led by head coach Bill Walton, to a 65-51
0 of 5 Darron Cummings/Associated Press Less than a month away from the 2022 NBA trade deadline, we’ve already felt a few transactional tremors. On Wednesday, Bryn Forbes headlined a three-team deal that landed him with the Denver Nuggets, where his three-point shooting should help stabilize a backcourt short on stretch. Before that, the Atlanta
0 of 8 Ron Hoskins/Getty Images The omicron outbreak has been relentless in the real world and pervasive in the NBA realm. With players perpetually moving in and out of the health and safety protocols, clubs have been forced to call upon a number of unexpected names—some familiar, some off the radar—to cover those gaps.
0 of 6 Brandon Dill/Associated Press Halfway through the 2021-22 NBA season, it’s time to get reckless. Not quite “Ja Morant rocketing himself into two 7-footers with bad intentions and only the faintest hint of a plan” reckless, but, you know, something pretty close to that. We’re going to stare the potential for failure in
0 of 8 Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The deafening lull that cast a pall over the beginning of NBA trade season has finally subsided. Trade winds are blowing once more. Cam Reddish is even a member of the New York Knicks. (Bol Bol, however, is not in Detroit.) Stuff is happening. Or flirting with the idea
0 of 5 Nick Wass/Associated Press You know the names because we’ve been talking about them for months: Ben Simmons, Myles Turner, Bradley Beal and all the rest of the hottest trade-block commodities. You’ve probably also seen 50 made-up trade packages for each by now, with more to come as the Feb. 10 deadline inches
0 of 5 Matt Rourke/Associated Press Talent doesn’t guarantee success in the NBA. Every year, multiple high-level prospects are taken in the lottery and simply don’t fit with the organization that drafted them. It could be conflicts with coaches or management. There might be a redundancy at their position. Whatever the reason, things just don’t
0 of 6 Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Separating the NBA’s buyers and sellers ahead of the trade deadline has grown exponentially harder this season. Between so many teams with relative proximity to the play-in tournament and a competitive landscape somewhat warped by a COVID-19 surge and the roster turbulence it incites, the league could default to
Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press It’s officially debate season in the NBA. Who will get traded before the deadline? Who’s leading the MVP race? Which team is the favorite to win the title? And, of particular importance right now, who should make the All-Star team? On Thursday, roughly a month-and-a-half prior to the 2022 All-Star break,
0 of 8 Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press We’re only about a month away from the NBA’s Feb. 10 trade deadline, the final time to make any significant roster changes for the season’s stretch run. With 24 of the 30 teams either in the play-in picture or sitting just a game or less out, we could