Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system The NBA trade deadline is around the corner as teams survey the personnel landscape and jostle for playoff positioning. This makes a perfect time for another edition of the NBA mailbag. Throughout the season, I will be answering your questions about the […]

ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books This year’s NBA trade deadline boils down to two words: power forwards. Source: Read Full Article

The Utah Jazz look like a much more vulnerable team than before the NBA All-Star break as they continue a five-game road swing with a Friday match-up against the Toronto Raptors in Tampa. When Utah lost 131-122 to the host Washington Wizards on Thursday night, it marked the third time in five games that the Jazz surrendered 131 points. They […]

LaMelo Ball gets to experience his first basketball homecoming on Thursday night when the Charlotte Hornets visit the Los Angeles Lakers. The NBA rookie played his high school ball at Chino Hills High School, 39 miles east of Staples Center, where he teamed with older brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo for an undefeated state-championship season in 2016. Lonzo Ball now plays […]

Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system NBA trade season is here. The 2021 NBA trade deadline is on March 25. League insiders are predicting a quiet market this year, in part due to the expanded postseason format that includes play-in games for the final two spots in each […]

Facundo Campazzo learned his lesson pre-game, well before the Nuggets went on to plaster the Hornets on Wednesday night. As the Nuggets ran through their layup lines, some players throwing down acrobatic dunks and others launching looks well beyond the 3-point line, Campazzo couldn’t help himself. With one power dribble, Campazzo lifted and tried to show his teammates the 5-foot-11 […]

Tennis star Andrey Rublev has admitted that he still can’t afford to buy his own apartment, despite having £5.5m to his name in career earnings. World no.8 Rublev is now a multi-millionaire at just 23, and has already earned £700,000 this year. The Russian is unbeaten in ATP 500 events in 21 matches, and reached the quarter finals of the […]

Dame Time. It's becoming so commonplace, we just expect it. Any time the Portland Trail Blazers are locked in a close game in the fourth quarter, fans race to NBA League Pass expecting to see Damian Lillard take over. Incredibly, he continues to deliver. Lillard did it again Tuesday night, pouring in a season-high 50 points to lead the Blazers […]

LeBron James does not want the NBA history books simply to capture how many championships he won, how many points he scored or how many assists he made. The Los Angeles Lakers’ star also has aspirations to hoist NBA trophies without requiring him to play the game. “My goal is to own an NBA franchise,” James said Tuesday following the […]