Articles by Kurt Helin
The Memphis Grizzlies had been looking to move on from Ja Morant for the better part of a year. They already had traded away Desmond Bane (to Orlando) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (to Utah), but the market οΏ½...
Jalen Brunson the reigning NBA Finals MVP, a man who should never have to pay for his own dinner in Manhattan again was a second-round pick. So were Nikola Jokic, Dillon Brooks and Draymond Green andοΏ½...
That was the Pistons team that won 60 games and was the No. 1 seed in the East.
Detroit was the more physical team and owned the paint, outscoring Cleveland 48-29. The Pistons defense was locked in,οΏ½...
After six years in charge, Daryl Morey has been fired as the president of basketball operations of the Philadelphia 76ers, the team has announced (Shams Charania of ESPN first reported the news).
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With opportunity knocking for some team to step up and show they were the team to beat in the East, the New York Knicks answered that door.
The Knicks slammed that door on Joel Embiid and the 76ers οΏ½...
Joel Embiid showed just how tired of losing to the Celtics he was he overpowered the Celtics inside and scored 16 of his 34 on the night in the paint, plus he pulled down 12 rebounds. He was the bestοΏ½...
As time wound down in the play-in round and it was clear Philadelphia was about to advance to the playoffs, the 76ers faithful chanted We Want Boston. Celtics fans were ready. As Boston celebrated itοΏ½...
Through the first four games of this series, Minnesotas Rudy Gobert was the best player on the floor. Not for his stats 8.3 points per game is not exactly world beating but for his defense on Nikola οΏ½...
All eight first-round series are underway, and for the most part, they have gone chalk the favorites showed why they should be the favorites.
However, there were a couple of exceptions, with the bigοΏ½...
Game 1 showed why this was the most anticipated first-round series. It was physical. It was intense. And these teams do not like each other, meeting in the playoffs for the third time in four years.
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