This year’s NBA All-Star Game is still roughly a month away, but we will find out the rosters for the showcase on January 30. Though there will be numerous All-Stars who are no strangers to the festivities, there will likely also be players selected for the game for the first time. There are multiple players who could fit that bill this year. And according to basketball legend … [Read more...] about Shaquille O’Neal Endorses This Player for First All-Star Selection
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Fantasy Basketball Pickups: Derrick Jones Jr. shines vs. Celtics
Multiple low-rostered Clippers played well in a double-overtime loss to the reigning champs. … [Read more...] about Fantasy Basketball Pickups: Derrick Jones Jr. shines vs. Celtics
Pistons at Hawks final score: Detroit earns the 6th seed after beating Atlanta
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Cade Cunningham and Detroit’s defense led the Pistons to the win. The Detroit Pistons have a tough stretch of games right now, and none more important than the one they played tonight against the Atlanta Hawks. Both teams are looking to avoid the play-in tournament to make the playoffs as the 6th seed, but Detroit was able to bring … [Read more...] about Pistons at Hawks final score: Detroit earns the 6th seed after beating Atlanta
Cunningham Renews Rivalry With Green; Pistons Exceeding Expectations At Mid-Season
Cunningham renewed his long rivalry with Jalen Green by posting 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the Pistons defeated the Rockets on Monday. Their battles date back to AAU games when they were in eighth and ninth grade, Green’s father told Kelly Iko and Hunter Patterson of The Athletic, and they intensified after Cunningham was selected No. 1 and Green went No. 2 … [Read more...] about Cunningham Renews Rivalry With Green; Pistons Exceeding Expectations At Mid-Season
Atlantic Notes: Drummond, Thomas, Hart, Raptors
Sixers center Andre Drummond cashed in with Detroit when he became a free agent in 2016, signing a five-year, maximum-salary contract worth in excess of $127MM. However, the veteran big man has had to settle for deals worth the minimum or a little above it in recent years — his current two-year, $10MM pact with Philadelphia is his most lucrative contract since that max deal … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Drummond, Thomas, Hart, Raptors