It has been a decade since the Los Angeles Lakers were over .500 at the All-Star break. Not only is LeBron James and company over .500, but the Lakers are also the clear favorite to earn the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed. Los Angeles owns a five-game lead over second-place Denver in the Western Conference…
With 22 games remaining in the 2019-20 season, the New Orleans Pelicans have a shot at making the playoffs. They are currently three games out of eighth place in the Western Conference standings trailing Memphis. How can New Orleans return to the postseason after missing out last year? Mt. Zion With a healthy Zion Williamson…
The race for the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot is on. Currently, Memphis owns it, but four teams are in hot pursuit. One of those is Portland and the question is can the Trail Blazers make the playoff cut. The answer is directly proportional to the return of Damian Lillard. Injuries Lillard, who…
The Milwaukee Bucks have yet to play 60 games and have already clinched a playoff berth. The defending Eastern Conference champions are 50-8 after their first 58 games and hold an eight-game lead over second-place Toronto. The Bucks’ most recent loss was to Indiana, which is likely to finish sixth in the East. Milwaukee has…
NBA 2020 All-Star Game Preview The 2020 NBA All-Star Game tips off Sunday, February 16, and while the format has changed recently, it sure does look a lot like the old East versus West edition of the game. LeBron James and Giannis Antetokoumpo, the top two vote-getters in each conference, were named team captains and…
Can the Toronto Raptors Repeat? Quick, name the hottest team in the NBA right now. Any answer other than the Toronto Raptors is simply terribly wrong. The 2029 NBA champions are on a monumental tear through the recent NBA schedule winning their last 13 straight games. The streak moves the Raptors are aiming to 51-31…