To understand, consider the case of Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks, the NBA’s purgatory. Nobody does purgatory like the Hawks. Literally. 15 times the past four seasons, an NBA team won 40-43 games.

The Bucks core of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Lillard, Brook Lopez and others isn't title-worthy and is only getting older. With ...

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Along the way, they got an All-Star campaign from Tyler Herro and are getting the All-Star version of Bam Adebayo in more ...

The 2024-25 regular season is officially over. Like most years, Sunday's finale had a March Madness feel. Several high-stakes ...

Oren Manor likes to boast that he was a Deni Avdija fan before it was cool. Manor, an Israeli sportswriter, has been following Avdija since he was a 16-year-old playing in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s ...

Avdija (thumb) has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Warriors, Sean Highkin of Rip City Radio 620 Portland reports. As expected, Avdija has been downgraded from doubtful to out and will ...

Injury Report: Celtics: Al Horford, (OUT - Knee) Magic: Jalen Suggs, (OUT - Knee); Moritz Wagner, (OUT - Knee ... 8.1 reb, 5.4 ast) Deni Avdija, SF/PF: 36.6 FPTS (20.1 pts, 8.3 reb, 4.3 ast ...

Last season Orlando pushed the Cavaliers to seven games in the playoffs, a great learning experience for Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and the rest of ... Portland has a lot of quality on its roster: ...