Though not likely to ever be the tallest or the most skilled player on the court at a given time, NBA veteran Marcus Smart has long been known for his tenacious defense and grit. Clearly, that toughness hasn’t left him since being traded to the Washington Wizards earlier this month.

The official schedule page of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament will take place on April 15-18. The first round of the playoffs starts on April 19.

The vision behind Oklahoma City’s dominant  season has always been the pairing between Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein. A season ago, the Thunder cruised t

It took 57 games for the Washington Wizards to hold a team under 100 points this season. Marcus Smart and the Wizards held Brooklyn to 12 points in the fourth quarter of their 107-99 victory over the Nets on Monday night.

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These days, trashing the state of the NBA in any mainstream discussion feels unavoidable. And here’s yet another trend we should keep a close eye on.

While it might not surprise ardent fans of the Boston Celtics to see veteran forward Al Horford listed as the best player in the NBA in their age 38 season in a recent article by a panel of Bleacher Report league analysts,

The NBA on Monday rescinded a technical foul that was assessed to Oklahoma City center Chet Holmgren earlier this month.

LaVine has become the first player in NBA history to record 42+ points and 1+ steal with 8+ three-pointers made and 84%+ shooting from the field and 88%+ from beyond the arc, per Stathead.

The 40-before-20 model has held true enough to where only four teams in NBA history have ever won the title — the 1995 Houston Rockets, the 2004 Detroit Pistons, the 2006 Miami Heat, and the 2021 Milwaukee Bucks (in a 72-game season) — despite falling short of the mark.