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Nikola Jokic’s historic Christmas game set NBA records and had Charles Barkely groveling

Nikola Jokic was locked in from the opening tip of the 2025 NBA Christmas day finale between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves. Jokic ripped a three-pointer on Denver’s first possession en...

NBA Christmas catchup: Contenders, best rookies, trade candidates, tank race, and more

The old adage is that the NBA season doesn’t really start until Christmas. While it’s a handy framework for not overreacting to everything you see early in the season, it also clashes...

Former NBA draft pick James Nnaji commits to Baylor, eligible for college basketball immediately

The Detroit Pistons selected Nigerian big man James Nnaji with the No. 31 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft after a promising year with Barcelona, and immediately traded him to the...

Shaedon Sharpe shattered his own NBA vertical leap record with dunk on Russell Westbrook

Shaedon Sharpe was born to dunk a basketball. The Portland Trail Blazers’ wing is having a career season as a scorer with 22 points per game, but he’s still not quite as...

Caleb Williams’ Packers dagger gave the Bears more than just a win

The Green Bay Packers have inflicted nothing short of psychological terror on the Chicago Bears over the last three-plus decades. Since the dawn of the Brett Favre era in 1992, the Packers...

The Derik Queen trade could have avoided disaster for Pelicans with one simple fix

The New Orleans Pelicans’ trade for Derik Queen during the 2025 NBA Draft is bound to be remembered as one of the defining deals of its era. At best, it was incredibly...

NBA mock draft 2026: Boozer, Peterson, Dybantsa race for No. 1 pick in updated projection

Hearts will be broken or made full when the lottery balls bounce to determine the final order for the 2026 NBA Draft. Smart front offices have been preparing for this draft class...

Tua Tagovailoa benched for Quinn Ewers as Dolphins stare down bleak future

The Dolphins benched Tagovailoa on Wednesday ahead of their Week 16 game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Rookie QB Quinn Ewers will instead get the start for Miami. Ewers was a...

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