Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid appeared to injure his left knee after completing one of the most spectacular plays of the season during Saturday’s Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks. Embiid stayed on the floor for several moments before heading to the locker room, but returned to the game … Read more
Sometimes a particular storyline coming into a playoff series seems almost too obvious to be true. The New York Knicks were the league’s best offensive rebounding team during the regular season. The Philadelphia 76ers, meanwhile, were the 25th best defensive rebounding team. Once you factor Mitchell Robinson, who is probably the league’s best individual offensive … Read more
D’Angelo Russell was so bad against the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 Western Conference Finals that the Los Angeles Lakers nearly let him walk for free as a free agent. “I don’t think we’ll see D’Angelo Russell back with the Lakers,” insider Chris Haynes said after the Lakers were swept. This was the prevailing sentiment … Read more
Milwaukee Bucks guard Malik Beasley was seemingly eager to face the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs when the two teams were at the height of their regular-season feud. “It’s not going to be pretty for them,” Beasley said in January. Well, Beasley’s getting his wish, but not exactly under the best circumstances. Giannis Antetokounmpo is … Read more
Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons will miss the next four to six weeks after an MRI revealed that he has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb, the team announced on Friday. Simons will undergo surgery to address the issue in the coming days. Simons sustained the injury during the Blazers’ season-opening … Read more
The 2023 NHL Draft has come and gone, but the offseason movement is just getting started. Free agency starts on July 1, and buyouts have added a couple of big names to an otherwise shallow market this year. On Friday, just one day before NHL free agency was set to kick off, the Nashville Predators … Read more
The Nashville Predators are buying out forward Matt Duchene, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. This shocking move means the Predators will pay salary cap penalties for the foreseeable future, and Duchene will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Duchene has been with the Predators for the last four seasons, and his first … Read more
The Columbus Blue Jackets officially announced Mike Babcock as their next head coach on Saturday. Babcock, whose contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs expired on June 30, agreed to a two-year contract with the franchise. Babcock, now with his fourth NHL team, replaces Brad Larsen and inherits a Columbus team that went 25-48-9 and finished … Read more
The Florida Panthers have traded winger Anthony Duclair to the San Jose Sharks, the team announced on Saturday. In return, forward Steven Lorentz and a 2025 fifth-round pick are headed to Florida. Duclair is coming off a season in which he only played in 20 regular season games because he was recovering from a torn … Read more
It’s July, which means the 2023 NHL free agent frenzy is underway. In the first few hours after free agency began, many of the biggest names on the market agreed to new contracts. After the Nashville Predators bought out Matt Duchene on Friday, he signed a one-year deal worth $3 million with their division rival, … Read more