Jared Johnson

In a surprising development, the 3-0 Atlanta Hawks are tied at the top of the Eastern Conference so far in this early NBA season, while the 2-2 Brooklyn Nets have struggled a bit.more…

The early part of the 2020-21 NBA season has been loaded with marquee matchups between some of the most high-profile teams in the league.

That trend continues today as the 0-2 Dallas Mavericks visit the 2-0 Los Angeles Clippers (3:30 p.m. ET Sunday on NBA TV). more…

The Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics have built up a nice little rivalry over the last few seasons. The two perennial Eastern Conference powers met in both the 2018 and 2019 Eastern Conference Playoffs, with each team winning one series apiece.more…

All last season, the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers looked poised to face each other in the Western Conference Finals. The two star-studded teams were the top two seeds in the conference and both squads looked dominant early in the playoffs.more…

The 2020-21 NBA season is getting off to a later start this season due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the first matchup of the campaign will take place on Tuesday as the Golden State Warriors visit the Brooklyn Nets (7 p.m. ET on TNT).more…

It is the final few days of the NBA regular season. At this point, we often see playoff teams play with significantly differing levels of motivation, often utilizing different lineup combinations to see how things could work in the postseason.more…

The San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets are fierce Texas rivals, but the two squads are in different situations heading into their matchup in Orlando today (2 p.m. ET Tuesday on NBA TV).

The 31-38 Spurs have two games remaining inmore…

NBA fans may need to prepare themselves for a lot of Indiana Pacers vs Miami Heat matchups over the next few weeks. The teams have identical 43-27 records, they will play each other in two of their final three regular season games and are currently slated to face each other in the first round of the playoffs asmore…

While the NBA’s Orlando bubble has proved very effective in protecting players from coronavirus, injuries are still affecting several teams.

The 41-27 Philadelphia 76ers and 32-37 Orlando Magic have both been hit very hard bymore…

Two Western Conference squads that are off to disappointing starts in the NBA’s Orlando bubble compete against each other today as the 32-36 Memphis Grizzlies face the 42-25 Utah Jazz (2:35 p.m. ET Wednesday).

Memphis has lost one game apiece tomore…

The playoff seeding in the Western Conference is still very much uncertain. Seeds two through seven are all pretty tightly packed, and a lot could happen to move teams around in the next two weeks.

The 43-23 Denver Nuggets, the No. 3 seed, andmore…

The NBA’s two recent Most Valuable Player award winners do battle in Orlando today as James Harden’s Houston Rockets compete against Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks (8:30 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC).

These teams haven’t facedmore…

The NBA’s restart in Orlando got off to a rousing start on Thursday. Both games on the schedule went down to the final possession, with the Utah Jazz defeating the New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Lakers beating the Los Angeles Clippers.more…

It looks like the NBA is actually going to go through with its Orlando bubble plan. All the teams have arrived at the league’s campus on Walt Disney World property and are practicing in preparation for the league to restart the regular season on July 30 and then finish postseason play by the middle of October.more…

Top Eight NBA 2019-20 Championship Contenders Ranked

For several weeks, it looked like the rest of the 2019-20 NBA season might be cancelled. But recent reports from key sources have indicated that the league is working on a plan to finish the season starting in July, possibly in Orlando, Florida.more…

Offense usually takes all the highlights in basketball and understandably so. It is naturally more fun to watch what’s happening with the ball and the creative things players do with it.

We cannot forget themore…

With the coronavirus situation remaining serious, it is looking more like the 2019-20 NBA season will end without finishing the regular season and without even starting the playoffs.

If the season is done, how wouldmore…

Being a head coach in the NBA is a tough job. It’s not easy managing the personalities on a professional sports team, and when a team is performing poorly, most of the blame often falls on the coach.

That said, lots of NBA coaches havemore…

Many pundits saw the 2019 NBA draft class as a weak one. However, the class has produced many strong contributors in the 2019-20 season, including some guys who were selected outside the draft or even went undrafted.more…

The NBA’s Most Improved Player Award is the prize with the most moving parts. Voters not only have to assess each player’s value in the current season, but they have to compare that player’s value to what he supplied in past seasons. Not only that, they need to make determinations on how improvement ismore…

The capacity to bring an impactful player off the bench is a huge plus for any NBA team. Many times, those players are able to change the entire complexion of a game with their contributions.

In the NBA this season, many players havemore…

The NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year is one of the hardest to predict. When watching basketball, we naturally focus on the offensive team and what they are doing. It’s hard to grasp truly what’s going on defensively at all times.more…

Is the NBA season done? Nobody really knows yet. We do know that the league will be suspended for at least 30 days.

At this time, it makes sense to take stock of what the league’s award races look like, whether ormore…

The 39-26 Dallas Mavericks and 26-36 San Antonio Spurs are great examples of how the NBA can sometimes be so tough to predict. The two squads will square off in San Antonio tonight (8 p.m. ET Tuesday).

Dallas was supposed tomore…

You won’t want to miss this game. In one of the most anticipated matchups of the season, the 42-19 Los Angeles Clippers and 39-21 Houston Rockets square off in Houston today (8 p.m. ET Thursday on TNT).more…