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The Los Angeles Lakers immediately looked to the buyout market to improve their squad after holding out until the NBA trade deadline. The organization chose to add Los Angeles native Spencer Dinwiddie to the roster in order to add another experienced scorer to the bench, even though there weren’t many players that could change the course of the game. Sadly, Dinwiddie has found it challenging to adjust to a bench role in his hometown. Ever since he joined our squad almost a month ago, he has had difficulty settling in. Dinwiddie has been playing a lot of minutes (24.8 per…

Jrue Holiday, a Boston Celtics guard, spent only a brief time with the Portland Trail Blazers during the 2023 summer. The Milwaukee Bucks sent the defensive-minded guard to Portland as part of a three-team deal that included Damian Lillard in Milwaukee. Holiday told Jay King of The Athletic that Trail Blazers’ head coach, Chauncey Billups, emphasized the 33-year-old’s well-being following a shocking incident in his NBA career. “It was very meaningful,” the two-time All-Star said. “Having a coach that looks out for my best interests.” Additionally, it was visible and audible, something that perhaps some players don’t often get to…

The Los Angeles Lakers have another must-win game in their hands on Wednesday when they take on the Sacramento Kings. However, they could be without their superstar forward, LeBron James. According to the Lakers injury report, James is listed as questionable due to his left ankle injury. Lakers reporter Mike Trudell shared vias X. James appeared to have injured his left ankle more in last Wednesday’s matchup against the King. He left for the locker room before the end of the game. That caused the 39-year-old to miss Friday’s matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. But he was healthy enough to…

The Los Angeles Lakers are pushing forward as they try their best to escape the dreadful single-elimination play-in. The Lakers are currently the ninth seed with a month remaining in the regular season. The purple and gold will do their best to get out of there and clinch a top-six seed in the Western Conference. It won’t be easy, but it’ll be possible if the Lakers continue to play good basketball, especially guard D’Angelo Russell. Russell has been on a tear for the last month and a half, and because of his elite play, he’s closing in on becoming the…

Salt Lake City — Jayson Tatum scored 38 points and Derrick White added 24, leading the Boston Celtics to a 123-107 victory over the struggling Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. The Celtics were without rotation players Jaylen Brown (back), Kristaps Porzingis (hamstring), and Al Horford (toe), but their shooting was so good that it didn’t matter much. “The law of averages states that if you play so many games, you will not be perfect every night. “You have to stick with it and believe that there will be more good days than bad,” Tatum said of the Celtics’ 40.8% 3-point…

The Atlanta Falcons will have a new quarterback under center in 2024, which means tight end Kyle Pitts may get a new uniform number. The Falcons are set to sign Kirk Cousins to a four-year contract for up to $180 million, and Pitts intimated that he is willing to change his jersey number for his new quarterback. Cousins has worn the No. 8 since 2014 with Washington, and Pitts has worn the same jersey number since Atlanta selected him with the fourth overall choice in the 2021 NFL draft out of Florida. Pitts appeared to hint at bringing back the…

DETROIT — Derek Lalonde had just finished dissecting the Detroit Red Wings’ 6-1 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday afternoon when the local media turned the page for him. Next up: a game in Chicago filled with memories, featuring the jersey retirement of dual-franchise hero Chris Chelios and Patrick Kane’s return to the United Center. DETROIT — Derek Lalonde hadn’t had a chance to finish dissecting the Detroit Red Wings’ 6-1 thrashing of the St. Louis Blues on Saturday afternoon when he exclaimed, “I’m selfishly ecstatic,” and he won’t be alone. In what has been another hard year…

In a stunning new development, the Pittsburgh Steelers are getting evening lighter in the wide recipients’ room. It was as of late revealed that the group may be keen on shopping wide collector Diontae Johnson. That has now worked out as expected. The previous third-round pick will never again wear the dark and gold, as Tom Pelissero of NFL Organization let it be known. The Steelers get not simply the 178th by and large pick in the draft, however cornerback Donte Jackson. The 6th round pick is some decent additional draft capital, as the Steelers head out in different directions…

The 2023 quarterback recruitment class is poised to go down in history. Though such a status can only be confirmed by the prospects’ performance at the collegiate level, there is little doubt that the amount of signal-caller skill developed during that cycle was unprecedented. The 2023 class had five five-star quarterbacks, more than any other recruiting class since 247Sports began rating prospects. Four of those five-star athletes ranked in the top ten nationally, and all five ranked in the top fifteen; these are unprecedented ratios in the recruiting world. Several of those signees have already made a significant impact or…

The Los Angeles Lakers have gone 38 games without 2023 offseason free agent Gabe Vincent. They range in age from 21 to 18. However, they would definitely welcome him back into the fold as quickly as possible after signing him to a three-year, $33 million contract. Fortunately for both sides, Vincent is eager to get back on the court. “[Lakers head coach] Darvin Ham says Gabe Vincent has been cleared for non-contact work,” the LA Times’ Dan Woike said on X, formerly Twitter, on March 12. This follows a report that Vincent was on the verge of taking this action.…