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The Dallas Wings’ Allisha Gray and Indiana Fever’s NaLyssa Smith headline the newest additions to the Athletes Unlimited Basketball roster for the 2023 season. Gray, a gold medalist, and Smith, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft and an All-Rookie selection, join 15 WNBA players on AU’s official 2023 roster.  Dallas Wings’ Allisha…

Ben Simmons has had a rough start to his return season with the Brooklyn Nets. Simmons has played in three games and fouled out of two of them. The latter was last night in a 134-124 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.  Simmons was frustrated with the officiating all night, but none vexed him more than…

Before the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets faced off on Monday night, nine-time All-Star Kevin Durant called his opponent Ja Morant “the face of our League going forward.” Morant doesn’t remind Durant of any other player. “He’s a unique player. A lot of athleticism and creativity out there. Body type reminds you of somebody like—well,…

John Wall is back and playing the game he loves so much after a tumultuous three years recovering from a torn Achilles, dealing with the passing of his beloved mother, and getting sent to pasture by the Houston Rockets last season. Instead of staying where he wasn’t wanted, Wall and the Rockets agreed to a…

Brittney Griner reportedly lost her appeal hearing after a Russian court upheld her nine-year sentence for drug smuggling, per multiple reports. Griner can be sent to a penal colony unless the U.S. and Russian governments negotiate a deal for her release. According to multiple reports, Griner appeared via video leak from her detention center on…

After putting up a historic 37-point performance in an overtime win against the Washington Wizards, Donovan Mitchell pulled up to his postgame press conference rocking an icy, gold-encrusted chain with a gigantic “C” shaped pendant around his neck. When asked about being awarded the prestigious Junkyard Dog Chain—an honor that represents the gritty and scrappy…

Andrew Wiggins has been BALLING! The former No. 1 overall pick capped off his first All-Star season with an NBA championship and signed a four-year extension the weekend before the 2022-23 season started. Wiggins’ improvement comes after he joined a Warriors team that allowed him to take a lesser role as a valuable third scorer…

The Miami Heat have a 1-2 record to start the 2022-2023 season, with all three of their games thus far being at home. One of the glaring weaknesses for the team that had just competed in last season’s Eastern Conference Finals is the lack of defensive production at the power forward position. The team has…

Patrick Williams is a key defensive piece for a Chicago Bulls squad intent on making consecutive trips to the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and 2017. The beginning of this year’s campaign marked Williams’ return from injury, but it has not gotten off to the start he or the Bulls were hoping for. …

Millions of NBA fans want a League expansion towards big market cities such as Seattle, Las Vegas, Vancouver, and plenty more. Although commissioner Adam Silver is in unison with the thought of bringing new teams, contracts with televised broadcast outlets complicate the idea. The League generates about $24 billion in revenue via its broadcast deals,…