The Canadian Basketball team is on a roll for the Olympics
Canada is breezing with their national basketball team through the FIBA Americas championship. On Wednesday, they met Dominican Republic and it was delightful game to watch. Final scores were tallied for them – at 120-103, but it was an all-contributing performance from the entire team that led them to this huge win. Similar results took […]
EuroBasket Group Winners: Fan Predictions
While most of the basketball fans are probably rooting for their national team to win the upcoming EuroBasket – even if it’s very unlikely – it’s a different story in the group stage. The 24 teams are divided in 4 groups, so naturally, there are four times as many opinions on the favourites. TonyBet took […]
What Sportsbooks Are Saying About the 2015 NBA Draft
The 2015 NBA Draft is shaping up to be a “big” draft in the most literal sense. According to DraftExpress.com, one of the leading sites for all things NBA draft, as many as four seven-footers are projected to be off the board within the first handful of picks. Karl-Anthony Towns, Jahlil Okafor and Willie Cauley-Stein […]
Basketball makes its way into Atlantic City
Sports and gambling have always been something of a controversial marriage. While for some, mixing the two genres casts a shadow of something sinister over good old fashioned competition, for others, it provides an additional element of excitement that makes finals such as the NBA even more appealing. Traditionally, we would see the link between […]
Underrated draft picks
Pic by EdRost88 As we edge closer to this year’s draft, general managers around the NBA are putting together their final plans for which players they feel will have a positive impact on their team. While much of the focus in this draft will be on whether players can step straight into the league, there […]
Sim Bhullar makes NBA history
We’re just two months away from the 2015 National Basketball Association draft and already history is being made, particularly where the Sacramento Kings are concerned. Canada-born Sim Bhullar made history this month when he made his debut for the Sacramento Kings, making him the first player of Indian heritage to play in the NBA. 22-year-old […]
NBA MVP race too tight to call
One of the many fascinating aspects of the 2014-15 NBA season has been the ascension of a number of stars to the league’s true upper echelons. Cornering a market LeBron James has cast quite a shadow over the NBA MVP race in recent years, winning four of the last six awards. The only other players […]
The NBA’s Christmas Crackers
The festive season is in full swing, and the NBA is ready to keep you entertained when you reach your limit of family stories. With a bumper week of action coming up, which games in particular will be worth keeping an eye on? Bumper Schedule The NBA has done well in recent years to establish […]
Fast Start for NBA Western Conference Contenders
The start of the NBA season tends to be tumultuous. The 82-game regular season takes nearly half a year in total, and the beginning sees a lot of players jostling for roles and teams keen to establish themselves. In the East, Cleveland’s new side has limped out of the gate a little unsteadily and are […]
Orlando Magic at the New York Knicks: Who will reverse their Fortunes?
While logic would suggest that the best sporting occasions pit confident and on-form teams against one another, these match-ups often fail to live up to expectation. In contrast, games between struggling sides usually deliver incredible drama and tension, as player strive to give their all in a bid to reverse their sides ailing fortunes. This […]
Nike fights for Durant
The NBA’s most valuable player, Kevin Durant, has recently signed one of the biggest sponsorship contracts ever in NBA history. Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Durant signed a lucrative shoe contract with Nike at the end of August. The deal is said to be worth up to $350 million over the next 20 years, with […]
Paul Pierce: The After Life
It’s one thing to be successful in your chosen sport but to reach the elite level in two very different sports is an almighty feat accomplished by very few in life. Michael Jordan failed to do it when he left the NBA to briefly sign for the Birmingham Barons in the MLB in 1993. Jordan […]