Following the NBA Draft on June 22, the offseason officially tipped off. Teams across the league began to set their sights on players that could assist with their mission, whether that mission is a ring or a high draft pick. During this moratorium period of NBA free agency, four teams …
Read More »Heat Get Stung, Dropping Their First of a Four-Game Road Trip
The Miami Heat started a four-game road trip with a 122-117 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. The squad opened this week's road trip yesterday afternoon in Charlotte. @CoupNBA has the takeaways on how the 1st of 4 away from home ended ⬇️ — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 30, 2023 It …
Read More »Hornets Sting Magic
In a race to the bottom, the Orlando Magic is sitting pretty. The team fell to 4-10 after a 112-105 loss to the 4-11 Charlotte Hornets. Paolo Banchero missed his third consecutive game. The forward, who averages 23.5 points per game, is day-to-day with an ankle injury. The Sting of …
Read More »Magic lose to Knicks, drop to 0-4
The Orlando Magic is still trying to hit its stride this season, losing 115-102 to the New York Knicks on Monday. Despite 21 points from Paolo Banchero, the Jalen Suggs-less Magic failed to win its first game this season after winning the draft lottery last year. Young Magicians Paolo Banchero …
Read More »Hornets v. Hawks Play-In Preview
The Charlotte Hornets travel to Atlanta to meet with the Hawks in the play-in tournament Wednesday night. The NBA is settling into the postseason as playoffs are set to begin next week. Before playoff series begins, the league’s newly-added play-in tournament is going on with the last couple of games …
Read More »HEAT-ing Up
In the 2020 NBA bubble, many thought the Miami Heat had just caught “lightning in a bottle” during its NBA Finals run. The next year, the Heat had been swept by the Bucks in the opening round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. Looking to get over the hump, the Heat …
Read More »Charlotte and Indiana battle in the Play-In Tournament
The Charlotte Hornets will travel to Indiana for the first game of the brand new NBA Play-In Tournament against the Pacers. The Hornets are the 10 seed and will be playing the nine seeded Pacers. https://twitter.com/Pacers/status/1394640979068657666 How the Play-In Tournament works The Play-In Tournament will consist of four teams in …
Read More »Overtime to launch high school pro basketball league
Social media sports network Overtime is launching a professional basketball league that will compensate high school players. What is the league? The league is called Overtime Elite (OTE) and will start in September. It was created as a way to pull elite talent from college and get athletes acclimated with …
Read More »Heat Fall to Hornets in Overtime
The Miami Heat (7-13) dropped a close match against the Charlotte Hornets (10-11) on Monday night. The Hornets 129-121 comeback victory can be largely credited to Charlotte’s Malik Monk. Monk came off the bench to score a career-high 36 points including nine 3-pointers. One of those nine being the shot …
Read More »Magic Ends Skid Behind Vucevic’s 28
On the second night of their back-to-back series, the Magic bounced back and came out on top thanks to another big night from Nikola Vucevic. Orlando (8-10) defeated the visiting Charlotte Hornets (7-10) 117-108 Monday night. Vucevic nearly posted a triple-double, leading the charge with 28 points, 12 rebounds, and …
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