Great players evolve and that’s what Charlotte Hornets coach Charles Lee said he is seeing in LaMelo Ball this season. Ball is one of the 14 players in the league that is averaging at least 25 points. He was averaging around 29 points before his injury in December. This season, it is not all about scoring for him anymore. According to Lee, the 2021 Rookie of the Year is embracing the two-way player challenge. “I’ve been seeing him just be a great two-way player, aeeing more focus defensively, more multiple efforts from him, more communication from him, high-hand contests,” Lee…
Author: Rolly Gacelo
Rolly Gacelo
Rolly Gacelo is a sports writer who has been writing for different topics in different industries since earning his Bachelor's degree in Journalism in 2009. He is also a professor of history in Far Eastern University. His specialty is the NBA but has also written for the NFL, MLB, and European soccer.
Luka Doncic stuffed the stat sheet in the Los Angeles Lakers win against the Phoenix Suns, putting an end to their four-game losing streak. JJ Redick thought it was an incredible response to their grueling road trip. Doncic scored 33 points and recorded 11 rebounds and eight assists to help his team survive the Suns. It was the kind of game many expect from the 2019 Rookie of the Year with Lebron James still out with a left groin strain. Overall, it was a total team effort. Austin Reaves finished with 28 points, four out of ten from the three…
The Los Angeles Clippers won their third straight after dominating the Charlotte Hornets and for Tyronn Lue, it was not just another win. It is a ‘professional win’. The Clippers blew out the visiting Hornets, 123-88, with four players from the starting unit scoring in double digits James Harden lead everyone with his near triple double of 31 points, ten rebounds, and seven assists. Kawhi Leonard poured in 23 points while Ivica Zubac got himself a near triple double, too, with 17 points, 14 rebounds, and eight assists. Derrick Jones Jr. had 12 points. Only Harden played more than 30…
The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s roller coaster season continues as they fell hard against the Oklahoma City Thunder at home after recording two straight wins. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led everyone in the game in scoring with his 31 points. He also had eight assists. The team’s twin tower of Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein proved hard to overcome as the Bucks struggled in the paint, made it hard for Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak did have a triple double of 21-12-10. He shot 7 out 15 from the field, the rare time his field goal percentage went below 50 percent.…
Are the New York Knicks in trouble? Are the long minutes taking a toll on players? The team is being intrigued right now after a clip of Josh Hart getting into a heated argument with his coach. The Knicks lost in a close game against the Golden State Warriors but the bigger headline was the confrontation between Hart and Tom Thibodeau. Thibs & Josh Hart go at it during time out “Thibs loves Josh Hart” – Mike Breen “That is 100 percent normal” – Richard Jefferson pic.twitter.com/XUBiKTCIS3 — New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) March 16, 2025 Hart played almost 39…
April is what every NBA team is looking forward to. The goal is not just to make the postseason but also to have a healthy squad. That’s what the Boston Celtics are trying to do based on the way they are handling Jayson Tatum. The team’s top scorer did play in win against the Brooklyn Nets where he logged in almost 37 minutes in a game that could have gone either way. He finished with 20 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists. He was instrumental in the victory but there was a moment when he almost sat out the game…
The Cleveland Cavaliers came into their game against the Orlando Magic as the hottest team in the league. The latter flipped the story. Magic used a second half surge to disappoint their hosts, led as usual by star player Paolo Banchero who had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists. It was a total team effort for them as four of the five starters score in double figures while Anthony Black contributed 17 from the bench. Donovan Mitchell had 23 points in the loss although he had a hard time getting to that total points as he struggled in front…
Giannis Antetokounmpo climbed his way to the top slowly but surely and for his former Milwaukee Bucks teammate Jeff Teague, he got that Mamba Mentality. Teague, who won his first NBA title together with Antetokounmpo in 2021, praised the Greek Freak’s work ethic. ‘He got that Kobe work ethic. ‘I wanna be great’,” he said in the ‘Out the Mud’ podcast. “Like, he can’t shoot free throws, he’s out there shooting a thousand free throws. He can’t shoot a jump, he shooting a thousand threes. He wanna be great. That’s everything that comes with him, everything he’s doing, I know…
The Orlando Magic can be said as the Rocky Balboa of the 2024-2025 NBA season after yet another comeback win against the Boston Celtics, despite not having three of their main rotation guys. Jalen Suggs can only call Monday a ‘beautiful night’ for that. The odds are against the Magic against the reigning champions after losing Mo Wagner 48 hours ago to a season-ending injury. They already don’t have top two scorers Paolo Banchero and Franz Wanger due to injuries. They are unfazed and exemplified the ‘next man up’ philosophy’ to stage an 18-point comeback, two days after mounting a…
The Philadelphia 76ers-San Antonio was game like no other after bizarre events in the second quarter that led to ejection of Joel Embiid. The Sixers won the game despite the loss of their best player but fans still can’t help but talk about how the game was officiated. Many thought they were deprived of a great battle between two superstars in Embiid and Victor Wembanyama. Nick Nurse thought the series of events that led to the eject of Embiid, as well as the rescinded ejection of his backup center Joel Embiid was strange. “Just the whole thing was really strange,”…
Max Christie is getting so much love lately from Los Angeles Lakers fans, players, and coaches as the 21-year-old shooting guard has found his niche in the Lakers squad as the team records three straight victories. Christie has played in 27 games so far this season and was featured more prominently in the line-up in the last two weeks. He believes he made individual progress in the past years he spent in Hollywood, including crossing from the main team to the South Bay in G-League. “It feels good and it’s pretty cool kind of just to see the progression and…
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid scored 70 points against Victor Wembanyama in their first match up last season but fans failed to witness anything close to this kaiju match up and they are blaming the referees. They even think they are the reasons why NBA ratings are down, a major issue being discussed lately. NBA viewers denied of superstar action as Joel Embiid got ejected in the second quarter for two technical fouls. There are a lot of things that happened before that and they all involved the San Antonio Spurs. First, Sixers center Andre Drummond was ejected for two…
Lebron James has won everything but there is something that his Los Angeles Clippers rivals Kawhi Leonard and James Harden are doing better than him – hardwork. Patrick Beverley has played with the three guys. He was part of the Lakers team from 2022 to 2023. He played with the Beard the longest from 2013 to 2017. He was briefly a teammate of The Klaw in the Clippers. If there’s someone that could answer on how to size up these three, it is him. Appearing in a podcast with Youtube celebrity N3on, the 12-year veteran found it easy to answer…
Imagine a Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox tandem? The San Antonio Spurs will not let go of the prized no. 1 pick so it will be the Sacramento Kings guard moving to Texas. It is not that hard to imagine. In fact, some people behind the scenes are already making moves, mostly from the Spurs. It does not help for the Kings supporters that their team is not accomplishing anything lately while De’Aaron Fox is putting up All-Star numbers. Sam Amick of The Athletic reported that the Spurs, along with many other teams, are looking at the situation of Fox…
Jayson Tatum is not the name that will instantly pop on someone’s head when asked about MVP candidates this season. Or even the seasons before. This is despite the fact that he puts up huge numbers almost every game and his team always being among the contenders. The Boston Celtics star is aware that he is being snubbed on conversations like that. “Probably so. I’m on a really, really good team,” he said when asked if his team being good as the main factor why is snubbed in MVP conversation. “There’s so many talented players that I’m probably not going…