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The National Basketball Association (also known commonly as the NBA) and the Take Two Interactive (which is a famous American video game holding company) have come together to announce on the 9th of February, 2017 the launch of the NBA 2K League (commonly referred to as the NBA2KL). After the inaugural season of this league took place in 2018, the Knicks emerged to be the first winners of this league, which had attracted immediate popularity among the mass. This was also made possible

If you manage to withstand the heat and humidity that Central Florida will have in store for August, in all likelihood, you will find the future of the NBA cradles somewhere within the vast 25,000 acres that constitute Walt Disney World. Just south of both Orlando and Cinderella’s Castle, this is where the Junior NBA Global Championship takes place at the ESPN World Wide of Sports. The round-robin tournament, with more than 350 teenagers representing 40 countries, comprises 16 teams from various regions

Basketball World Cup FIBA 2019 The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition and is considered to be the flagship event of FIBA. It is contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport’s global governing body. It shares its structure largely with that of the FIFA World Cup, though there are some differences. When it comes to men’s national basketball teams, the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament.

Why NBA is Banning "Ninja Style Headbands"? For the upcoming season, the NBA intends to introduce some changes to the headband options. Teams as well as players were notified with a memo issued by the league about the discontinuation of “ninja style headwear” going ahead. In an official statement by Mike Bass, NBA spokesman, the headwear has failed to satisfy the league approval process. Teams have also expressed their concern in terms of safety and consistency of size and length of the headband.

When it comes to NBA free agency, the focus is always, understandably, on the stars. The 2019 summer saw an unprecedented flurry of All-Star-caliber players switching teams, and Sports Monks has already taken a look ahead at some of the big names that could be on the move next summer. In between though, there’s a season to play, and there’s reason to believe that this time it might not be decided by the stars. The aforementioned flurry of movement we saw in the last few

As far as women’s role in sports is concerned, times have indeed undergone a sea change. According to official announcements made by the Raptors recently, Brittni Donaldson will be soon be on-board as an assistant coach. In the early part of 2019, the Raptors strengthened their ranking in the NBA following by their victory against the Golden State Warriors. This has further sparked Canadians’enthusiasm with regard to any news related to Raptors. The fact that Raptors has been promoting women in the NBA

It would not be an overstatement to say that the NBA is the most consistent and predictable league from year to year, but in the long run, it is also vulnerable to dramatic change. Say about 5 years ago, LeBron James and Kevin Durant were in their best form at the game, besides Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, and Derrick Rose. Bryant was coming off back-to-back titles, Howard was a year removed from a Finals appearance in Orlando, and Rose was just one season

The 2019 NBA free agent class boasts of illustrious players who will expectedly bring about a change in the league’s power balance for years to come. The 2020 class, however, looks pale in comparison but still there are a handful of players who will be coveted by the teams if they foray into the market. The following are the top-rated players available free agency: Montrezl Harrell, PF, Los Angeles Clippers - He made a significant contribution to the Clippers’ bench last season, scoring

NBA trades 2019 will get off to a start soon and there is already speculation in the air about some exciting NBA rumours. There are several NBA free agency 2019 deals that may be a fixture of this trade market and going by the NBA free agency tracker for this year, Kawhi Leonard may be the biggest star snagged by the Los Angeles Lakers. The latest NBA news reports suggest that the free agency announcement for Leonard will go past some more days.

Toronto Raptors created history, winning the NBA Finals after an emphatic win in Game 6, piling up 114 points to the 110 put up by the Warriors in yet another close finish. This is the first major title for the Raptors and the first NBA Championship for any team from Canada in any big American sports league ever since the 1993 World Series was won by the Toronto Blue Jays. Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points in the game with 3 assists and 6

Stephen Curry spearheaded Golden State Warriors and kept their NBA Finals dreams alive, forcing Game 6 after winning a thriller against the Toronto Raptors in Game 5. The 106-105 win took place at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena and the Raptors were disappointed that they missed out, particularly with their talisman Kawhi Leonard in scintillating touch. Stephen Curry outsmarted him by scoring a valuable 31 points while Klay Thompson put up 26 points including a vital triple which enabled a lead of 106-103 with less

A couple nights ago, Houston Rockets beat Golden State Warriors. Yes, the Warriors had all 4 All-Stars. Yes, James Harden was incredible. With the score tied with 20sec. left in OT and the Rockets down by 2, James Harden hit a three with two defenders converging on him to give Houston a 1pt lead and eventually win the game. Daryl Morey, Houston GM later said James may be the best offensive player of all time. Granted that Harden is averaging 40pts for his

James Harden of the Houston Rockets is having the best career games this season. Last season, he won his first MVP award. Believe it or not, he is playing better than last season. His stats for this season are through the roof. He is trending on every social media platform right now. Odds for him winning a back-to-back MVP have suddenly turned in his favor. He is really deserving of winning it again. Or is he? Let me preface the rest of the

Once again, Lebron James is in trending in the news. There has been a debate over the last couple of years about who the greatest player of all time is. The two names considered generally are Michael Jordan and Lebron James. We have all heard legendary stories about Mike and his attitude. The reason why Lebron is trending with this topic is this following reason: Lebron James has created a new show recently called ‘More than an Athlete’. This came after the enormous

It feels like the NBA Finals ended recently and suddenly its 2019 already. How is the league doing? The Eastern Conference has not been able to compete with the Western Conference in recent years. The gap is so big that the NBA had to change the All-Star format it had been using since many decades. Here is a single line recap of all the Eastern Conference teams so far: (according to standings as of Jan 2, 2019) 1. Milwaukee Bucks (26-10) – Giannis

It feels like the NBA Finals ended recently and suddenly its 2019 already. How is the league doing? The Western Conference has been better than the Eastern Conference in recent years. Here is a single line recap of all the Western Conference teams so far: (according to standings as of Jan 1, 2019). Their regular season record as of the end of 2018 is mentioned. 1. Denver Nuggets (23-11) – Excelling under Jamal Murray, they are getting it done on both ends of

It has been 21 games into the season for Lebron James with the Los Angeles Lakers. And Lebron is starting to do what he does best – Take over. When he moved to Miami from Cleveland, he had a young coach - Erik Spoelstra. Lebron did not run all plays called by him back in 2010. He began to trust Erik after he won a championship with him and then became more coachable. In 2014, he came back to Cleveland. And he had

The biggest off season move this year was by the Los Angeles Lakers. Lebron James left Cleveland for the second time to sign a 4-year deal with the Lakers. There were many other big moves which really affected the paradigm of the NBA. Kawhi Leonard after sitting out almost an entire season left Pop and the Spurs to move up north with the Raptors. Raptors franchise star Demar Derozan took his place in the Spurs lineup in exchange for Kawhi. In one of

Golden State star Steph Curry was involved in a multi-car accident yesterday on Highway 24 in California yesterday. He was driving to the arena for a shootout practice when the accident happened. Curry was driving his black Porsche on state route 24 when another driver lost control of his Lexus while making an unsafe lane change and hit his Porsche. The front end of the Porsche was damaged as we can see in the picture. This happened around 9 am yesterday on the

KD vs Lebron: Who is the better player? Lebron James was in the public spotlight since he was a teenager and had to shoulder the burden of expectations from a very young age. Kevin Durant came into the league and burst onto the stage with his exceptional shooting coupled with ball handling skills. To compare them, we must first acknowledge the similarities in their careers. Both were drafted in the NBA before they were 20 years old. Both players won ‘Rookie of the