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Odds of which NBA team will be fined first in the 2023-24 season for resting a healthy player are featured here. On Wednesday, the league’s Board of Governors voted to pass the new player participation policy (PPP). The NBA’s Competition Committee pushed for harsher penalties and stricter guidelines for resting healthy players. The NBA is […]
Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Chris Paul are among the NBA players who qualify for exception for the league’s new rest policy. The new rule will go into effect for the 2023-24 season. The NBA is allowing pre-approved designated back-to-back allowances for players who are 35 years old on opening night or have […]
NBA championship odds for the 2023-24 season are featured here from the BetOnline sportsbook. The Boston Celtics (+500) and Denver Nuggets (+500) hold the best odds to win the 2024 championship. Check out the full list below for all 30 teams. The 2023-24 NBA regular season runs from Oct. 24, 2023, through Apr. 14, 2024. […]
In 2013, LeBron James was among a number of professional athletes investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for allegedly using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America. The federal Biogenesis investigation was dubbed “Operation Strikeout.” A disgruntled ex-employee, irritated over missing back-pay, leaked clinic records that were “clear in […]
The NBA plans to allow pre-approved designated back-to-back allowances for players who are 35 years old on opening night or have career workloads of 34,000 regular-season minutes or 1,000 regular-season and playoff games combined. Prior to the 2017-18 season, the NBA first implemented a player resting policy (PRP) for all 30 teams. Since 2017, teams […]
NBA win totals odds for the 2023-24 season are featured here. The 2023-24 NBA regular season runs from Oct. 24, 2023, through Apr. 14, 2024. The NBA will hold its inaugural in-season tournament from Nov. 3 to Dec. 9. All games except the final count toward the regular season standings. The 2024 NBA All-Star Game […]
Bleacher Report polled the NBA community on which active players belong in the top 100 entering the 2023-24 season, and let’s just say the top-25 rankings list will surprise a number of fans. Where did 2023 MVP center Joel Embiid end up? How about 2023 NBA Finals MVP center Nikola Jokic? Last week, Bleacher Report released […]
The Los Angeles Lakers signed free agent center Christian Wood to a two-year, $5.7 million contract, according to sources. His new deal includes a $3.036 million player option for 2024-25. Wood, 27, made 17 starts in 67 appearances with the Dallas Mavericks in the 2022-23 season. The 6-foot-10 center averaged 16.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.8 […]
The BetOnline sportsbook has released odds on the first NBA player to receive a flopping technical foul in the 2023-24 season. In July, the NBA Board of Governors approved a rule change that will make flopping a technical foul for the 2023-24 season. When a game official calls a flop, defined by the NBA as “a physical […]
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, 61, tied the knot with stand-up comedian, actor, and radio host Jay Mohr, 53, on Sunday in Malibu, California. The couple married in a small ceremony on a Malibu beach in front of 20 friends and family members. There were not any NBA players or executives in attendance, according […]
