Photo by Bruno Aguirre on Unsplash The relationship between professional sports and legal cannabis has undergone a seismic shift in recent years. What was once a taboo topic, shrouded in secrecy and punishable by suspensions, is now an open conversation that drives policy change and business innovation. The NBA in particular has played a pioneering […]
Photo: Houston Rockets/X According to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, although James Jones officially held the title of Phoenix’s head of basketball operations last February, CEO Josh Bartelstein was actually the one who handled much of the communications with opponents regarding potential Kevin Durant trade talks. League sources told Amick that the Houston Rockets made a […]
With 31,616 career points, Kevin Durant has lit up many teams. But no franchise has fallen more victim to Durant’s scoring prowess than the Detroit Pistons. Durant, who recently passed Wilt Chamberlain and Dirk Nowitzki into sixth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, has averaged 30.5 points per game during his career against the […]
PHILADELPHIA – The Sixers have had plenty of encouraging wins in the 2025-26 season, but their win over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night is among the most convincing wins from their regular season thus far. The Sixers brought back Joel Embiid and Paul George after both were absent in Tuesday’s loss to the Phoenix […]
Kevin Durant hit a 3-pointer from 27 feet with 1.1 seconds left to lift the Houston Rockets past the Phoenix Suns 100-97 on Monday. “I’m just giving up a wide open shot so they don’t… challenge other guys to beat him that late,” Durant said of the final play. Durant reflected on his shooting rhythm […]
The autumn man had the last laugh. Kevin Durant enjoyed his game-winning three-pointer Monday against the Suns more than usual as he said Phoenix blamed him for their recent shortcomings. The Suns traded Durant to the Rockets during the offseason after their Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal era failed to live up to expectations. “Definitely,” Durant said […]
Photo: Brooklyn Nets/X When Cam Thomas agreed to a qualifying offer with the Brooklyn Nets in early September, the decision set him up for unrestricted free agency after the season. That contract structure means Thomas will be free to choose his next destination, and at least one prominent NBA voice believes he will be a […]
Trailing three-fifths of their starting lineup, the Nets suffered a wire-to-wire 120-96 rout of the Rockets in front of a sellout crowd of 18,003 at Barclays Center. The Nets were missing eight players, including starters Michael Porter Jr., Egor Dëmin and Terance Mann. Equally notable was the fact that Cam Thomas still couldn’t get going […]
Kevin Durant emphasized the importance of offensive rebounds in Houston’s 117-100 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Toyota Center on Saturday. “The more you can get possessions for your team, the better… every shot can’t go down, but if you get a good shot at the rim and put people on the boards, it just […]
Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant has his reasons for not wanting to get married. During a performance at Bobbi Althoff’s “Not this again” podcast, Durant explained that he “don’t know” if he could stay in a marriage with one person for the rest of his life. “That’s not really a prenuptial agreement, though. I mean, […]