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Which player in the NBA right now needs a ring the most?

💍 Chris Paul
💍 James Harden
💍 Jimmy Butler
💍 Mike Conley
💍 Other

The NBA's MLK Day slate (Jan. 19) ✊

Bucks @ Hawks*
Thunder @ Cavs**
Mavs @ Knicks**
Celtics @ Pistons**

*Peacock only
**NBC and Peacock

Start, Bench, Cut

(OG’s edition)

👑 LeBron James
🧑‍🍳 Steph Curry
🚀 Kevin Durant

LeBron James and Damian Lillard possess the most powerful weapon an NBA player can have when it comes to controlling their own destiny...

THE NO TRADE CLAUSE ⛔️

Naphessa Collier has won the 2025 All-Star Game MVP after a record-breaking performance 🏆

🔻36 points (All-Star game record)
🔻9 rebounds

🔻13-of-16 FG
🔻4-of-5 3PT

Let’s call it what it is: Montverde Academy is the 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵 thing the sport has to an NBA prep school.

If you want your kid to make it to the NBA, now you know what to do.

Montverde Academy 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲.

Caitlin Clark has done a good job selling out crowds when the Fever are on the road.

Unfortunately, her shooting from deep hasn’t lived up to the hype so far this season 🤯

🤑 at home: 22-of-50
😡 on the road: 1-of-28

The Thunder's title is a prime example of The Process gone RIGHT 🙌

Ironically, the team that coined the phrase "trust the Process" -- the Philadelphia 76ers -- didn't heed its own advice, and their process went wrong.

The Process can work, but the team that truly trusted in it was OKC 💯

CHOKE-KC?

The Thunder’s supporting cast combined for only 14 points in a closeout game.

Chet Holmgren - 4 pts
Lu Dort - 3 pts
Alex Caruso - 0 pts
Aaron Wiggins - 5 pts
Cason Wallace - 2 pts

What’s worse? The group was -78 collectively while on the floor 👀

“I know I want to retire at the age of 30… Injuries are something you can’t control in this game, so you never know.”

Nacua also shared that he’d love to play basketball overseas after football on a recent appearance on the Join The Lobby podcast.

For Nacua, the NFL is just one chapter 💯

Most 30+ point, 5+ assist games in a single postseason run in NBA history 👀

12 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
11 — Michael Jordan
11 — LeBron James

SGA is in a league of his own ⚡

After dropping Game 5 last night, the Indiana Pacers will need the best version of Tyrese Haliburton AND TJ McConnell to win this series. Not one of them.

Tyrese Haliburton in the Pacers loss in Game 5 😳

4 points
0-of-6 FG
0-of-4 3PT

Jalen Williams was UNBELIEVABLE in Game 5 against the Pacers 🔥

⚡️ 40 points (playoff career-high)
⚡️ 6 rebounds
⚡️ 4 assists

⚡️ 14-of-25 FG
⚡️ 3-of-5 3PT
⚡️ 9-of-12 FT

ONE. MORE. WIN.

The Thunder OUTDUEL the Pacers in Game 5 to grab a 3-2 series lead 👀

Jalen Williams:
40 points (playoff career-high)
6 rebounds
14-of-25 FG
3-of-5 3PT

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:
31 points
10 assists
9-of-21 FG

NOT DONE YET 😤

The Thunder STORM home to tie the series at 2-2 ⚡️

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:

35 points
3 steals

12-of-24 FG

Jalen Williams:

27 points
7 rebounds
3 assists

11-of-11 FT

Sources: Knicks expressed interest in John Calipari, but there's a catch As the Knicks keep searching for their next coach, sources tell ClutchPoints they contacted a college head coach the front office knows well.

A key member of the Knicks’ front office spoke with John Calipari about the team’s coaching vacancy.

Sources tell @clutchpoints.bsky.social the talks were exploratory and the takeaway was that there was nothing to pursue. Calipari is one of the college coaches the team has had interest in.

According to Fanatics, Caitlin Clark only trails Steph Curry for most jerseys sold in 2024.

Clark’s jerseys sold out merely hours after getting drafted, and this feat is a testament solidifying CC as a game-changer, whether in the NBA or WNBA 💪

Derrick White and Alex Caruso, the kind of guards who don't just play the game, they read it. Anticipation, grit, clutch DNA.

But you can only have one of these players on your team. Who are you taking?

🍀 2024 Finals Derrick White
⚡️2025 Finals Alex Caruso

Choose wisely.

Bennedict Mathurin was SENSATIONAL in the Pacers' win in Game 3 🔥

🔸 27 points
🔸 4 rebounds

🔸 9-of-12 FG
🔸 2-of-3 3PT
🔸 7-of-8 FT

In 22 minutes.

The Pacers STORM BACK in the 4th quarter to take down the Thunder in Game 3 🔥

Tyrese Haliburton:
22 points
11 assists
9 rebounds
9-of-17 FG
4-of-8 3PT

Bennedict Mathurin:
27 points
9-of-12 FG
2-of-3 3PT

Gainbridge Fieldhouse is a sea of yellow for Pacers-Thunder.

(via @tomerazarly.bsky.social)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander arrives for Game 3 of Thunder-Pacers 👀

(via @tomerazarly.bsky.social)

For the second time in a month, someone tagged over Louie Palsino’s “Mambas Forever” tribute, a powerful image of Kobe kissing his daughter while she clutches a basketball.

Can someone enlighten us why a legacy like Kobe’s gets tarnished in his own backyard? 😩

Can we see “two-way Shohei” sooner rather than later?

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts believes it is looking more likely, even stating that there is a "north of zero chance” Ohtani can return to pitching before the All-Star break 👀

Lakers star Luka Doncic putting in the work this offseason 💪

(via lukadoncic/IG)

Between 2018 to 2023, these NBA coaches were handed the pink slip by their team despite winning Coach of the Year 😬

'23: Mike Brown (Kings)
'22: Monty Williams (Suns)
'21: Tom Thibodeau (Knicks)
'20: Nick Nurse (Raptors)
'19: Mike Budenholzer (Bucks)
'18: Dwane Casey (Raptors)

The Wolves need someone who can handle the ball. Someone who Anthony Edwards can complement and win with.

Enter Kevin Durant. It was proven in France last summer, and it might just happen in the NBA.

This would be crazy, but Ant and KD together also makes a lot of sense 🤷‍♂️

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder have eliminated Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals ❌

Wolves lose in 5 games in the WCF for the second straight season.

The Thunder take care of BUSINESS against the Timberwolves in Game 5 and are heading to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012 ⚡

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:
34 points
8 assists
7 rebounds

Chet Holmgren:
22 points
7 rebounds
8-of-13 FG