NBA News Archive

NBA Commissioner, Adam Silver, has banned Jontay Porter for life after an investigation revealed he wagered on NBA games. Porter gambled $54,094 on NBA games and profited $21,965. The former Toronto Raptor also bet on his own team to lose a game. The NBA has permanently banned a player for violating the league’s gambling policy for the first time since 1954. Jontay Porter, 24, received...

The Los Angeles Lakers’ odds of making the 2024 NBA Playoffs recently took a nosedive. The Lakers are coming off back-to-back losses with two games remaining in the regular season. With the Suns' win over the Clippers, the Lakers last chance to make the playoffs is the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament The Los Angeles Lakers’ odds of making the NBA playoffs received a major blow this week. A...

The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has banned player prop bets on college sports. Effective August 1, 2024, sports bettors in Louisiana will no longer be able to wager on player props at regulated sportsbooks. The ban is in response to a recent wave of match-fixing scandals and threats to collegiate athletes from bettors on social media. Louisiana is joining Maryland, Ohio, and Vermon...

Toronto Raptors’ Jontay Porter is under investigation for irregular betting patterns on his prop bets. The 24-year-old center is currently on a two-way contract with the G League’s Toronto 905 and Raptors. The investigation will focus on Raptors games played from Jan. 26 to March 20. Only days after the Shohei Ohtani gambling saga came to light in the media, another wild betting story ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have the best odds to draft Bronny James in the 2024 NBA Draft. As a freshman at USC, James averaged roughly 5 points and three rebounds per game. In July 2023, James suffered cardiac arrest during a workout in preparation for his freshman season at USC. As we wait for Bronny James’ decision on whether he will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft, oddsmakers at BetUS b...

The Denver Nuggets have won 12 of their previous 14 games. The Nuggets’ NBA Championship odds improved considerably in March, with many bettors backing the team. The Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets is the most likely NBA Finals matchup, according to the latest odds. The Denver Nuggets’ betting odds to win NBA title are dropping rapidly in the build-up to the post-season. According to...

Ben Simmons’ recurring back problems have sidelined him for the rest of the 2023-24 NBA season. The Brooklyn Nets guard played in only 42 games in 2022-23 and 15 games this season. According to the latest odds, Simmons is not expected to retire before the start of the 2024-25 NBA season. Ben Simmons has officially been ruled out for the rest of the 2023-24 campaign due to a lower back ...

Mark Daigneault of the Oklahoma City Thunder has emerged as the odds-on favorite to win 2023-24 NBA Coach of the Year. Under Daigneault’s watch, the Thunder have improved in each subsequent year since he accepted the job in 2020-21. The Thunder are tied for the best record in the Western Conference and own the fifth-best odds to win the NBA Finals. Most fans are focused on Shai-Gilgeou...

The Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama has pulled away from Chet Holmgren in the 2023-24 NBA Rookie of the Year race. Wembanyama’s 2023-24 NBA Rookie of the Year odds have skyrocketed over the last month. The 7-foot-4 French phenom is averaging more points, rebounds, and blocks than his preseason projections. Following a two-player race between the Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama and Thunder’s Chet Hol...

Joel Embiid is projected to miss an extended period after tearing the meniscus in his left knee. Embiid will undergo corrective surgery to repair his meniscus this week. As a result, the Philadelphia 76ers’ 2023-24 NBA title odds and Embiid’s MVP odds have taken a beating at online betting sites. On Sunday, the Philadelphia 76ers received unfortunate news regarding the defending NBA MV...

On Wednesday, Milwaukee Bucks’ head coach Adrian Griffin was fired after a 30-13 start to the season. The Milwaukee Bucks’ 2023-24 NBA Championship odds were not impacted by the head coaching change. Hours after Griffin was fired, the Bucks reportedly reached an agreement with Doc Rivers, according to CNN Sports. Adrian Griffin’s tenure as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks has come to ...

The Indiana Pacers acquired forward Pascal Siakam in a trade with the Toronto Raptors. Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora, and three first-round picks are on their way to Toronto in exchange for Siakam. The Pacers’ 2023-24 NBA Championship odds shortened after the trade was announced. According to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors have finalized a trade that...

The Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry’s MVP odds have jumped after a hot start to the 2023-24 season. Curry is averaging over 30 points per game and shooting better than 50 percent from the field. Denver’s Nikola Jokić is favored to win his third NBA MVP award. Online oddsmakers are taking note of Stephen Curry’s hot start for the 2023-24 season. At BetUS, Curry’s NBA MVP odds have ...

The Los Angeles Clippers acquired James Harden in a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Clippers’ 2023-24 NBA title odds improved after the Harden trade was announced. PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev are on their way to Los Angeles after being involved in the trade package. James Harden finally received his wish. The Philadelphia 76ers sent Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers in a block...

If not the Miami Heat, oddsmakers at sports betting sites have pegged the Toronto Raptors as the favorite to trade for Damian Lillard. The odds shift on Lillard’s next team comes on the heels of a report from ESPN’s Marc J. Spears that the Raptors are the front-runners for Lillard. The Heat are reportedly falling out of favor in trade negotiations for Lillard. Five years after trading ...

James Harden reportedly opted into a $35.6 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.The 76ers are expected to immediately seek a trade suitor for Harden after he signs the deal.If the 76ers trade Harden, the Houston Rockets are the most likely landing spot in a trade. The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to sign James Harden to a $35.6 million deal. Not so fast, though, as the 76ers are loo...