Melissa Rohlin FOX Sports NBA Writer It’s Christmas Day, that very special time of the year when the NBA is front and center on our televisions. So, what better time to discuss the league’s biggest storylines? As we head into a jam-packed day filled with the league’s premier talent, including Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron … Read more
NBA Christmas Day is supposed to feature the marquee slate of games on the league’s regular-season schedule. The five happening on Wednesday — Knicks-Spurs, Mavericks-Wolves, Celtics-76ers, Warriors-Lakers and Suns-Nuggets — are star-studded games. But let’s take a look at who isn’t playing on Christmas this year: Some of these snubs are more excusable than others. … Read more
Reasonable people can disagree over whether this year’s NBA Christmas Day showcase features all of the “correct” teams. (We hear, see and honor the lived experiences of fans of the Thunder, Bucks, Cavaliers, and Anyone Else Who Might Be Mad About This.) It’s tougher to argue, though, that the annual holiday extravaganza isn’t overflowing with … Read more
Dec 24, 2024, 08:00 AM ET The NBA’s Christmas Day slate has been highly anticipated since the 2024-25 schedule was announced in August. The five-game schedule is filled with superstar matchups, highly anticipated rivalries and a few holiday debuts for some rising stars. Victor Wembanyama, fresh off a handful of history-making performances, makes his Christmas … Read more
Don’t lose that remote among all your crumpled wrapping paper and empty boxes on Christmas Day, because if you want to watch two key NFL games, you’re going to have to call up a new channel. Netflix is plunging headlong into the live-streaming sports business, broadcasting two NFL games on Christmas Day. The NFL gifted … Read more
Fair or not, the predominant narrative surrounding the 2024-25 NBA season has been that it has been kind of boring. Or, perhaps more broadly, that the NBA has been trending downward for some time, and now that the holy trinity of superstars that had been holding the league aloft (LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin … Read more
They arrived within six months of each other, two stars summoned to Cleveland as franchise saviors and the final pieces necessary for a championship run. The Cavaliers packed their arena with employees and team personnel in September 2022 to welcome Donovan Mitchell at his introductory news conference. It was a signal both internally and across … Read more
Should the league be concerned about declining TV ratings? (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) Each week during the 2024-25 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. Fact or Fiction: Something is … Read more
Michael Jordan played with, and against, some of the greats. The Chicago Bulls legend dominated the NBA the 1990s, winning six NBA titles and six Finals MVPs while cementing his status as the greatest of all time. 5 Jordan is a cultural icon and changed the NBACredit: AFP No.23 saw it all and did it … Read more
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese leveled up women’s basketball to unprecedented heights in 2024. The WNBA phenoms sold out arenas, broke jersey sale numbers, smashed TV viewing figures, and ripped up the record books at a relentless pace. 4 Clark and Reese are two of the biggest things to happen to the WNBA in yearsCredit: … Read more