#Dwight Howard

WHO: Memphis Grizzlies (1-0) vs. Orlando Magic (0-0) WHEN: 7:00 PM CT WHERE: FedEx Forum - Memphis, TN HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN: Bally Sports Southeast/92.9 FM ESPN Memphis INJURY REPORT: MEMPHIS: Jaren Jackson Jr. (Out, foot surgery recovery), Danny Green (Out, knee surgery recovery), Maybe Other Key Players (Out, it's preseason) Orlando: Jonathan…

The Detroit Pistons are not winning many games, and they have a lot invested in the players who are doing the losing. Problem? The Pistons are not at the top of the NBA standings, which was sort of expected (the oddsmaker had them winning just 27-29 games before the season). And, lately, they have not been very competitive, which is not…

A new week is here, bringing us another loaded slate of NBA action on Monday night. There are nine games tonight, each of which will have implications that can shake up the standings as teams battle to break apart from the pack. In the East, the Milwaukee Bucks lead the way at 21-8, following the Celtics' fall back to Earth. Only 6.5 games separate…

L.A.'s season is being put out of its misery. With resting stars and a struggling defense facing a Golden State squad trying to round into form, count on the home favorites to cruise - and their All-Star swingman to shine - as our Lakers vs. Warriors picks At this point in the NBA season, the best thing about the Los Angeles Lakers is HBO's weekly…

The Denver Nuggets have won four games in a row, but they rarely get the job done against teams at or above their level. The Milwaukee Bucks are certainly above their level and as a result, our NBA betting picks are backing them to cruise tonight. Denver continues to do what is most important in the NBA, win, but the Nuggets have failed to cover…

The Los Angeles Lakers will take on the Denver Nuggets at 9 p.m. ET Saturday at Ball Arena. Denver is 21-19 overall and 10-7 at home, while the Lakers are 21-21 overall and 7-10 on the road. The Nuggets lost two of three games between the teams last season, with both losses coming at home. Denver is favored by four points in the latest Nuggets vs.…

WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his Minnesota Timberwolves vs Los Angeles Lakers betting preview for Friday, December 17. At the time of posting, this game has opened as a pick'em with the total sitting at 221 points. Stay on top of the latest NBA updates direct from Las Vegas! In the second game of a Friday night NBA on ESPN…

Compared to the Trail Blazers, the Lakers actually seem like a cohesive roster at the moment. Portland is in the middle of a fire sale and won't have Dame Lillard. As such, our betting picks are targeting the admittedly uneven Lakers to win big. The Los Angeles Lakers are in complete disarray with a 5-10 record in their last 15 - including a…

Zach Lowe of ESPN.com has had a running joke about the Orlando Magic. There is a streak he is watching carefully. The Magic have not been outside the bottom 10 in the league in offensive rating in the last decade ever since Dwight Howard was on the team. It is tough to say what Orlando's offense was trying to do or whether it could find anything…

Former Los Angeles Lakers star Dwight Howard was willing to sign with the team during the offseason, but the organization refused to offer the center a multi-year contract due to his age. "I would've went willing to go back to the Lakers," explained Howard on the "Club Shay Shay" YouTube show with Shannon Sharpe. "I've been willing to go…

The Los Angeles Lakers are off to one of their worst starts in franchise history, and the front office remains unwilling to trade either of their first-round draft picks (2027, 2029). Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Lakers are aiming to reserve their first-round picks for the rest of the decade, regardless of whether or not the team…

The Boston Celtics will be looking to extend their three-game winning streak when they face the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night. Boston has scored at least 102 points in every game this season, including its 109-106 win at Memphis on Monday. Meanwhile, Detroit is coming off a win over Oklahoma City, but the Pistons are winless on the road this…

The Bucks' Western Conference road trip continues after two crushing victories over the Blazers and Clippers, but can the Lakers - with AD back in action - slow down Milwaukee's buzzsaw offense? Find out in our NBA betting picks and predictions. The past two NBA champions collide in Southern California when the Milwaukee Bucks battle the Los…

The LA Lakers are traveling to Phoenix to take on the Phoenix Suns in a rematch of the first round of last season's Western Conference playoffs. The Lakers are coming into this game with a 29-37 record as they continue to hover around the.500 mark for the season. For all their championship aspirations, the Lakers have struggled immensely on the…

The 2021-22 season for the Phoenix Suns will not only be unique as they attempt to defend their Western Conference crown, but the level of engagement locally will be at an all-time high. When you take into account the population increase in Phoenix, coupled with the shiny new toy of sports betting, plenty of eyes will be focused on how the Suns…

Former Los Angeles Lakers stars Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony have been in contact with the Brooklyn Nets. Two weeks into the 2022-23 season, both players remain unsigned. On the "Club Shay Shay" podcast with Shannon Sharpe, Howard discussed the conversation he had with Brooklyn's front office. In the YouTube video below, the conversation takes…

The LA Lakers will host the New Orleans Pelicans at the Crypto.com Arena for their third and final matchup of the regular-season on April 1st. The New Orleans Pelicans will head into this game on the back of a 117-107 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. With their second consecutive win, the Pelicans improved to 33-43 on the season while…

The 2022-23 NBA Season kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 18. While fans are excited to see their favorite players score the ball, another portion of the fanbase has its sights set on defense and which player will be named the 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Last year, the Boston Celtics' Marcus Smart walked away with the 2021-22 DPOY honors. The…

In the excellent new Netflix feature documentary "The Redeem Team," current Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James at one point reveals that he believes the 2008 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team was the best international basketball club in history. By extension, that would make it the best basketball team ever (All-Star teams aside,…

The Miami Heat get one game closer to finishing a road trip on Friday, somewhat, as they head to Orlando to face the Magic. In the state of Florida still, it shouldn't be that hard to feel a sense of comfort. Getting right down to the business of it all, this should be a win for the Miami Heat. The past and history say so, one would think. Of the…

The Brooklyn Nets have made a lot of effort to make up for the rocky offseason full of trade rumors. Social media has been a good tool to help them do so. After a roller coaster offseason of messy contract negotiations with Kyrie Irving, it was on social media that the team showed Irving support at his August' More Than a Run' event as well as…

Who doesn't love a good defensive play? From timely swats, picking pockets to lockdown clamps, watching NBA players shine on the defensive end can be mesmerizing. Last season, Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart edged Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges for the Defensive Player of the Year award, becoming just the sixth ever guard to do so. As the…

We are now in the third week of the NBA season! The Oklahoma City Thunder head to Hollywood to take on the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night. It's time to continue our NBA odds series with a Thunder-Lakers prediction and pick based on Thunder Lakers odds. This will already be the second matchup of the season for these two teams. As a matter of…

The good news: your Los Angeles Lakers enjoyed a solid first half showing in their first preseason action of the 2022-23 season, when Darvin Ham actually used something resembling what's going to be his team's regular season rotation. The bad news: L.A.'s young reserves failed to get the job done in the second half, getting run off the floor by a…

Two of the league's best scorers face off when Donovan Mitchell (seventh, 25.8 PPG) and the Utah Jazz (29-14) visit LeBron James (second, 28.9 PPG) and the Los Angeles Lakers (21-22) on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 10:30 PM ET. The Jazz are 5.5-point favorites. The matchup has an over/under of 232.5 points. Utah has a 12-9 ATS record in road games…

The NBA season is here and resumes a regular, 82-game schedule. It all begins Tuesday night with two rematches from last year's playoffs featuring some of the biggest stars in the game. When: 7:30 p.m. ET on TNT Spread: Brooklyn Nets+1.5 (-110) | Milwaukee Bucks -1.5 (-110) Moneyline: Brooklyn (+100) | Milwaukee (-118) Total: Over 237.5 (-110) |…

Coming off another poor season in the 2017-18 season, the Los Angeles Lakers made their most significant move since trading for Pau Gasol a decade earlier in 2008. They signed free-agent LeBron James to a max deal on the first day of free agency in 2018. They would go on to add Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Michael…

The 2022-23 NBA season is approaching fast, but new injury woes have popped up for the Boston Celtics. Earlier in the summer, Danilo Gallinari went down with a devastating ACL injury and yesterday it was announced that Robert Williams III is scheduled to have another knee procedure. With this concerning news coming to light, Boston might have to…

The Orlando Magic have largely been content to work in quiet. The team has been dormant on the national stage since Dwight Howard left town a decade ago. Most people outside of Orlando would struggle to remember that the team made the playoffs twice in 2019 and 2020. Although to be fair, everyone recognized they were due for a quick exit. The…

2021-22 record: 20-62, 15th in West Biggest additions: Jabari Smith Jr. (F/C - R), Tari Eason (F - R), Sterling Brown (F), Trey Burke (G) Championship odds: 1000/1 What to know: Houston has some talented, intriguing young players in Jabari Smith, Jalen Green, and Kevin Porter Jr. But there are also big roster holes around them. The Rockets' future…