The Rockets' two top scorers have a chance to be voted into the NBA All-Star Game, recognition their teammates say both players earned. So we had them pitch it.

The reserves will join the starters who were announced last week at the All-Star Game in the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 16.

The Los Angeles Lakers are fifth in the Western Conference, but if they go after a reported trade target, they could have more than enough size to tackle the Denver Nuggets.

The NBA has announced its All-Star starters, with Stephen Curry, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Nikola Jokić earning spots in the Western Conference lineup.

Here’s your latest NBA Rewind! There are a couple of Western Conference teams that the public, outside of understandably biased fan bases, just refuses to accept as a threat in the West. The Houston Rockets and LA Clippers have been proving themselves left and right lately.

It wasn’t hard to come up with a list of reasons for why Amen Thompson could bust in the NBA when he entered the 2023 draft. Amen and his twin brother Ausar took a novel path to the draft by bypassing college basketball for the upstart Overtime Elite league,

A blowout loss to the Celtics should have the Warriors considering the path Boston took to become the powerhouse it is today.

The clock is ticking on Sacramento. Would Houston or Orlando make a play for the point guard? Or will the Spurs form a dynamic duo?

Per Bucks PR, Giannis Antetokounmpo has passed John Stockton (19,711) to move up to No. 52 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.Source: Twitter @eric_nehm What’s the buzz on

Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points to lead the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-104 NBA victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday as the surging Houston Rockets pulled off

Same with the Sacramento Kings, who have been one of the hottest teams in the league since firing Mike Brown. Domantas Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox are having All-Star seasons, but it’s not guaranteed both make it to San Francisco for the All-Star Game on Feb. 16.

We're not quite in barrel-scrapping territory in the East ... but it's pretty close. Out West, things are more competitive.