Joe Wolfond

1 week ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

March and early April can be a dreary portion of the NBA calendar, but it can also be a time that's ripe for experimentation. Every so often, a team stumbles onto something that can have bigger implications for the spring. This year, that something may be the Houston Rockets' gargantuan frontcourt tandem of Steven Adams and Alperen Sengun.

1 week ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

When basketball insider Jon Rothstein officially christens the flipping of the basketball calendar on the first day of March every year, it means different things to two subsets of the sport. The most wonderful time of the year in college hoops coincides with the doggiest dog days of the NBA calendar. In the NBA in March and April, the worst teams are tanking, the best teams are coasting or resting, and every kind of team is simply depleted by injuries.

2 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

It's been a foregone conclusion for weeks, if not months, that the NBA MVP award will go to one of two players. With 10 days left in the 2024-25 season, there's only one thing left to determine in one of the most compelling award races we've seen in ages: Will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Nikola Jokic lift the Michael Jordan Trophy? The purpose of this piece isn't to make a case for one over the other, it's to unpack the historic seasons both are having and let readers draw their own conclusions.

3 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

You'd be forgiven for not being locked in on the Eastern Conference play-in race right now. Four sub-.500 teams are jockeying for two spots that offer the privilege of being first-round fodder for the Cavaliers and Celtics. You also wouldn't be judged for checking out of the Spurs' season after Victor Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox were shut down.

4 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

The Milwaukee Bucks announced Tuesday that Damian Lillard will be out indefinitely to treat deep vein thrombosis in his right calf. He's the second All-Star this season to be sidelined due to a blood clot after San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama was shut down in February when the same issue was discovered in his right shoulder. Because this can be a career- and even life-threatening condition, concern should first and foremost center on Lillard himself.