The Oklahoma City Thunder are a young team that doesn’t have much championship pedigree. But that has changed with the team signing former Lakers point guard Derek Fisher – he of the five championship rings – to a contract for the rest of the season. Fisher signed with the Thunder for the remainder of the season Wednesday, not quite a

Big game for Eastern Conference playoff implications on Thursday night as Boston visits Milwaukee, with the Bucks as slight favorites on WagerWeb.com. Milwaukee enters the game on a six-game winning streak but still a game behind the New York Knicks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East. The Bucks were very impressive on Tuesday night in crushing

The Los Angeles Lakers, off terrible losses at Detroit and Washington earlier this week, visit their usual punching bag on Friday night when the visit a Minnesota team that the Lakers have beaten 17 straight times. L.A. is just a 1-point NBA basketball bets favorite for this one at WagerWeb.com. Somehow, L.A. blew a 21-point second-half lead on Wednesday to

The Toronto Raptors open the second half of their season on Tuesday night but once again the Raps will be without star Andrea Bargnani as they look for the upset. Place your NBA basketball bets at WagerWeb.com. Bargnani, the team’s leading scorer, said his calf was feeling a bit better and that he was done with his swimming rehabilitation and

When the Golden State Warriors begin the second half of their season Tuesday night in Indiana, it’s questionable whether star guard Stephen Curry will be on the floor. The oft-injured Curry has a sprained deltoid ligament in his right foot, according to results from an MRI exam. “I’m hopeful I can play Tuesday,” Curry said. “It feels better. Rehab is

With the NBA’s second half set to tip off on Tuesday night, expect all those Dwight Howard trade rumors to resurface – in fact, there’s one already out there: Orlando has agreed to ship Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers. However, Magic CEO Alex Martins is denying a rumor that the team has reached a deal with the Lakers to

It’s arguably the toughest ticket in Miami since the Big 3 merged forces in South Florida as the New York Knicks and Jeremy Lin visit for the first time, with the Heat opening as 9-point NBA basketball bets favorites on WagerWeb.com. The Knicks have visited the Heat once this year, losing 99-89 on Jan. 27. LeBron James and Dwayne Wade

Jeremy Lin raised a respectable amount of money for charity after auctioning off his shirt. The jersey Jeremy Lin wore while scoring 38 points against Kobe Bryan’s Los Angeles Lakers has been auctioned off online—for $42,388, USA Today reports. The money from the Knicks jersey, worn Feb. 10, will go to the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a charity linked to

New York Knicks rookie guard Iman Shumpert will not compete in the Slam Dunk Contest this weekend at the All-Star Game in Orlando because of left patella tendonitis in his knee. The injury caused Shumpert, who was the WagerWeb.com NBA dunk contest bets favorite for the event, to sit out Tuesday’s game vs. the Nets and Wednesday night’s home game

A busy Presidents’ Day NBA schedule concludes on Monday night with the second game of a TNT doubleheader: Portland at the Los Angeles Lakers, with L.A. a solid NBA basketball bets favorite on WagerWeb.com. Portland (17-15) is looking for its first back-to-back wins since Jan. 23-24. The Blazers beat visiting Atlanta 97-77 on Saturday. Guard Raymond Felton had 14 points