Griffin Wong has been a content writer at DK Network since November 2024. Prior to that, he was the former sports editor for the Harvard Crimson, where he covered the football team for two years and earned four Story of the Year nominations from the Associated College Press. A lifelong Lakers and Dodgers fan, Griffin’s favorite athlete of all time is Kobe Bryant. When he’s not writing, Griffin is usually skiing, running, golfing, or playing basketball — badly.
The 2024-25 Orlando Magic were the worst three-point shooting team since the 2015-16 Los Angeles Lakers, making just 31.8% of their attempts from deep this past season. That figure dipped to just 26.3% during their first-round series against the Boston Celtics. Orlando badly needed to rectify its shooting woes entering the 2025-26 season, so it […]
July 7, 2025
Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers won 64 games to top the Eastern Conference standings in year three of the Darius Garland-Donovan Mitchell-Evan Mobley-Jarrett Allen core, as Mobley won Defensive Player of the Year, Kenny Atkinson earned Coach of the Year, and Mitchell was named to his first-ever All-NBA First Team. However, the Cavaliers came out […]
July 7, 2025
The LA Clippers made one of the more intriguing moves of the NBA offseason this morning, dealing Norman Powell to the Miami Heat and acquiring John Collins from the Utah Jazz. It will sting for LA to move on from Powell, who averaged a career-high 21.8 points and surely would’ve received some Most Improved Player […]
July 7, 2025
Between their move to Salt Lake City in 1979 and the 2024-25 season, the Utah Jazz had never lost more than 60 games in a season, the only team in the NBA to accomplish such a feat. They are also one of just six NBA teams never to have picked first overall. Their reward for […]
July 7, 2025
As a Los Angeles Dodgers fan, it’s my favorite day of the week, especially after coming off a sweep at the hands of the Houston Astros: Yoshinobu Yamamoto ($10,500) day! The Japanese star was named to his first All-Star team yesterday — undoubtedly the first of many. Any time he pitches, he’s a must-start, especially […]
July 7, 2025
Kevin Durant is a Houston Rocket. I repeat: Kevin Durant is a Houston Rocket. Unsurprisingly, adding a six-foot-10 sniper tends to increase teams’ win totals and championship probabilities, so it’s no surprise that the Rockets have an over-under of 54.5 wins at DraftKings Sportsbook, the second-highest in the Western Conference and the third-highest in the […]
July 7, 2025
Griffin Wong previews tonight's CONCACAF Gold Cup final between Mexico and the United States.
July 6, 2025
Part of the appeal of the 32-team FIFA Club World Cup is the prospect of getting matches that deserve to be finals several rounds earlier. This quarterfinal clash between French and European champions Paris Saint-Germain and German giants Bayern Münich certainly qualifies. Only one of these two teams can advance to Wednesday’s semifinal, where they’ll […]
July 5, 2025
It’s been eight years, three World Series appearances, and two titles, and I’m still not sure Los Angeles Dodgers fans have gotten over the 2017 World Series. Every time the Dodgers suit up against the Houston Astros, the animosity is palpable. And it should be — genuine rivalries are good for baseball. In the opening […]
July 4, 2025
Independence Day is a good time to celebrate the American national pastime, head out to the ballpark, and chow down on some hot dogs and Cracker Jack. DraftKings is celebrating July 4th too, as today’s featured DFS contest includes a $17.76 entry fee and $150,000 worth of prizes. Since it’s an eight-game slate, I’m going […]
July 4, 2025
It’s fitting that all but one of the games today on the early afternoon slate for Independence Day features a team wearing red, white, and blue. For the 4:10 p.m. game, that’s the Minnesota Twins, will host the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays will be starting Zack Littell, while the Twins are opting for Chris […]
July 4, 2025