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.
February, now, has come and gone, and after March passes, the NBA playoffs will begin in April. The league will conclude the season’s penultimate full month with an exciting 10-game slate, including nationally televised matchups between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference and the two in Los Angeles. With more than half the […]
February 28, 2025
Effectively, the New York Knicks were knocked out of last season’s playoffs in the second round because of their lackluster depth. This season, it’s been more of the same story; despite a 37-20 record — good for third in the Eastern Conference — New York has struggled whenever its elite starting five isn’t in the […]
February 27, 2025
The 2025 NFL Draft is approaching and Tetairoa McMillan is one of the top prospects on the board. This is a breakdown of how McMillan profiles for the NFL and where he could potentially land. Tetairoa McMillan NFL Draft Profile Physical Traits/College Film McMillan, who goes by Tet, is a six-foot-five, 210-pound wide receiver from […]
February 27, 2025
The Luka Dončić revenge game on Tuesday was one of the most special and successful moments for the Los Angeles Lakers, in all facets. Dončić scored 19 points and added 15 rebounds and 12 assists, his first triple-double in Los Angeles. And in the fourth quarter, it was LeBron James’ time to shine. The greatest […]
February 27, 2025
Griffin Wong offers his top picks on DraftKings Sportsbook for Thursday’s five-game NBA slate.
February 27, 2025
The Philadelphia 76ers are pulling off an expertly-executed tank. Joel Embiid appears to be done for the time being, if not the season, as doctors scramble to figure out how to limit swelling in his knee. Other key contributors — Eric Gordon, Kyle Lowry, and Guerschon Yabusele — will also miss tonight’s game. Philadelphia has […]
February 26, 2025
Just two weeks remain until THE PLAYERS Championship — the PGA TOUR’s flagship event and arguably its “fifth major” — and The Masters Tournament is only six weeks away. The PGA TOUR season’s California swing has concluded, and now the Florida swing will begin. The four Florida tournaments will tee off tomorrow, as The Cognizant […]
February 26, 2025
The Sacramento Kings are going to make the Play-In Tournament — they’re 2.5 games ahead of the reeling Phoenix Suns and 4.5 games ahead of the Portland Trail Blazers — but what’s their ceiling beyond that? Sacramento is 4-4 since adding Zach LaVine in the De’Aaron Fox deal, and has a negative-0.1 net rating in […]
February 26, 2025
Winning two straight NBA championships would be an anomaly — no team has done so since the 2017-19 Golden State Warriors — so Jayson Tatum, who somehow earned the nickname earlier this season, might have a chance to make history in June. Tatum’s Boston Celtics will travel to face the red-hot Detroit Pistons in a […]
February 26, 2025
The highlight of last night was the Luka Dončić revenge game, and he did not disappoint; although he shot the ball inefficiently, he finished with a 19-point, 15-rebound, 12-assist triple-double, becoming the third player in NBA history to record a triple-double against all 30 NBA franchises. There’s no Luka on tonight’s nine-game slate, but there […]
February 26, 2025
De’Aaron Fox joined the San Antonio Spurs not to be a number one option, but to be the best running mate that Victor Wembanyama could’ve asked for in his second season in the NBA. But the seven-foot-three Frenchman went down with a blood clot in his shoulder that will cause him to miss the rest […]
February 25, 2025