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 top and bottom of the Eastern Conference will meet Friday night, as the 21-4 Cleveland Cavaliers will face the 3-19 Washington Wizards. This year, Washington’s opponents would be a historically good team; the Wizards are being outscored by 15.4 points per 100 possessions, two points worse than the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record 13.4 net […]
December 13, 2024
Quietly, the Memphis Grizzlies are the hottest team in the league, and point guard Ja Morant has somehow taken a step back away from the spotlight, if it’s even possible for him. After the first five years of his promising career were marred by injury and off-the-court controversy, Morant has settled down and is reminding […]
December 13, 2024
It’s safe to say that this season hasn’t quite gone to plan for either the Philadelphia 76ers, who signed free agency’s biggest target in wing Paul George, or the Indiana Pacers, who made the Eastern Conference Finals just last year. Philadelphia — which has only seen Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and George suit up together […]
December 13, 2024
Welcome back, Kevin Durant! The 2013-14 MVP looks set to make his return from a left ankle sprain tonight in a 9:30 p.m. ET matchup against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. Durant has been once again injury-riddled, an unfortunate theme in the latter half of his Hall of Fame career. Unsurprisingly, he’s been […]
December 13, 2024
Week 15 is upon us, and the San Francisco 49ers are fighting for their playoff lives. Thursday Night Football’s divisional clash between the 49ers and Los Angeles Rams could effectively knock last year’s NFC champions out of the playoff picture. San Francisco is two games behind the Seattle Seahawks for the division lead and one […]
December 12, 2024
The Boston Celtics (19-5) are off to the best start of any defending champion since the 24-0 Golden State Warriors in 2015-16. They’ll have a good shot to be the NBA’s second team to hit the 20-win mark as they welcome the Detroit Pistons to TD Garden at 7:30 p.m. ET. With power forward Jayson […]
December 12, 2024
After a two-day midseason break to let the knockout stages of the Emirates NBA Cup take center stage, regular season NBA action ramps back up tonight with a three-game slate, featuring two battles in the East and one in the West. In the West, the Sacramento Kings will travel to New Orleans to battle the […]
December 12, 2024
Thursday brings just a three-game slate of basketball, as the focus this week has been on the knockout stages of the Emirates NBA Cup. Although none of the games — Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics and Sacramento Kings at New Orleans Pelicans — appears particularly competitive on the surface, anything […]
December 12, 2024
If there was one thing that Las Vegas Raiders fans — and fantasy owners of rookie tight end Brock Bowers — didn’t want, it was another quarterback injury. But here we are. Two weeks after starting signal-caller Gardner Minshew II went down with a season-ending broken collarbone, his backup, Aidan O’Connell, was carted off with […]
December 12, 2024
If the upstart Houston Rockets hope to become the second team to lift the Emirates NBA Cup trophy, they must be flawless from here on out. The knockout stages of the competition are here, and the Rockets will tip off their campaign with a quarterfinal matchup at home against the Golden State Warriors at 7:30 […]
December 11, 2024
LA Clippers point guard James Harden was a surprise scratch in the team’s loss to the Houston Rockets on December 8 with right groin soreness, but it appears that the layoff caused by the Clippers’ group stage elimination from the Emirates NBA Cup will benefit him. The 2017-18 MVP is expected to play on Friday […]
December 11, 2024