Daanyal Saeed

The NBA is always searching for new ground to mine its gold from. They’re always looking for new markets. League marketing efforts behind players like Yao Ming or Jeremy Lin, without wanting to reduce their talent, were in part motivated by an attempt to start marketing the game and finding players out of China. And [...]

Kobe Bryant says a lot of things – being a Tinseltown basketball personality, they tend to. And recently, there’s been a lot of talk about the Mamba’s future, at 37. Kobe’s been nothing but a detractor for the Lakers this year, and it pains me to say that, given that I wear the number 24 [...]

“Back to back like I’m Jordan, 96-97” – Drake’s lyrics embody the positive vibe around the Warriors camp at the moment. It goes without saying that these Warriors are good. They’re damn good. In a conversation with a mate of mine recently, I did say that it’s not a big call anymore to predict a [...]

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Oklahoma City have a penchant for unearthing talent. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden were all drafted by the organisation, and if it weren’t for a complete trade debacle, the Thunder would absolutely have the best big three in the league, by a long, long way. The Thunder front office has compiled a very [...]

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Knicks supporters have a history of placing too much faith in the teams produced by James Dolan, and for the most part, that faith has been misplaced. New York has posted 3 winning seasons in the past 14 years, and it’s often been blamed on James Dolan’s increased role in management. They’ve made poor moves. [...]

Otto Porter is ready to break out in 2015-16. He was taken 3rd in a disappointing 2013 draft, headlined by the biggest bust in recent history, Anthony Bennett. Coming off a season where he averaged 6 points a game, and 3 boards, a lot of you will be looking at this going “WHAT??” But let’s [...]

As yet another NBA season shapes up, and the fanbases of 30 cities hold their breaths to find out how their teams will fare this year, the predicament of those in sunny Sacramento is an interesting one. The franchise is steeped in mediocrity in terms of performance on the court, and has a history of [...]