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2018 Lottery Class Rookie/ Career Predictions

2018 Lottery Class Rookie/ Career Predictions

We are about a month out from the 2018 NBA Draft class making their NBA debuts after being highly touted prep, collegiate and international players. Soon we will start to see who some of the stars of tomorrow may be. Who from this class will have the best rookie season and who will have the [...]

September 17, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Isaiah Thomas Says He is the Best PG in the League

Isaiah Thomas Says He is the Best PG in the League

It wasn’t that long ago that Isaiah Thomas was averaging 30 points per game for the top-seeded Celtics in the eastern conference and was an All-NBA performer. Since then he has played for two other teams and will suit up for his third with the Denver Nuggets this season after signing a one-year, minimum contract. [...]

September 14, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Kobe Bryant Thinks Rajon Rondo Can Help Lonzo Ball

Kobe Bryant Thinks Rajon Rondo Can Help Lonzo Ball

Kobe Bryant is not worried about how Rajon Rondo and Lonzo Ball will work together. During an appearance on  “The Rich Eisen Show,” the Los Angeles Lakers legend talked about how he believes the veteran floor general can help the 2017 second-overall pick (from Lakers Nation’s Dan Duangdao):   “I think there’s a lot to be learned from. [...]

September 14, 2018 admin Blogs 0

Jamal Crawford Has Drawn Interest from Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers

Jamal Crawford Has Drawn Interest from Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers

Despite being unsigned as the NBA gears up for the opening of training camps, Jamal Crawford remains a wanted man. During an appearance on The Jump, ESPN.com’s Marc J. Spears that, in addition to the Golden State Warriors, the soon-to-be 19-year-old veteran is drawing interest from the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers (via Clutch Points’ [...]

September 14, 2018 admin Blogs 0

Gordon Hayward Declares Himself 100% Healthy

Gordon Hayward Declares Himself 100% Healthy

Signs have been pointing to Gordon Hayward being 100% physically healed and ready to return from his severe lower leg injury that he suffered on opening night last season. Now you can see Hayward say so himself. While he physically may be fine, timing and touch wise it will take a little while into the [...]

September 14, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Westbrook Undergoes Arthroscopic Knee Surgery, Out At Least Four Weeks

Westbrook Undergoes Arthroscopic Knee Surgery, Out At Least Four Weeks

Russell Westbrook will miss the entire preseason and likely the first few games of the regular season after undergoing an arthroscopic knee surgery on Wednesday. While not a huge issue in reality as missing a couple games to start the season shouldn’t greatly affect the Thunder’s season, any time a star player starts to need [...]

September 13, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Dirk Says Doncic is Better Than Him at the Age of 19

Dirk Says Doncic is Better Than Him at the Age of 19

Luka Doncic comes into the NBA with more hype than any other European ever has entering the league and is as accomplished as any European player entering the NBA as a reigning EuroLeague MVP at age 19 He also just happens to be starting his career as teammates with the great European basketball player in [...]

September 13, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

The Greek Freak Will Win MVP This Season

The Greek Freak Will Win MVP This Season

After what has been yet another wild and NBA landscape altering off-season (aren’t they all these days?) with LeBron James taking his talents to Hollywood, Kawhi Leonard and DeMar DeRozan swapping area codes, and DeMarcus Cousins giving the Warriors a starting lineup of five former all-stars, the race for the league’s most coveted individual honor [...]

September 13, 2018 Anou Enright Blogs 0

The Pistons Have the Worst Cap Situation Entering 2018-19 Season

The Pistons Have the Worst Cap Situation Entering 2018-19 Season

Most NBA executives and those involved in the game will agree that the worst position to be in as a franchise is a middle of the road team over the salary cap and a roster filled with veterans. That is the NBA version of purgatory hypothetically. The one NBA franchise that exemplifies this situation the [...]

September 13, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

T’Wolves Working Out Monta Ellis

T’Wolves Working Out Monta Ellis

There was once a time when Monta Ellis was seen as being one of the featured options of an NBA offense and averaged 25.5 points per game for the Warriors in the 2009-10 season. He found himself out of the league by the age of 31 last season, unable to catch on with a team [...]

September 12, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0