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
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
A majority of people seem to believe the Toronto Raptors have an extremely slim chance of keeping Kawhi Leonard beyond this season. Count Danny Green among the exceptions. Talking on the latest episode of his Inside the Green Room podcast, Green intimated that his teammate of the past seven years will probably have a tough time leaving [...]
September 12, 2018
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More than a few people are perplexed by the Houston Rockets’ offseason. General manager Daryl Morey isn’t one of them. Obviously. The prevailing belief is the Rockets, who came within one victory of taking down the Golden State Warriors, got worse. They lost Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute. They signed Carmelo Anthony, Michael [...]
September 12, 2018
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Native American themed mascots, logos and team names are pervasive all over the professional and collegiate sports scene, but rarely do they truly pay homage. The alternate uniforms that the Thunder unveiled on Monday do seem to be the rare instance where the culture is being honored and not parodied or done in a disrespectful [...]
September 11, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Tom Thibodeau is basically Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite at this point. Trying to rekindle the golden days he had as the coach of the Chicago Bulls by signing and giving a role to any one of the major pieces of that era of Bulls basketball that he can get his hands on. Much like [...]
September 11, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Phoenix Suns added a lot of talent this off-season and a solid veteran wing player in Trevor Ariza in free agency, but they still have one massive need though, a point guard. The current list of point guards on the Suns roster is Elie Okobo, Shaq Harrison, Isaiah Canaan and DeAnthony Melton…yikes. The Suns [...]
September 10, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Restricted free agency has not been quite to many young players in recent years. After entering this past season as a guy who many thought could garner $10 million or more per year from the Jazz or elsewhere and then struggling with the Jazz before being traded to the Cavaliers and struggling to find a [...]
September 10, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Basketball never sleeps, which unfortunately means injuries don’t either. As first reported by 98.7 FM Arizona’s John Gambadoro, Devin Booker needs to have surgery to repair an injured right hand and will be out indefinitely (via 98.7 FM Arizona’s Kellan Olson): Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker will undergo hand surgery on Monday and is [...]
September 10, 2018
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Kevin Garnett has made a good living from the game of basketball, according to Business Insider. At the moment Garnett has more career earnings at $326 million than any other player in NBA history. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that he has seen all $326 million of those earnings, as $77 million was allegedly stolen from [...]
September 10, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek