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Ryan Bawek

Divac: “My Team is a Super Team, Just Young”

Divac: “My Team is a Super Team, Just Young”

The Sacramento Kings were gifted by the NBA gods on lottery night as they moved up from the No. 7 spot to the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. They decided to draft ACC Player of the Year and Duke standout power forward Marvin Bagley with the No. 2 pick of the 2018 [...]

June 22, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Suns, Mavericks Big Winners on Draft Night

Suns, Mavericks Big Winners on Draft Night

While no current NBA star or active player was traded on Thursday night, the NBA Draft still brought with it plenty of fireworks as the top young prospects in the world and NBA teams played a game of musical chairs. There were a few big trades early on and a few surprises (Micheal Porter’s fall [...]

June 22, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Nets Acquire Dwight Howard in Trade With Hornets

Nets Acquire Dwight Howard in Trade With Hornets

There have been two players in NBA history who have made five All-NBA 1st Teams and played for six NBA franchises: Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard. Howard was traded to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday in a deal that sent back Timofey Mozgov and two second round picks for the Charlotte Hornets. So why would [...]

June 21, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

There is a Dark Horse in the Kawhi Leonard Sweepstakes…

There is a Dark Horse in the Kawhi Leonard Sweepstakes…

If you haven’t already heard, the first bomb of the 2018 NBA off season was officially dropped Friday afternoon: Kawhi Leonard wants out of San Antonio. Everyone and their mother (seriously your mom probably is aware of this) is penciling in a super trio of LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on the Lakers [...]

June 18, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Nuggets Still Trying to Trade Kenneth Faried

Nuggets Still Trying to Trade Kenneth Faried

The Nuggets have virtually no cap space or ability to improve their roster this season with their current $106 million payroll already being over the salary cap of about $102 million. That means the Nuggets want to shed some salary, and there is one guy on their roster who has seemingly been on the trade [...]

June 15, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

JJ Barea Wins Citizen Award for Response in Puerto Rico

JJ Barea Wins Citizen Award for Response in Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria caused mass destruction and damage and was catastrophic for Puerto Rico when it made landfall on September 20. The island is still recovering in the aftermath of the storm and one NBA player and native Puerto Rican has done whatever he can to help his people recover from the catastrophe: J.J Barea. Barea [...]

June 14, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Iguodala Pranked Kerr About Leaving for Kings

Iguodala Pranked Kerr About Leaving for Kings

The Golden State Warriors remain on top of the basketball world after another championship triumph in 2017-18. As is customary at this time of year, stories about the champs over the past year are leaking out. One humorous one is Andre Iguodala apparently pranked Steve Kerr by telling him that he was signing with the [...]

June 14, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Magic, Bulls to Match Offer Sheets for Gordon, LaVine

Magic, Bulls to Match Offer Sheets for Gordon, LaVine

NBA free agency is a mere three weeks away and while the sports world focuses on where LeBron James will be suiting up next season, there are a number of talented young restricted free agents that are set to hit the market. Two of those players are Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic and Zach [...]

June 13, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Raptors Promoting Nick Nurse to Be Head Coach

Raptors Promoting Nick Nurse to Be Head Coach

The Raptors decided not to leave their own building to name the new head coach of the franchise. Assistant Coach Nick Nurse was promoted to be the new head coach on Tuesday. Adrian Wojnarowski: It is not often you get to take over the reins for a 59 win team, especially for your first head [...]

June 12, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Celtics Should Trade Irving or Hayward This Summer

Celtics Should Trade Irving or Hayward This Summer

Despite a rash of injuries and not having their two best offensive players for the postseason, the Boston Celtics persevered and were one game away from making the NBA Finals and being the first team to dethrone LeBron James in the eastern conference since Twitter’s infancy. We saw young studs like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen [...]

June 8, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0