The Minnesota Timberwolves are locked in a heated battle to the finish line for the eight teams trying to make the NBA Playoffs and position themselves, those teams obviously not named the Houston Rockets or Golden State Warriors. They are currently sitting in the No. 8 spot at 40-31, only 1.5 games ahead of the [...]
March 19, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Tyronn Lue left during the Cavaliers victory over the Bulls in Chicago on Saturday night and has missed time here and there over the last few weeks due to illness. Apparently that health issue is more serious than was previously thought as Lue is taking a medical leave of absence according to Adrian Wojnarowski of [...]
March 19, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Things are about as ugly in Memphis as they have ever been for the Grizzlies franchise. They have $54 million in salary for this season and their two highest paid players are out with injuries, as they have been for the majority of the season, they also have one remaining survivor of the Grit and [...]
March 16, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Things went south for the Phoenix Suns season long ago (or have they? Lottery balls..) and they found themselves in a similar position on Thursday night in Utah being down big late in the game. This time they let their frustration get the best of them and they took it out on Jazz point guard [...]
March 16, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Clyde the Glide Drexler has been named the new commissioner of the Big3 as it heads into its second season this summer. Drexler served as a coach in the league last season (is that even necessary?) and has now signed a three-year deal to be commissioner. He replaces fellow former NBA player Roger Mason Jr., [...]
March 16, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The eastern conference appears to be more wide open than it has been in a long time this season. The Celtics are dealing with injury issues and have not looked like the team that came out of the gate hot over the last few months, the Raptors are playing the best basketball in the history [...]
March 15, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Cavaliers are meandering along around .500 at this point, trading wins with bad teams and loses with decent teams as they maintain their status in the middle of the eastern conference playoff standings at 38-28. LeBron James is feeling out his new teammates and doing so while continuing to seemingly reach new heights as [...]
March 15, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
As if there wasn’t enough widespread change across the NBA this season with the league’s transition to Nike as the major apparel sponsor, a few teams are going to mix up their look for the 2018-19 season. One of these changes is extremely minor and honestly to my untrained eye looks pretty identical, the Grizzlies [...]
March 6, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Los Angeles Lakers have been on a roll. They have gone 17-9 in their past 26 games and have a top 10 offense and defense in that time. They are quietly giving a glimpse into what the future can be with their core of Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma with a little [...]
March 6, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
With the way the current system is set up, if you are a team that is hovering in the middle of the NBA hierarchy and don’t have a transcendent star to become a contender, the best course of action is usually to blow up your roster and start to rebuild. In order to do that [...]
March 6, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek