Ryan Bawek

After the major blockbuster trade went down between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics this summer, in which the Celtics dealt their fan favorite and All-NBA point guard Isaiah Thomas before having to sign him to a huge contract next summer, there was understandably a rift between Thomas, Danny Ainge and the Celtics front office. [...]

With the departure of Carmelo Anthony this off-season, the New York Knicks officially became Kristaps Porzingis’s team. Porzingis has handled that pressure well, posting a career-high in points per game at 23.8 and keeping the Knicks on the edge of the playoff picture at 18-20. Dealing with being “the guy” and recurring elbow and ankle [...]

More and more keeps trickling out about the most controversial off-season in quite some time in which a team that was coming off an NBA Finals appearance and a year removed from an NBA title, traded their 25-year-old star point guard and dealt with rumors all summer that the best player in the league would [...]

ESPN’s veteran reporter Jackie MacMullen unveiled a long form piece on Wednesday about Kyrie Irving’s journey as a player thus far in his NBA career, his controversial exit in Cleveland and his motivations and goals in Boston. As you can guess the most interesting and topical portion of the piece (especially with the Cavaliers and [...]

The struggling Lakers will be receiving some reinforcements quickly. In what will be a pleasant surprise for Lakers fans, the greatest player in NBA history, Lonzo Ball (sorry LaVar typed that for me) and starting center Brook Lopez have been cleared to return to practice. You can say what you want about Ball, but it [...]

As we have become accustomed to for more than a decade now, the Sacramento Kings are not very good. Despite having three 1st round picks in 2017 and signing numerous veterans, George Hill, Zach Randolph and Vince Carter, the Kings are still sitting at 12-25 and are last in the NBA in offensive and defensive [...]

Isaiah Thomas looked like he didn’t miss a beat in his return to the court on Tuesday night and his debut as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He looked like he had his quickness and touch and was definitely not lacking any confidence or agressiveness as Thomas scored 17 points points on 6-for-12 shooting [...]

Gregg Popovich’s run as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs has been as great as any run a coach has had with any professional sports team ever. He has been with the team in a front office capacity since 1994 and took over as head coach 18 games into the 1996-97 season. He has [...]

It has been a rough few years for Jahlil Okafor after an impressive rookie season for the 76ers in which he averaged 17 points and seven rebounds per game. The No. 3 pick of the 2015 NBA Draft was left in basketball purgatory in Philadelphia for a few seasons before finally being given a fresh [...]

Rejoice Cavaliers and NBA fans, Isaiah Thomas is ready to go and will make his official Cavaliers debut against the Blazers on Tuesday night. Thomas was acquired in the blockbuster Kyrie Irving trade late in the 2017 NBA off-season and is seen as a guy the organization hopes can fill most of Irving’ previous role [...]