Ryan Bawek

We are about three weeks into free agency and almost all big names are off the board and only one real big trade piece (that everyone is aware of) in Carmelo Anthony is still on the market. That got me thinking about the casualties of the 2017 free agency period from a player perspective and [...]

Many assumed when the Mavericks acquired Nerlens Noel in a trade before the 2017 NBA trade deadline that a quick and easy long-term extension was a mere formality as the Mavericks would pay big money to lock up their center of the future. That has not been the case. We are almost three weeks into [...]

Always at the forefront of technology and new ideas, the NBA is at it again. In addition to unveiling jersey patches for the 2017-18 season, the new partnership with Nike to create NBA team uniforms moving forward has come with another first, no more designated home and road uniforms. Nike is creating four “editions” of [...]

While many thought the hall of fame caliber (you can debate it but he will be inducted) career of Manu Ginobili came to an end in Game 4 of the western conference finals in May when Gregg Popovich paid his respects to Ginobili by starting him and the whole arena had the feel of a [...]

All basketball fans are aware that the 2004 Summer Olympic Games are the black mark on an otherwise perfect resume for Team USA Basketball since professional athletes were allowed to play in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. The 2004 team was a train wreck from the beginning, a classic Greek tragedy if you [...]

There have been numerous reports over the past few weeks that the Milwaukee Bucks and Derrick Rose have met once in free agency and are trying to schedule another meeting due to mutual interest with one another. The Bucks currently are siting at $1.6 million over the salary cap and can currently only offer $4.4 [...]

The Houston Rockets are all in on doing one thing this summer: build a team to challenge the Golden State Warriors. The Rockets, somewhat surprisingly, were a mid 50 win team last season behind James Harden’s historic season and incredible success at point guard. It was clear in the postseason that they didn’t have enough [...]

We have arrived at mid-July in the 2017 NBA off-season and with all of the big names off of the free agency board and only one real star caliber player on the trade market (or not apparently? Who knows), it is a good time to analyze the state of affairs of all 30 NBA teams [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans added a little play making, veteran presence and let’s be honest, ornery-ness to their roster for the 2017-18 season by signing Rajon Rondo to a one-year deal. Rondo averaged 7.8 points, 6.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds for the Bulls last season and got them to a surprising 2-0 lead against the [...]

One of the biggest goals of the NBA and the NFL over the past five to ten years especially, is to become more of an international league and product. The NBA has had games in London and Mexico City and preseason games in China and Brazil for the past few years and the NFL has [...]