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Ryan Bawek

Clippers Decide to Retool Instead of Rebuild. Is it the Right Decision?

Clippers Decide to Retool Instead of Rebuild. Is it the Right Decision?

The Clippers dream of being a true title contender ended on May 14, 2015. That is the day of the Clippers shocking and bizarre meltdown against the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of the 2015 western conference semi-finals. The Clippers were one quarter away from their first ever western conference finals and had a 13 [...]

July 7, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Celtics Trade Avery Bradley to Pistons for Marcus Morris

Celtics Trade Avery Bradley to Pistons for Marcus Morris

The Boston Celtics needed to shed some salary in order to sign Gordon Hayward to the four-year, $128 million contract that he agreed to Tuesday. The rumor for a while was that the Celtics and Jazz would conduct a sign-and-trade for Hayward and Jae Crowder to give some salary back to the Jazz, but those [...]

July 7, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Wizards in No-Win Situation With Otto Porter Jr.

Wizards in No-Win Situation With Otto Porter Jr.

The Wizards are one of four franchises in NBA history to never have paid the luxury tax, that could change this season. Otto Porter Jr. is a promising young combo forward at the age of 24 that entered restricted free agency this off-season and signed a four-year, $106 million max offer sheet with the Brooklyn [...]

July 6, 2017 Anou Enright Blogs, Ryan Bawek 0

Race for Playoffs in Western Conference is Going to Be Insane

Race for Playoffs in Western Conference is Going to Be Insane

The 2017 NBA off-season is in full swing and after Gordon Hayward’s free agency signing with the Boston Celtics, one would assume all of the biggest free agents or trade targets have found their new homes or decided to stay put. The migration of even more talent to the western conference this off-season is stupefying [...]

July 6, 2017 Anou Enright Blogs, Ryan Bawek 0

Pacers Let Emotions Get in the Way of Paul George Trade

Pacers Let Emotions Get in the Way of Paul George Trade

Sometimes life give you lemons, as the old addage goes, it is best to attempt to turn those lemons in lemonade, not haterade or Spite, an imitation citrus soda and the petty knock off of Sprite (that I just made up) as the Pacers have done with the Paul George situation. I get where Indiana [...]

July 3, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Jrue Holiday to Meet with Pelicans First in Free Agency

Jrue Holiday to Meet with Pelicans First in Free Agency

One of the bigger names and better unrestricted free agents on the market this summer is 27-year-old point guard and oft-injured Jrue Holiday. Holiday played 67 games for the Pelicans last year and averaged 15.4 points, 7.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game on 45% shooting from the field and 35% shooting from beyond the [...]

June 30, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Hayward to Meet With Heat, Followed by Jazz & Celtics in Free Agency

Hayward to Meet With Heat, Followed by Jazz & Celtics in Free Agency

There is no doubt, especially with Chris Paul now off the market (he was never really on it I guess) and a member of the Houston Rockets, that Gordon Hayward is the grand prize in NBA free agency 2017. Hayward is 27 and coming off a career year where he set a new career-high in [...]

June 29, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Danilo Gallanari Says Nuggets Aren’t 1st Choice in Free Agency

Danilo Gallanari Says Nuggets Aren’t 1st Choice in Free Agency

Danilo Gallinari has always been known to not be the most buttoned up with his comments to the media. He’s also had a tendency to be refreshingly honest throughout his career. That was the case Tuesday morning as Gallanari basically said returning to the Nuggets isn’t at the top of his list in free agency, [...]

June 27, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Dirk Hopes To Play A Couple More Years

Dirk Hopes To Play A Couple More Years

It appears the tune has changed for future first ballot hall of famer and greatest European basketball player of all-time Dirk Nowitzki. At one point last season when he was dealing with an Achilles issue he though that the 2016-17 season could be it for him, now he intends to sign a new two-year contract [...]

June 27, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

LeBron Says Allen Iverson “Was a God”

LeBron Says Allen Iverson “Was a God”

There has been a lot of Allen Iverson chatter in recent days (don’t we all miss A.I. in our lives?) with the debut of the BIG3 league and Iverson’s first public appearance on a basketball court in about six years. As such, numerous players have shared their affinity for Iverson as a role model and [...]

June 27, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0