Ryan Bawek

According to an article from Basketball Insiders Reporter Steve Kyler, there have been some exploratory trade discussions between the Raptors and Magic about big man Serge Ibaka. Kyler says that the Magic, who are easily the most active team on the trade market at the moment, discussing deals for players such as Ibaka, Nikola Vucevic, [...]

Before Kobe Bryant was a legend on the NBA court and a five-time NBA champion, he was a legend in the rich history that is the Philadelphia high school basketball scene. Kobe averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocks per game as a senior at Lower Merion High School in [...]

ESPN Reporter Kevin Arnovitz wrote a really interesting piece Friday that pondered the strenuous and unsuccessful relationship between the Sacramento Kings and DeMarcus Cousins and wondered whether DeMarcus Cousins has been the Kings undoing or if the Kings dysfunctional organization has been Cousins downfall in his career thus far. The article breaks down numerous situations [...]

According to a story from Kurt Badenhausen on Forbes from last week, the Cavaliers were $40 million in the red for the 2015-16 season, a season in which they won the NBA title. Here is an excerpt from the story: Gilbert’s massive commitment to spend whatever’s necessary to win a title led to a loss [...]

Well now that we are in February, you can fully expect the trade chatter that has been constant since mid-December to actually come to life as teams try to improve their roster or give themselves more financial flexibility for whatever path they are headed toward. One domino fell and came out of left field, as [...]

If you were to poll 10 casual NBA observers, the type that pay some level of attention during the regular season but don’t really get engaged with the product until the playoffs roll around, who do you think they would say the hottest team in the NBA is right now? You would most likely get [...]

Even though their super partnership ended two and half years ago when LeBron decided to end his stay in Miami and return home to Cleveland, LeBron’s former partner in crime, Dwyane Wade, has come to his aid again, this time in support of his explosive comments about Charles Barkley. As we all know by now, [...]

It is no secret that the Cavaliers are in dire need of a back up point guard or ball handler with some more experience and ability to run the show when LeBron James and Kyrie Irving aren’t in the game. Although we have run the gamut of potential trade targets the Cavaliers could or already [...]

It hasn’t been too difficult to notice LeBron James’ frustration levels rising rapidly over the past few weeks as he has officially endured his first losing month in years. LeBron has made numerous public comments about needing a third play maker and needing more help on his roster in order to be able to compete [...]

One of the first actions of newly elected President Donald Trump in his first week of office was an executive order (which means a decision that directly bypasses congress and the democratic process) to institute an immigration ban on seven countries in Africa and the Middle East: Iran Iraq Libya Somalia Sudan Syria Yemen Why [...]