There have been rumblings for months that the NBA would pull the 2017 All-Star Game and festivities out of Charlotte if North Carolina legislators don’t change their recently enacted laws that discriminate against the LGBT community. According to The Vertical Reporter and Editor Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA made good on their word and has decided [...]
July 21, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek
Jeremy Lin has been going through somewhat of a mid-career crisis, as once a subdued Harvard graduate with a short and clean cut haircut in the his early NBA days and during the great Lin-sanity of 2012, Lin has cycled through a number of crazy hairstyles in the past year or so. Now it appears [...]
July 21, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Offbeat, Ryan Bawek
According to ESPN Reporter Marc Stein, the Phoenix Suns have announced that they will host a pair of regular season games in Mexico City in January. This will be the second year in a row that the NBA is hosting a regular season game in Mexico City as the Sacramento Kings and the Boston Celtics [...]
July 20, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Spanish news outlets reported that star center Marc Gasol will not be ready to play for the Spanish National Team in the Rio Olympics. Gasol has been recovering from a broken foot suffered in February, it was unlikely that he was going to be ready to go to the games but the national team still [...]
July 20, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Andre Iguodala made a pretty interesting observation on Thursday about the NBA pecking order during the 2016 NBA Playoffs. As we all know the Warriors lost in 7 games in the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers and defeated his new teammate Kevin Durant’s Oklahoma City Thunder in 7 games in the western conference finals. [...]
July 15, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
There is no denying the fact that James Harden is a superstar. He has averaged 27-6-5 in four seasons since joining the Rockets and has undoubtedly been the NBA’s best shooting guard (at least offensively) since joining the Rockets and being given the keys to the franchise. His unique ability to utilize his strong frame [...]
July 15, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Adam Silver had a sort of “State of the League” address at the NBA Summer League and among the many topics that were discussed were the rising prevalence of “Super Teams.” The most recent example of course being Kevin Durant joining the 73-win Golden State Warriors this offseason. Silver did not hold back his opinion [...]
July 14, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Let’s go back 13 years, the Spurs had just one won their second NBA title in five years. Tim Duncan was entering his prime and was the best player in the world and the Spurs, despite winning the NBA title over the New Jersey Nets in the 2003 NBA Finals, were unsure if they could [...]
July 13, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
According to ESPN Reporter Zach Lowe, the Bulls have officially taken Jimmy Butler off the trade market and are no longer listening to offers from the Timberwolves and the Celtics. Butler seems to be an odd fit for the Bulls with their odd back court of Wade and Rondo. Their best three point shooter by [...]
July 12, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
July 11, 2016 is a day that will forever be significant in NBA history. It is when one of the greatest players in the history of the game officially decided to hang them up and end his 19 year NBA career. Tim Duncan is as synonymous with the Spurs as any player with any professional [...]
July 12, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek