Ryan Bawek

Ah yes the NBA off-season, where every player is in the best shape of their life and every player coming off of a down season is looking like they will be better than ever. This is the time when the PR machine gets rocking and teams feel the need to protect their assets and simultaneously [...]

We all assumed it was happening from the moment reports surfaced that the Thunder were going to buyout or trade Carmelo Anthony, Melo will be donning a Rockets uniform this season. Marc Stein of the New York Times: “Carmelo Anthony is planning to sign with the Houston Rockets upon clearing waivers in coming days, according [...]

It is official, Dirk Nowitzki will spend more time playing for the Dallas Mavericks than any player has spent playing with one team in NBA history. Nowitzki will sign a one-year, $5 million contract this season to play his record-breaking 21st season with the Mavericks: This was a foregone conclusion of course, but still pretty [...]

Marcus Smart is one of the most gritty and tough-nosed guards in the NBA. He is a huge part of the Celtics recent success and he is finally being rewarded for it. Smart has reportedly agreed to a four-year, $52 million extension with the Celtics according to Yahoo Sports: This feels like a fair market [...]

It seems as though we get one major blockbuster trade per off-season these days, last year it was the Cavaliers trading Kyrie Irving to the Celtics for a package featuring Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder and what amounted to being Colin Sexton. This year it is an even bigger superstar swap with Kawhi Leonard (along with [...]

The first 24 hours of NBA free agency are one of the most exhilarating phenomenons in all of professional sports. Basketball junkies refresh their hoopshype rumors page about three times a minute to digest all of the meetings, rumors and player movement as it happens. While interest level is high online and the 12:01 am [...]

Let me preface this by saying that Carmelo Anthony is likely a future hall of famer and is one of the best offensive players in the NBA over the past 15 years. With that being said, he has been declining for a few years now and would be an absolutely terrible fit for the Houston [...]

Las Vegas is the center of the basketball world the few first weeks of July every summer as all 30 teams participate in Las Vegas NBA Summer League. It is basically an NBA conference where the whole industry meets, scouts, coaches, personnel players and coaches. It is also the first chance for the prized new [...]

Since being selected No.1 in the 2015 NBA Draft, Karl Anthony-Towns has shown that he is an NBA superstar in the making and every bit the franchise cornerstone for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He has averaged 21.6 points and 11.7 rebounds in three seasons and proven to be the model NBA center of the future as [...]

Now that the dust has settled on “The Decision” volume three and Kawhi Leonard has made it clear to the Spurs organization that he wants to be in Los Angeles, you would think the Spurs and Lakers would be working out a deal for Leonard right? Not so fast… According to ESPN’s Larry Coon, the [...]