Ryan Bawek

It was announced by the NBA Friday morning that third-year Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum has been named the NBA Most Improved Player for the 2015-16 season. McCollum basically tripled his output from the previous season in 20 more minutes per game, averaging 20.8 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 35 minutes [...]

Through two games in the Miami Heat’s first round series with the Charlotte Hornets they are averaging 119 points per game, shooting 57.8 percent from the field and 52.9 percent from the three point range. Although those numbers are a bit of an aberration and can’t be maintained over a larger sample size, it should [...]

News came down Thursday afternoon that the Washington Wizards have officially hired their top candidate to fill their head coaching vacancy, Scott Brooks. Brooks signed a five-year, $35 million contract with the Wizards. Scott Brooks was 338-207 in 7 seasons coaching the Oklahoma City Thunder, including three trips to the western conference finals and a [...]

Stanley Johnson made it his goal leading up to and during Game 2 to poke the proverbial bear that is LeBron James. All it has led to thus far is an angry and more amped up LeBron. King James visibly roared after dunking on Reggie Bullock in Game 2 and made a point to give [...]

We have been hearing rumors for months that the Timberwolves were honing in on their number one target to become the new coach of their franchise: Tom Thibodeau. In recent weeks it had been reported that Thibs also wanted some control over the front office and team in addition to leading the T’Wolves on the [...]

The world was a much different place in 1986. Gas cost $.89 a gallon, the average cost of a new home was $89,000, Madonna and Tom Cruise were on the top of their games, Larry Bird was on top of the basketball world and Michael Jordan wasn’t quite Michael Jordan yet. Jordan had yet to [...]

Tuesday night was a rough night to be an NBA fan. There were two playoff games on the docket, game 2 of the Hawks and Celtics in Atlanta and Game 2 of the Spurs and Grizzlies in San Antonio, neither offered much in the way of drama or entertainment. The Hawks beat the Celtics 89-72 [...]

Tim Duncan has played 19 seasons in the NBA and has made the postseason in all of those 19 seasons, winning five NBA titles and making six NBA Finals appearances in that time period. That means The Big Fundamental has played in a lot of playoff games, 243 to be exact. Something happened in the [...]

For years there have been many guys, at any level of basketball, whether it be the NBA or even your local gym that will help a team win in non-traditional ways. Ways that don’t show up in a box score. Diving for a loose ball, stopping a fast break, helping on defense, setting screens to [...]

News came down Monday morning that Kawhi Leonard has been selected as the player of the year for the 2nd consecutive season. Leonard is the best two way player in the NBA today and has taken his offensive game to the next level this season, averaging 21-6-2 on 50-44-87 percent shooting. Kawhi Leonard averaged 1.8 [...]