Three years ago the NBA world was a different landscape, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant ruled the basketball merchandise world and were far and away the NBA’s most popular players. Stephen Curry was seen as a second-tier marketable athlete in spite of leading the Golden State Warriors to the western conference semi-finals and [...]
March 23, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
The wounded bears as they should now be referred to (previously known as the Grizzlies) lost a tough game in Los Angeles last night to the Lakers 107-100. Other than some usual Kobe fadeaways, Lance Stephenson antics and Metta World Peace getting ejected there wasn’t too much to find interesting between one of the worst [...]
March 23, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek
Even though they lost to the Charlotte Hornets last night, the San Antonio Spurs accomplished a pretty incredible and mind-boggling feat over the past week. And I’m not referring to holding the Golden State Warriors to only 79 points in a victory. With their win over the Blazers at home last Thursday night, they now [...]
March 22, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
There is a lot of mystery and interest surrounding Anthony Davis and his health lately. The Pelicans superstar was officially shut down for the season Sunday, because of a lingering shoulder issue we were told was a possible hyper-extended knee in the Pelicans loss to the Blazers Friday night. He also could be in line [...]
March 22, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
Anthony Davis has plenty of reasons to make an All-NBA team this season, 24 million to be exact. Due to the “Rose Rule” which is in effect for players who meet certain markers such as making an All-NBA team or winning the MVP award as Rose did in 2010 during the duration of their rookie [...]
March 19, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
The DeMarcus Cousins rumor mill is churning again in Sacramento amidst all of the controversy and struggles the Kings are currently experiencing as they have for what seems like an eternity now. For a team that was around .500 a few months ago and in the playoff picture, they are now 26-41 and getting dominated [...]
March 18, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
Unsurprisingly, the Golden State Warriors absolutely trounced the New York Knicks in Oakland Wednesday night to the tune of 121-85. They are now an incredible 61-6 on the season and are a 12-3 finish away from having the greatest regular season in NBA history. They also reached another milestone last night that has never been [...]
March 17, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
Statisticians have been working overtime in the 2015-16 season as the stat sheet has been stuffed to a level the NBA hasn’t seen in quite some time. With about a month left in the NBA season and most NBA teams having 15 or so games remaining, there have already been more triple-doubles in the league [...]
March 16, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
Some good news came out of the Chicago Bulls morning shoot-around in preparation for their game against the Raptors Monday night. Bulls Head Coach Fred Hoiberg said that Bulls star wing player Jimmy Butler is feeling good and has been cleared to play. Butler told Chicago Tribune reporters that you have to “risk it to [...]
March 14, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek
21-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo is affectionately named the “Greek Freak” for a reason. He is 6’11” (he was 6’9″ when he was drafted at the age of 18) with a 7’3″ wingspan, 12″ hands (which is beyond mind-boggling), less than 5% body fat, and the most interesting of all, his achilles tendon is 13.5″ which is [...]
March 14, 2016
Anou Enright
Blogs, Ryan Bawek