When you play alongside a superstar and are considered the second best player on your team, that has to be an uncomfortable situation to be in. While you love the success of your team, you’re constantly feeling like you need to be recognized. You got that sense from Russell Westbrook for a while, and you [...]
June 8, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
It’s not quite the 2010-11 Miami Heat, but this Golden State Warriors team receives their fare share of hate. Not as much from other players and fans, but largely from former players. Charles Barkley prefaces every critique of the team with “I’m not hating, but…” before he states his opinion. In fairness to Chuck, he [...]
June 2, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
After a long drawn out five-week process to name all of the NBA’s awards and honors for the 2015-16 regular season, the All-NBA teams has been announced. The All-NBA 1st Team features league MVP Steph Curry, the guy who is outplaying him in the conference finals in Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Lenoard, LeBron James and DeAndre [...]
May 27, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
With Karl-Anthony Towns deserving acknowledgment as the unanimous rookie of the year for the 2015-16 season and the NBA Draft heating up after Tuesday night’s lottery, a debate came into my mind. If I could pick any big man in the NBA to start my franchise with and have as the cornerstone of my franchise [...]
May 19, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Game 1 of the 2016 Western Conference Finals tips off tonight in Oakland, as the two most talented and fast-paced teams in the NBA square off in an epic showdown for the right to play for an NBA championship. The matchup is a slight surprise as almost everyone acknowledged that the Golden State Warriors and [...]
May 16, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
LeBron doesn’t exactly seem to be jumping for joy over the individual awards for members of the Warriors. He praised Steph Curry for his unanimous MVP, but did so in a back-handed manner. Well, he’s not done there. LeBron doesn’t believe that Steve Kerr was deserving of Coach of the Year. He may have a [...]
May 13, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
The 2016 postseason has been good to the Cleveland Cavaliers thus far, as they are 8-0 and have swept their way into the eastern conference finals for the 2nd consecutive season. LeBron is playing like LeBron, Kevin Love is showing what the Cavs were missing after his injury in Round 1 of the 2015 playoffs [...]
May 9, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
There have been rumors abound for a few years about the potential of a Space Jam remake with LeBron James in the lead role. James has even made it be known his affinity for the original with Michael Jordan and his desire to star in a remake of the film, even posting a mysterious fake [...]
May 2, 2016
Anou Enright
Offbeat
By know we all know that the wind has been taken out of the Clippers sails in the past 48 hours. After an unexpected opportunity knocked on their doorstep in the form of a Steph Curry injury, misfortune struck as their two biggest stars, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, were sidelined for the rest of [...]
April 27, 2016
Anou Enright
Offbeat
According a report from ESPN.com Tuesday afternoon, Blake Griffin will miss the rest of the postseason after suffering a quad injury in the 4th quarter of the Clippers 98-84 Game 4 loss to the Blazers. This news also came with the final confirmation that floor general and spiritual leader Chris Paul’s postseason is also done [...]
April 27, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek