If the Minnesota Timberwolves really want Kyrie Irving, it’s going to cost them more than Andrew Wiggins and picks. There is an element of “duh” to this, since the Cleveland Cavaliers need to take back at least one other player to help make salaries match. But it’s also a tad more complicated than that, as 1500 [...]
August 3, 2017
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Despite all of the drama and turmoil surrounding the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer including a change in leadership in the front office, Kyrie Irving’s trade request and the rumors surrounding his own departure in a year, LeBron James by all accounts has sat back and not involved himself in off-season decisions, opting instead to let [...]
July 28, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
LeBron James has invited Derrick Rose to work out with him in Las Vegas. Whatever. The two are teammates now. James probably wants to make sure both of Rose’s knees are attached. This happens. But Eric Bledsoe is already in Vegas working out beside James, which is something I’m sure no one will read into, [...]
July 27, 2017
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The past few years have been rough for Brandon Knight. Formerly a top five recruit in the country in his high school class of 2010, the No. 8 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft for the Detroit Pistons and once seen as the point guard of the future for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks, [...]
July 26, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
We have arrived at mid-July in the 2017 NBA off-season and with all of the big names off of the free agency board and only one real star caliber player on the trade market (or not apparently? Who knows), it is a good time to analyze the state of affairs of all 30 NBA teams [...]
July 17, 2017
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Nerlens Noel’s return to the Dallas Mavericks remains a formality, but negotiations on his new contract are not without their wrinkles. Or pitfalls. Per Tim Cato of SB Nation noted, the two sides remain far apart in talks as the second week of NBA free agency nears conclusion: This is fine…for now. And just to [...]
July 14, 2017
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We know the Houston Rockets have turned their attentions to a Carmelo Anthony trade following James Harden’s extension. What we don’t know is how long it’ll take to land him, or whether they’ll get him at all. Anthony, for his part, believes a deal will get done. As ESPN.com’s Ian Begley noted while doing a SportsCenter [...]
July 11, 2017
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The Cleveland Cavaliers and owner Dan Gilbert are very fortunate. They currently employ the best basketball player in the world and one of the greatest players of all-time, along with two other star caliber players in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love and an assortment of veteran role players. They have been to three straight NBA [...]
July 11, 2017
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Count Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban among those who want the NBA to eliminate the existence of conferences. Though, to be fair, it sounds like he’d settle for his Mavericks moving into the East. As he told ESPN’s broadcast during Dallas’ summer league bout with the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “We’re [...]
July 10, 2017
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The Clippers dream of being a true title contender ended on May 14, 2015. That is the day of the Clippers shocking and bizarre meltdown against the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of the 2015 western conference semi-finals. The Clippers were one quarter away from their first ever western conference finals and had a 13 [...]
July 7, 2017
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Ryan Bawek