The Timberwolves and Shabazz Muhammad essentially went in one big circle this summer and ended up at the same place. After renouncing his rights during free agency in order to sign Taj Gibson, the T’Wolves have decided to bring back 24-year-old swing man Shabazz Muhammad on a one-year deal for the minimum. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShabazzMuhammad/status/907713503045279746] Muhammad [...]
September 13, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
According to reports from TMZ Sports and ESPN, The Lakers will retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey during their game against the Warriors on December 18. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/907594866238132225] So which number of the Black Mamba’s will be hanging up in the rafters No. 8 or No. 24? The answer is both according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. [...]
September 13, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
After playing almost all-star level basketball in his first year and a half with the Pistons, last year was not a good year for Reggie Jackson or the Pistons franchise. Jackson dealt with knee tendinitis all season that caused him to miss the first month of the season and the final nine games once the [...]
September 12, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Orlando Magic have one of the longer postseason droughts in the NBA, they haven’t made the playoffs since trading Dwight Howard in 2012 and starting their rebuild. After making the (bizarre) decision to completely blow up their young core that had been progressing together by trading Tobias Harris and Victor Oladipo, the one young [...]
September 12, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Pelicans were in dire need of some depth on the wing after an already thin roster in that area lost starting small forward Solomon Hill for the majority of the season. They have decided to attempt to plug that hole (at least with putty) by signing veteran lock down defender Tony Allen. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/907360427969007618] [...]
September 12, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
As was first reported last week, the NBA is looking into lottery reform yet again to discourage tanking and help prevent the same team from getting a top three pick in consecutive seasons. While the first proposal was to flat out deny teams from having a top three pick two years in a row, the [...]
September 12, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Michael Carter-Williams has seen his NBA stock fall off of a cliff since his impressive rookie campaign in which he won Rookie of the Year as a member of the 76ers in 2013-14. Carter Williams is now on his 3rd NBA team in the past 12 months and is slated to be the back up [...]
September 11, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The relationship and perception of Ray Allen among Celtics fans and his former Celtics teammates has been strained and predominately negative for some time now. Despite Allen’s huge role in their NBA championship team in 2008, their NBA Finals appearance in 2010 and his undisputed respect and status as an amazing and hard-working teammate around [...]
September 11, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
My how the NBA landscape and the desired destinations list can change for players in a short time. We live in a world where the Golden State Warriors have won two of the last three NBA titles and have amassed maybe the greatest team in NBA history and the Boston Celtics just acquired a 25-year-old [...]
September 11, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Newly minted hall of famer and one of the greatest wing players of this century, Tracy McGrady decided to give back to the city where he spent six seasons. McGrady was a superhero on the court, lifting up the community with his play for six seasons that included three All-Star appearances and three All-NBA appearances. [...]
September 8, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek