No surprise here, the newest Cavalier signing and reunited second banana to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade will be starting at shooting guard for the Cavaliers this season. [tweet https://twitter.com/mcten/status/917464951526174720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] According to Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, Rose will start at point guard with Thomas’s absence, but will leave the game early and come back in with [...]
October 11, 2017
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Michael Jordan may be the most decorated and profitable athlete in the history of American sports. He is giving back part of that wealth in order to help his home community of Charlotte, North Carolina by donating $7 million to fund two medical clinics for at-risk communities in the Charlotte area. [tweet https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/917703761220562945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This is [...]
October 11, 2017
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Dante Exum has had a really hard time making his imprint in the NBA, and because of his inexperience and some injuries, has not come close to living up to the expectations of being the No. 5 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft. This was supposed to be a big year for 22-year-old Exum as [...]
October 9, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Gary Harris had a very good season for the Nuggets last year, showing he may be one of the best young shooting guards in the NBA with his ability to score the basketball and shoot the three-point shot efficiently. The Nuggets are re-paying him (that is an understatement) to the tune of a new four-year, [...]
October 9, 2017
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The Charlotte Hornets had a disappointing season in 2016-17. A year after being a surprise 48 win team that was tantalizingly close to winning their first playoff series in franchise history in 2016 (remember these are the former Bobcats), they took a huge step back last season winning only 36 games and finishing 11th in [...]
October 6, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Norman Powell has been a pleasant surprise for the Toronto Raptors in the 2nd round of the 2015 NBA Draft. He is a solid athlete with the capability of knocking down a corner three and provides good depth for the Raptors on the wing, the team is rewarding him for it with a four-year, $42 [...]
October 6, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Every year since 2002, the NBA has anonymously surveyed all 30 NBA general managers to get the consensus prediction on things such as which team will win the NBA championship in the coming season, who will win MVP ,top four teams in each conference, who you would start a franchise with and more. Overall general [...]
October 5, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
The NBA All-Star has grown very stale in recent years as players and fans seem uninterested and the game has not been the exciting culmination of a fun weekend that it used to be. The NBA is about to change that and is completely switching the manner in which teams will be made for the [...]
October 3, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
By the time Klay Thompson signs his next contract, he may be ready to follow Kevin Durant’s lead. Durant, last season’s NBA Finals MVP, accepted almost $10 million less than he was eligible to earn in 2017-18 so that the Golden State Warriors wouldn’t blink at bringing back their entire core. And it seems Thompson, [...]
October 3, 2017
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Kawhi Leonard will not take the floor with the San Antonio Spurs until the start of the regular season…at the earliest. The NBA’s preseason slate tipped off accompanied by some bad news coming out of Texas this past weekend, with the Spurs announcing their superstar forward would not participate in the team’s exhibition lineup as [...]
October 2, 2017
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