The Los Angeles Lakers This week, the Lakers have continued with their dominant ways. As of this writing, they are 17-3 with a few minor faults. They are showing that they can win in a fashion that doesn’t suit the modern NBA. This is the first team in the last half decade that isn’t build […]
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Many, including me, thought that the Pelicans got a good trade when they traded Anthony Davis to the Lakers. Normally when a superstar declares that he wants out of a situation most teams try and low ball the team with the superstar – knowing that neither the team nor the superstar wants to spend a […]
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For the first three years of Andrew Wiggins career, it was widely believed that he was going to be a future all-star and his numbers were reflecting in those years. In his fourth year, Jimmy Butler comes along which is Tom Thibodeau’s guy and you can directly see the correlation between the dip in Andrew […]
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For the last half decade, the Phoenix Suns have been a perennial lottery bound team. In that time, they have hit on two specific lottery picks in Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton. Regardless of how good the talent is on the team, there still is a level of synergy and coaching that has to be […]
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If you have been watching the Warriors this year you, like many others, probably believe they are just a bad team and their dynasty is over. Don’t fall for that narrative to soon. The Warriors are tanking and trying to make the fans and media believe they are simply a bad team. Yes, the Steph […]
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Every year entering the season, we get a half-hearted attempt for ESPN analysts to manage expectations for college basketball fans. They will say there isn’t a star like Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett, Trae Young, or insert any name of a star freshman in previous year’s past. Every time they make this statement, a player comes […]
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Every year in college basketball there is a freshman who was either barely a McDonald’s All-American or just missed the game that comes into college basketball and takes it by storm. Recently, we have seen Trae Young and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander fit this label then come into college basketball and light it on fire. In these […]
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When the NBL season started, the hype was surrounded by the group of next starts they had picked up for the season. This season they had 3 players go pro from high school. This had never been seen before. Of course, Lamelo Ball was the highlight of the three high school starts. Due to Lamelo’s […]
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The hype coming out of the NBL is always how good Lamelo Ball is playing. You see the highlight plays and the hype for the number one pick and you too start believing Lamelo Ball is the NBL’s next star that will be the best NBA prospect. While its true that Lamelo seems more skilled […]
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The pace and space game of today’s NBA has put a damper on many of big men’s careers. One of these big men is Jahlil Okafor. If he were drafted in the 1980s instead of the mid 2010’s, a team would have built around him as a cornerstone offensive weapon. Instead, as a number three […]
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