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TRAES WAY: THE EVOLUTION OF THE HAWKS SUPERSTAR POINT GUARD

Trae Young the High School Recruit When Trae Young was coming out of high school, he was a 5 star point guard rated as the 23rd best prospect and a McDonald’s All American. Normally, the 23rd best prospect is a talented player who is not necessarily seen as a one and done player but one […]

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ZION’S NBA HOSTILE TAKEOVER

Relax it’s just preseason. Or is it? The common theme among commentators, especially Stephen A. Smith, is that they don’t want to get too hyped about what Zion is doing because it is only preseason. The thing about preseason is that there are key plays that you can take away from it. What Zion is […]

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BEN SIMMONS AND JOEL EMBIID: GOT NEXT

The Present The 76ers are coming off of a season in which they gave the eventual NBA championship all it could handle, even more so than the Golden State Warriors. In a league now flush with teams filled with two stars, there are only a couple of teams that have the amount of talent these […]

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THE NBA: AMERICA’S SPORT?

Player Movement The NBA has used player movement to try and take viewership away from the NFL. For many years the NFL has had off-season events that drew more viewership than the NBA. Primarily the NFL draft and the scouting combine. What the NFL does with it’s draft is downright genius and it is the […]

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WAS TIM DUNCAN BETTER THAN KOBE?

Lack of flash When fans reminisce about past NBA players they tend to fall in love with the player with the most flashy skills and stats. The player who matched that description in Tim Duncan’s era was Kobe Bryant. Kobe was athletic and could pull off any move offensively and for the Jordan lovers he […]

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LAMELO BALL: LAVAR’S SECRET WEAPON

Lavar’s Plan When companies start out they release an initial product that connects with buyers or fans and then they go on to perfect that product which keeps buyers or fans interested. The first successful product is just the product that launches the company from start up to legitimate business. If you watch the way […]

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WHY I HAD TO LEARN THE NFL RULES

by Tiffany Lott – editor of Layton Turner’s A Writer’s Journey blog. When my husband and I first married, I knew he had some hobbies, such as hunting and working like a madman, but little did I know that deep down inside, a passion for football was scratching its way to the surface. He’d played […]

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SPICY P IS THE NUMBER 1 OPTION NOW

Pascal’s Breakout If you pay any attention to the NBA you know the Toronto Raptors had an amazing final run with Kawhi Leonard only to see him walk away in free agency. What you might of missed was that Kawhi didn’t do it on his own. There was this super long lanky combo forward who […]

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ALVIN KAMARA: NFL’S MOST DANGEROUS

Alvin Kamara NFL’s best player Alvin Kamara might be the best player in the NFL. If you watched the first Saints game this season you saw how much of an impact Kamara makes with every touch of the football. It doesn’t matter if he is catching the ball out of the backfield or splitting out […]

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