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The Los Angeles Lakers still have time to win the D’Angelo Russell trade. Dealing the second overall pick of the 2015 draft to the Brooklyn Nets two years ago was always less about Russell than it was the allure of possibility. By ridding themselves of the obligation to pay Russell in restricted free agency and […]

There was no way the Boston Celtics could trade for Anthony Davis this season due to a quirky rule prohibiting him and Kyrie Irving from playing together, at least until next season, that is. The goal is to win the championship this year and in the years to come and Davis would have put that […]

On a seemingly quiet day for the NFL, it quickly turned into a semi-tumultuous day. The Baltimore Ravens and the Denver Broncos verbally agreed to a trade to send Joe Flacco to Denver. The deal is reportedly Flacco for a mid-round pick that has yet to be disclosed. My guess is that it is a […]

The Boston Celtics went into the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night as relatively heavy underdogs to a Philadelphia 76ers team that the national media has been raving about. The 76ers entered the season with a roster headlined by Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, but back in November, they added Jimmy Butler. If that wasn’t […]

After getting swept once again by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in last year’s playoffs, the Toronto Raptors were at a crossroad. It was obvious that the Raptors were not going to go any further with that roster, so that begged the question: would Toronto blow it up over the summer? Of course, the […]

It’s still not too late for Damian Lillard. The Portland Trail Blazers are fourth in the Western Conference standings as the All-Star break approaches, with the league’s fourth-best net rating since January 1st. They just fortified a longstanding weakness on the wing by acquiring Rodney Hood at the trade deadline, a move that finally affords […]

Blake Griffin isn’t the player you remember. The number one pick of the 2009 NBA draft rose to stardom almost immediately after taking the court for the Los Angeles Clippers, enthralling a nationwide audience with his supreme blend of leaping ability, power, and unabashed aggression. Griffin won Rookie of the Year, made five straight All-Star […]

On Feb. 11, in a victory over the Dallas Mavericks, reigning MVP James Harden extended his streak of games with 30 or more points to a staggering 30 games, the second longest streak in NBA history. During that streak, he has averaged over 40 points per game to put his season average at 36.5 points […]

The All-Star break is almost upon us, and while many expected that to be a point of joy, it is now the encapsulation of a pressure-cooker that will test LeBron James’ short-lived tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers. The King signed a four-year, $154 million deal to make his way to La La Land this […]

The passing of the torch happens on a seasonal basis in all professional sports, as athletes who helped transition his generation to the next one will pass the torch to the players leading the next charge of today’s players. From the likes of Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield in the NFL to Giannis Antetokounmpo and […]

In his brief four-year career in the nation’s capital, shortstop Trea Turner has put together an excellent career. Leading the Washington Nationals in the field and the plate, Turner reached career highs in 2018 in games played, hits, home runs, RBIs and season WAR, just to name a few. Even in a career year at […]

After a disappointing end to their 2018 season came in the form of losing to the eventual World Series champion Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees are looking for revenge and improvements for their 2019 season. In an act to make it back to the promised land, the franchise has made the typical bold […]

When you stink up the joint and compile high draft picks for multiple seasons in the NBA, you’re supposed to turn a corner and rise in your respective conference — unless you’re the Phoenix Suns. Since missing the playoffs by one game at 48-34 in 2013-14, the Suns have come nowhere near making a playoff […]

The NBA world was abuzz. With the trade deadline quickly approaching, every story, trade, and rumor was reported with lightning quickness, an unspoken race among reporters of who would be the first to uncover the big storylines. But surprisingly, it was a silence that perhaps spoke the loudest. Kevin Durant’s mysterious nine-day media silence somehow […]

At this time last year down in Norman, Oklahoma, a star was born: Rayford Trae Young. You probably know him as the scrawny, scruffy-haired kid drilling threes over anyone who could muster the gall to step in his way. Captivating the hearts of basketball fans around the nation, Young ascended to true phenom status. Trae […]

Isaiah Thomas is one of the NBA’s most intriguing players. Standing three inches under six feet tall, he uses his lack of height to his advantage. He’s able to dribble so much lower than any other players. His shot-creating skills are some of the best in the entire NBA. As Thomas comes back from injury […]

The NBA is a business. Sometimes, this is a hard reality to swallow. Loyalty has become fickle and few and far between. Not only do players leave for free agency every few years, but teams will do whatever is in their best interest. Teams will trade whomever they like, oftentimes putting players in situations they […]

Rule changes are part of the landscape of professional sports. Keeping up with the times and adjusting is important in the continued success of any league. When it comes to the NBA, there are plenty of easy fixes to the rules that could improve the game as we know it today. For years, there have […]

With all of the talk about tampering in the NBA recently, it makes you wonder just how much the NBA itself has tampered in its own league. It’s not always just teams and players that stick their noses where they don’t belong. Sometimes, it’s the league office. So, yes, players and teams do tamper sometimes, […]

Family lineage makes it easy to assume Stephen Curry was born to become the greatest shooter of all time. His father, Dell, is one of the most accomplished long-range marksmen of yore, carving out a 16-year career from the late 1980s to the early 2000s despite never becoming a full-time starter. He shot over 40 […]

On Monday, the Cleveland Browns made the biggest news of the NFL offseason thus far when they signed free agent running back Kareem Hunt. In late November of last year, a video from February 2018 was released that showed Hunt shoving and kicking a woman outside of a hotel room in Cleveland. He was quickly […]

Remember about a month-and-a-half ago when everyone was panicking over the Golden State Warriors? At that time, the Warriors were in the middle of a 16-13 stretch and were looking decidedly human. People were wondering if the reportedly tenuous relationship between Kevin Durant and Draymond Green had poisoned the locker room with some even going […]

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is one of the brightest young stars in the NBA, which is why the New Orleans Pelicans strongly value him in Anthony Davis trade talks. The Celtics could not trade for Davis at the deadline due to the “Rose rule” concerning Kyrie Irving, meaning Boston has to wait until the […]

The Toronto Raptors are set to sign Jeremy Lin after the guard was waived by the Atlanta Hawks earlier this week. Many felt the Hawks were going to trade Lin at the deadline last Thursday, but whether Atlanta didn’t get any good offers or simply decided not to move him for whatever reason, he remained […]

If you thought the NBA MVP race was going to solely come down to Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden, Monday night may have changed your mind. Oklahoma City Thunder star Paul George racked up 47 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a masterful performance, going 15-of-26 from the floor and making eight three-pointers in […]

Kyrie Irving might leave the Boston Celtics. No, he’s staying. Oh, he’s definitely staying. Oh, now he might leave. Oh, he’s staying again. That has been the story surrounding Irving and the Celtics this season. No one really knows what Irving (or the Celtics, for that matter) are thinking about the point guard’s upcoming free […]

The July 18 trade between the San Antonio Spurs and the Toronto Raptors that brought DeMar DeRozan and Jakob Poeltl to the Lonestar state and sent Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green across the northern border feels like forever ago. In terms of NBA news and drama, that’s because it was forever ago. Since the Kawhi-Spurs […]

Ben Simmons has been following up winning the 2017-18 Rookie of the Year award with another fantastic season and will be playing in his first All-Star game on Feb. 17. At 6-foot-10, the first overall pick from the 2016 NBA draft is one of the most unique and talented players in the league. Despite this, […]

In today’s NBA landscape, teams want three things out of their center: the ability to spread the floor, the ability to rebound and the ability to defend multiple positions on the defensive end. Very few centers check all three boxes, which is why you see some ballclubs have revolving doors up front and why otherwise […]

Coming off an impressive 2019 season that ended up a few games short in the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers should hang their hat on their laurels from what they achieved in 2018. But that is not the type of franchise they are, and they already have their sights set on spending more money, […]

Projecting out to be more of a designated hitter more than anything due to his defensively-challenged performance, Kyle Schwarber and the Chicago Cubs are at a crossroads of sorts, needing to figure out his role on a team that desperately needs to move on from 2018. Even though the Cubs made the playoffs, they somehow […]

The New Orleans Pelicans got through the first step of trading Anthony Davis by passing on multiple offers from the Los Angeles Lakers and one from the New York Knicks, only to wait until the offseason to rekindle talks. Yet the decision to play him in limited capacity for the remaining 27 games of the […]

Days after the trade deadline passed, the Los Angeles Lakers look basically the same as when they started the 2018-19 season with a few minor changes. Gone are Michael Beasley, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, and Ivica Zubac after the Lakers shipped them off to their new teams at the last minute. The deadline may have passed, but […]

Concluding what was one of the most exhausting weeks in recent history, the NBA trade deadline has officially passed. This would end up being one of the more active deadlines in recent years, with over 20 deals being completed throughout the week. But which of these many deals were the most beneficial for the team […]

The NBA trade deadline was filled with a plethora of trades such as the Milwaukee Bucks surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo with another shooter in Nikola Mirotic, and former no. 1 pick Markelle Fultz heading to the Orlando Magic. However, no trade was as seismic as the one the Toronto Raptors made to acquire Memphis big man […]

The Philadelphia 76ers made several moves prior to Thursday’s trade deadline. In the biggest deal, they sent Landry Shamet, Wilson Chandler, Mike Muscala and four draft picks to the Los Angeles Clippers for Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic and Mike Scott. In another, they shipped former No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz to the Orlando Magic for Jonathon […]

The drama that unfolded with the Los Angeles Lakers during trade deadline week was nothing short of unnerving. When the smoke cleared, Anthony Davis remained in a New Orleans Pelicans uniform, but the Lakers still had to do something. Los Angeles made several smaller trades, acquiring Reggie Bullock from the Detroit Pistons and then dealing […]

When you sign a player of LeBron James’ magnitude, making the playoffs seems like an inevitability. That might not be the case this season for the team in purple and gold. With the NBA trade deadline passing, the playoffs start to become a heavy topic of conversation. The All-Star break comes next weekend before the […]

The NBA trade deadline passed with New Orleans Pelicans star center Anthony Davis still on the roster. Davis requested a trade from the team that drafted him in late January. The Pelicans have struggled to build a contender around him, and it appears that his patience finally wore thin. Unfortunately, the Pelicans chose not to […]