Damian Lillard has kept the Portland Trail Blazers relevant for over a decade. He was handed the keys to the franchise after the sudden retirement of Brandon Roy (degenerative knees) and LaMarcus Aldridge was in need of a new star to form a new duo.…
As you all know by now, there have been massive layoffs by ESPN (owned by Disney) and it has caused a stir in the sports and media industry. Suzy Kolber, Steve Young, Todd McShay, Jalen Rose, Jeff Van Gundy, Keyshawn Johnson, Max Kellerman, LaPhonso…
The 2023 NBA Draft has come and gone and now I’m here to give you my analysis and grades for each team from the first round: Atlanta Hawks: Kobe Bufkin is a decent pick but I’m wondering what’s going to happen with Trae Young if t…
With work comes discovery. We’re just a few days away from the 2023 NBA Draft and in working on my now complete NBA Draft Guide, I found the talent in this draft to be deeper than I had originally thought. Similar to last season, there is…
With work comes discovery. We’re just a few days away from the 2023 NBA Draft and in working on my now complete NBA Draft Guide, I found the talent in this draft to be deeper than I had originally thought. Similar to last season, there is…
With work comes discovery. We’re just a few days away from the 2023 NBA Draft and in working on my now complete NBA Draft Guide, I found the talent in this draft to be deeper than I had originally thought. Similar to last season, there is…
Let’s start this article by setting the tone here. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is an “empathetic” boss and not the “drop the hammer” commissioner that David J. Stern was. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way…
With the releases of former running backs Ezekiel Elliott from the Dallas Cowboys and Dalvin Cook from the Minnesota Vikings, does it spell a shift in the NFL? If you think about it, the league has become a pass dominant league where quarterbacks an…
Seven undrafted players on the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat made it to the NBA Playoffs as an eighth seed. Injuries to their guards in their rotation of Victor Oladipo and Tyler Herro. Then you have a center on the Denver Nuggets who has won two NBA M…
A quarterback in Kyler Murray with injuries and doesn’t read the playbook and study film. A defensive end who was at wits end in JJ Watt and decided to retire. A former head coach in Kliff Kingsbury who should’ve been fired two years soo…
When people say, "don't wake up a sleeping bear," it definitely applies to star players in the NBA. There are players in NBA history that you knew not to get them going. Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Reggie Miller just to name a few. In today's NBA,…
The title of this article is all I need to say. That is it. James Harden is not a guy who will lead you to a championship. He's a nice selling point to season ticket holders that will put them in seats. James likes to go to concerts, go to La…
Oh what a season it's been for the Golden State Warriors. Especially for backup shooting guard Jordan Poole. Jordan busted out onto the scene last season and helped the Warriors to their 4th championship within this dynasty run. Now that Jordan Poo…
At this point, it's time for Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Daryl Morey to say goodbye to Head Coach Doc Rivers. Rivers is just an average coach who just so happened to win a championship with the right talent when he was coach of the Boston Cel…
NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) where college athletes can make money off of their names and brands while attending prestigious colleges and universities. The places where these young athletes make billions of dollars for the schools they attend thro…
The Los Angeles Lakers went from a 13th seed to the Western Conference Finals in a matter of months. But everything comes full circle. The second stints of D’Angelo Russell and Dennis Schroder have been huge components to the revitalization of…
It's another year the Phoenix Suns get annihilated at home with the series on the line. The overachieving Dallas Mavericks last season and the #1 seeded Denver Nuggets this season. I start to wonder if Suns fans want their money back, especially sin…
In a league that’s predominantly played by black men, there’s still a struggle to hire and maintain black coaches. The Rooney Rule was instituted to give black coaches an opportunity to interview for head coaching positions in the league…
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has finally earned MVP honors in a league where the big men are dominating the past few years. Giannis has an MVP and Nikola Jokic has two on his palette. But there’s still the question of whether Embiid s…
With the dust settled and the Memphis Grizzlies management making a decision to not bring Dillon Brooks back, it’s time for Brooks to understand one major thing. He’s not at Oregon anymore, and he’s not going to be the man on any N…
The infamous “we’re good in the West” said by Memphis Grizzlies point guard and franchise player Ja Morant has come back to get them. He thought that getting a #2 seed in the West would be a pathway to the NBA Finals. He was surely…
The Milwaukee Bucks have become the fifth #1 seed team in NBA history to lose in the first round of the NBA Playoffs (Knicks over Heat in 1999, Nuggets over Sonics in 1994, Warriors over Mavericks 2007, Grizzlies over Spurs in 2011) and yes the bask…
With the 2023 NFL Draft upon us, we all know the top players who will be drafted. But there are players that we may not know of, or haven't watched them as much that aren't as high on the draft boards. I'm here to give you one player in each positio…
Oh Atlanta Hawks, how you guys have fallen from grace. Imagine if you would’ve kept Luka Doncic on NBA Draft night a few years ago. The franchise would surely be heading in a different direction and here we are, at a crossroads addressing a ba…
