In the hallowed hallways of North Carolina basketball, a program steeped in championships, history and glory, the blue and white record books are filled with legendary players. Recently, RJ Davis added his name in the storied UNC legacy with a 42-point outburst and that got us thinking about which North Carolina players have soared to […]
On Tuesday night, we’ll see an early season rematch between the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors. Both teams have struggled; Kings got off to a terrible start of the season before winning four straight after De’Aaron Fox returned while the Warriors have lost the last seven of eight games. Not only do both […]
If we are to look at the most popular sports in America, the NBA will enter the conversation on every single occasion. Alongside the National Football League (NFL) and the Major League Baseball (MLB), it has been a staple of American culture for over 75 years. Every NBA team plays 82 games in a sixth […]
It’s crazy how much controversy there’s been with the Brooklyn Nets this offseason. With Kevin Durant requesting a trade and putting out ultimatums and Kyrie Irving’s inability to not say something controversial, the New York City borough has been in the news the last two months. Lost in the Brooklyn Nets drama is Ben Simmons. […]
Even though ESPN hasn’t fully released their annual list of The 100 Best NBA Players of the 2022-23 Season, the Boston Celtics have locked up having the most players on the controversial list. With Grant Williams barely cracking the list at #99, the newly acquired Malcolm Brogdon (#65), all the way to Jayson Tatum at […]
Every season there are only a couple of teams that are in serious contention for the NBA championship. As the season progresses, certain teams will go on winning streaks and show their ability to win games even on off nights and for a couple weeks or a month will enter the conversation as potential NBA […]
When you participate in a sport, you know there are certain physical attributes that inherently put you at an advantage. For example, if we were choosing to place money on an American football team based on the way they looked; our NFL picks would go to the team that looked like they had both size […]
Going into last night’s game, the Las Vegas Aces sat on top of the WNBA standings whereas the New York Liberty were closer to the bottom. If the season ended yesterday, the Aces would have been the #1 seed going into the WNBA Playoffs and the Liberty would have been on the outside looking in. […]
The 2021-22 NBA season came to a close with the Golden State Warriors being crowned the NBA Champions. Golden State’s run wasn’t a given with many talking heads believing there were too many open questions for the Warriors to seriously challenge. It didn’t help that the Warriors went through a second half slump where they […]
As you all know the Golden State Warriors won the 2022 NBA Championship. Even without Klay Thompson for the first half of the 2021-22 season, the Dubs started out really strong before Draymond Green got injured, Steph had an very un-Steph five week stretch where he wasn’t hitting the shots we came to expect, and […]
Pre-pandemic, Finnerty’s was the unofficial Golden State Warriors Bar in New York City — at least in Manhattan. The bar definitely had a local vibe and would begin to fill up an hour or two before big games. It wasn’t just for the Warriors, but would bring Bay Area sports fans for 49ers and Giants […]
With Nikola Jokić having recently claimed the title for 2021-22’s NBA MVP, fans are already clamoring over who’s going to be next to claim the gong. The 2022-23 season is, of course, just around the corner – but it doesn’t hurt to get into some healthy speculation to prepare for the court excitement to come. […]
Since the Seattle Supersonics moved to Oklahoma City in 2008 and became the Thunder, Seattle basketball fans have been waiting for an opportunity to welcome the Sonics back in their city. While the WNBA’s storm has given the city a basketball team to back since 2000, crossover fans haven’t forgotten their lost NBA squad. NBA […]
For basketball junkies, it’s now entering the greatest time of the season, which is when the NBA playoffs really start heating up. As we’re now firmly in the business end, as teams duke it out in the conference semi-finals, it’s becoming apparent which players are withstanding the immense pressure, and are even able to perform […]
With the Superbowl behind us now another major sports event is coming up fast. The NCAA Men’s (and Women’s) college basketball tournament will kick off with the First Four on March 15th in Dayton, Ohio. A little more on that in a bit. Popularly referred to as March Madness, dozens of college teams from around […]
With the Sixers dealing Ben Simmons for James Harden in the biggest trade of the season, the Ben Simmons saga has moved on to the next question: Can the Brooklyn Nets win an NBA championship this season? With Kevin Durant and James Harden, the Nets were near the top of the Eastern Conference standings for […]
NBA legend LeBron James turned 37 this month, and that has only increased speculation about his medium to long-term future in the game. Now into his 19th season and looking as dominant as ever, his Los Angeles Lakers side are struggling to get a run of form together and are on course to miss out […]
The NBA season is a little over twenty games in and ticking along nicely. Though it’s relatively still, we can really see which teams are coming together and those that have established an identity on both sides of the court; enough so to make some safe predictions for teams that are all but locks […]
The New York Knicks are one of the iconic teams in the NBA, and there is plenty of history behind them. It has not always been easy to be a Knicks fan in recent times, however, which made their first NBA playoff appearance in eight years last season a real coup. Naturally, they’re aiming to […]
The Milwaukee Bucks have had a renaissance over the past couple of seasons. A team that was once deemed mediocre or forgotten about completely, is now the defending NBA champions. For a team whose biggest claim to fame was being the home of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nearly 60 years ago, the franchise has transformed. Now they’re […]
With the new NBA season just around the corner on October 19th 2021, basketball fans around the world are eagerly looking forward to another drama-filled year. For most fans and players, the work really starts in earnest when NBA pre-season begins on October 10th 2021. This not only gives coaches the chance to see how […]
For much of second half of last season, the Brooklyn Nets were the favorites to win the first championship in the franchise’s history. Under Coach Steve Nash and the Big Three of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, the team breezed through the regular season, finishing second in the Eastern Conference, just behind the […]
Of all the remaining teams in the conference finals, the Milwaukee Bucks were the team that had earned an NBA championship. In five consecutive playoff appearances, the Bucks lost in the first round twice, they’ve been eliminated in the semi-finals, they’ve lost a heartbreaking series to the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Finals, and […]
For the first time in EIGHT years, the New York Knicks managed to qualify for the NBA Playoffs, while their dream may have come to a short end after they suffered an opening round loss. Things are however on an upward trend, despite them having come up short, with the potential to enter the offseason […]