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The Los Angeles Lakers have just acquired former all-star Russell Westbrook from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Kyle Kuzma and the 22nd pick in the draft. With that being said let’s go over both the good and the bad (but mostly the bad) about Westbrook. The Russell Westbrook Trade is a bad […] READ MORE
Game 4 of the 2021 NBA Finals was going to make or break this series. A win by the Phoenix Suns, and the series (and season) were all but over. A win for the Milwaukee Bucks, and we are set up for a classic showdown. Through all the tough fadeaway jumpers, questionable foul calls (and […] READ MORE
Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard suffers another injury. A partially torn ACL, to be exact, and will now be out for the foreseeable future, as announced by a Clippers press release earlier today. The Clippers announce that Kawhi Leonard has undergone surgery to repair a partial tear of his right anterior cruciate ligament: pic.twitter.com/eMoMe0Kq4v […] READ MORE
The Utah Jazz vs Memphis Grizzlies match up was a lot more competitive than the final scores would indicate. Game five was the only true wire-to-wire victory for the NBA’s number one overall seed. This series had everything you could ask for from a one-eight matchup; drama, historic performances, and comebacks! Utah Jazz vs Memphis […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Hawks versus the New York Knicks turned out to be one of the biggest surprises in the first round of the playoffs. Most people picked the Knicks to win this series, some even believed the Hawks did not have a real chance despite having identical records. Yet despite all the doubters and playing […] READ MORE
The Utah Jazz vs the Memphis Grizzlies is our first-round matchup after some exciting play-in action. This may not be what everyone expected but hey it’s what we got. This will definitely be an old-school matchup with the likes of lumbering centers Jonas Valanciunas and potential DPOY Rudy Gobert facing off. Utah Jazz vs Memphis Grizzlies […] READ MORE
The New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks will face off for just the third time ever. History does not favor the Hawks here since the Knicks won convincingly in each of their prior playoff meetings, holding a head-to-head record advantage of 8-1. However, those prior meetings from decades ago have no impact on this […] READ MORE
The Western Conference Play-In slate is basically as good as it could ever be. While the San Antonio Spurs vs. Memphis Grizzlies feels like a pretty expected play-in matchup, nobody could have foreseen having both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors in a (sort of) winner take all game. So although this […] READ MORE
Kobe Bryant‘s Hall of Fame induction will take place on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant will be speaking at the ceremony as well as his presenter, Michael Jordan. Few players have as strong a hall of fame case as the black mamba, even amongst his own 2020 hoops hall class which includes […] READ MORE
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is well on his way to a third Defensive Player of the Year trophy. Gobert and the DPOY are almost becoming synonymous at this point in his career. At the season’s end, Gobert will have three defensive player of the year trophies as well as a second and third-place finish in […] READ MORE