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When is Myles Turner not on the trading block? Turner and trade rumors go together like Converse and high socks. Been around forever, a classic. Made for each other. In 2023, it’s more of the same. He’s been a part of a turn-ed around Pacers team that’s four games above .500 so far. He and […] READ MORE
The 2022-23 NBA season has been full of surprises in the first two months. Some are good, some are bad, but all are entertaining. Teams that were thought to be tanking sit near the top of each conference, and exciting rookies have exploded onto the scene. Today we look at which teams in the NBA […] READ MORE
The 2022-23 NBA Rookie class is full of talent. With household names like Paolo Banchero, Jabari Smith, and Jaden Ivey at the top of nearly every oddsmaker’s list and Chet Holmgren out of the running this year; who are the sleeper candidates to win this year’s NBA Rookie of the Year award? Five Sleeper Picks […] READ MORE
It’s draft season again, which means it’s time for the 2022 NBA Mock Draft. The college basketball season was exhilarating which plenty of top prospects emerging. In addition, basketball continues to grow exponentially on the international scene, so there will be plenty of international players as well. 2022 NBA Mock Draft First Round 1. Orlando […] READ MORE
Bennedict Mathurin may not be the most attractive name on the draft board, but he is still a top lottery pick. The consensus 2022 second-team All American was high on multiple draft lists last year. But it was his return for a sophomore year at Arizona proved to be fruitful in all 37 games played […] READ MORE
March Madness is always a great opportunity for collegiate stars to raise their draft stock. This year’s tournament is no different for the 2022 NBA Draft. There are a number of players projected to be drafted highly, such as Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith, and Paolo Banchero, who of course didn’t need dominating performances. This list includes those […] READ MORE
Bennedict Mathurin is a 6-foot-7 shooting guard/small forward for the Arizona Wildcats. The Montreal native, who is part of the new wave of Quebec basketball talent, played a big part with Arizona playing 25 minutes per game in his lone season with the Wildcats. He took an unusual route into the NBA, first going to […] READ MORE
Raheem Bashir started blogging on a Gmail site called Blogger and has covered sporting events in rugby union/league and soccer. Since then he has become the Last Word on Sports writer for rugby, soccer, and previously basketball. He is also a member of the North American Soccer Reporters and The Rugby Union Writers’ Club.
Raheem graduated from George Brown College with a Digital Media Marketing Post-Grad Certificate in 2019. From the same college, Raheem also did a post-grad certificate in Sport and Event Marketing in 2017. Lastly, he did an undergrad Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 2016.