Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
It might be surprising to some basketball enthusiasts, but the 2021-2022 Los Angeles Lakers are struggling. After a hyped offseason, the Lakers assembled a team with 59 All-Star appearances combined, taking the basketball world by storm. Even though it was an aging roster with potentially weird fits, people would not hesitate to put the purple […] READ MORE
This offseason was shaping up to be rather slow, especially with a weak free-agent class. With that being said, there were a number of unexpected moves and ones that definitely improved certain teams. Take a look at the three most improved NBA teams this offseason. Three Most Improved NBA Teams this Offseason Golden State Warriors […] READ MORE
The NBA Christmas Day games are arguably the most hyped ones in the entire regular season. Whenever the league releases its schedule for the upcoming season, the first day I always look at is Christmas. It’s the one time per season where you get a full day of uninterrupted basketball. So, with that being said, […] READ MORE
The beginning of NBA free agency just began. The Los Angeles Lakers need to obtain three-point shooting specialists due to their trade for Russell Westbrook. In the Westbrook trade, the Lakers send two of their best shooters from a year ago in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Kyle Kuzma to the Wizards. Both LeBron James and Russell […] READ MORE
Mixed signals would be the best way to describe last week’s Los Angeles Lakers acquisition of Russell Westbrook. Not only because of the way things swiftly shifted from a Buddy Hield deal but because of the skepticism that came with the pivot. Russell Westbrook being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers drew mixed, somewhat unwarranted […] READ MORE
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers lost in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. Despite that, he still found a way to make headlines. He made an Instagram post showing a specific video clip from the movie Gladiator. In the video, Maximus told Commodus, “I will have my vengeance, in this life […] READ MORE
The NBA Play-In Tournament has been the subject of a lot of debate over the last 30 days. Owners like Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and players like Luka Doncic and LeBron James have all weighed in on the matter. This week, Commissioner Adam Silver publicly stated that he’d like to see the play-in […] READ MORE
The Los Angeles Lakers came into their first-round matchup as the favorites against the No. 2 seeded Phoenix Suns. Despite this fact, I predicted that the Suns had an outside shot of upsetting the defending champs. And in the series opener, the Suns came away with a 99-90 victory to take a 1-0 lead. Although […] 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
The 2020-2021 NBA season is drawing closer and closer to the finish line, at least for the regular season. In any other year (except last year) the playoffs would be getting ready to kick off. However, with the delayed start to the year, the playoffs start in May. Each week there are terrific slates of […] READ MORE
