Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
As the entire NBA universe waits for a much-anticipated Kevin Durant trade that may never come, it’s time to take stock of the flurry of activity that defined the past two weeks of the offseason. We’ve seen enough to pick our free agency winners, as well as teams that left us with more questions than […] READ MORE
After bowing out of the NBA playoffs in the first round, the Atlanta Hawks must consider making trades to improve their roster. Trae Young, of course, remains untouchable. He’s the Hawks’ leader moving forward. Other pieces, however, should be expendable as the team needs improvement and there are plenty of appealing players on the roster. Atlanta […] READ MORE
The Oklahoma City Thunder are clearly rebuilding. The entire league knows of their love for draft picks. Acquiring young up-and-comers of the Thunder may prove to be difficult, but the Thunder still have a number of veterans who can contribute to contending teams. Below are three possible trade ideas the Thunder can look into. Oklahoma […] READ MORE
The Chicago Bulls are exceeding most expectations. Their offseason signings of DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, Alex Caruso, and others are certainly paying off. It’s safe to the Bulls are legitimate contenders. With that being said, there are areas of the roster that can be addressed. That may cost young players and assets, but Chicago is in a […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Hawks are struggling. They’re by no means out of the playoff race just yet, but expectations were a lot higher after their strong campaign last season. It’s been rumored that all players, outside of Trae Young and Clint Capela, are available for trade. With a talent such as Young, the Hawks must make moves to get […] READ MORE
The Oklahoma City Thunder are in year two of their rebuild and are in the midst of a nine-game skid with a 6-15 record. The franchise suffered the biggest loss in NBA history on Thursday night, losing 152-79 to the Memphis Grizzlies in embarrassing fashion. Despite this, one of the Thunder’s bright spots has been […] READ MORE
Sam Presti and the Oklahoma City Thunder have preached patience dating all the way back to the 2020-21 offseason. After trading all of its veterans in the 2020 off-season, the direction was clear – the Thunder were angling for a rebuild. After going 22-50 last season, Oklahoma City is on the horizon of another losing […] READ MORE
It was a slow start for the Canadian men’s basketball team. However, Canada had a much better second half and ended up winning the game 97-91. Credit goes to Greece, who were missing a lot of their players in the Olympic qualifiers and put up a valiant fight. Canadian Men’s Basketball Team wins because of […] READ MORE
The Canada men’s basketball team will look to qualify for the Summer Olympics for the first time since 2000. They will open their Olympic qualifying tournament against Greece. All the Olympic qualifying games will take place at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Canada Men’s Olympic Qualifying Basketball Roster Analysis Eight NBA Players […] READ MORE
The province of Quebec is currently experiencing the rapid growth of players playing in the NBA. There are several reasons for this including the presence of the Toronto Raptors, immigration, and academies in the province of Quebec. As a result, Quebec has become a basketball hotbed for talent in Canada, although none of the players […] 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.