Are The Knicks Forcing Carmelo Anthony To Walk Next Summer?
Madison Square Garden, home of New York’s darling Knicks, was recently given a notice to vacate the premises. It has 10 years to find a new stomping ground in a highly congested, landlord-controlled New York market. At 29, during his peak years, as last year’s leading scorer, and early on in 2012-13 a leading candidate […]
NBA Off-Season Power Rankings vs Other Sports Outlets
A month after the NBA Free Agency opened its doors to market, the rosters of all 30 teams are pretty much as they will be come the season opener. There are still some semi-interesting pieces out there that can help a championship-contending team, but, for the most part, teams will have to make due with […]
Pistons Sign Brandon Jennings; Why He’ll Bankrupt The Team As Explained By Stats
What’s worse than Brandon Jennings’ shot selection? Having to go through almost a month of free agency with no blips in your team offers radar after you’ve projected yourself as a $12 million-per-year point guard. Even worse: the realization that you might have to return to a team you’ve grown to abhor, in a place […]
NBA Free Agency News And Player Movement Developments
Those that thought the NBA topography was as set as stone, A) don’t understand the ever-changing nature of organic surfaces, and B) should start to see team offices as their own species of shark: if they don’t keep swimming forward through a mantle of emerging talent, available franchise cogs, and backdoor deals, they drown. Or, […]
Team USA Basketball: Scrimmage Recap, Boxscore and Crystal Ball Predictions
It’s not a good time to be a young lawyer in the ole U.S. of A. but when it comes to rising basketball stars, the future couldn’t be brighter. Team USA had an internal scrimmage yesterday that had the country’s best up-and-comers vying for a spot on Coach K’s (Mike Krzyzewski ) 2014 World Cup […]
NBA’s Next Big Three Will Be Drafted; How Teams Can Prepare Accordingly
Certain NBA purists still can’t get over how the Miami Heat joined forces. It wasn’t the work of the basketball gods who ensured that the Big Three would land in South Beach through draft picks. It wasn’t through a mutually beneficial trade that saw a few former Heat superstars get swapped for LeBron and Bosh, […]
NBA Free Agency: The Best Remaining Role Players
Not every team can walk away from a free agency summer having struck gold, oil, or Dwight Howard. Just look at the Dallas Mavericks who since crippling the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals have looked like the dorky kid no one picks in kickball. The NBA has always been a league that is […]
2013 NBA Summer League: Final Las Vegas League Player Evaluations
The Las Vegas League portion of the 2013 NBA Summer League is winding down as the final eight teams fight for the League championship and move on to the semifinals before crowning a champion on Monday night. We will wrap up our Las Vegas League Player Reports by looking at the final six teams and the players who have created the […]