* Read until the end of the blog to see who the Sleeper Team is to get AD! So all the talk this week has been about Anthony Davis's bombshell trade request and whether he will leave New Orleans before the trade deadline on February 7th. Although he publicly stated that he wants to go to a team where he can win consistently, this statement is not entirely true. It is clear that what he really wants is to be a superstar in a big market, most likely Los Angeles and maybe also New York. It is no secret that the Lakers have emerged as the clear favorites to trade for AD and sign him to a lucrative max contract. ...
With the All Star Starters about to be announced, it's time to see which players are going to make it and will Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose and Luka Doncic hang on to their starting spots or get selected by the coaches on the bench? Firstly let's look at the latest round of fan voting * Fan voting accounts for 50% of the total voting Dwyane Wade is playing his final season and he is extremely popular with the fans, so it is not surprising that with the lack of guard depth in the East that he is in 2nd place amongst guards. He has been playing quite well averaging 14 ppg off the bench and making several...
It's the New Year so it's time to reflect on some of the greatest performances of the season so far. This NBA Season has been wild and unpredictable and there have been some unbelievable performances including nine 50+ point games and a 60 pointer by Kemba Walker in mid November. But which players and which games stand out the most as we near the half way point of the season? I am going to rank the 10 most impressive performances so far and then at the end of the rankings I will have a bonus list for the Top 10 MVP candidates. For rating the best performances the following 2 main criteria will be used to determine the ranking. 1....
Dirk Nowitzki, the greatest European basketball player ever recently played his first game in his record breaking 21st season with the Mavs. Last year’s rookie of the year Ben Simmons hailed from the land Down Under and this year’s runaway ROY favorite Luka Doncic comes from Slovenia, another Ex-Yugoslav republic of just 2 million people that produces a lot more NBA talent then it should. But who are the best foreign born players in the NBA right now and All Time? I will be ranking the top 10 international players but I will only be ranking players that are truly international and identify themselves as foreign. That means no players that are born outside the U.S but have American parents...
Now that every team has played at least 20 games, I am going to do a Full In Depth Summary on the NBA season so far including our Quarter Season Awards. The first 2 months of the season has been wild, unpredictable and we have been spoilt be multiple great performances. The Lakers and Celtics are both good again at the same time, the East has multiple contenders and the West is as wild as ever. Life is good for an NBA fan right now. There has been no shortage of Drama either. We’ve had high profile buyouts (Carmelo Anthony), big conflicts and locker room problems (Warriors surprisingly and the Wizards not so surprisingly), big trades (Jimmy Butler to Philly)...
