James Harden has been asking to join the Clippers for some months now, and he has now finally gotten his wish. It started to feel like maybe this deal was never happening in the first place, but here we are. A missed game and some missed practices later, we have arrived. What did LA give up for Harden?: In short, a bag of chips and a bottle of Dr Pepper. According to a report from ESPN, they gave up; Morris, Covington, Batum, KJ Martin, and a 2028 unprotected first for Harden, PJ Tucker, and Filip Petrusev. Besides Harden, getting Tucker…
Author: Jonathan Sloan
According to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Portland Blazers star Damian Lillard has just been traded to the Bucks in a three team trade. This obviously makes the Bucks a title favorite right? Of course it does, however it’s worth noting what they gave up for Lillard in the process. Jrue Holiday and some change for Lillard: Jrue Holiday, Grayson Allen, and a 2029 unprotected first is all the Bucks gave up for Lillard. Losing Jrue’s defense might not be the best thing, but given how deep Milwaukee is on that side of the floor, the pros surely…
If you follow the NBA at all, you undoubtedly have heard the conversation regarding load management, and its impact on the NBA as a whole. Some will argue it robs fans of seeing their star players at the games they attend with their hard earned money. Others will say it’s simply the cost of doing business when winning basketball games is involved. I would argue it’s just teams playing chess instead of checkers with a rule that the NBA has historically been weak on enforcing, with Spurs coach Greg Popovich being the guy who changed the game in this regard.…
Fun fact, the Bucks have not lost a single playoff series with its entire big three healthy. That means since getting Jrue Holiday in 2020, the only two playoff series losses were the past two years of dealing with Giannis and Middleton’s injuries. It is worth noting though, that we still can’t 100% bet on the idea that the team will be healthy this time around either, because injuries in sports are often unpredictable. What we can say is, that the new rules against load management, definitely don’t help the odds at all. What are the rules, and will it…
Cameron Payne is a 29 year old veteran point guard who was drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 14th pick in 2015.Since then he has played on multiple teams, the most significant of which is the Phoenix Suns. He was on the Suns the year that they made the finals, and ultimately lost to the Bucks in 6. However, now as of today he’s been waived by the San Antonio Spurs, who picked him up in a trade with the Suns this summer. According to a report from Woj, he now has a chance to sign with a…
The United States national basketball team has been playing in the FIBA world cup for a while now, not fairing as well as they should, but were still in the hunt for a bronze medal as of this morning. After losing to Germany in the semifinals the other day, they had a chance to snag the bronze medal versus Canada early Sunday morning. Lets just say, they didn’t make the most of it. This game was historic for the opposition however, because Canada has now won its first ever medal in the world cup. So lets go over why the…
Since the NBA season is still well over a month away, I’ve decided in the meantime, to start a fun new little series on this publication.I call it ” NBA Drama Review “, and it’s purpose is to go over any TMZ style drama happening in the NBA world, as well as give my rating of the drama’s entertainment value on a scale of 1-10. Today’s first juicy NBA drama topic to go over, is the US track & field star Noah Lyles versus dang near the entire NBA beef. Part one: Who is Noah Lyles, and what is the…
It’s no secret that 76ers star, James Harden, wants out of Philly. It is also no secret that his preferred destination is the Los Angeles Clippers. However what was a secret before recent news broke on the matter, is how the Clippers are approaching this trade mentally. We now know, thanks to Marc Spears of ESPN, what that vision from the Clippers side of this Harden drama looks like. LA Clippers playing the long game on potential James Harden deal: The Clippers now reportedly want to wait and see how, and when, the James Harden fire in Philly stops burning.…
Every September, 2K sports releases their newest NBA video game, this year being NBA 2K24. The full ratings that have dropped this afternoon, are typically evaluations of how good that player is in their current form, and is a marker for how effective they are in the video game as well. With that out of the way, let’s dive into what 2K has to say about this Bucks team. Pretty fair ratings across the board, but man Grayson is low: Giannis, as you might have already knew, is a 96 overall. Holiday got an 87, Khris an 85, Brook an…
In the spring of 2022, Nets star James Harden was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons. Now obviously, with Joel Embiid on the 76ers, Harden had to make a sacrifice after the trade. He no longer could be the guy who averaged 36 points a game as a Houston Rocket back in the day. Now, he was set to be playing second fiddle to Joel Embiid. This duo after 2 attempts, has yet to make it out of the second round. On Wednesday morning, ESPN reporter Ramona Shelburne dropped a bombshell revelation into Harden’s frustration with his situation.…
