The NBA trade deadline is quickly approaching and the Utah Jazz look to be major players in the action before Thursday February 6. The Jazz are one of only a handful of teams with enough expiring contracts, salary room beneath the luxury tax and other assets, to really control what …
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Lebron James is one of the most accomplished players in NBA history. Anyone who has ever watched the NBA in the last 10 years knows this. Lebron overtook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the all-time scoring leader in 2023. He will soon overtake Kareem for most games played. But there is one …
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After the struggles of the 2020-2021 team in Tokyo, and the Olympics being in France, it looked like Team USA was finally not going to win the gold. The French had new NBA superstar Victor Wembanyama, NBA defensive player of the team Rudy Gobert, and a host of former NBA …
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No team in American basketball Olympic history is as polarizing as the 2020, or should I say 2021 team. The team struggled and faced adversity like none other, and had the worst start of any team in American history yet found itself late for Olympic glory. Some of Team USA’s …
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Going into the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, things were looking good the the US. The stability brought by the changes to Team USA after the 2004 debacle resulted in two World Championships and two Olympic gold medals. However, there were some areas of concern for Team USA. …
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There have been hundreds of team logo’s in the history of the NBA. Some have been fantastic, some have been okay, and others have been bad. But which ones truly standout as the best of the best? To find out what NBA logos are the best, we have to find …
The New Orleans Pelicans have made no secret that they wish to move on from forward Brandon Ingram. They have, thus far, found no one interested in the Ingram. One team that might make a lot of sense for Ingram is the Pelicans’ summer blockbuster trade partner the Atlanta Hawks. …
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On Wednesday the Utah Jazz inked their star forward Lauri Markkanen to a franchise record 5-year 250 million dollar deal. The extension ends months of speculation that the Jazz would trade the star Finnish forward. The deal first reported by Tony Jones of the Athletic puts Markkanen in Salt Lake …
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The western conference has been the dominant conference of the two NBA conferences for the last two decades. Not since the Michael Jordan lead Chicago Bulls has the Eastern Conference been more dominant than the West. Yes, the east has won 8 of the 21 NBA titles since 2000 and …
The Showtime Lakers of the 1980s are undoubtedly one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. Behind Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, and Pat Riley they made nine NBA finals and won 5 of them. Their epic battles with the Larry Bird lead Celtics established what a rivalry should …
