FEATURED IMAGE CREDITS: Getty Images Basketball is back! After four months of no action, the NBA returned in their isolated bubble within Disney World. The time off basically equated into an off-season and like most off-seasons, players either took advantage of the time by training or they decided to use the time to relax. Whether…
FEATURED IMAGE CREDITS: USA Today Sports The Background The 2005 NBA draft was the last class to allow prospects to enroll in the draft straight from high school. High school prospects since then have had their options narrowed to either to play in college, an option where allegedly they will not get paid, or take…
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images 40. Gordon Hayward (Boston Celtics) What a remarkable journey Gordon Hayward has had. Coming off his first All-Star appearance in 2017, averaging 22 points and leading the Jazz to the second round of the playoffs, it seemed his best days were yet to come. That summer he signed with Brad Stevens, his…
(Photo Credits: Maddie Meyers; Getty Images) Jayson Tatum has taken a tremendous leap in his third year in the NBA. The 22-year-old is regarded as one of the brightest young talents in the league and after his eye-opening performance in the 2019-2020 season, many believe Tatum is the newest superstar in the NBA.
Featured Image Credit: Jesse D. Garrabrant/ Getty Images The modern age of NBA big men is embodied by an array of archetypes unlike those of the past. Gone are the days of the 7 footers who had to rely on an arsenal of post moves to score. Teams used to search for players like Kareem…
FEATURED IMAGE CREDITS: Steve Dykes (AP Photo) On March 11th the NBA world came to a halting stop after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. At that moment, the league resuming seemed to be one of the last things people were worrying about. Yet somehow, the NBA was able to come up…
Bill Streicher/USA TODAY Sports 45. Tobias Harris (Philadelphia 76ers) Tobias Harris made a name for himself in 2018 as the star player on an overachieving Clippers team that unexpectedly made the playoffs. His exceptional performance in L.A. leading up to the playoffs precipitated the talent-laden Philadelphia 76ers to trade for Harris before the deadline, adding…
Tim Warner/Getty Images 50. De’Aaron Fox (Sacramento Kings) This spot could just as easily have gone to a solid contributor on a championship-caliber team, such as Marcus Smart or Montrezl Harrell, but De’Aaron Fox takes the slight edge. Before the 2020 NBA season was suspended indefinitely, Fox and the Sacramento Kings were vying for their…
The New Orleans Pelicans are set up for success through a combination of strategic moves and sheer luck; the team has the potential to be a dynasty in the coming years.
Amar’e Stoudemire was a scoring statistical darling, however, his value was limited by the dependency factor on playmakers. Steve Nash’s arrival in Phoenix propelled Stoudemire’s scoring numbers to sky-high limits. In 2011, when he moved across the country to play with the Knickerbockers and without a superstar playmaker such as Nash, his game took a sharp decrease and never reached the same heights again.