Hoops and Other Things
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Indiana’s Rookie Killer Bs Could Lead Fever Back To Glory
The Indiana Fever might be the most exciting 5-15 team in quite some time and that’s largely because of their promising first-year players. Indiana’s selections of Aliyah Boston and Grace Berger in the first round of the 2023 WNBA Draft created some hype around the team, which has been a perennial bottom feeder since 2016…
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Emoni Falls For The Bate(s)
It’s a slow news day for me as I continue to come up with some story ideas but this is something I could not pass up. While scrolling through Twitter today I stumbled across a post from one of my favorite accounts, Ballsack Sports, which showed a fake Emoni Bates stat line from the Cleveland…
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Wemby Provides Flashes Of Potential At Summer League
Victor Wembanyama rode the rollercoaster of NBA Summer League both on and off the court across his two games in Las Vegas this past week. Off the court, Wembanyama dealt with his first scandal after a Spurs security staffer hit Britney Spears after she tapped Wemby’s shoulder from behind. It was a truly bizarre saga…
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Jaime Jaquez Jr: The Mexican Mamba
As a Mexican-American who grew up watching the NBA, there weren’t any great Mexican players in the league to look up to when I was a kid. Sure there were players from Spanish speaking countries who I loved like Ricky Rubio, Manu Ginobli and now Jose Alvarado, but not having a Mexican player in the…
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Someone Please Check On Brandon Miller
The No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft, Brandon Miller, has caught a lot of criticism in light of his recent Summer League performances. Even before Summer League began he was catching heat from his own fans in Charlotte as there are countless tweets and videos of Hornets fans upset that the organization…
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Chet Holmgren Is Here
After Chet Holmgren missed all of his first NBA season due to injury, we were finally treated to the Holmgren show this week at the Salt Lake City Summer League. As the No. 2 overall pick in 2022, the Oklahoma City Thunder expect Holmgren to grow into a franchise player and bring the Thunder back…
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Houston, We (Still) Have Some Problems
Coming off of a truly embarrassing season that saw head coach Stephen Silas completely lose his young locker room while his Houston Rockets squad plummeted to yet another abysmal finish at 22-60, Houston finally has a sense of optimism sweeping through its fanbase after a flashy offseason. The Rockets hired former Celtics head coach Ime…
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Szobo Signs: Liverpool triggers release clause for RB Leipzig star
After weeks of uncertainty, transfer rumors and boiling frustration from Liverpool fans, the time has FINALLY come for a new signing this summer window. Following the signing of World Cup winner Alexis MacAllister from Brighton & Hove Albion for a ridiculously cheap £35m, fans began to question owner John W. Henry’s integrity once again. It’s…
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Dear NBA, can I get a max contract?
NBA free agency is one of my favorite times of the year. So many players on the move, trades left and right, championship contenders being built, free agency has it all. While there’s so much good that can come out of free agency, there’s also a lot of controversy. Much of that controversy stemming from…
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The Phoenix Suns Maximized The Minimum
NBA free agency kicked off on Friday and, of course, there was plenty of movement across the association. While there were several high-profile moves — such as Fred VanVleet signing a max contract with the Rockets or the Portland Trail Blazers overpaying for Jerami Grant — I was most struck by the job the Phoenix…
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