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The NBA’s All Star Weekend has come and gone and the second half of the regular season gets underway again on Thursday. The days that follow the weekends slate of activities are dedicated to one thing and one thing only (other than practice of course), TRADE RUMORS. In this social media age, everybody and their mother has a trade rumor that they “heard”, that will most likely never come true. ESPN.com even has their own “NBA Trade Machine” where fans can arrange different…

The Philadelphia 76ers are still struggling at the start of regular season. One of the two teams aside from the New Orleans Pelican who are still winless, the 76ers are now finding an answer to their misery. Now, reports are saying that the 76ers are considering to trade away Nerlens Noel to the Golden State Warriors. Noel who've been through a lot after being linked to numerous trade rumors during the offseason. His statement pertaining to the 76ers 'silly' situation having three big men in…

In Mark Bradley’s “In year 7, what should we make of UGA’s Fox?,” (17 February 2016), Bradley claims that although Fox seems like he is coaching his players well enough to keep the job, overall it still seems he hasn’t won enough to create any sparks in the basketball program. Bradley suggests that Fox is a decent coach through facts such as, that his defenses are typically top 25 in the nation and that they have made the NCAA Tournament twice in his tenure, however he provides support that…

I chose to write a parody of LeBron James returning back to Cleveland, after leaving for Miami in 2014. I found a lot of similarities between Act 1 and the events that transpired in the fall in 2014. LeBron James is arguably one of the best basketball players of all time and was seen by many as the heir to Michael Jordan. Therefore he was dubbed by the media as King James in the wake of his basketball success and accolades he had achieved by the fall of 2014. I found this to share similar…

“I play to win whether during practice or a real game, and I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.” - Michael Jordan. Jordan is a fantastic, well-known, basketball player around the U.S. Michael Jordan has played for the Chicago Bulls for fifteen years. Who doesn’t like winning? I certainly do. If you want to know how to get those W’s on the court, then you must follow these instructions on how to be a better individual player, teammate, and opponent…

omeo Alejandro Saavedra is a young basketball star in the making. He was born in Toronto to a mom named Nimasha and a dad named Justin they later moved to Ottawa so Romeo’s dad could pursue his dream of becoming the prime minister of Canada. After Romeo’s father lost the election to become Prime Minister Nimasha and Romeo left his father in disgust and embarrassment and moved to Windsor Ontario. When Romeo was in grade 7 when he started at his new elementary school where he was asked to try…

The Derrick Rose injury conversation has become a constant trend in and around the NBA since his MVP season. The string of bad luck has now started to follow him from Chicago to New York. It's the start of February and NBA All-Star weekend is quickly approaching as the leagues best are set to gather. Not too long ago the name Derrick Rose would be associated with that group of elite guards like Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Steph Curry. However due to a rash of random lower body knee…

The NBA Summer League is a summer destination, where players come to improve and work on their skills from their rookie season or look to make a name for themselves in hopes of joining a NBA roster. When it comes to Philadelphia 76ers forward Christian Wood, the latter of the two statements can be applied to him. Wood is with the Sixers for a second straight summer league, after the team signed him as an undrafted free agent out of UNLV last summer. He is an athletic and lanky big man, who…

Bob Knight, often called as “The General” is one of the distinguished basketball coaches in the United States who had a unique but controversial leadership style albeit being successful in terms of most wins in Division 1 basketball as well as a lucrative salary. After 29 years of remarkable career at Indiana University as a Coach, in September 2000, Indiana University’s president, Myles Brand fired him for his inappropriate behavior during zero-tolerance period. Upon reading the article “Coach…

Oklahoma City Thunder Triumphs over Sacramento Kings with a 131-116 victory at the Sleep Train Arena on Monday night. The Northwest Divison top squad’s dynamic All-Star tandem of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook once again led the way for the Thunder as they scored a combined 47 points while being on the bench midway through the fourth quarter and let the reserves finish the job. Durant had another double-double game performance of 27 points and 10 rebounds while Westbrook registered a…