iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Posting the best record in the East and earning a trip to the Conference Finals did not stop the Boston Celtics from wheeling and dealing over the offseason. Team president Danny Ainge overhauled nearly two-thirds of the minutes represented
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale After finishing the 2016-17 NBA season on a 30-11 tear, following a cataclysmic 11-30 start, the Miami Heat had two options: They could lean into their half-season detonation, reinvesting in a promising squad that didn’t make the playoffs, or
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale The New Orleans Pelicans are approaching perhaps the most important season in franchise history. This slant is neither hyperbolic or inflammatory. It’s the truth. So much is riding on how the Pelicans fare this year, after missing the playoffs
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale The Washington Wizards offseason was, somehow, simultaneously hectic and not-at-all busy. On the one hand, the roster doesn’t look that much different, because it had no way of looking that much different. The Wizards entered the summer with no
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale The Cleveland Cavaliers are never not interesting. It doesn’t matter whether they’re getting hammered for not being as good as the Golden State Warriors or lauded for pulling off the greatest NBA Finals comeback ever in 2016. We never
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale So much for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s lack of flexibility. Though they entered the summer barren of cap space and with very few trade assets, the Thunder somehow turned their restrictive position into the additions of Paul George, Patrick
The Houston Rockets went through a massive roster overhaul this summer. Gone are the likes of Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Montrezl Harrell, Sam Dekker, Kyle Wiltjer, DeAndre Liggins, Darrun Hilliard and a 2018 first-round pick, but in their place stands Chris Paul (added via sign and trade
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale SPOILER ALERT: The Brooklyn Nets are not going to be good next season. Crazy, we know. As much as they’ve done to revamp the roster, they still project to be one of the NBA’s worst teams. But will they