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
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 Chris Paul is a member of the Houston Rockets. Yes, that happened. No, you didn’t dream it. It was a real thing that went down over the offseason. Paul and James Harden are starting in the same backcourt. The
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale As far as NBA offseasons go, the Milwaukee Bucks’ summer was not especially active. They re-signed Tony Snell and drafted D.J. Wilson and Sterling Brown. That’s their sabattical in a nutshell. Standing mostly pat is taboo unless you’re a
I sit on my couch half-watching the Philadelphia 76ers struggle through a late-winter game when, suddenly, a big man throws down a resounding dunk. “Holmes!” the commentator shouts, as I begin to turn my attention back towards my computer. Just then, I stop and scold
It might be the single-greatest team statistic in all of professional sports. And yet, we rarely talk about the context of how much is loaded within the particular piece of trivia. Even after digestion, the fact is hard to fully digest. Five. That’s the number
Polarizing All-Stars like Kyrie Irving aren’t supposed to be moved to a conference rival. Heck, they’re technically not supposed to be dealt at all. And yet, here we are, mere days later, still taking in the news from The Vertical’s Shams Charania that he was dealt from
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Few teams in the NBA are as tough to forecast ahead of the 2017-18 season as the Portland Trail Blazers. They won just 41 games last year and are not appreciably better on paper, but their 20-tilt tear with