Welcome to the debut of Swishes with Sampson, where I’ll take a weekly look around the NBA and share five things I found, let’s say, interesting. Some of them may be good, and some may be bad. Some of them might be otherwise. I’ll let
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale David Fizdale is out as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, as first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff is, for the meantime, in. Figuring out what this means for the Grizzlies’ future takes a couple leaps of faith. It
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Seventeen NBA teams. Seventeen bad, to weird, to uncertain starts. Seventeen head coaches. Sixty minutes. An unknown number of jobs in jeopardy. In the latest episode of Hardwood Knocks, Andy and Dan look at all 15 teams with records of .500 or worse, add
The new-look Oklahoma City Thunder have big aspirations. Russell Westbrook has transformed himself from a one-man band into a more distribution-focused point guard, while Paul George is getting comfortable working off the ball, slinking off pin-downs and nailing spot-ups. Carmelo Anthony is carrying the second
How does every NBA player stack up heading into 2017-18, based solely on the level at which we expect them to play during the upcoming season? That’s the question 16 NBA Math staff members and contributors sought to answer, ranking each and every player in
Pablo Prigioni. Raymond Felton. Chris Smith. Toure’ Murry. Langston Galloway. Shane Larkin. Jose Calderon. Jerian Grant. Derrick Rose. Chasson Randle. Brandon Jennings. The directory above contains all the point guards Carmelo Anthony has played with during the last half-decade. Say whatever you want about the
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
Talking about the NBA as a business isn’t an ideal way for diehard supporters to wrestle with their fandom. But understanding how decisions are made on the technical side helps contextualize the choices organizations make about their franchise’s favorite players. Money matters, revenue allows the