Keeping it Real Sports

Guess what? I’m back baby! Sure, I may have gone on a little hiatus there but it was totally intentional and had nothing to do with summer and then the start of college. My phone was kind enough to alert me the other day that the 2019-2020 NBA season is right around the corner, and I figured what better way to (try to) get back into blogging than by spewing out 2,000 words of basketball analysis! Buckle up folks, because it’s gonna be another ride. As is customary, I will be

Is it over yet? (head peeks out from under bed) Are they done? Has the dust finally settled? Well shucks, I wish I could answer that question, but NBA free agency has long been one of the craziest sporting events of the year. Within the course of a few days, the entire league was flipped on its head, and we are now faced with more parity than seemingly ever-before. All-Star duos have flocked to every corner of the county, and other teams have done their part to remain competi

With the first four games of the NBA Playoffs set to tip off today, let’s provide an analysis and prediction of each matchup we will see in the opening round. Are you ready for some playoff basketball?! Philadelphia 76ers (3) v.s. Brooklyn Nets (6) Before anything let me just say congratulations to the Nets. Just a year ago you might have (like me) considered them to be one of the most feeble franchises in sports, but they made some smart moves and developed their youngsters

Now that the calendar has turned to April, we are at the end of another NBA season. There were surprises and sure-things, ups and downs, resurgent years and regressors. At the beginning of this season, I picked one player to watch for each NBA team, so with 79 games in the rearview mirror let’s take a look back at those players and see how they fared over the course of 2018-2019. Atlanta Hawks: Taurean Prince, SF Prince actually got less playing time this season, most likely

Yes, I am well aware that I have already written a post concerning the buy v sell decision that bubble teams in the NBA face every season, but with the Trade Deadline only five days away I felt now was as good a time as any to revisit the topic. There have been some changes since my last post, both in regards to teams’ competitiveness and trade rumors, so let’s look at all the periphery squads and what their best course of action is. Eastern Conference Detroit Pistons (22-28,

We’ve just passed the halfway mark of the NBA season, so let’s check in with each team and possibly update some predictions. Detroit Pistons (17-23, 9th in Eastern Conference) It’s safe to say Detroit has had a disappointing season so far. I truly thought Dwayne Casey would push this team over the hump, but while their amazing frontcourt of Griffin and Drummond has dazzled, the rest of the team seems to have lost its fire from last year (the loss of Ish Smith for over a month

With the NBA season underway and each team still believing they have a shot, let’s look at one key player to watch this year for each squad. Atlanta Hawks: Taurean Prince, SF Entering his third year, Prince is looking to build off a solid sophomore campaign that saw him put up 14.1 PPG, 2.5 APG and 4.7 RPG. He has all the makings to become a top-half wing in the league, combining wiry athleticism with great shooting ability. With a more talented team building around him, Prin

With the 2018-2019 NBA Season set to tip off this Tuesday, let’s take a look at each team’s prospect for the coming year. And for fun, let’s do them in the same order as my predictions from last year. Detroit Pistons Wait, Van Gundy is gone? For real? Praise Jesus hallelujah! They lost Tobias Harris and Avery Bradley who I thought were big pieces of their future, but they managed to pair Andre Drummond with Blake Griffin, so buckle-up poster makers. If Reggie Jackson can fina

I wanted to do a short article today, but I just can’t. With the official start to the moratorium period in NBA free agency set to arrive at 12:00 AM ET tomorrow, I just have to write an article on free agency, and since I already highlighted the big names and their prospects I figure we go vanilla and simply outline each team’s situation (projected cap space, needs, wants, whatever). Since this information is, for some reason, rather hard to find, I will simply be giving eac