The Filipino Connection in the NBA
You don’t need to go far to find a basketball rim in the Philippines. Why is the country obsessed with basketball? The answer can be traced back to the early 1900s.
You don’t need to go far to find a basketball rim in the Philippines. Why is the country obsessed with basketball? The answer can be traced back to the early 1900s.
It was delayed by you know what, but the 2020 Olympics were finally played. Now may not be the best time for these games but the organizers had other thoughts. In the end, fans got to see their fellow countrymen play.
It’s been a strange year and it’s going to be one of the most talked-about NBA postseasons we’ve ever witnessed. Injuries, highlights, record-breaking stats, and the pandemic are going to stay in our heads for a long time.
It may surprise you is when someone out of nowhere suddenly steps up and gives their team an unexpected win. Let’s take a look at some of the players who became unlikely heroes in this year’s playoffs.
The playoffs for the 2020-2021 NBA season finally arrived. This year’s edition will probably be as memorable as last year’s NBA Bubble because of games being played during the COVID-era. The biggest difference is that the games are no longer being played in Orlando but in actual NBA arenas. So traveling between cities and playing in front of the opponent’s crowd is back in the mix.
They say that you should never judge a book by its cover. Perhaps the same could be said about NBA teams. You wouldn’t understand a team’s story unless you know their full season.
Take a trip down memory lane by looking back at the 2005-2006 Kings. The last squad that made the playoffs for Sacramento.
The 2020-2021 NBA regular season is about to end and it’s time to see if teams are experiencing drafter’s remorse. What is drafter’s remorse? It’s the mental anxiety or regret that a team will feel after drafting a player. Did the team make the right choice? Was the next player taken a better option?
The current NBA season is now one hundred days old. It is actually 106 for those who are counting, but there were no games on Dec 24 and there were five days of zero games during the All-Star Break. Let’s call it a hundred ‘gamedays’ from the first day of the season up to April 6.
The NBA was forced to cancel the 2021 NBA All-Star Weekend in Indiana because of the current situation of the world. Fans were already used to the idea of having no events this year, but the NBA said “Let’s do this”. The show went on with Atlanta playing host in Plan B.
Happy Chinese New Year! With this event in mind, let’s take a look at how NBA teams are connected to China.
The NBA that everyone is currently enjoying right now is the 75th NBA season. We will now go back in time… to season 65. Let’s see what the league was like 10 years ago.
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