How LeBron James 2012 Takedown of Boston Celtics Helped Him Shape His Career
Pranav Ramasubramanian | August 1st, 2018 It was the year 2012 and the Boston Celtics had just taken a 3-2
Pranav Ramasubramanian | August 1st, 2018 It was the year 2012 and the Boston Celtics had just taken a 3-2
The Los Angeles Lakers, the most storied franchise in the NBA, have been in rebuild mode for at least five seasons. Ever since Kobe Bryant’s body gave up on him (he missed 139 games in his last three years), the Purple and Gold have been outside the playoffs and looking to acquire new talent through the draft.
A lot was made about Lebron James playing in the NBA finals with an injured right hand and Christian Vazquez was initially placed on the 10-day DL after injuring his hand sliding. The punch to the blackboard that injured Lebron’s hand is the classic mechanism for boxer’s fracture, but the fact that Vazquez’s injury is to his pinky or 5th digit makes that type of injury likely for him too.
The cynical, stereotypical view of the NBA Summer League is that it offers no real indication of how teams will perform when the season starts for real in October. That can often be the case as, with the rosters being dominated by players scrapping for merely a place in the G-League, all squads are missing the vast majority of their key personnel.
Tip-off may still be three months away, but it is never too early to get excited for the next NBA season. Here are three reasons why this summer’s free agency has made the league even better.
In the modern NBA, Dynasties always end quicker than expected. The Miami Heat big three only managed a couple of titles. Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant’s dominance with the Los Angeles Lakers ended abruptly. The Garnett-Pierce-Allen trio in Boston yielded just a single ring. Be it due to the physical and mental fatigue of playing into June every year, the difficulty of keeping everyone on a championship team satisfied or the supreme depth of talent across the league today, it seems almost impossible for a team to win several titles in the current NBA climate.
This year’s NBA offseason has been one of the most exciting ones in recent years. With LeBron James choosing to sign with Lakers, Paul George resigning with the Thunder, and the unknown destinations of Carmelo Anthony and Kawhi Leonard, the NBA couldn’t be a better environment for speculation at the moment.
The 2018 NBA free agency period had it all; heroes, villains, and unlikely events. Now that things are slowing down, the wait for the 2018 NBA season to get underway will be rough.
The Golden State Warriors just won a back to back NBA championships and have won three of the last four creating an NBA dynasty that could be unbeatable for years to come.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the internet yesterday when he announced that Lebron James is taking his talents to the west
On July 1, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski hit the NBA world with a massive “Woj Bomb” regarding the future of NBA
The NBA offseason is upon us, which means rumors of trades, free agency, and other game-changing moves are in full
Pranav Ramasubramanian | August 1st, 2018 It was the year 2012 and the Boston Celtics had just taken a 3-2 lead on the superteam Miami
The Los Angeles Lakers, the most storied franchise in the NBA, have been in rebuild mode for at least five seasons. Ever since Kobe Bryant’s body gave up on him (he missed 139 games in his last three years), the Purple and Gold have been outside the playoffs and looking to acquire new talent through the draft.
A lot was made about Lebron James playing in the NBA finals with an injured right hand and Christian Vazquez was initially placed on the 10-day DL after injuring his hand sliding. The punch to the blackboard that injured Lebron’s hand is the classic mechanism for boxer’s fracture, but the fact that Vazquez’s injury is to his pinky or 5th digit makes that type of injury likely for him too.
The cynical, stereotypical view of the NBA Summer League is that it offers no real indication of how teams will perform when the season starts for real in October. That can often be the case as, with the rosters being dominated by players scrapping for merely a place in the G-League, all squads are missing the vast majority of their key personnel.
Tip-off may still be three months away, but it is never too early to get excited for the next NBA season. Here are three reasons why this summer’s free agency has made the league even better.
In the modern NBA, Dynasties always end quicker than expected. The Miami Heat big three only managed a couple of titles. Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant’s dominance with the Los Angeles Lakers ended abruptly. The Garnett-Pierce-Allen trio in Boston yielded just a single ring. Be it due to the physical and mental fatigue of playing into June every year, the difficulty of keeping everyone on a championship team satisfied or the supreme depth of talent across the league today, it seems almost impossible for a team to win several titles in the current NBA climate.
This year’s NBA offseason has been one of the most exciting ones in recent years. With LeBron James choosing to sign with Lakers, Paul George resigning with the Thunder, and the unknown destinations of Carmelo Anthony and Kawhi Leonard, the NBA couldn’t be a better environment for speculation at the moment.
The 2018 NBA free agency period had it all; heroes, villains, and unlikely events. Now that things are slowing down, the wait for the 2018 NBA season to get underway will be rough.
The Golden State Warriors just won a back to back NBA championships and have won three of the last four creating an NBA dynasty that could be unbeatable for years to come.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the internet yesterday when he announced that Lebron James is taking his talents to the west coast next year. James will
On July 1, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski hit the NBA world with a massive “Woj Bomb” regarding the future of NBA star LeBron James. LeBron James
The NBA offseason is upon us, which means rumors of trades, free agency, and other game-changing moves are in full swing. All of this is
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