The Atlanta Hawks had a shocking run to the Eastern Conference Finals and fell in six games to the eventual NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks. Trae Young took a big step forward in the playoffs and he earned himself a max contract in the process.
The Brooklyn Nets formed arguably the most talented big three in NBA history last season. However, James Harden and Kyrie Irving weren’t able to stay healthy in the playoffs. Their injuries and Joe Harris’ bad shooting performance left Kevin Durant tasked with carrying Brooklyn in the second round. He was inches away from sending them to the conference finals but he watched the Bucks win the title weeks later.
We’re well into NBA free agency at this point and most of the top players are off the board. Grading these moves is the next step as we slowly ease out of NBA free agency in the coming weeks.
The Miami Heat acquired Kyle Lowry last week in a sign-and-trade agreement with the Toronto Raptors. Even though they’re currently being investigated for tampering, the move is not expected to be voided. So Miami should keep its new point guard.
Another busy day in the NBA Summer League took place on Monday, August 9. Eight games were played featuring some of the future stars of basketball.
Seven NBA Summer League games were played on Sunday, August 8th. It was great to have a slate of basketball games and there were some big-time Summer League standouts across the association.
Just like that, the 2021 NBA free agency period has come and gone like a flash. While teams will still make moves between now and the start of the regular season, most of the big-name players have made their decisions.
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.
While the Miami Heat are having a successful free agency so far, they may need to lock in one of their current free agents. Heat summer league standout, Omer Yurtseven has dominated his first two games with the Heat’s summer league squad.
The USA men’s Olympic basketball team is going to play for the gold medal on Saturday. Expectations were always that they should reach this point, but the journey has been far from smooth.
Oklahoma and Texas are official members of the SEC… in 2025. How will this affect the future of recruiting? Does Texas even matter? Also, how this will affect the other conferences and if those cowards at Notre Dame will finally join the Big Ten. The guys finish by talking about some of the most absurd contracts given out by NBA teams on day one of free agency.
The New York Knicks entered this offseason with over $50 million in cap room to sign some big free agents but it feels as if they underwhelmed. They may not be done spending but have already locked up a majority of their cap space on four players.
The Atlanta Hawks had a shocking run to the Eastern Conference Finals and fell in six games to the eventual NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks. Trae Young took a big step forward in the playoffs and he earned himself a max contract in the process.
The Brooklyn Nets formed arguably the most talented big three in NBA history last season. However, James Harden and Kyrie Irving weren’t able to stay healthy in the playoffs. Their injuries and Joe Harris’ bad shooting performance left Kevin Durant tasked with carrying Brooklyn in the second round. He was inches away from sending them to the conference finals but he watched the Bucks win the title weeks later.
We’re well into NBA free agency at this point and most of the top players are off the board. Grading these moves is the next step as we slowly ease out of NBA free agency in the coming weeks.
The Miami Heat acquired Kyle Lowry last week in a sign-and-trade agreement with the Toronto Raptors. Even though they’re currently being investigated for tampering, the move is not expected to be voided. So Miami should keep its new point guard.
Another busy day in the NBA Summer League took place on Monday, August 9. Eight games were played featuring some of the future stars of basketball.
Seven NBA Summer League games were played on Sunday, August 8th. It was great to have a slate of basketball games and there were some big-time Summer League standouts across the association.
Just like that, the 2021 NBA free agency period has come and gone like a flash. While teams will still make moves between now and the start of the regular season, most of the big-name players have made their decisions.
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.
While the Miami Heat are having a successful free agency so far, they may need to lock in one of their current free agents. Heat summer league standout, Omer Yurtseven has dominated his first two games with the Heat’s summer league squad.
The USA men’s Olympic basketball team is going to play for the gold medal on Saturday. Expectations were always that they should reach this point, but the journey has been far from smooth.
Oklahoma and Texas are official members of the SEC… in 2025. How will this affect the future of recruiting? Does Texas even matter? Also, how this will affect the other conferences and if those cowards at Notre Dame will finally join the Big Ten. The guys finish by talking about some of the most absurd contracts given out by NBA teams on day one of free agency.
The New York Knicks entered this offseason with over $50 million in cap room to sign some big free agents but it feels as if they underwhelmed. They may not be done spending but have already locked up a majority of their cap space on four players.
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