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NBA: Dallas, Lakers, and Clippers Are Reportedly “Frontrunners” to Get Al Horford
Welcome NBA fans! It appears that Al Horford is leaving Boston. For many, this move came as a huge surprise, and it could alter Boston’s decisions going forward. It’s not even July yet and Boston has already lost two of their stars. Furthermore, Kyrie Irving is reportedly leaning towards the Brooklyn Nets, while Horford is moving on. Horford is 33 and has $30 million left on his contract.
By Michael Reynoso7 years ago in Unbalanced
NBA: Mike Conley Jr. “Traded” to Utah
Welcome NBA fans! It has been rumored last season that Memphis will trade their franchise player, Mike Conley Jr. to a team that needs a shot creator and shooter. After months of rumors and speculation, the Utah Jazz finally got their man.
By Michael Reynoso7 years ago in Unbalanced
NBA: The Rockets Are ‘Aggressively Pursuing' Jimmy Butler
Welcome, NBA fans! As “free agency” approaches, the Rockets are in a midst of a crisis. The Rockets came up short against the former two-time defending champions, the Golden State Warriors in six games.
By Michael Reynoso7 years ago in Unbalanced
Jurassic Changes?
The Toronto Raptors have been a team that has caught the eye of several NBA enthusiast since the beginning of the 2018 off-season. After a year in which the organization's former head coach earned "coach of the year" accolades, many believed that the new direction of change for the organization had already begun. At the end of the 2017-2018 season, the Toronto Raptors finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference. Their 59-23 record was a testament to how great the talent of DeMar DeRozan truly was. The first seeded Raptors were seen as a huge threat to other teams in the Eastern Conference until the Eastern semifinals. It was then when LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers swept Toronto and sent them home packing with new focuses on the upcoming season. After studying his team and the current reconstruction of the eastern conference, the Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri was determined to push the Raptors into a season of cleansing.
By Thuurd .I7 years ago in Unbalanced
Nursing a New Nation!
The opportunity to coach a group of individuals is a task that many people would refuse to take on. The ability to lead could be described as a tentative gene that develops during the lives of certain people who are willing to answer the call of becoming a leader. To be a successful coach in the National Basketball Association, an individual must be confident in himself before he is able to make decisions that will alter the careers of people involved. Throughout the span of an NBA season, coaches and executive members of the organization are given an efficiency grade that determines how well each level of leadership is performing. When a head coach is able to win an NBA Championship during his first year of coaching, the whole organization deserves an "A+."
By Thuurd .I7 years ago in Unbalanced
The Raptors Achilles Heel?
The 2019 NBA Finals have been a tale of two cities. For the Toronto Raptors of the North, the journey to the NBA Finals has been full of hard work, surprises, and dedication. For a franchise that has not yet won an NBA championship, the city of Toronto have been standing by their home team as if they have been in this situation before. Celebrities such as the Canadian icon Drake have bought into the new winning tradition that was inherited from Raptors superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard. After years of playing in San Antonio, Kawhi Leonard has shown the league why he has always deserved to be considered an elite NBA player. With another chance to win an NBA championship, Kawhi and the Raptors must dust off a determined Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson who seem to have their sights focused on winning their third straight title.
By Thuurd .I7 years ago in Unbalanced
How Klay Thompson Lives Up to His Name
When I was younger, my first-grade class learned about traditional Chinese pottery and were allowed to use clay to make bricks. As long ago as that was, I still remember how easy it was for the clay to be molded into anything, and once dried, how solid it was.
By Candice Evans7 years ago in Unbalanced
The Golden State Warriors' Strength in Numbers Pushes the Warriors Past Toronto in Game 2
Despite the Warriors Game 2 leading scorer Klay Thompson going down with an apparent hamstring injury, the Golden State Warriors push past the Toronto Raptors for a 109-104 Game 2 victory–knotting the series at one apiece.
By Candice Evans7 years ago in Unbalanced
5th Grade Somers Girls Win the Tri-County Basketball League Championship at the Buzzer
The 5U Girls TCBL Championship game at 7 Bridges School on Sunday didn’t look like it would amount to much excitement at the outset. Ardsley’s deft little point guard put the ball on the floor, and set her sights for the rim en route to eight first quarter points. The long two her oversized shooting guard drained from the corner didn’t say much for a compelling game either. So, facing a 10-4 deficit after one, Somers looked as the tandem was going to run them out of the gym. But the closure that coach Rob Hawkins got his girls to employ said nothing about giving up, and ultimately had the Tuskers and Lindsay Ulaj sounding their trumpets in a 24-22 buzzer beater.
By Rich Monetti7 years ago in Unbalanced
Kemba Changing Locations?
In 2011 the Charlotte Hornets were in a different stage of the organization's history. During this time, the organization was known as the Charlotte Bobcats, an organization that was prone to winning games in the National Basketball Association. At the time D.J. Augustine was the starting point guard, and Shaun Livingston was in the middle of his young career. The Bobcats lacked absolute talent which, at the time, was taking the NBA by storm. Players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Derick Rose, and Dwayne Wade had already become accustomed to the way the NBA was changing. It was clear that in order to win NBA Championships in the 21st century you needed at least one star to build around on an NBA roster. With a need to keep up with the new wave of competition, the Charlotte Bobcats decided to make a long term investment with their ninth pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
By Thuurd .I7 years ago in Unbalanced
No Splash Brother Left Behind?
After a long 82 game NBA regular season, the NBA was ready to reward some of its best players with some of the league’s highest honors. When the NBA All Teams rosters were released to the public on Thursday, many NBA fans and critics began to evaluate the roster to check its validity. In a year where so many fans were able to see so many different players reach a new level of success, it would be no surprise to see new faces on the 2018-2019 All NBA roster. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry, Paul George, James Harden, and Nikola Jokic were the five individuals that received first team honors. Jokic and Antetokounmpo have both shown tremendous growth throughout the course of the 2018-2019 season and were rewarded with one of the highest regular-season honors. For players such as James Harden, Steph Curry, and Paul George, making the All NBA team was almost a given. After incredible regular season performances, it was almost a given that players that have been dominant would make first team conversation.
By Thuurd .I7 years ago in Unbalanced
