Championship Urgency In The NBA: Who Needs To Win
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow the top three teams in the NBA have a 12-month deadline to take home a championship.
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The Los Angeles Lakers’ Offensive Struggles: Digging Below The Surface
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Los Angeles Lakers are last in offensive rating, true shooting percentage, and effective field goal percentage since the season restarted. With an Offensive Rating of 95.7, that puts them 6.7 points behind the Wizards; A team that has already been eliminated. Now, LeBron James didn’t play in their last game against the Rockets, so some might say that’s why their ratings are super low. Pretty weak argument, let’s dive below the surface of this argument. These are the points scored by LeBron in his last four games: 16 pts against the Clippers, 20 pts against the Raptors,...
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How Can The LA Clippers Win Their First NBA Title: The ‘X-Factor’
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Clippers will win the championship with ease if…Paul George continues to perform the way he has in Orlando. George is coming off a barrage of eight threes made against the Pelicans, which he achieved en route to the team breaking the franchise high of 25 made three pointers. During the three NBA Bubble scrimmages, George shot 55% from three, to go with a field goal percentage of 60%. Albeit he achieved these percentages during meaningless games, but these numbers didn’t stop when the regular season began. In the NBA Restart debut game, George...
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How Johnathan Isaac’s Injury Impacts the Orlando Magic
Reading Time: 2 minutesTowards the beginning of the fourth quarter of Sunday’s contest between the Orlando Magic and the Sacramento Kings, Jonathan Isaac suffered a catastrophic ACL tear. Although the Magic came out victorious in an impressive performance, it was overshadowed by Isaac’s apparent injury. Isaac suffered a left knee injury in January which caused him to miss 31 games. He later returned to the team in the NBA restart after recovering. As the Magic seek the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference, here are some impacts of Isaac’s absence on the team: Significantly Weaker Defensive Johnathan Isaac is...
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Re-Drafting The 2015 NBA Draft: Who Teams Should Have Really Picked
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is Part three of a series where I revisit old drafts to analyze which players were busts, just right, or came out of nowhere to achieve stardom. This idea is inspired by Bill Simmons of the Ringer Podcast Network. The 2015 NBA draft was certainly a top heavy draft. The projected first few picks were high-caliber names coming out of college. However, many big name players such as Jahil Okafor failed to live up to expectations. While on the other side of things, players like Kristaps Porzingis exceeded expectations. Now, we dive into what each...
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