Each off-season, NBA Free Agency is full of “bombs.” Wojbombs and Shamsbombs fly around for the days leading up to Free Agency and they burst like the end of a fireworks show as it begins. As the dust settles 48-72 hours later, every summer there are clear winners and losers. This summer’s winner? The Big […]
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While basking in the glow of winning the 2021 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets entered free agency with a lot of their roster already filled. Much of the Houston Rockets roster is either 21-years-old and younger or 31-years-old and older but it is not empty. The Rockets’ issues stem from an unknown direction. Last season, […]
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For the Houston Rockets, being excited about the NBA Draft is a weird feeling. Houston hasn’t had a draft pick since 2018 (De’Anthony Melton at 46, who was traded to Phoenix), a first-round pick since 2015 (Sam Dekker at 18), a lottery pick since 2012 (Jeremy Lamb at 12, who was traded that night), a […]
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Amongst a handful of new sports in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, one familiar one stepped in with them. In addition to the traditional men and women’s five on five basketball, the Olympic Committee added three on three basketball. “3×3” (pronounced “three-ex-three”) is a new, halfcourt game that combines size, speed, and athleticism in a new […]
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As the confetti settles in Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks represent mid-sized markets everywhere atop the NBA. Rightly or wrongly, the Bucks represent the antithesis of the fans’ issues with the game. They’re not a superteam that signed a handful of All-Stars, they’re not a major city on either coast, and they kept their […]
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As the NBA Draft approaches, the “light at the end of the tunnel” for Rockets’ fans has gotten brighter. After a season of disappointment, the Houston Rockets won the second overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery. This was huge for Houston. Following the Russell Westbrook trade of 2019, the pick was heading to Oklahoma […]
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On Monday morning, amidst a flurry of sports news from a packed weekend, the Washington Football Team publicly released a statement. The Washington Football Team has spent a year mulling over what their next name will be. The franchise made one thing very clear: They will no longer tie their name to Native American imagery. […]
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Yes, the NBA has reached the end of the season. The Houston Rockets suffered through an abysmal year that ended much earlier, and now the entire league is wrapping up. The NBA Finals features the Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns, two small-market teams who haven’t had this much success in 47 and 28 years […]
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The NBA Awards season was predictably underwhelming for the Houston Rockets. After the exodus of one of the franchise’s best players ever, dozens of injuries, and a rough 17-55 season, Rockets’ fans couldn’t have had very high hopes. That said, the Houston Rockets were not without representation to start the off-season The Houston Rockets Off-Season […]
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In the South, and Texas in particular, there’s an “old saying” for every event in life. This week, in Dallas, there’s only one “old saying” to describe what’s going on: “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” This week, the city of Dallas has had the same smokey fog over it as Los Angeles in the mid […]
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On Tuesday night, Kevin Durant put on one of the all-time individual performances in NBA Playoff history. In a must-win game, “Easy Money Sniper” played all 48 minutes, had 49 points on 23 field goal attempts, 17 rebounds, 10 assists, three steals, and two blocks. He was deadly, and the entire league noticed. But the […]
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Early on Wednesday morning, hours after being eliminated, The first WojBomb of the summer dropped: Boston Celtics’ President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge retired suddenly, and head coach Brad Stevens was replacing him. The same Boston Celtics that have made the Eastern Conference Finals three times in the last five seasons look to be making […]
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NBA Fans: En·bee·ay·Fans /N.B.A. fans/; noun: people who have a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing, in this case of the NBA; short for fanatics. In the last week, NBA Fans have had multiple disrespectful incidents across the country. From spitting and pouring popcorn to literally running on the floor, […]
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Basketball is a weird game. It’s a team game: twelve players rotate through five spots on the floor. Within those five spots, only one gets to shoot each possession. Teams try to build “big threes” or “deep benches” but the truth is, time and time again, that the NBA game comes down to having a […]
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