Brooklyn Nets’ star Kevin Durant is a great player, absolutely phenomenal. Durant came into the NBA in 2006 and quickly took the league by storm. During his rookie season, he would average 20.3 PPG and go onto win Rookie of the Year. Since 2006, Durant has averaged 27.4 PPG. This shows how dominant he has […]
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Brooklyn and Kenny Atkinson decide the best time for a coaching change is with 20 games left in the season and with the Nets smack in the middle of a playoff run. Kenny Atkinson and the Brooklyn Nets took care of business against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, March 6. The Nets got a […]
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No time for reading? No worries. You have the option to listen to his article as well. Kyrie Irving has provided us just so many opportunities to award him a BUSDA. Of late, I’ve been a little late to the party to make sure he received his due. Fortunately, the insane things that come out […]
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This offseason the Brooklyn Nets took over New York basketball. Kyrie Irving alluded to it, emphatically proclaiming “This is our home!” after the Nets beat the Knicks in a November Battle of the Boroughs. At the moment the Nets do seem to own New York after signing Irving, two-time Finals MVP Kevin Durant and former […]
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Kyrie Irving's Instagram story is everything you need to know about his character. It is thin-skinned, gutless and egotistical. Just like Kyrie.
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The NBA season is only a few weeks away, and for the first time in many years, the landscape of the league is completely different. Gone are the days of easily predicting who will end up in the Finals. Each team has questions surrounding their squad, so we will take a deep dive into each […]
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The Atlantic Division is filled with five teams that all have had major changes to their rosters. From a Kawhi-less Raptors, a defensively changed 76ers, two New York identity changes, and a Celtics unit with several questions surrounding them. Each team will present new challenges and could likely serve as the most interesting division in […]
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Joe Johnson showed the world a thing or two with his Big 3 tournament performance. Proving that “Iso Joe” has still left in the tank to perform at the highest level. Being in the league was essentially Joe Johnson nationally televised tryout for the NBA again. Big 3 League For those of you who don’t […]
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Trading Places Featuring Ja Morant and RJ Barrett What’s good everybody? It is time for another installment of our “What If” series for Belly Up Sports. The last time that we profiled a member of the 2019 NBA draft class, it was dedicated to this year’s top pick Zion Williamson. But this time around, we […]
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In the midst of the NFL starting and the drama surrounding it’s top players, the NBA gave sports fans a temporary moment of relaxation by releasing the schedules for each NBA team. There are several key facts to note, so here are a few of the biggest takeaways from the NBA schedule release. NBA Schedule […]
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The Brooklyn Nets made their first playoff appearance in the last three years this past season. The Nets finished the regular season with a 42-40 record.
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For months (even years), basketball fans in New York dreamed about the possibility of adding two of the top talents in the National Basketball Association (NBA) today, as Kevin Durant was rumored to be leaving the Golden State Warriors after the 2019 season, as Kyrie Irving has always dreamt about playing on his home turf, […]
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The 2019-20 offseason was supposed to be the beginning of a new, hopeful era of New York Knicks basketball. When they traded their franchise player, Kristaps Porzingis, earlier this season for a bag of peanuts and a milkshake, the logic was irrefutable: “Guys, we need cap space.” Who could argue with the logic? The plan […]
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You’d be forgiven if you affectionately thought of the current NBA free agency period as “The KD Sweepstakes”. The biggest fish of the 2019/20 offseason has been completely enigmatic all season
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