The NBA trade deadline is less than two weeks away. Meaning, it’s officially Woj vs. Shams Szn. The rumors are plentiful, and will soon bloom into real transactions. Transactions that can make, break, or have literally no effect on, the rest of your team’s season. How are you feeling about YOUR team before the NBA […]
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Well, well, well, Mavs fans. Looking back on the Kristaps Porzingis trade, maybe you were right about the move being a total fleece after all. The Mavericks have significantly underperformed this season. The pairing of Porzingis and phenom point guard Luka Doncic was supposed to elevate Dallas to new heights in terms of the team’s […]
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Kristaps Porzingis came into the league as the unicorn that would cure the Knicks and bring New York back to the bright lights of primetime. Then reality hit. Kristaps tore his ACL in 2018 and the Knicks did a good job of getting rid of him for nothing. All of the players they got in […]
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Last week, amidst many fans switching gears to the NBA post-Super Bowl, news broke about Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks. No, it wasn’t Luka Doncic’s latest scoring streak. It wasn’t some Shark Tank venture, either. Mark Cuban’s Mavericks had been intentionally not playing the National Anthem before home games, but never announced anything formally. […]
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Another week of Rockets’ basketball down… this time without off the floor embarrassment. The Houston Rockets finished the week 2-1 after two big wins against the Sacramento Kings and a tough loss against Dallas. As mentioned in last week’s Round-Up, Houston started off their season short-handed (well, it started off no-handed, and then short-handed… now […]
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When the season first started, I assumed fans were in for a long one. The Hornets came out flat in the opener against the Cavaliers. Then the team dropped a close one to Oklahoma City, with Brooklyn staring at them next. Then something unexpected happened. The Hornets defeated the Nets in a game I didn’t […]
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Belly Up Contributors: Joe Palencia, Max Stines, Parker Ainsworth, Jeremy Macchitelli, Robert Cordero, Emir Sykes, Bob Blackwood, Bradley Stahl, Kyle Edwards, Shannon Walsh With the upcoming 2020-21 NBA Season start upon us, it’s time to put our money where our mouth is (or at least our credibility) and make our season award picks and playoff […]
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Check out our grades for NBA City Edition Uniforms Part 1 and Part 2 here! Ever since Nike took over the jersey rights for the NBA, they have guaranteed to be innovative with their designs. They power out multiple new designs each season, sometime totaling up to five per team. Considering the sheer volume of designs, some […]
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A few days I wrote the Eastern Conference edition of this article, coming up with one word for each team to describe what to expect for their upcoming 2020 season. Today, the West has its turn. Dallas Mavericks Hopeful. The Mavs have the best young player in the game, a 7’3 knockout shooter, and tons […]
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Listen, I get it… we all have our holiday traditions. On Thanksgiving, we wake up hungover, miss the Turkey Trot, gorge on a bunch of fantastic food, and sit down to watch football while slipping in and out of a food-induced coma the rest of the afternoon… until it’s time to wake up and heat […]
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Was I the only one who didn’t know what to do with only two NBA Playoffs games on Tuesday? Not having games at 1:30 PM ET just seems weird now. But we’ll take what we can get, and that was another incredible battle between Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell. Also, Playoff P arrived in the […]
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The first day of Game 2’s in the NBA Playoffs featured big bounce back wins from Dallas and Utah, the defending champs taking care of business and the Celtics asserting dominance vs. the Sixers. Let’s take a look at everything that went down yesterday in the NBA Playoffs. Raptors Depth Too Much for Scrappy Nets, […]
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It’s official, NBA Playoffs basketball in the bubble is incredible. Not only did we get games all day starting at 1:30 PM ET, but we got some fantastic, and historic, action. If you weren’t able to watch 10 straight hours of playoff hoops, first of all, what’s wrong with you? Second, it’s all good, I […]
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With Jerry Jones and Dak Prescott taking up a lot of the oxygen in Dallas, it’s refreshing to hear about the Mavericks. A stable and respected franchise, starting at the top with their vocal owner, there is a lot of anticipation surrounding this team’s playoff push. With a firm grip on the seventh seed in […]
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