Remembering Kobe Bryant the Legend

Remembering Kobe Bryant the Legend

Growing up, a Los Angeles Lakers fan as a young kid was fantastic; I became a Lakers fan because of Magic Johnson in the late 1980s. Unfortunately, i caught the tail end of Johnson’s career. After Magic left, it was Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Cedric Ceballos, and Vlade Divac Lakers. I cheered for them […]

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 Raptors Playoff Picture

Raptors Playoff Picture

The NBA season is officially past its midway point (which should be marked by the All-Star Game). This means that a very early Raptors playoff picture is beginning to form. Now one could argue that there is no point in speculating about the playoffs, but where’s the fun in that? So, in accordance with being […]

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 All-Star Starters: The Snubbed and Boosted

All-Star Starters: The Snubbed and Boosted

With every all-star event in sports, there are always debates around the final lineups and starters. There are snubbed players. Fans, coaches, and players usually feel that some players did not get the opportunity they deserve. Then there are the boosted ones. Those players are the ones that get a huge confidence boost. They may […]

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 NBA Mid Season Award Winners – 2020

NBA Mid Season Award Winners – 2020

NBA Mid Season Award Introduction As the NBA season names its All-star Players and nears its longest break of the year, we’ve compiled the Belly Up Sports 2020 NBA Mid Season awards. For five different categories, members of the Hoops Department will break down their personal award winners. The awards are MVP Candidate to Watch, […]

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 Can the Raptors Make a Second Seed Push?

Can the Raptors Make a Second Seed Push?

The basketball season is nearing its midway point, and many teams are getting ready for a playoff push. One of these many teams is the Toronto Raptors, who sit at fourth place in the Eastern Conference. However, the Raptors are in a situation that no other top team is currently facing. For the 40 games […]

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 Indiana Pacers: Legit Title Contenders

Indiana Pacers: Legit Title Contenders

The surprise 2020 Indiana Pacers are contenders, but to fully understand the story of this squad, you need to first take a trip back to a devastating night about a year ago. In a January 23rd game vs the Toronto Raptors during the 2018-19 season, disaster struck for the Indiana Pacers organization. With 4:05 left […]

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 Denver Nuggets: The NBA's Jekyll and Hyde

Denver Nuggets: The NBA's Jekyll and Hyde

The NBA’s Jekyll and Hyde of the 2019-20 season is the Denver Nuggets. first, let’s clarify what a Jekyll and Hyde is. It would be a team that performs at a  great level of performance at times. It seems when they are in Dr. Jekyll mode they can do no wrong. They hit their shots and […]

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 The Emergence Of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

The Emergence Of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the Paul George trade, and it has paid off big time for Thunder thus far. The Los Angeles Clippers drafted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with the 11th overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft. Coming out of college, Gilgeous-Alexander was known for his defense and needed time for his […]

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 Tacko Fall is Taking Over Boston and the NBA

Tacko Fall is Taking Over Boston and the NBA

Tacko Fall has played 11 minutes in the NBA. He hasn’t even really done anything notable yet as a basketball player. It’s almost inexplicable how quickly he has taken over Boston, and to a lesser extent, the entire NBA. All he’s done is be Tacko Fall and put up some garbage time points. To be […]

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 The NBA has Parity once again

The NBA has Parity once again

When the season first started this year there was one common theme; the NBA has parity once again. Players made a lot of moves in the offseason and many of the big names went to different spots. But the Western Conference has been the dominant conference for many years. So much so that the NBA […]

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 Norman Powell: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence

Norman Powell: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence

Norman Powell. Stormin’ Norman. NormGod. However you refer to him, Norman Powell has become a breath of fresh air for the 2019 defending NBA Champion Toronto Raptors. Powell was originally signed by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2015 before being traded to Toronto for Greivis Vasquez (I had to Google the name). Early Days Throughout his […]

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 NBA Season Review – First Quarter

NBA Season Review – First Quarter

The first quarter of another fantastic NBA season has come and gone. Here at Belly Up Sports, we have decided to craft our first-quarter NBA season review from a few of our writers that you’ve seen through our articles published. A collaboration of some of the greatest sports minds in the world if you will. […]

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 Off-Season Assistance

Off-Season Assistance

The awards banquet was last night so you know what that really means right? The season is officially over. You will have some speculation for the next few months over who will land where to drive next year. Teams might announce minor crew changes. Either way, you need something to do now to officially help […]

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