NBA Draft 2016: Ben Simmons

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Ben Simmons has been the consensus top pick in this draft since this draft was being analyzed and broken down. There were a few times in certain mocks that Brandon Ingram would sneak into the top spot, but the 2016 draft has been the Ben Simmons draft since the 2015 draft was in the books. This is a strange draft though. In ten years it could range anywhere from pathetic to great. Ben Simmons is the face of this draft and a metaphor for this draft. He could be great or he could be ordinary. … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2016: Ben Simmons

NBA Draft: Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss

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In any mock you might around the webyoung PFs Marquese Chriss of Washington and Dragan Bender of Maccabi Tel Aviv are listed in the top 10. Bender is usually top 5. Chriss is as high as #3 in Draftexpress. Since most mocks are a reflection of what the websites are hearing from their league sources, it is safe to assume that both players have been wowing the scouts in workouts. Bender and Chriss both look the part. Both players are tall, long and active with 2-point range like the modern … [Read more...] about NBA Draft: Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss

NBA Draft 2016: Buddy Hield

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Buddy Hield scored a lot of points last season. He scored points at a pace rarely seen from a player in a power 5 conference. Buddy scored enough to win the Wooden award as the nation’s top player. He did this as a senior following 3 seasons where he made himself into a solid player, but nothing close to what he was this past year.   Buddy … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2016: Buddy Hield

NBA Finals Quick Thoughts

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Despite the initial hoopla of a LeBron-Curry rematch, the first two games have been pretty brutal from the Cavs’ perspective.  Let’s take a look the series so far and see if we can salvage any nuggets of interest. Do the Cavs have a chance? Doesn’t feel like it.  The old axiom is that a playoff series hasn’t really started until a team loses a home game.  This makes sense on a technical level but the Cavs have got beaten by 58 points collectively over the first two games and that seems … [Read more...] about NBA Finals Quick Thoughts

NBA Draft 2016: Top PGs

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For any team looking for immediate PG help in the draft it really comes down to, “Do we draft Kris Dunn early, trade down and go with Denzel Valentine or grab a young big early and draft Gary Payton II later?” At least those are the questions they should be pondering. I know that I’m higher on Payton than most, but I feel he is a legit option for any team looking for immediate PG help. The rest of the PGs in this draft just aren’t very impressive. I’ll get to them in a later piece, but I want to … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2016: Top PGs

NBA Finals Preview 2015-16

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I guess you could call it inevitable.  Despite some unanticipated twists and turns along the way, the NBA Finals has ended up exactly where most people expected, with the Warriors and Cavs meeting again.  Let’s run through some of the key issues/interesting questions for a Finals preview. But first, let’s take a quick look at a few of the departed: Toronto Raptors:  The Raps season could not reasonably have turned out much better.  They had the most wins in a season and their best playoff … [Read more...] about NBA Finals Preview 2015-16

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