Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver knows zero about basketball. As an owner he’s cheap, interferes, and has unrealistic expectations about how to win in the league. He’s despised in Phoenix because the Suns have missed the playoffs eight straight years and fans blame Sarver. His greatest move in the past seven years has been the…
Former Laker Caron Butler had a nickname given to him during his time at a Milwaukee juvenile institution. Tough Juice. It encapsulated the Butler career and made him a fan favorite at all his NBA stops. Fans naturally align themselves to the hardest worker and the grittiest player, the one who doesn’t care about stats…
I don’t know who is up for the job, maybe a big man whisperer. Maybe Iyanla Vanzant has a version of Fix My Basketball Life. This much is clear. Nerlens Noel has issues. But they are issues the Dallas Mavs care nothing about because Noel has just been suspended for taking a banned substance (allegedly marijuana)…
When Goran Dragic asked to be traded from the Phoenix Suns in February of 2015, he was facing free agency in a few months, normally a time of great optimism. But his Phoenix experience had stalled as there were too many guards (Eric Bledsoe, Isaiah Thomas). Dragic wasn’t sure where he wanted to go next…
If you look at guys who came to the NBA from Duke, aside from Grant Hill, which ones lived up to expectations? (Phil Jackson) There are 19 Duke players currently in the NBA. 18 of them have never been Rookie of the Year. 17 of them have never been an All-Star. Only 2 (Kyrie Irving,…
James Harden is having a monster year and is the front runner for MVP. Last year, James Harden had a monster year and was the front runner for MVP. Two seasons before that, James Harden was having a monster season and was front runner for MVP. If it feels as if we have been here…
Forget the past two years. Forget being up 3-1 in the WCF and not being able to get the team over the hump because of a dreadful ball sticking offense. Forget turning everything over to Russ and not giving ownership to anyone else last season and now Victor O. is balling out of his mind…
This week, DeAndre Jordan hired an agent. He hasn’t had an agent in a couple of years. But things are getting serious for DJ. He can opt-out his deal in 2018 and either take an unearned $205 million pay day from the Clippers, or he can leave and get a fat raise too. If he…
When the Lakers traded Timofey Mozgov to Brooklyn for Brook Lopez, after the hallelujah chorus got over themselves and rational thought prevailed, the trade was penciled in as an upgrade. Similar to Cleveland, Mozgov didn’t fit the Lakers style. The Lakers want to run and Mozgov was plodding and slow in his one year with…
After botching their summer flip of Eric Bledsoe, and then botching it again by not playing Eric Bledsoe in November so his value was diminished, the Phoenix Suns have finally exiled Eric Bledsoe. The disgruntled guard has been traded to the other conference. The Suns won’t have to deal with him. In return, they received…