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The Surging Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are playing the best basketball they have played since the 2021 season. 6-3 since the All-Star break, the Lakers...
Jack Anderson
Mar 14, 20234 min read
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The Western Conference: where teams should try to manipulate the standings
The Western Conference is cluttered. The race to avoid the play-in and get into the play-in is very cluttered with only two teams out of...
Jack Anderson
Mar 3, 20235 min read
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The superstar era in Brooklyn is over
The date is June 30th, 2019 and the Brooklyn Nets just hit the jackpot. After years of being one of the worst teams in the league and...
Jack Anderson
Feb 24, 20235 min read
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Thoughts as we hit the All-Star break
With the first half of the season complete, I wanted to write a sentence or two and set the landscape of where each team is right now....
Jack Anderson
Feb 18, 20233 min read
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Recapping the Trade Deadline
The trade deadline has come and gone and there is a lot to talk about. Usually I write about every trade and break down each deal. ...
Jack Anderson
Feb 13, 20237 min read
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Kevin Durant got traded
Life in the NBA changes fast. The Brooklyn Nets have learned that. Last Tuesday, they were 31-19, sitting 4th in the East and preparing...
Jack Anderson
Feb 9, 20234 min read
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Kyrie Irving is a Dallas Maverick
Well, there it is. Kyrie Irving has been traded to the Dallas Mavericks, along with Markieff Morris, in exchange for Dorian...
Jack Anderson
Feb 6, 20234 min read
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It is time for the Raptors to start over plus reaction to the Kyrie trade request
The Toronto Raptors are the team to watch at the NBA trade deadline, the swing team of the deadline. Sitting at 23-30, Toronto is 12th...
Jack Anderson
Feb 3, 20235 min read
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Is another trade coming for the Lakers?
This week the Los Angeles Lakers used 3 of their 7 available 2nd round picks to trade, along with Kendrick Nunn, to trade for former...
Jack Anderson
Jan 27, 20234 min read
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My 2023 All-Star Ballot
The NBA All-Star Game is coming up and voting for starters ends this week so I will be putting out my ballot for the game. There are 12...
Jack Anderson
Jan 20, 20235 min read
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The Bucks will be okay... right?
The Milwaukee Bucks started red-hot, winning their first 9 games, however since that point they are just 18-15. The 2021 champs were...
Jack Anderson
Jan 13, 20233 min read
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Are the Nets for real?
So, the Brooklyn Nets have won 10 in a row and 14 of 15. The offense has been awesome at 1st in the league over the last 15 games and...
Jack Anderson
Dec 30, 20225 min read
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What is going on with the Celtics?
After finishing 2 wins away from an NBA championship last season, the Boston Celtics came out of the gate lighting the world on fire,...
Jack Anderson
Dec 23, 20223 min read
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Welcome to Trade Season
The unofficial start to the NBA trade season is here as players who signed free agent contracts this summer can now be traded. According...
Jack Anderson
Dec 16, 20224 min read
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It is time for the Chicago Bulls to enter another rebuild
The day is March 25, 2021, the Chicago Bulls have just acquired Nikola Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu from the Orlando Magic in exchange for...
Jack Anderson
Dec 9, 20225 min read
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What is happening out West?
The Western Conference was clearly the best conference in the NBA during the 2010s. While the Spurs, Thunder, Rockets, Warriors and...
Jack Anderson
Dec 2, 20226 min read
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Ranking the 2022-23 City edition uniforms
The NBA has released its city edition uniforms and for the 2nd straight season I am going to rank them. While I think overall these are...
Jack Anderson
Nov 18, 20225 min read
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The Average Knicks
The Knicks are off to an average start. Before getting blown out by the Nets on Wednesday, the Knicks were 5-5, 0-5 against teams above...
Jack Anderson
Nov 11, 20224 min read
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The Brooklyn Nets are an absolute mess
The NBA season started about 3 weeks ago and there have been a lot of fun stories. For example, the Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, and...
Jack Anderson
Nov 4, 20225 min read
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Just how bad are the Lakers?
The Lakers stink. This is not entirely Russell Westbrook’s fault, this is a poorly constructed roster that has no shooting on it and...
Jack Anderson
Oct 28, 20224 min read
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