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The Top 10 Best Outdoor Basketballs in 2024
Basketball is a sport that is loved by many around the world and can be played on a variety of court surfaces and in sometimes…
View More The Top 10 Best Outdoor Basketballs in 2024NBA 1st Quarter Award Winners (at least for us)
I love doing quarterly awards. First-quarter awards are always the most enjoyable, too, since there’s usually some things that deserve acknowledgment but tend to fade…
View More NBA 1st Quarter Award Winners (at least for us)The Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 6
Welcome back to The Weekly 4-Point Play, our new weekly column highlighting four of the biggest and most exciting stories in the association. In case…
View More The Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 6Is there a shift in the NBA Paradigm? 5 Overachievers in the 2023-24 Season (so far)
Nearly 30 games into the 2023-24 NBA season, we can get a good feel for what teams are going to make the postseason. Of course,…
View More Is there a shift in the NBA Paradigm? 5 Overachievers in the 2023-24 Season (so far)2024 NBA Draft Profile: Reed Sheppard
In a recruiting class that was ranked first nationally with several five-star prospects, not many saw the emergence of Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard as arguably the…
View More 2024 NBA Draft Profile: Reed SheppardDevin Booker is the Most Well-Rounded Guard in Basketball
Smart basketball people love to say that growth isn’t linear; that makes Devin Booker’s evolution as a player even more satisfying. It doesn’t necessarily show…
View More Devin Booker is the Most Well-Rounded Guard in BasketballJoel Embiid and The Free Throw Dilemma
Free Throws are the easiest points in the game- you stand right at the line with no defenders and *almost* all the time in the…
View More Joel Embiid and The Free Throw DilemmaThe Kings Offense is Good, but it’s not Good Enough
The Kings were riding high after last season, which culminated in the team’s first playoff berth in a high school junior’s lifetime. They had a…
View More The Kings Offense is Good, but it’s not Good EnoughIn-Season Tournament Quarter-final recap: Celtics vs. Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS, IN–The Indiana Pacers beat the Boston Celtics 122-112 to advance to the semi-finals of the In-season tournament. The Pacers went on a 9-0 run…
View More In-Season Tournament Quarter-final recap: Celtics vs. PacersThe Nurse Is Here: Exploring Philly’s Hot Start
The Philadelphia 76ers are in the midst of one of their most exciting starts to a season in franchise history. After trading James Harden just…
View More The Nurse Is Here: Exploring Philly’s Hot StartThe Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 5
Welcome back to The Weekly 4-Point Play, our new weekly column highlighting four of the biggest and most exciting stories in the association. In case…
View More The Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 5NBA Rookie Ladder: 2023-24 Rookie of the Year Award Rankings
NBA Rookie Ladder: 2023-24 Rookie of the Year Award Rankings: December Update A little over a month into this NBA Season we’ve got a better…
View More NBA Rookie Ladder: 2023-24 Rookie of the Year Award RankingsPaul George is the Clippers’ best player. That’s not great!
Last night, the full-strength Clippers (sorry, Mason Plumlee!) lost to a Nuggets team missing its three best players playing on a road back-to-back, and it…
View More Paul George is the Clippers’ best player. That’s not great!2024 NBA Draft Profile: Ryan Dunn
Ryan Dunn is one of the best wing defenders in the country excelling in that role as a freshman in limited time. The 6’7, 208…
View More 2024 NBA Draft Profile: Ryan DunnMinnesota Timberwolves might not need to trade Karl-Anthony Towns after all
MINNEAPOLIS, MN-The KAT Renaissance is upon us. Yes, you read that right. Yes, I am referring to the KAT you know. Karl-AnthonyTowns. Heading into the…
View More Minnesota Timberwolves might not need to trade Karl-Anthony Towns after allHow the Orlando Magic created an elite defense
The Orlando Magic’s elite defense is a bit unusual. They aren’t filled with lockdown one-on-one stoppers. They give up a ton of shots at the…
View More How the Orlando Magic created an elite defenseWhy you should care about the NBA Cup
Short post today as I’m traveling all week, but I’ve wanted to get something off my chest for a while now. Plenty of people out…
View More Why you should care about the NBA CupThe Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 4
Welcome back to The Weekly 4-Point Play, our new weekly column highlighting four of the biggest and most exciting stories in the association. In case…
View More The Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 4Is RJ Barrett for real? Grumpy Gus and Hopeful Hal debate.
Folks, thanks for being here! If you haven’t yet, please make sure to follow me on X/Twitter (@bballispoetry) and/or on Blue Sky (@basketballpoetry), and don’t…
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