Once, in a not too distant past, Wiggins Island was a hub for growth and prosperity. When Sir Flip Saunders purchased the tropical paradise for a single Kevin Love, there was every reason to believe that it would become a well populated tropical paradise. Still new to the maps of…

A magical run has come to an end. — Before the 2001 NBA draft, Tony Parker was merely a skinny Parisian kid who was making some minor waves overseas. He was an unknown diamond in the rough. At the time, former New York Times reporter Mike Wise predicted he was a chance to scrape into the first round of…

Kevin Love provided a suitable Robin to LeBron’s Batman, but now he needs to take over the franchise reigns. — If you haven’t been watching NBA basketball for long, you probably only know the Cleveland Cavaliers model of Kevin Love. The version where he squeezed into the sidekick role to accommodate the mega-stardom of LeBron James, and to a lesser extent, Kyrie Irving on route to a championship ring.

The best players from the 2017–18 season, according to the advanced statistics. — Anyone who lives and breathes hoops like I do understands that statistics aren’t everything. The worth of a player can never be decided by them, but they are an important factor when dissecting a player or team’s overall body of work. The advanced statistics are more informative than the basic…

Analyzing the overlooked Villanova guard as we close in on the NBA Draft. — If you didn’t know how NBA drafts work and you tuned in to any Villanova game in their latest championship season, you would bet your house that Jalen Brunson was the most highly sought after prospect on the court. Alas, scouts and general managers will always prioritize genetic tools and…

Putting the microscope on Durantula’s game three heroics. — There is a solid argument that Kevin Durant ended the season of the Cleveland Cavaliers — and every other team in the league— the moment he uprooted his Oklahoma City life and penned that history defining contract with the Golden State Warriors. However, in game three of the NBA’s biggest…

The Cavaliers may have lost, but King James put on one hell of a show in game one of the NBA Finals — The opening stanza of the NBA Finals has come and gone, and it did not disappoint. Golden State Warriors finished the game as 124–114 victors, but there is so much more to delve into. With Momentum swinging back and forth like a Dikembe Mutmbo finger wag, storylines like the block/charge…