James Harden Blockbuster Trade: What Happened and Who Won?

The James Harden – Houston love affair came to its sour conclusion yesterday as he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in a 4-team blockbuster deal that has shaken up the Eastern Conference. The deals comes as a disgruntled James Harden essentially forced his way out of the team with lacklustre performances and off-court shenanigans.

LaMelo Ball is the truth

I didn’t quite know what to expect when Lamelo Ball first stepped foot on an NBA court. His father’s heavy-handed decision that saw him forgo the college experience, opting instead for professional basketball overseas, put the 19 year old on a whole different benchmark and firmly in the spotlight of the world, a spotlight that

Is SexLand For Real?

The season has been wild. The Orlando Magic are 5-2,  Toronto has win all season, even the Knicks are winning (not even the staunchest optimist could have predicted that). One of the stories of this infant NBA season has been the revelation of the one-two punch that is giving the Cleveland Cavaliers playoff promise. SexLand

NBA Predictions 2020-2021: Western Conference

At long last, amidst a sea of uncertainty and difficulty especially in my own county, the oasis of NBA basketball has returned. In what promises to be one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory; with the return of superstars, big money offseason signings and high profile rookies, I present to you my season predictions,

NBA Preseason: Week 1 Top Picks

They’ve done the bubble, they’ve done the draft, they’ve done the offseason, it’s now time to look at my top picks around the league one week into a historically shortened preseason.  Harden’s holdout ends  At last we saw the long awaited arrival of former MVP and strip club connoisseur on Tuesday as James Harden suited

Steph and the 3: How Curry changed basketball.

If you go down to any open court in any city in the world, you will likely see kids and adults alike launching terrible shots. Attempting ludacris step-backs from 25 feet, firing threes on a three on one fast break and just displaying a general disregard for inside touches and ball movement. James Naismith could

NBA Offseason: Are the Hawks flying?

If you’ve been in a coma since November, you’d be forgiven for not recognising the Atlanta Hawks roster. That, or you’d think it was a bizarre alternate reality where NBA teams were built from fantasy drafts 2K style. If you’re a Hawks fan, this should give you reason to celebrate. The fact is, all has

Basketball: Britain’s Forgotten Sport

When OG Anunoby drilled a game winner on the wing over the fully outstretched, airbourne two-way superstar Jaylen Brown in the dying seconds of the fourth game of the 2020 Eastern Conference, it felt like a momentous moment. Not only did it keep the Raptor’s season alive, preventing Toronto from going down to a (usually)

The Sixers added Doc and weapons, can they be a force in the East?

It’s draft day June 27th 2013, Then Philadelphia 76ers GM Sam Hinkie trades away his lone all-star Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel and a 2014 first-round pick. Here the “process” was born. An aggressive tanking manoeuvre of blitzkrieg proportions that was set to take Philly back to the promised land through the draft. Yet, here

The Draft: Winners and Losers

After a wait like no other, the NBA draft was finally completed this week and for the most part, nothing too wild went down. It has to be said that the talent of this draft does not match up with the star studded boards we have been spoilt by the last 5 years, however there