Category: Basketball
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Athlete vs The Media: An Eternal Struggle
By Sam Reeves You’ve all heard about it, you’ve seen the clips, hell maybe you’ve lived it. I am, of course, talking about the ongoing athlete vs. media war. It doesn’t matter the sport, the league, or the athlete: the media interferes at the wrong time, almost regularly. Look, we all have bad days at…
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Is Being Right About Sports Transactions Important?
By Sam Reeves Well, well, well if it isn’t the old piece of shit who owns this site finally writing something. Yes, I am back. Not better than ever by any means, but back, nonetheless. I decided it was time to bring up this blog that I had been thinking about for a while. With…
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Dear Lonzo Ball’s Left Knee
By Sam Reeves You don’t know how much I think about you. You don’t know how much I wish you were ok. You’re a knee, you don’t know anything. You stupid knee, going and getting so jacked up that a doctor can’t even say what’s wrong with it. Like, what is this four-time operated-on knee…
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NBA Needs to Go Back to School
By Sam Reeves (@samr33v3s) The NBA is a global phenomenon, expanding their brand rapidly. They have players in the league from several continents. However, they are missing a huge component necessary to grab audiences and take their viewership to the next level. I am talking, of course, about bench celebrations. The game of basketball is…
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The Athlete Label Complex
By Sam Reeves There are many times when an athlete is being observed by fans and media, and they are usually given a label. Whether it’s prospect, depth, average, star, or superstar: each athlete has a label they didn’t ask for. A player can put up huge numbers one year but fail to come close…
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Ranking Chicago Sports Teams by their Defcon Level
Chicago Sports are in bad shape, but just how bad are they? By: @chi_rox_ There are eight major league sports teams that call Chicago home (yes, the Red Stars play in Bridgeview-we know but don’t care about technicalities here). With the sheer amount of teams in a major city, one would think we are blessed…
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Some Things I Would Love to See Nikola Jokić Do
By Sam Reeves Nikola Jokić is the greatest NBA player I have seen since Paul Zipser. The All-NBA Denver Nuggets Center is all the rage in the league right now after leading the Nuggets to their first Western Conference title in team history. The man who is a walking triple-double and internet sensation should be…
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Grouping NBA Mascots by How quickly Benny the Bull Could Kill Them
By Just Roxy Don’t let his cute face fool you-he could be a cold-blooded killer if he wanted to be. Benjamin T. Bull has had a historic run in the NBA, spanning over 50 years, and was the first mascot to enter the league. He has seen many mascots come and go, yet still, he…
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Andre Drummond and Goran Dragić Deserve a Nickname
By Sam Reeves During the Bulls victory over the Indiana Pacers on 10/26, NBC Sports Chicago analyst Will Perdue and temporary host of Bulls pre- and post-game Leila Rahimi deemed that Andre Drummond and Goran Dragić need a nickname. The tandem of Drummond and Dragić have gelled together quite well since both being signed as…
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The Bulls Scored 125 Points and Still Lost
By Roxy Bulls made fans feel almost every emotion possible in Preseason Opener Ah, preseason: an opportunity to jump into a new sports season and work out the kinks caused by the off-season and its happenings without worrying about it counting. The Bulls were lucky this game didn’t count because, oh boy, did they need…
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