Basketball from a
fan’s perspective
You know
I’m ready for the NBA season to begin again and we are in the middle of July. Free agency plus the draft leaves me excited about teams that don’t have L A K E R S on the front of their jersey. In the east the Sixers lost Jimmy Butler and JJ Redick, plug in Al Horford and Josh Richardson as replacements. As for the Celtics Kemba Walker moves into the vacated point guard shoes of Kyrie Irving. Walker cannot be expected to replace the departed Irving and Horford. As for Irving and his Nets they added DeAndre Jordan, but Kevin Durant won’t play until the fall of 2020. The Nets will play on the same level as this past season but no Durant no championship. The Hawks will have Trae Young tossing lobs to former Duke forward Cam Reddish. Don’t go to sleep on the Pacers, Bucks or Raptors they will compete.
In the west we’ve already discussed the
Lakers and Clippers, how about the others.
The Thunder have got to take a step back, Russell Westbrook is gone
replaced by a steadier but older Chris Paul.
If the Thunder don’t trade Paul, he represents the only effective scorer
in Oklahoma. Other than the two LA teams
the Pelicans have got to be must see basketball, Zion Williamson and company
should be quite competitive. The Mavs
will be improved with ROY Luka Doncic teaming with Kristaps Porzingis. The Jazz, Blazers remain a mystery, they will
be good but good enough to win it all? That
becomes the question for these franchises.
Perhaps on the outside for the first time might be the Spurs, looks as
though they might miss the playoffs, can you imagine a Gregg Popovich team
failing to earn a playoff berth.
Tournament winners
The 2019 Peach Jam Tournament in North Augusta South Carolina was won by MOKAN elite this past Sunday. MOKAN is an AAU team comprised of Missouri and Kansas athletes. N’Faly Dante is a 6-11 225-pound center from Sunrise Academy was the MVP for the tournament in the 85-84 win, he led the way scoring 22 points and pulling down 18 rebounds.
The 2019 Peach Jam Tournament in North Augusta South Carolina was won by MOKAN elite this past Sunday. MOKAN is an AAU team comprised of Missouri and Kansas athletes. N’Faly Dante is a 6-11 225-pound center from Sunrise Academy was the MVP for the tournament in the 85-84 win, he led the way scoring 22 points and pulling down 18 rebounds.
This shouldn’t be surprising Dante is a
5-star prospect in the Class of 2020, he attends Sunrise Academy in Bel Aire located
in metro Wichita Kansas. Dante’s received
offers from several of the usual universities among them Kentucky, Kansas, LSU
and Michigan State. The youngster becomes
one of the many on the African continent becoming enamored with the game of
basketball, Dante is from the west African nation of Mali.
We discover who
really oversees the NBA
The number is 3 was the announcement by Laker LeBron James. He was relinquishing jersey number 23 to new teammate Anthony Davis. Davis had worn number 23 all seven years as a member of the Pelicans franchise. You know that old saying, “The best laid plans of mice and men”, well this certainly didn’t turn out as LeBron hoped.
The number is 3 was the announcement by Laker LeBron James. He was relinquishing jersey number 23 to new teammate Anthony Davis. Davis had worn number 23 all seven years as a member of the Pelicans franchise. You know that old saying, “The best laid plans of mice and men”, well this certainly didn’t turn out as LeBron hoped.
The NBA indicated the March 15 deadline
had passed for this change to be implemented but was willing to accommodate the
request. The NBA would waive the
requirement if Nike was willing to sign off on the request. Well the “real’ boss Nike stated an emphatic
NO on this possible change! It was
simple, $$$ were the deciding factor they claimed a large inventory of LeBron
23 jerseys. Any attempt at this late
stage would significantly impact their bottom line. For those who thought commissioner Silver was
in charge, others said it was LeBron.
Truth is its Nike the ultimate CEO.
“You dropped a bomb
on me”
This is no reference to the 1982 hit by the R&B group The Gap Band although it certainly might apply. In this instance there is no aircraft dropping bombs it’s the NCAA with a bomb or mallet if you prefer hanging over the head of several programs. It’s believed the first ordinance was dropped with North Carolina State being named a party by the NCAA.
This is no reference to the 1982 hit by the R&B group The Gap Band although it certainly might apply. In this instance there is no aircraft dropping bombs it’s the NCAA with a bomb or mallet if you prefer hanging over the head of several programs. It’s believed the first ordinance was dropped with North Carolina State being named a party by the NCAA.
The university was accused of major
violations of NCAA policy. There are
other schools who will be named according to the governing body of collegiate
sports. There are no news leaks up to
this point however based on the earlier NCAA statement NC State doesn’t stand
alone. Who are they, we could speculate
all day long and still be incorrect?
There are times I refuse to speculate; this is one of those occasions.
