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NBA BUZZ
Injury-plagued career
by Bobby Motus - March 5, 2025 - 12:00am
The Philadelphia 76ers drafted him as their 3rd overall pick after Andrew Wiggins (CLE) and Jabari Parker (MIL) during the 2014 NBA Draft.  Also in that class is Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart, Julius Randle and...
Getting better
by Bobby Motus - February 26, 2025 - 12:00am
The newest superstar Laker had finally tuned up and had produced superstar numbers in his latest game. 
Team hopping
by Bobby Motus - February 12, 2025 - 12:00am
The wheeling and dealing is over in the trade market but there is still the NBA buy-out market where teams who no longer need the services of their veterans get released from their contracts. 
LD for AD
by Bobby Motus - February 5, 2025 - 12:00am
The NBA trading deadline is tomorrow but as I write this piece, the noise and the drama in Miami that we had been expecting to gain traction is still bogged down, the principal actor indefinitely suspended, again,...
Jalen Green
by Bobby Motus - January 22, 2025 - 12:00am
Drafted in 2021 by Houston as their second overall pick, Jalen Green, the 6’4” shooting guard whose mom Bree Puruganan hails from Ilocos Sur, has rightfully earned his starting spot with the Rockets...
Russ revival
by Bobby Motus - January 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Russell Westbrook had his best basketball during his 9 seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder. 
Can’t win against Pat Riley
by Bobby Motus - January 8, 2025 - 12:00am
During his tenure with the Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler played the best basketball of his career. 
Trade season is here
by Bobby Motus - December 31, 2024 - 12:00am
The unofficial NBA trading season had started last December 16 when most of the free agent signings league-wide the past offseason become eligible to be dealt to other teams.
Thundering OKC
by Bobby Motus - December 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Oklahoma City is in the Central United States, whose location, known as Thunder Alley, is frequented by tornadoes.
15-0 season starts
by Bobby Motus - November 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Going 15-0 to start the NBA season is a mean feat and in the league’s 77 years of existence, only four teams have accomplished this.
The Bronny folly
by Bobby Motus - November 13, 2024 - 12:00am
For the pedigree that he carries, Bronny James gets more than ample media attention than that of more seasoned players.
Dikembe, 1966-2024
by Bobby Motus - October 23, 2024 - 12:00am
Coming to the US from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1987 at the age of 21, Dikembe Mutombo came to study at Georgetown University on a scholarship from United States Agency for International Development...
NBA’s top 35 and older players
by Bobby Motus - October 16, 2024 - 12:00am
In an article by Jasmyn Wimbish on CBS Sports, she listed 10 top players 35 and older still making an impact on their teams with their veteran presence which is an important guiding presence to their younger te...
The GOAT debate
by Bobby Motus - October 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Let’s get in on the debate on who’s the greatest basketball player ever to lace up a pair Nikes. 
Boston’s biggest EC threats
by Bobby Motus - September 25, 2024 - 12:00am
With their 18th championship, the Boston Celtics is the league’s winningest franchise, and it looks like they’re bent on repeating with an intact lineup. 
Is Ben Simmons still relevant?
by Bobby Motus - September 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Seven years into the NBA with career total earnings of $163 million would describe an All-Star caliber franchise player that should regularly lead a team to a long run during the post season. 
NBA 2024-2025 opening games
by Bobby Motus - August 14, 2024 - 12:00am
As expected, Team USA won the gold in Olympic basketball in Paris last week.
Who will beat Team USA?
by Bobby Motus - August 7, 2024 - 12:00am
The 2024 Olympic basketball quarterfinals cast is set with Germany, Greece, Canada and France in one group. 
The end of the TNT-NBA marriage
by Bobby Motus - July 31, 2024 - 12:00am
For forty years, the world’s most popular and expensive basketball league gave the broadcasting rights to Turner Sports/TNT, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. 
NBA rookie salaries
by Bobby Motus - July 18, 2024 - 12:00am
The NBA s Collective Bargaining Agreement has a firm rookie salary determined by a mechanism called the rookie wage scale, where it assigns a limit as to how much a rookie gets paid before he steps on the court for...
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