Team Needs – Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers Needs: Keep their young free agents, move D’Angelo Russell, Ensure LeBron Happiness Picks: 17, 47 The Lakers made a strong run in the playoffs, but it sort of masked the fact that their regular season was actually quite disappointing, and they finished as the 7th best team in the conference. Now, they…
Team Needs – Northwest
Portland Trailblazers Needs: Rebounding, ball movers, defense Picks: 3, 23, 43 Portland was a big winner in the draft lottery process, jumping up to #3, allowing them to get one of or should they choose to keep the pick, or move the right to draft one of those two players if the right deal comes…
Team Needs – Southeast Division
Charlotte Hornets Needs: Efficient scoring Picks: 2, 27, 34, 39, 41 This past season, the Hornets were a mess. LaMelo Ball was injured, and never looked like himself in the 36 games he played. You have to believe him coming back healthy will help alleviate some of the issues with the Hornets’ league worst offense.…
Team Needs – Central Division
Detroit Pistons Needs: Wing scoring, talent in general Picks: 5, 31 The Pistons got a major gut punch on the night of the draft lottery. As the worst team in the league, they had dreams of Victor Wembanyama or at least Scoot Henderson dancing in their heads. Instead, they fell to pick number 5. It’s…
Team Needs – Atlantic Division
Toronto Raptors Needs: Fred VanVleet to return or a long term direction Picks: 13 Toronto underachieved last season. Pascal Siakam was again very good, but the team struggled offensively compared to preseason expectations. Fred VanVleet took a noticeable step back this season, shooting the worst percentage from three of his career on 8.8 attempts per…
NCAA Final Four Preview
#5 Miami Hurricanes vs #4 UCONN Huskies As a general rule of thumb, guard play is one of the top predictors of success in the NCAA Tournament. Not only is it important to have guards that can control the game and get a team into their offense, but possibly more importantly, it’s more difficult as…
Sweet 16 Preview: East Region
#4 Tennessee versus #9 Florida Atlantic Despite the loss of Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee hasn’t missed a beat in the tournament. They are a physical team that beats the opponent into submission. Duke learned that first hand, as the Volunteers won their second round contest against the Blue Devils 65-52. Olivier Nkamhoua was the hero on…
NCAA Tournament Preview – East Region
Why Purdue Advances: Well, for starters, Purdue only lost five games all year. Also they have the presumptive National Player of the Year on their roster in Zach Edey and one of the best coaches in the nation in Matt Painter. Purdue, for long stretches of the season, was seen as the top team in…
2022 NBA Draft: Western Conference Draft Grades
Dallas Mavericks: A Additions: 37. , G League Ignite The Mavericks did most of their damage before draft night, trading pick 26 to acquire Christian Wood. Ultimately, is Wood better than what they would have gotten at 26? The answer is almost certainly yes. For a team that advanced as far as they did last…
2022 NBA Draft: Top 5 Underrated Prospects
Putting together a list like this before the draft is always a challenge because how they are rated going into the draft is not always the same as how they are drafted. But based on the few weeks building up to the draft and the general consensus, here is a list of underrated players, or…
Team Needs: Southwest Division
Houston Rockets Needs: Talent in general Picks: 3, 17, 26 Houston is a team that is quite possibly in need of talent more than any other in the league. They have Jalen Green who looks like a piece they can build around, but outside of that, there isn’t a lot on the roster. Christian Wood…
Team Needs – Pacific Division
Sacramento Kings Needs: Retain flexibity Picks: 4, 37, 49 The Kings have been a disappointing franchise for a long time now, floundering and missing the playoffs every year since 2006. They’ve made a number of significant moves since then, but none of them have paid off and the team continues to make questionable moves both…
Team Needs – Northwest Division
Oklahoma City Thunder Needs: Shooting, talent Picks: 2, 12, 30, 34 Honestly, at this point nobody truly knows what Oklahoma City is or could be. They have made absolutely zero effort to be a winning franchise as they try to collect every draft pick possible and build towards a future that may or may not…
Team Needs: Southeast Division
Orlando Magic Needs: Scoring, Shooting, Center Picks: 1, 32, 35 The Magic have one of the worst rosters in the entire association. They struggle to score the basketball from all three levels, rarely get to the free throw line and they complement that with being a poor defensive team as well. They have a lot…
Team Needs: Central Division
Detroit Pistons Needs: Scoring, Jerami Grant trade Picks: 5, 46 Detroit is a team with one of the worst rosters in the entire association. They landed top pick Cade Cunningham in last year’s draft, but it didn’t make a ton of difference as they went from finishing last in the conference to second to last.…
Team Needs: Atlantic Division
New York Knicks Needs: Point guard, resign Mitchell Robinson Picks: 11, 42 The Knicks came back down to earth this season after regaining some relevance the previous season. Their approach relied heavily on the breakout season of Julius Randle, but he took a step back this season, and by February looked disinterested as rumors ran…
Sweet Sixteen Preview: East Region
Things sure got weird quick in the East Region, didn’t they? The top two seeds? Gone. Their spot in the bracket usurped by an 8 and a 15 seed, respectively. Now, with only four teams remaining, we look forward to matchups pitting bluebloods North Carolina and UCLA against each other, and Purdue taking on the…
NCAA Tournament Preview – East Region
Why #1 Seed Baylor Advances: Did you see what they did last season? Scott Drew knows how to win in March and Baylor has only lost 12 games over the course of the last three seasons. In short, they are on an incredible roll, and already have wins this year against a one seed in…