Reranking the 2023 NBA Draft Class as HS recruits
After years of scouting players before they even get a diploma, I wanted to know if the scouts actually get it right about which players will hear their names called on draft day?
What happens to the most outstanding players in women's college basketball
Where are they now, the most outstanding players from the Final Four? If you are the best player for that season in college, you are expected to dominate when you make it to the WNBA, but expectations don’t play the games for you.
How did undrafted players lead the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals?
The Miami Heat made it to the NBAFinals and almost nobody saw that coming. The truth is that the Heat aren’t just overachievers in the playoffs, they are a team filled with NBA rejects, the type of guys that nobody else wanted.
What REALLY happens to college basketball seniors in the NBA draft?
It is rare that a Senior in college is ever drafted in the NBA lottery. it has actually only happened ten times since the year 2011. But four years of college basketball develop a high school boy into a grown man. So how do those men perform at the NBA level?
These NBA Draft busts are now in the G League
If you are selected in the NBA draft lottery you get a big payday, and even bigger expectations. Yet some players go on to become busts and they even end up in the G league. Which is not supposed to happen, when you were supposed to be the future of a franchise.
Overtime Elite pays HS basketball players, but what is it really?
Overtime Elite offers high school basketball players the chance to play for real money, before they enter the NBA draft. Yet how good are the players in Overtime Elite really, and do they really have a chance to make it in the NBA?
Does TANKING for the NBA Lottery ACTUALLY work?
What does the history of the NBA draft actually tells us about the lottery’s chances of making your team into a championship contender? The truth is that it is much more likely to get you a benchwarmer than a future NBA star.
Is the G League Ignite REALLY better than College Basketball?
The truth is that the G League Ignite program is an option for top NBA prospects. But it is not much different than a college basketball team that plays against G league competition. The truthis that it is just as much of a gamble for you to actually make it in the league, as it is to commit with Kentucky or Duke.
Jimmy Butler’s was a JUCO player but is now a future Hall of Famer
Jimmy Butler led the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals and the media can’t stop raving about him. That’s only because they never really expected it. But he is a future Hall of Famer, because his resume reflects that, even if the media hasn’t really been paying attention.
The 2023 NBA Draft shows how the NBA really feels about college basketball
Four of the top five prospects in this year’s NBA draft are not from college basketball. That is because the NBA game has been changing and college basketball has been very slow to change with it. So it is clearly not the first place they are looking for talented players anymore.
Russell Westbrook is really a better Allen Iverson
Russell Westbrook is not only a future Hall of Famer, but he is actually this generation’s version of Allen Iverson, only he is even better, and here is why.
NBA history knows who will win the 2023 Playoffs!
NBA basketball is so predictable, that we might as well be watching the Fast and Furious movie series. So here is each team that can actually win the Larry O’Brien trophy, and a few wildcards that could make history.
The truth about who really deserves the NBA MVP award
To become a real NBA MVP you have to meet three criteria. And that leaves us with four candidates for this year’s Michael Jordan trophy.
Do recruitment rankings really matter? The March Madness final gives us an answer.
UCONN is supposed to win the 2023 National Championship, because they have some of the best players in the country. But San Diego State doesn’t care about all that, yet they are the underdog. That is a position their players have known their entire careers.
Is the transfer portal ruining college basketball?
it’s not every day that a player the caliber of Caleb Love, with such success in his current situation chooses to leave a program. But that is exactly what he is choosing to do, and the real question is why? But the thing is, he doesn’t need a reason.
Angel Reese is the MVP of Women’s College Basketball
Angel Reese is rarely ever mentioned in the conversation for the best player in the nation, but she probably should be. Because at the very least she just might be the Most Valuable Player in all of college basketball this season, and here is why.
March Madness exposed the lies about college basketball
The 2023 March Madness tournament was as insane as we have ever seen. With 52 of 68 teams already eliminated it is now clear that fans have been lied to, and here is the truth about what is really happening in college basketball.
Stanford’s loss proves the transfer portal has changed women’s college basketball
Stanford lost in the second round. To be clear, number 1 seeds almost always make the Elite 8 at least, historically. Thanks to the transfer portal women’s college basketball is changing, and it’s about time we paid attention.
Princeton is headed to the Sweet 16! The story behind their Cinderella run
In the age of NIL, Princeton still doesn’t even offer athletic scholarships. Yet they took down 2 of the nation’s biggest basketball programs. Raising the question, how in the world did they do it?
Furman upset Virginia in March Madness! And we should have seen it coming
The Furman Paladins beat the Virginia Cavaliers in March Madness! But believe it or not, Furman was supposed to win this game. And these are the reasons why.