The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t get a lot of fanfare when they hired Jon Horst, but he’s made some great moves so far. Jon Horst was not a sexy pick as general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks when he was hired in June 2017. Horst was an in-house hire after Bucks ownership failed to agree on
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Welcome to The Whiteboard, your daily source for the previous day’s best NBA content from around the internet, plus an original column. Catch The Whiteboard here on The Step Back, and subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. Steph Curry, James Harden, Paul George, Kevin Durant, and Giannis Antetokounmpo all
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have played just 10 games this season, but they’ve already had what feels like decades of drama. The Cleveland Cavaliers played their first game with Larry Drew as their head coach on Monday night, despite Drew taking over immediately after Ty Lue was fired on October 29. Cleveland played three games with
WASHINGTON, USA – DECEMBER 19: Markieff Morris (R) of Washington Wizard in action against Anthony Davis (L) of New Orleans Pelican during the NBA match between Washington Wizard and New Orleans Pelican at the Capital One Arena in Washington, USA on December 19, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball
The Orlando Magic were an afterthought among the big movers on NBA trade deadline day, but they might’ve turned their franchise around. Thursday before 2 p.m. Central time was a mad-house in the NBA. Teams were wheeling and dealing, especially teams in the Eastern Conference, and all the major moves seemed to be over and
Frank Ntilikina might not be the player on everybody’s minds after the New York Knicks traded away Kristaps Porzingis, but this deal has big implications for the French guard just the same. The New York Knicks made plenty of statements when they decided to trade away former franchise cornerstone Kristaps Porzingis in a deal that
This good of an NBA rookie class deserves coverage more expansive than the current Rookie of the Year frontrunner. There is no arguing the fact that the Dallas Mavericks got themselves a franchise player in Luka Doncic. Doncic, currently the frontrunner for the NBA Rookie of the Year award, is awesome. Enough about him. There
The New Orleans Pelicans have a lot to gain by waiting to trade Anthony Davis, including a shot at Zion Williamson. The Anthony Davis trade saga has been one of the most compelling storylines the NBA has seen in some time. Earlier in the day on Monday it seemed as though the New Orleans Pelicans
Between stops with the Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin Herd, Christian Wood found time to stop by J. Cole’s Dreamville studio with some teammates. Milwaukee Bucks assignment player Christian Wood tore up the Windy City Bulls on Wednesday night, dropping 33 points and 12 rebounds en route to a big win for Milwaukee’s G League team,
The Memphis Grizzlies tried to compete with Marc Gasol and Mike Conley, but their core just isn’t holding up well enough out West. The Memphis Grizzlies started the 2018-19 NBA season off scorching hot, winning 12 of their first 17 games and seeming like one of the stronger teams in the entire NBA. Things quickly
The Los Angeles Lakers are tenth in the West and two games out of eighth. Could a LeBron James team really miss the playoffs? The three most important games left this season for the Los Angeles Lakers are not what one would have expected going into the season. With 29 games to go in the
The third-year center has gotten very little opportunity with the Los Angeles Lakers, but Ivica Zubac is a name worth learning. Ever since the Anthony Davis Doomsday Clock got so close to midnight, there’s been incessant whispering about how the Los Angeles Lakers would attempt to pry Davis away from the New Orleans Pelicans with
The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t going to win a bunch of games this season, but the Cavs have some fun wings that could net them assets in the trade market. The Cleveland Cavaliers did something they haven’t done much this season on Wednesday night when they won a game against the New York Knicks. Cleveland is
Ironically, the Cleveland Cavaliers had one of the worst rebounding games in NBA history to commemorate Tristan Thompson’s return to the lineup. The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a bad rebounding team this season. The Cavaliers are 19th in the NBA in rebounding percentage and 25th in rebounds per game. It isn’t surprising that Cleveland would
The Los Angeles Lakers offered most of their roster in one Anthony Davis trade proposal or another, and their squad looked less than enthused in a rout at the hands of the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. Tuesday was a day of twofold bad news for the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers started the day by
Getting DeMarcus Cousins seemed too good to pass up on, but the New Orleans Pelicans would be better off if they still had Buddy Hield around. Hindsight is 20/20. That must be what the New Orleans Pelicans tell themselves whenever their trade for DeMarcus Cousins comes up around the office. At the time it seemed
The Cleveland Cavaliers need Collin Sexton to start passing if he’s going to be their point guard of the future. The Cleveland Cavaliers got themselves a fiery competitor when they drafted Collin Sexton. The rookie guard is already second on the Cavs in points per game, not counting Kevin Love, who has played just four
The New Orleans Pelicans are going to lose Anthony Davis, and their only real option to competing again is trading their veterans and rebuilding. Anthony Davis requesting a trade from the New Orleans Pelicans is the biggest story in the NBA this season right now, mostly because of excitement over what team Davis could join,
A surprisingly strong season from the Indiana Pacers may have been derailed by an ugly knee injury for Victor Oladipo. It’s become an increasingly, and painfully, familiar moment. A splendid athlete falls to the floor, just as they do dozens of time every game. Among the morass of bodies, you can’t see what happened or why
Mike Conley and Marc Gasol are finally on the trading block. Here’s the perfect three-team deal that moves them both. Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Memphis Grizzlies are finally open to dealing Mike Conley and Marc Gasol on Tuesday. As such, the perfect three-team deal that moved both of them had to be constructed on
Blake Griffin is showing a more refined version of his game this season, but without the right personnel in Detroit, the Pistons can’t make the most of it. Having to move from Los Angeles to Detroit is a pretty good analogy for the big difference in teammate quality Blake Griffin is experiencing by going from
Third-year guard Bryn Forbes has become one of the best shooters in the NBA while occupying a bigger role on the San Antonio Spurs. Bryn Forbes is one of those classic San Antonio Spurs come-out-of-nowhere players. Forbes went undrafted in 2016 after a four-year collegiate career that saw him spend the first half at Cleveland
Nearly two months after the ugly Jimmy Butler situation was finally resolved, the Minnesota Timberwolves have fired Tom Thibodeau. It isn’t surprising that the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to fire Tom Thibodeau after his botched handling of the Jimmy Butler trade situation and the Wolves’ disappointing 19-21 record. The exact timing is a little weird, though.
The Miami Heat have some talent on their roster, but it quite literally carries a cost with it. Which of the Heat’s deals is the worst of the worst? Usually, it is good to be at the top spot of a power ranking column. This is not a usual situation. The Miami Heat have approximately
De’Aaron Fox looked like he might be yet another Sacramento Kings bust, until all of a sudden he wasn’t and the Kings started winning. Will that trend hold up? In 73 games and 61 starts as a rookie, De’Aaron Fox scored 20 or more points five times. Fox recorded three double-doubles as a rookie, all
Dennis Smith Jr. might not fit perfectly with the Dallas Mavericks, but Dallas looking to trade him now is still surprising. There are a lot of surprises that pop up during an NBA season, especially on Adrian Wojnarowski’s Twitter timeline, but when Woj reported that the Dallas Mavericks had been shopping Dennis Smith Jr. it
After the Chicago Bulls lost by a staggering 56 points at home on Saturday night, the team’s decision to move on from Fred Hoiberg looks even worse. When the Chicago Bulls fired head coach Fred Hoiberg to start last week, Bulls president of basketball operations cited a lack of “energy and a spirit” as the
Wondering why the Chicago Bulls somewhat randomly fired Fred Hoiberg? TABFTC is a handy acronym to explain the situation. Sometimes, NBA teams have very good reasons for firing their head coaches. The Chicago Bulls may have had reasons for firing Fred Hoiberg, but they weren’t all that good, and they definitely don’t explain why Hoiberg