2017-2018 NBA Predictions

Has there been a season with more anticipation in the last 10 years than this one? All the player movement in the off-season has fans salivating for the NBA season to start. Players like Jimmy Butler, Kyrie Irving, and Paul George headlined HUGE off-season moves, but how will all these moves translate into the season?…

A Deeper Look At Some Individual  Numbers

     “Numbers don’t lie.” Every sports fan has heard that commonly used phrase before. Whether or not we agree with it is irrelevant. That is through and through a true statement. Numbers by their very nature are not biased and they always tell the truth. However, we must always take statistics with a grain…

Appreciate the Present Day Greatness

Russell Westbrook causes a great divide amongst NBA watchers everywhere around the world. Half of the NBA fanbase sees him as a ballhogging stat stuffing machine that does not actually make his team better and an overall low IQ player. Then there is the side that thinks he is better than Kevin Durant and in…

Way Too Early NBA MVP Rankings

Ah yes, we are 14 games into the NBA season and there are plenty of things to discuss already. Are the Clippers legit? Is Kevin Love back? Do the Lakers have a chance? Those questions will all be answered in time. However, there’s one question that most likely won’t be decided until all 82 games are finished.…

3 Duos I’d love to see in the NBA

There are many very good duos in today’s league. Such as LeBron-Kyrie, Durant-Steph, CP3-Blake, Kawhi-Aldridge, etc. Most great duos compliment each others play style well, or offer similar play styles that can coexist. So I thought up 3 amazing duos that I think would flourish together, here they are. Russell Westbrook and Blake Griffin We…

Way Too Early 2016-2017 NBA predictions

This upcoming NBA season might be really, really, really weird. Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant are retired, Dwayne Wade plays for the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah play for the Knicks, Al Horford is a Celtic, Mike Conley got $153 million from Memphis… Everything just doesn’t make sense anymore. Oh yeah, Kevin Durant…

Top 100 NBA Players of All-Time (51-60)

60. Bob Lanier Best Season:25.7 pts 14.2 rebs 3.1 asts 49.3%FG PER 23.1 Career:20.1 pts 10.1 rebs 3.1 asts 51.4%FG PER 21.7 117.1 win shares Peak:5 years 1970-75 22.3 pts 12.5 rebs 3.4 asts 49.2%FG PER 22.9 50.9 win shares Accolades:8x All Star (’72-’75,’77-’79,’82) All Rookie First Team (’71) Bob Lanier was the best player…

The NBA Superman

The NBA is filled with phenomenal players at the moment who specialize in certain realms of the game. Those players also have weaknesses in their game. What if a player had no weakness? They would essentially become the Superman of the NBA. The guy who can do it all. Here at TheLastTimeout, we will create…