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John Wall’s DC exit was a painful necessity

I’ve always had this unique, albeit slightly irrational love for Thursdays; I know the weekend is right around the corner, so much so that I can trick my mind to simmer in that weekend-feeling bliss. Friday Jr., as my friends and I would call it. So on the day I wrote this article, Thursday, Dece...

by Colin Salao | December 5, 2020

John Wall’s DC exit was a painful necessity

NBA Fans Real Talk: Can Harden and Paul bring a championship to Houston?

The NBA Playoffs are in full gear. This is the time everyone calls, “the REAL season.” Rotations are shortened. The game slows down and gets tougher. Players flip a switch and find that extra gear, all for the chance to be the ones to raise the trophy in the end. The Playoffs are also...

by Toby Amigo | May 2, 2019

The ‘What If’ Game of the Houston Rockets

When James Harden was traded to the Rockets, I was crushed. It wasn’t hard to love the Thunder—a team built patiently through the draft that stood defiantly against, at the time, the strongest and most diabolical team ever assembled. OKC had a generational superstar, the likes of which we had nev...

by Toby Amigo | May 30, 2018