Sports Banter

(Image is owned by Tenor, we do not own the rights) Damn. I thought we had turned the corner when we signed LeBron James and traded the future away for Anthony Davis and won the 2020 NBA Championship. That team was awesome and played basketball how it's supposed to be played. Since then, injuries, roster turnover, and the obvious lack in chemistry on the court have led the Lakers to what they are today....pathetic. Last night in a "must win game" versus the New Orleans Pelicans they again ended up taking the L at Crypto.com arena, 114-111. They just flat out can't beat anyone. My original blog on Russell Westbrook was so completely incorrect it's hard to digest. He does nothing to make this team better and add to LeBron's greatness and instead is a turnover ridden point guard who can't shoot anymore.  Anthony Davis has been a disaster health wise the past 2 seasons. However you want to carve it, he's not out there playing and what's incredible is t...

  (Image is owned by ballislife.com, we do not own the rights) In the 2nd round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, the #8 seed "We Believe" Warriors were taking on the Utah Jazz. If you remember correctly, this Warriors team stunned the #1 seed Dallas Mavericks led by a Dirk Nowitski in his prime and thus became the easy underdog to root for. This dunk was unbelievable. Let me throw the video down below for you cats: Announcer Mike Tirico's excitement on this slam is everything. It's exactly how I felt watching this moment unfold. I wanted to highlight this Baron Davis play because it was a moment for me that turned Baron Davis into one of my favorite basketball players of all-time. I remember coming to school the next day and going over the play with one of my best friends repeatedly. For a guard at his size to go up for the dunk that fearlessly on a big man like Kirilenko and flush it, unbelievable. Then I went down the rabbit hole on YouTube and started going through Davis...