Boston Herald *The NBA offseason is cooling down, but the takes at OTG aren't. This month, we are hitting you with the Hot Take Marathon. Check back every day for a spicy NBA take!* The Dallas Mavericks are not as bad as people make them out to be. For starters, they added the most pro-ready player in the NBA Draft with Luka Doncic. Second, they went out and acquired free-agent big-man DeAndre Jordan. They already had Dennis Smith Jr. and Harrison Barnes. While the Mavericks

The trade deadline has come and gone, we’ll break done all the moves and maybe a few that you might have missed. Should the Clippers have traded DeAndre and Lou Will? Should the Grizzlies have traded Tyreke Evans? We give our thoughts, plus our boy Ben Simmons was snubbed again! We go through the player taking his place. We’ve got all your regular favourites: JBTeam, Rookie Watch and DBS is back, and inspired by the release of the highly anticipated Marvel sensation, Black Pa

The Blake Griffin trade left the NBA world shook. A trade of his former teammate, DeAndre Jordan almost seems inevitable. In fact rumours of Jordan moving have been around since December. Since engaging with Cleveland, the Clippers are reportedly seeking the Nets’ pick, Channing Frye and Tristan Thompson. Two things have changed in this transaction since rumors of a January move: Iman Shumpert replaces Channing Frye, and Instead of the Nets’ pick, Cleveland sends across their

Tristan Thompson Cleveland Cavaliers When Tristan Thompson went down with an injury early in the season, the Cavaliers were struggling to win games. The news that their starting center would miss extended time was an absolute gut punch, but the Cavs rallied and wound up winning 17 of the 20 games Thompson sat on the sidelines. In some ways the Cavaliers success without Thompson has made the Canadian big man expendable. With that being said, Thompson could still really help a

“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.” Author Emma Smith not only summed up the complexity of life but also the current troubles of the Los Angeles Clippers. How apt that a metaphor about a river describe the plight of Doc Rivers’ team? The Clippers started the season full of promise going on a 4-0 run, and their star, Blake Griffin was putting his name in the MVP conversation. Since then, they’ve gone 4-13

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