The Boston Celtics were celebrating an NBA Finals victory twelve months ago. Now, the Boston Celtics traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers late on Monday night and they have dealt Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks. What once was an unstoppable megateam is now being dismantled.

Unlike the football program that has produced enough NFL talent over the decades to form multiple all-star teams, the list of Pitt men’s basketball players to reach the NBA goes maybe a couple dozen deep. As for any all-star years or anything else impactful? Billy Knight was pretty good. Charles Smith had a decent career…. read more

Can you imagine the reaction today if college basketball’s best player got arrested during an anti-war protest and then had to be bailed out by his head coach? Can you imagine the fury if that same player wrote a letter to the President of the United States and asked him to resign? That was the… read more

Yesterday marked the 22nd day of the 23-24 NBA season and on that 22nd day Shams Charania broke the news that “NBA teams are probing the availability of Bulls two-time All-Star Zach LaVine and there is increased openness from both sides about exploring a trade”. AKA Zach LaVine isn’t finishing this season as a Bull,… read more