Author: Sam Farahbakhsh

Once the Lakers were officially eliminated from playoff contention for this year, most of their fans were left with one question– where do we go from here? The answer is anywhere but where they were this year. This season can be chalked up as a disappointment and somewhat as a lost year for LeBron James. The biggest takeaways were that Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma can be taken seriously now, and thus a free agent destination is once again created in LA. With a lot of salary cap space this upcoming summer, the Lakers can now focus on recruiting one…

The Orlando Magic are in a great position to finally make the playoffs, ever since the dreaded departure of Dwight Howard. The Magic currently sit a half game back from the Miami Heat for the eight seed. This is a great sign for a franchise that had been in the NBA graveyard for the past five years, as they had decent players, just no real shot to compete for a playoff spot. They do have an interesting decision to make this offseason, with Nikola Vucevic’s contract expiring at the end of the year. Don’t get me wrong, Vuc is a…

The Kings have been rolling as of late, while they fight for their playoff lives. They’re currently sitting a half game back of the eighth seed but with the injury to Marvin Bagley III, they might’ve just dropped out of the race. Bagley went down during Wednesday’s game against the Bucks with a left knee sprain which will keep him out for at least a couple of weeks. The injury is devastating for the Kings as they already don’t have much depth in their frontcourt but this might be a chance for Harry Giles to prove that he was worth…

Paul George has been overlooked most of his career, this season not excluded. Whenever anyone talks about who should win MVP this season, there’s no Paul George. People only mention James Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo, for good reason. I’m here to tell everyone to stop overlooking what is arguably the best season in George’s career yet. George is averaging career-highs in most of the statistical categories, putting up 28.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 4.1 assists a game while shooting 45.3% from the field overall and 40.6% from three. George shouldn’t get overlooked in favor of James Harden, because this man…