Author: Chris Porter

Hello everyone! My name is Chris Porter and I am currently a student at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse studying political science and communication studies. I am a fan of the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Boston Celtics. I hope to have some great experiences with all of you here at FlurrySports!

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With so many new jerseys coming out for teams around the NBA, it is nice to take a trip down memory lane and enjoy some of the best NBA uniforms of the past. This list is in no particular order, so enjoy each and every one of them! Also, make sure to check out the tweet below featuring our contest giving away a signed Antonio Brown jersey! Orlando Magic 1988-98 The Orlando Magic became an NBA team in 1988 and had some AWESOME jerseys to start their franchise with. The pinstripes are always a pretty classic look and they replaced…

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Looking back at the 2017 NBA Draft, there were some clear mistakes and some clear stars that teams missed out on. Let’s give these teams another shot at it. However, this NBA draft will account for all trades made before and on draft day. For example, Utah still picks at 13 instead of Denver and Chicago still picks at 7 from Minnesota as a result from the Jimmy Butler trade. We have already discussed picks 1-15 in a previous article. Now let’s finish up the first round and see where these rookies would be drafted today.  #16 Overall Pick: Minnesota…

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Looking back at the 2017 NBA Draft, there were some clear mistakes and some clear stars that teams missed out on. Let’s give these teams another shot at it. However, this NBA draft will account for all trades made before and on draft day. For example, Utah still picks at 13 instead of Denver and Chicago still picks at 7 from Minnesota as a result from the Jimmy Butler trade. Now that we have all seen these players exceed and fail this year, let’s see where they would have gone if the draft was today. Knowing what we know now,…

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The Boston Celtics were just one win away from reaching their first NBA Finals appearance since 2010 and their first appearance under head coach Brad Stevens. The Celtics are in a good position to make another deep playoff run given that they will be adding a healthy Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward to a roster already featuring Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Al Horford. However, the Celtics do have some free agents that they need to seriously consider for the future: Greg Monroe ($5 M) Marcus Smart ($4.5 M) Aron Baynes ($4.3 M) Shane Larkin (1.5 M) Obviously, the Celtics…

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The Philadelphia 76ers lost in a rather unspectacular five games to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals to end their 2017-18 season. The 76ers had a great season sporting two of the NBA’s top young talents in Simmons and Embiid. In addition to the young talent the 76ers have, they are in a unique position in that they will ALSO have plenty of potential cap space to work with. Here are all of the upcoming free agents for the 76ers this season… JJ Redick ($23M) Amir Johnson ($11M) Marco Belinelli ($776,217) Ersan Ilyasova ($502,328) I can foresee…

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The Utah Jazz ended their season in a series against that Rockets that was, outside of the Game 2 anomaly, not very close. The Jazz need to work quickly if they are going to try to gain any ground in the ever-improving Western Conference. Don’t forget to check out some breakdowns of the New Orleans Pelicans and Portland Trail Blazers and what they need to do this offseason! Here are the upcoming free agents for the Utah Jazz this offseason… Derrick Favors ($12M) Dante Exum ($5M) Raul Neto ($1.47M) What to do with their free agents Derrick Favors needs…

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This is the New Orleans Pelicans edition of a series where we breakdown what went well, what didn’t, and suggest improvements for each playoff team that was eliminated in the 2017-18 playoffs. Check out Devin’s article about the Portland Trail Blazers here. The New Orleans Pelicans finished their 2017-18 campaign by losing to the Golden State Warriors in five games. Many feel that the Pelicans are just one player away from serious contention in the West given how they swept the Blazers and pushed the Warriors, despite the series only going five games. However, there is a lot of uncertainty…

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