Author: Josh Gutbrod

The honeymoon has long since past for one of last summer’s favorite new trios. Earlier today, word came out from multiple sources that Minnesota Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler is “fed up.” The news came as a shock to some, as Butler had just finished his first and only season in Minnesota. Worse yet, Butler is said to have told the team he will not sign any long-term extension with them. Why did things go sour so fast, you ask? The reports earlier today answered that as well, and it is not pretty for the Timberwolves. The fact of the matter…

Nobody said it had to be pretty. The Utah Jazz defeated the San Antonio Spurs 92-76 in both team’s first contest of the 2018 NBA Summer League. Both teams hovered around 40% shooting from the floor and an atrocious 50% from the free throw line. The Jazz did knock down 45.2% of their three-point attempts compared to 24% for San Antonio, a big difference in the scoring of the game. The Key Contributors Former Iowa State standout Georges Niang led the way for Utah offensively, tallying 17 points on 7-12 shooting including 2-4 from deep. The former second-round pick…

Trae Young’s Rough Day While it is certainly too early to pass judgment on this year’s lottery picks, the Atlanta Hawks cannot be too happy with how Trae Young’s NBA career started off. The former Oklahoma Sooner finished an abysmal 4-20 from the field, including an even worse 1-11 from three-point range. Worse yet, the young point guard showed early evidence of some scouts’ biggest criticism of his game: if he’s not scoring, he’s not really doing anything at all. Despite playing 29 minutes and dominating the ball while on the court, Young finished with a -17 +/- and only three…