Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
On May 14, the Philadelphia 76ers clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the 2021 NBA Playoffs. This is the first time since 2001 that the Sixers have clinched the No. 1 seed. In honor of this monumental accomplishment Philadelphia has made, let’s take a look back at who how the Sixers…
The Boston Celtics have had one of the more chaotic seasons compared to any other NBA franchise. After making three Eastern Conference Finals appearances in the past four NBA seasons, everyone expected the Celtics to be the next big dynasty in the league. Unfortunately, the franchise has regressed tremendously in the 2020-21 season, with a…
The 2020-21 NBA season has without a doubt been one of the most hectic seasons that the league has ever seen. Coming into 2021, it was well-known that the league would have to endure several hiccups throughout the regular season from December 22nd to May 22nd when the playoffs commence. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
There aren’t many places as special as NBA basketball in Toronto, Canada. Where else on this continent will you find thousands of people standing outside an arena in the freezing cold watching the broadcast of their favorite team playing right next door? For a city that lives and breathes the few sports that the nation…
The 2020-21 NBA season has seen several players around the league raise their game to extremely high levels and making solid cases for being named the season’s most valuable player. The NBA Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award that is given to the best player from that season while taking into account, team…
In the extremely brief NBA off-season this past November, the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved a trial run for a new addition to the league’s playoff format, known as the “Play-In Tournament“. With this new format, there will be three additional games at the end of the season to decide the seventh and eighth…
After missing two months and 26 games of basketball from a hamstring injury against the Golden State Warriors, NBA superstar Kevin Durant made his return to the Brooklyn Nets about three weeks back. Durant looked like he had picked up right where he had left off averaging 23.8 points, 6.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds while…
While the New York Knicks’ nine-game winning streak was thwarted Monday night by Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns, now is not the time to fret Knicks fans. After seven consecutive losing seasons, the Knicks are currently 34-28 and tied for fourth place in the Eastern Conference with the Atlanta Hawks. And despite having 10…
Golden State Warriors superstar, “Steph” Curry is currently in the midst of a historic run that has the entire basketball world talking. The 33-year-old point guard has recently gone on a stellar hot streak, that has made him only the 10th player in NBA history to average 40 points over an 11-game span. In his…
One of the most interesting young teams to follow in the NBA this season is the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a surprising 2019-20 season that landed the team the 5th seed in the Western Conference, the Thunder have now begun a full-scale rebuild for the 2020-21 season and beyond. Last year’s Thunder team was led…