The Basketball Section

The Boston Celtics are coming off a season that saw them make the Eastern Conference Finals. Along with the talented young core of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Marcus Smart, and a solid veteran group of Gordon Hayward, Daniel Theis, and Enes Kanter, the Celtics were been bolstered by their big offseason addition of Kemba Walker. The four-time all-star joined the Green last summer following a sign-and-trade with the Charlotte Hornets, who Walker had spent the first eight years of his career. Despite the ability to offer Walker, who was vocal about wanting to stay in Charlotte, even if it was on a smaller deal, a supermax deal worth $221 million, the Hornets reportedly offered Walker under $160 million , prompting the team's star to depart. It was the end of a story that saw Charlotte waste the best player in the franchise's history and end up with close to nothing to show for it. How did we get here? 2011 Offseason This story begins on June 23, 2011. The then-Charlotte Bobca...

One month after he had demanded a trade, which led to countless rumors & predictions concerning where he would go, Kyrie Irving has gotten his wish. On Tuesday, Irving was sent to the Boston Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Žižić, and the Brooklyn Nets' first round pick in 2018. While the Celtics weren't shafted by any means (how could you be when you get an All-Star point guard?), I do personally believe that the Cavaliers ended up getting the better end of this trade. For starters, trading Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas might have been a best case scenario for Cleveland. Irving & Thomas are very similar as players, as they are both ball dominant point guards capable of putting up 25+ points a night, but are also bad defenders. Irving is better in my opinion (even though he's not a good defender, he's still infinitely better than Thomas is on defense), but going from an All-Star point guard to a slightly worse All-Star point guard is not somethi...