The Basketball Section

As I did last year , I made a list of the players I thought would show significant improvement in the 2018-19 season . And just like last year, I'm going to take a look back at the nine players I wrote about back August of 2018. Who made noticeable improvements? Who stayed the same? Did Caleb Swanigan make me look smart after a full year of trying to hype him up? Let's find out. These are the nine players I thought would improve in the 2018-19 season, and how they really did. Dejounte Murray What I Said: "With Tony Parker out of the equation now and Patty Mills seemingly taking the backseat to Murray towards the end of the season, I'm predicting another season where Murray sees a solid increase in his stat line." What Actually Happened: I'm just going to get this one out of the way. Dejounte Murray obviously did not improve this past season, mostly because Murray didn't play this past season. Nine days before the season started and less than ...

It's that time of the year again. With the 2018-19 season right around the corner, it's time for me to give my predictions on which players will have big improvements throughout the year. If you wanna see the lists I made for last season, they're both right here . But with that out of the way, here are 9 players that I think will improve in the 2018-19 season. Noah Vonleh Let's be honest, this season is going to be complete hell for the New York Knicks. With their best player in Kristaps Porzingis expected to be out for the majority of the year, the team is going to have to rely on guys like Tim Hardaway Jr., Enes Kanter, and mostly young, unproven players like Kevin Knox and Frank Ntilikina. Maybe they'll shock everyone like the Indiana Pacers or the Utah Jazz did this season, but I wouldn't count on it. While they probably won't have Porzingis for the first half of the season, they will have Noah Vonleh, who I think can show some big improvements a...

With the 2017-18 season less than two months away, we'll finally get to see the 2017 rookie class play their first games against professional competition. While a lot of the attention has been put on the top draft picks like Markelle Fultz & Lonzo Ball along with Ben Simmons, who was the #1 pick last year, that doesn't mean you can sleep on some of the players drafted beyond the lottery. Here are 5 rookies that you shouldn't sleep on for the 2017-18 season. Caleb Swanigan  If Portland fans got worried after Zach Collins' terrible Summer League performance, Caleb Swanigan might have them covered. Coming off a great sophomore season at Purdue where he averaged 18.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game while shooting 53% from the field and 45% from three point range, Swanigan was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the #26 overall pick. Swanigan ended up being a huge asset for the Blazers' Summer League Team, as he averaged 16.1 points and 10.6 reboun...