Month: July 2022
Braves: 3 trade deadline targets from surprise sellers
The Atlanta Braves can take advantage of potential buyers becoming sellers by acquiring any of these three players. The Atlanta Braves have been in line to be trade deadline buyers for all of 2022. Around the end of May and throughout June, it looked like there was less they needed to add. The Braves look […]
The Whiteboard: Way-too-early NBA Rookie of the Year power rankings
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. Several NBA rookies have already debuted in the smaller Summer Leagues run in Sacramento and Utah. But with the Las Vegas Summer League kicking off last night, we’re about […]
Unfinished Business explores the past, present and future of the WNBA
The new documentary Unfinished Business uses the New Liberty as a lens to explore the evolution of the WNBA and the work that’s still left to do. At halftime of their game against the Washington Mystics on September 17, 2021, the New York Liberty led 46-29. It was a must-win for the team if it […]
New Lakers coach sounds hopelessly optimistic about Russell Westbrook
Most Lakers fans have been looking for ways to move on from Russell Westbrook but new head coach Darvin Ham sounds quite optimistic about the veteran guard. For much of the offseason already, talk around the Los Angeles Lakers has focused on two things: How to reunite Kyrie Irving and LeBron James and how the […]
Above the Break: Diggins-Smith trade buzz, WNBA Playoffs odds and more
This week on Above the Break, we’re looking at WNBA Playoffs odds, the best teams in the league, Skylar Diggins-Smith trade rumors and more. The WNBA All-Star break is here, which is a good time to stop and reflect on where this season has gone…and where it’s headed. As we head into the break, we […]
NBA trade retrospective: Who won the Lakers-Pelicans Anthony Davis swap?
This week marked the three-year anniversary of the Anthony Davis trade. With the benefit of hindsight, who made out better in this deal — the Lakers or the Pelicans? The Anthony Davis trade saga is one of the messiest in recent NBA memory. In January of 2019, his agent told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that he […]
3 players from Lakers Summer League team who could make regular-season roster
No one on the Lakers Summer League roster should play big regular-season minutes this season, but these three guys could earn a place on the roster. Superstars like LeBron James and Anthony Davis will determine whether or not the Lakers can be legitimate NBA title contenders this season. That doesn’t mean there’s not drama elsewhere […]