Day: January 10, 2022

Morant and Van Vleet named NBA Players of the Week

Brandon King

Monday afternoon the National Basketball Association announced their Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week. Memphis Grizzlier point guard Ja Morant was named Western Conference POW, Morant averaged 25.0 points, 6.8 assists and 6.3 rebounds per contest in helping Grizzlies to a 5-0 week. Fred Van Vleet tok the honors for the Eastern Conference. Van Vleet had a stellar week as well, putting up 30.3 points, 6.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds , including notching his first career triple double against the Utah Jazz, in leading the Raptors go undefeated…

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Klay Thompson is back and I am happy about that ( and you should be too)

Brandon King

In the 941 days since Klay Thompson last played in an nba game, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States,  there was insurrection by domestic terrorists, we lost the great Kobe Bryant, the NBA had a four-month pandemic stoppage and played a postseason in a bubble at Disney World, Rajon Rondo has played for three NBA teams and Russell Westbrook has been traded three times.  The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 96-82 but that also seemed secondary because Sunday night Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors , their…

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January 9, 2022 NBA StatCap: KlayDay finally arrived

Brandon King

Klay is back After missing the last two seasons due to ACL and Achilles’ tendon tears, Klay Thompson finally returned to the Warriors lineup amid much fanfare. In his 19 minutes of action, he scored 17 points on 7/18 from the floor, had a dunk and knocked down three of his eight of his three-point attempts. Who Got it Done top 5 are pictured pt rb ast K. TownsMIN @ HOU 40 9 7 LeBron JamesLAL vs. MEM 35 9 7 Pascal SiakamTOR vs. NOP 29 10 7   10-10 ft…

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CIAA unveils updated COVID-19 game cancellation policies

Brandon King

Monday morning, the CIAA announced their updated COVID-19 game cancellation protocols for the 2021-22 season. From the CIAA: CIAA COVID-19 Game Cancellation Policy (for conference seeding and ranking) General Information– If a team cancels a conference contest due to being in COVID-19 protocol, it could result in a loss for the cancelling team and a win for the team that is eligible and prepared to play.- If both teams are in COVID-19 protocol and mutually agree to cancel a conference contest, then it could result in a loss for both…

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