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Vahan Shakhpazyan
Vahan Shakhpazyan loves the NBA with a passion and has been an avid follower for 18 years. He is a UCR graduate with a BA degree in Creative Writing. The man behind the Facebook page NBA updates.
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The Los Angeles Lakers are considering bringing back forward Metta World Peace to strengthen their depth at the three position. World Peace last played in the N...
Losing Paul Pierce could hurt the Washington Wizards, but they spent the summer adding wing players to compensate for the loss. Washington has now built a deeper bench with ...
People confuse The Walking Dead for an all-out zombie show, but it is more than that. The show is, in fact, about people with zombies in it, not ...
The Utah Jazz were one of few teams to lay low this summer by not executing many moves. Their 2015 draft pick was certainly a superb selection, b...
For the Toronto Raptors defense has been an issue the past couple of seasons, and they used the offseason to solely improve that area by adding a few quality de...
The San Antonio Spurs obtained highly coveted free agent LaMarcus Aldridge, signed David West to a bargain deal, and recovered most of their own free agents, making them the biggest winners ...
After a few days of negotiating, Jonas Valanciunas has agreed to sign a four-year, $64 million contract extension with the Toronto Raptors....
The Sacramento Kings came close to losing DeMarcus Cousins, but they ended up keeping him while improving the remainder of the roster by adding three-point shooters and high energy players. ...
The Houston Rockets and Jason Terry have agreed upon a one-year, veteran's minimum deal worth $1.5 million. Terry is expected to make his signing official tomorrow....
The Portland Trail Blazers had an unpleasant offseason, losing four of their five starters, forcing them to hit the reset button. However, with Damian Lillard as their franchise player now, ...
The Phoenix Suns were one of many teams in the LaMarcus Aldridge sweepstakes but came up short in landing the four-time All-Star. However, their ...
The 2015 NBA draft didn't turn out as planned for the Philadelphia 76ers as far as team needs goes, but they still selected an extremely tal...
The Orlando Magic didn't make many moves this summer, but it wasn't really necessary. They made a terrific draft selection and kept one of their most ...
The Oklahoma City Thunder had a dry offseason, consisting of very little moves, and one of the biggest moves OKC made may turn out to be a huge gamble. However, at least the...
The Minnesota Timberwolves have added yet another veteran piece to the mix of young talent on the team, as they have agreed to sign Tayshaun Prin...
Just like the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks were unable to land a top free agent this summer. However, New York did a fantastic job of adding quality ...
The 2015-2016 NBA schedule has been released, and it features some juicy, highly entertaining games. Here are some of the games to watch and the exciting storylines that come with them....
The New Orleans Pelicans shored up their frontcourt this offseason but still have work to do in their backcourt. Therefore, although they will receive a grade for what they ...
The Minnesota Timberwolves owned the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft, so it was evident that they would indeed add more young talent to ...
Tristan Thompson may accept the qualifying offer from the Cleveland Cavaliers, and if he does, it "will be his last year" with the team, according to his agent Ric...
The Milwaukee Bucks proved that small market teams could land a big-name free agent, too, as they won the Greg Monroe sweepstakes by beating out the big markets...
The Miami Heat had a much better offseason than anticipated, as they recovered their starting unit and added more depth to the bench. They have now raised expec...
The Memphis Grizzlies quietly put together a superb offseason this summer by retaining their highly coveted free agent Marc Gasol. They also made a couple of underrated move...
The Los Angeles Lakers missed out on all the top free agents this offseason, but they had a solid backup plan that will make them a more competit...
A disastrous start to the offseason turned out to be a fantastic one for the Los Angeles Clippers when their starting big man spurned the Dallas Mavericks to return to L.A. ...
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