After a long injury break, Kevin Durant is finally back and wants to continue his Hall of Fame career. The run of a complicated player is long from being over. What’s another minute when the wait had already seemed like an eternity? Kevin Durant doesn’t need to force anything – he’s passed all that. It […]
In the shadow of his first collab shoe with PUMA, we had an exclusive chance to chitchat with Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma. Of course we talked about everything fashion related but we also asked him about the championship season with LA and life inside the bubble. If you want to know what he […]
Dr. Marcus Elliott is the Stephen Hawking of applied sports science. When I wrote an article about sports injury prevention many years ago, this guy’s name kept coming up. Now he was sitting in front of me and I had questions. Dr. Elliott had the answers. And then some… Interview: Robbin Barberan FIVE: […]
After 10 years, the Los Angeles Lakers are back on top of the basketball world. The road there was neither a straight one nor did it follow any distinguishable long-term plan. But it did substantiate the special status of the Lakers. Here is a chronology of an odd decade. “Finally” is a word that was […]
Trading cards: It seems like everyone has a couple of cards laying around somewhere. But the hobby has turned into so much more. Trading cards are an industry which is also booming during the Corona pandemic. They are just laying there: just waiting with so much promise, even seduction. They’re shiny with green and silver […]
Ja Morant wowed fans as a rookie and gave Memphis Grizzlies supporters hope for the future. It’s often said that especially point guards don’t contribute that much to victories in their first season. Morant proved to be an exception. But he is also not the first! In the end, it just wasn’t enough. Even though […]
Everything is different this year. The next free agency window will come – but when. In the meantime, FIVE looks at some of the major franchises going into free agency period. Boston Celtics Record 2019-20: 48-24 || Conference Finals 4th Offensive Rating (ORtg) – 4th Defensive Rating (DRtg) Big Three: J. Tatum, J. Brown, K. […]
NBA Draft 2020 Who’s a boom and who’s a bust? Spoiler alert: The NBA Draft 2020 will be polarizing. It’s nothing new that evaluations of NBA talents are wide ranging, but the differences in opinion this year are extreme. The pessimists are forecasting the worst class of talent in the past decade while other […]
Defense is the name of the game for the Milwaukee Bucks. The trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook and Robin Lopez protect the rim like none other in the NBA. And it is their lock-down defense that has the Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals and Milwaukee fans dreaming of the title. Giannis and co. were […]
Which team has the most to lose sports-wise due to the Corona pandemic? That is easy – the Los Angeles Clippers. About a year ago, the franchise was the big winner of the off-season, having added Paul George via trade and signed Kawhi Leonard as a free agent. And then at the 2020 trade deadline, […]
