Hoop Untold

One of the most winningest and legendary organizations in basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers, are coming off of one of their most frustrating seasons yet. The trio of Lebron James, Anthony David and Russell Westbrook failed to reach any type of success. Anthony Davis only played 40 games last season and Russ failed to find any rhythm or mix at all with the Lake show's playing style. And while Lebron James still proved to be one of the best players in the World, he also only played 56 games. When you couple those things with the fact that this team failed to shoot the ball well or defend, it's easy to see why they failed to have any success last season. BUT this year their roster is promising and this team could have some success if Lebron and AD are healthy. Kendrick Nunn is healthy this season, and he’ll be competing for the 6ht man of year award. The Lakers will need him to score the ball and he’ll most likely receive a lot of minutes in crunch time. This summer the Lakers

Many have picked the Los Angeles Clippers to pose the biggest threat to the Warriors coming out of the Western Conference in back to back seasons, and there are a lot of different reasons for that. Kawhi is Back! And assuming he’ll have a healthy season, that means the Clippers have one of the best 2-way basketball players in the world, along with Paul George, who is one of the best offense generators in the world. The Clippers gained a big acquisition this Summer in signing John Wall, who, even though isn’t the same athlete he once was, I believe he can possibly still average in the ballpark of 17 and 7 assist, which is great for your point guard on a team with that type of talent. They return a slew of role players including one of my favorite combo guards Reggie Jackson, who will most likely be coming off of the bench for John Wall. They’ll continue to start the solid Ivan Zubac, at center, while spacing the floor with either Marcus Morris or Nicolas Batum. The Clippers have a pleth

  The New Orleans Pelicans are a super exciting and underrated team in the Western Conference this season. They’re coming off of their first playoff appearance since the Anthony Davis era, and they did this without their 2021 season leading scorer, Zion Williamson. Speaking of Zion, he looks lean, healthy, and primed to have a redeeming 2022-23 season. Brandon Ingram is coming off of a very impressive and intriguing playoff display. His bag looked very lethal. He was hitting back to the basket and face-up mid range shots, pull-up 3’s, catch and shoot 3’s, broke down his defender and drove to the basket frequently. He got to the free throw line a ton and averaged about 6 assists as well, so he was getting his teammates involved. So basically, Ingram is a 6’9 3-level scorer and play maker: 2K Create-A-Player. We all know CJ is a bonafide killer, combo guard bucket getter who can also create for others. He also gives the Pelicans a true leader and someone with playoff experience. One of m