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May 2021 Toms River NJ - After weeks of participating Noah Janas became the annual winner at The Backstop! Noah will now be entered into the 2021 Panini NBA Player of the Day National Sweepstakes to win additional prizes including the chance to spend a day with an NBA player!  

  NBA notable notes Paul Pierce, Chris Webber, Chris Bosh, and Ben Wallace will be enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame. 2020-21 NBA Rookies  LaMelo Ball (Charlotte Hornets) – A lot of hype surrounded the rookie guard coming into the season and he was able to live up to [...]

Week 16 NBA notable notes  3 Players scored 50 plus points: o Jayson Tatum-53 points o Zach LaVine – 50 Points o Stephen Curry – 53 points 2020-21 NBA Rookies  Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves) – The top pick of the draft continues to be one of the top-scoring [...]

 Desmond Bane (Memphis Grizzlies) – Bane has been a sharpshooter from the 3-point line shooting 45.1%. Even more impressive, that ranks 2 nd all-time (with a minimum of 82 made 3- point fields goals) in NBA history for a rookie. Per StatMuse.com o Week 15 games  3/29/21- 17 [...]

NBA Weekly Report – Week 13 Week 13 Notable notes  Blake Griffin made his Brooklyn Nets debut  Lebron James suffered an injury that could have him out for some time.  NBA trade deadline is March 25 th. 2020-21 NBA Rookies  LaMelo Ball (Charlotte Hornets) – Unfortunately [...]

2020-21 NBA Rookies The 2020-21 NBA rookie class has played well through the midpoint of the season, despite there not being a summer league or much of an offseason for them to prepare. Rookie guards LaMelo Ball and Tyrese Haliburtion lead the class and will both be in consideration for [...]