Open Field Report

Article by Antwon "Smitty" Smith

The NBA summer is right around the corner and there's always a surprise that NBA fans don't see coming.  Just like LeBron hit us with "The Decision"  nearly a decade ago, it tells us nothing is final until the ink dries on the contract, just ask DeAndre Jordan. Kevin Durant chose to take his talents to the Bay and join the Warriors to cement his legacy as one of the best small forwards to ever play. It's 2018 and there will be sure surprises but bigger questions, I'll throw out a few and tell me what you think: 1. Where will LeBron James take his talents? Will he stay in "The Land"? This is a question fans in all facets of the game want to know, so the drama will be thick enough to cut with a knife. After "Coming home" James put the Cavs on his back and willed them to the city's first championship in 50 years. Now it's time for him to conquer his dreams of winning titles and finding a better squad to suite his talents.  H...

Car melo Anthony has been one of the more polarizing athletes during his 15-year career and one of the most confusing. He rose to fame by becoming a national champion at Syracuse in his one and only season there, to being labeled as an underachiever because of his lack  of   success in the playoffs during his playing career. Carmelo Anthony is now on the clock in OKC and even though he may play there next season, Anthony may want to tone down his criticism of his team after they were eliminated by the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs. He stated that: " I think the player that they wanted me to be and needed me to be was for the sake of this season," "Everything was just thrown together and it wasn't anything that was planned out. Wasn't no strategy to me being here, me being a part of the actual system and what type of player and things like that." Which in so many words means, "I wasted my ti...