Vahan Shakhpazyan
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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.
Off-Season Grades: Portland Trail Blazers

Off-Season Grades: Portland Trail Blazers

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 franc...

Off-Season Grades: Phoenix Suns

Off-Season Grades: Phoenix Suns

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 ...

Off-Season Grades: Philadelphia 76ers

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 talented young pla...

Off-Season Grades: Orlando Magic

Off-Season Grades: Orlando Magic

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 ...

Off-Season Grades: New York Knicks

Off-Season Grades: New York Knicks

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 ...

Off-Season Grades: New Orleans Pelicans

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 f...

Off-Season Grades: Milwaukee Bucks

Off-Season Grades: Milwaukee Bucks

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...

Off-Season Grades: Miami Heat

Off-Season Grades: Miami Heat

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 expectations for t...

Off-Season Grades: Memphis Grizzlies

The Memphis Grizzlies quietly put together a superb offseason this summer by retaining their highly coveted free agent Marc Gasol. They also made...

Off-Season Grades: Los Angeles Lakers

Off-Season Grades: Los Angeles Lakers

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...

Off-Season Grades: Los Angeles Clippers

Off-Season Grades: Los Angeles Clippers

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 re...

Off-Season Grades: Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are going to play a new style of basketball and have made changes accordingly. They parted ways with a couple of major components from last season, but they have made up f...

Off-Season Grades: Houston Rockets

Off-Season Grades: Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets made another splash this summer by upgrading their point guard position. They have also added tremendous depth at each positi...

Off-Season Grades: Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors' one goal this summer was to re-sign Draymond Green, and they accomplished that goal by trimming salary. In order to do that, they had to part...

Off-Season Grades: Detroit Pistons

Off-Season Grades: Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons lost a major component from last year's team, bu they did use the offseason to bolster their small forward position, whi...

Off-Season Grades: Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets offseason consisted of one enormous trade, followed by a few minor moves, and a solid draft selection. The Nuggets didn't quite improve their roster ...

Off-Season Grades: Dallas Mavericks

Off-Season Grades: Dallas Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks were spurned by two players this summer, thus resulting into a fairly poor offseason. In what looked like a great start to t...

Off-Season Grades: Cleveland Cavaliers

Off-Season Grades: Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers had one goal this offseason: re-sign their core players from last season. Although they still have to re-sign J.R. Smith and Tristan Tho...

Off-Season Grades: Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls haven't done much this offseason aside from retaining their own free agents. But recovering Jimmy Butler on a long-term deal was a must and is very im...

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