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In the modern NBA, the trade deadline is absolute chaos. Every year, nearly every team gets in on the action. With such a high quantity of deals being made, some of the agreed-upon trades are relatively low stakes. The deals that really get fans excited are the ones involving stars. Superstars are dealt at a […]

The 2026 NBA trade deadline is on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m. ET. In this day and age, it is a can’t-miss date on the NBA calendar, regardless of who you cheer for. That is because seemingly every team gets in on the action and makes deals both big and small. Good teams look […]

The NBA trade deadline is the busiest and most hectic day of the year in basketball. The NBA’s last day to make deals is particularly fun because every team, whether good or bad, gets in on the action. Last year, 16 trades were made on deadline day alone. Plenty of huge deals, including the Los […]

Week 17 is over, so there is only one more week until the NFL postseason begins. Seventeen teams have already been eliminated from playoff contention, meaning there is only one spot up for grabs in each conference. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Baltimore Ravens are on the outside looking in right now, but they […]

The Green Bay Packers are riddled with injuries. They were blown out in their Week 17 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, but the team still clinched a postseason berth on Christmas Day because the Detroit Lions lost. Green Bay’s most detrimental injury happened when Micah Parsons tore his ACL. The star edge rusher who was […]

A lot of trade talk is generated at the NBA G League Winter Showcase. This year, Coby White emerged as the name that could soon be on the move. The Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Atlanta Hawks have all been linked as potential trade destinations for the Chicago Bulls guard. The Hawks serve […]

The Cleveland Browns have often been known for the NFL Draft over the entirety of the 21st century, often for all the wrong reasons. The team has become notorious for selecting massive draft busts. They’ve owned the first overall pick on numerous occasions, too, and they’ve had varying results with the top selection. Their draft […]

NBA on Christmas Day games are among the most important in basketball. The league pairs up the best teams in the biggest rivalries, and teams usually deliver with iconic performances. All of these teams playing on Dec. 25, 2025, are primed to contend for the NBA Finals, and Christmas Day games could preview that. However, […]

The NFL playoffs are just around the corner, but 14 teams have already been eliminated from postseason contention. Those teams have nothing to look forward to but the 2026 NFL Draft, and each of them could very well be vying for a better draft slot during their last two matchups of the season. After all, […]

Heading into Week 16, the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Rams were the number one seeds in their respective conference. Both teams lost, proving that a lot can still change in the NFL standings. Fourteen teams have already been eliminated from postseason contention, though, and time is running out for the teams in the […]

Non-conference play is coming to a close, and conference madness is about to pick up in men’s college basketball. The positive or negative momentum teams gained leading up to this point will have major implications on the rest of the year. Teams will find out what they are really made of going forward, though, as […]

Rosters for the 2026 NFL Pro Bowl were announced, and, predictably, the collection of talent looked much different than it has in recent years. This makes sense because some of the teams that have dominated in recent years, such as the Kansas City Chiefs, won’t even be in the playoffs. Some teams that have struggled […]

The Houston Rockets had a great offseason that was highlighted by one of the biggest trades in NBA history. In a seven-team deal, the Rockets added Kevin Durant and Clint Capela. In addition, they signed Dorian Finney-Smith and Josh Okogie, and they re-signed Aaron Holiday, Jeff Green, Jabari Smith Jr., Steven Adams, Jae’Sean Tate, and […]

In the same light that most fans thought the Kansas City Chiefs would eventually sneak into the postseason, many have long assumed the Detroit Lions will find a way to get into the NFC’s top seven. They’ve been on the outside looking in for quite some time now, and they are still sitting in eighth […]

The Denver Broncos took on the Jacksonville Jaguars in a Week 16 matchup between two AFC powerhouses. The two had combined for 16 straight wins coming into their matchup, 11 of which were on Denver’s end. The game played in Denver was viewed as a potential preview of the AFC Championship Game, and the Jaguars […]

Cam Ward was the number one pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Shedeur Sanders was expected to be selected soon thereafter, but he ended up enduring one of the wildest draft day falls in NFL history. Even so, he is still an incredibly popular and hyped-up rookie quarterback, and he has been starting for the […]

The Toronto Raptors have been one of the surprise teams of the NBA season. They are currently 17-12 and in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, but they soared as high as the No. 2 seed not long ago. After an earlier nine-game winning streak, Toronto has lost five of their last seven games. They […]

The Dallas Mavericks might be a little scared off from making trades anytime soon. Last year, the team dealt Luka Doncic. It was a shocking move at the time, and hindsight hasn’t done it any favors. Anthony Davis was the centerpiece in Dallas’ return in that deal, and he has spent most of his time […]

The Denver Nuggets won the NBA championship in 2023. In the two seasons since, Denver has fallen short, largely in part because of a lack of depth. The team fixed that problem in the offseason by swapping Michael Porter Jr for Cameron Johnson, and then adding Bruce Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Jonas Valanciunas. It […]

The biggest name on the trade block is Giannis Antetokounmpo. The two-time MVP has been open to a trade away from the Milwaukee Bucks for quite some time now. He is currently sidelined with an injury, but he and the Bucks recently decided to look back into a possible trade. As one of the best […]

The Chicago Bulls’ offense is quite impressive. They have loads of playmakers and 3-point shooters on the roster. However, they won’t be able to get to the next level as the defense currently stands. Chicago is 26th in opponents’ points per game (121.9). They lack both perimeter and interior defenders, and it will likely take […]

To the surprise of many, the Detroit Pistons are atop the Eastern Conference standings. This comes just two years after they tied the record for consecutive losses. The Pistons have the talent to get into the NBA Finals, and if there is a year to go all in, it is this year. Injuries are preventing […]

There are a lot of aspects to mixed martial artists. Wrestling, grappling, takedown defense, and calf kicks are all significant parts of MMA. However, it is the knockouts that are nearly every UFC fan’s favorite part of the sport. While some fans have been upset with how important and frequent the ground game was used […]

The 12-team College Football Playoff allows for more time for NFL Draft prospects to boost their stock. March Madness leads to breakout performances in basketball, and football’s postseason can serve a similar function. The opposite can be true, too, because if players falter under the bright lights of the biggest football games of the season, […]

After 15 weeks of action, the NFL playoff picture is becoming much clearer. Thirteen teams have officially been eliminated from postseason contention. Most notably, the Kansas City Chiefs won’t be playing postseason ball for the first time since 2014. Meanwhile, teams that haven’t had a lot of success in recent years, such as the Denver […]

Seven NCAA teams remain without a loss this season. This is the first edition of ClutchPoints’ men’s college basketball power rankings that features all seven of them. Teams jumping into the top 25 means that others have to fall down the rankings, or be out of them altogether. Florida, for example, is just narrowly holding […]

The Indianapolis Colts looked like Super Bowl contenders for much of the year. The team’s defense is elite, they’ve got arguably the best running back in football in Jonathan Taylor, and their receiving corps is deep. All that was missing coming into the season was a quarterback. Few thought the answer to that position was […]

The Los Angeles Lakers won the inaugural in-season tournament, and the Milwaukee Bucks were the NBA Cup champions last season. Both teams were middle-of-the-pack playoff teams at best in their respective conference those seasons. Los Angeles ended their 2023-24 campaign with a first-round exit after securing the seven seed, and the Bucks were a five-seed […]

The 2025 NBA Cup championship game between the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks should be a thriller. Both teams stocked up on talent in very different ways over the last few years. The Spurs underwent a massive rebuild in which they added tons of draft capital, most of which they’ve developed into productive […]

The UFC roster is deeper with talent at the top than ever before. ClutchPoints’ pound-for-pound rankings are littered with not just champions, but fighters who deserve a title shot in the near future. Even fighters outside of the top 20 rankings are nearing title contention. There are a number of recent champions deserving of a […]

The most talked-about trade date in the NBA is the trade deadline. Last year, there were 16 deals agreed upon on just the last day to do business. This year, the trade deadline is still a ways out, as deadline day isn’t until Feb. 5, 2026. There could very well be movement well before then, […]

Bowl games are in an interesting place in college football, and it is harder than ever before to predict which teams will win the prestigious matchups. Obviously, making the College Football Playoff is priority number one for teams around the nation, but only 12 teams get in. Furthermore, a lot of bowl teams don’t have […]

UFC 323 was the last pay-per-view card of the 2025 calendar year. Because of the promotion’s new deal with Paramount, PPVs are officially done with for the time being, and they certainly ended on a crazy note. Two of the biggest upsets of the year occurred in championship bouts at UFC 323, as Alexandre Pantoja […]

In the AFC, fans have long assumed the Kansas City Chiefs would figure things out and storm their way into the NFL playoff picture. The team lost yet again in Week 14, and the hole they’ve dug themselves into is starting to look too deep to climb out of. In the NFC, the No. 1 […]

The NCAA college basketball schedule is starting to heat up, and the picture is becoming clearer on who the best teams in the nation are. There are still a handful of undefeated teams left, and last week’s AP Poll number one team, Purdue, lost their first game of the season, as did a number of […]

UFC 323 was the last pay-per-view event of the year, and it marked the end of PPVs as fight fans know them. While the way that the UFC operates will look a little different starting in 2026, the final PPV event of both the year and the foreseeable future certainly shook up the pound-for-pound rankings. […]

Group play of the NBA Cup is over, and eight teams have advanced to the knockout stage. An assortment of teams are competing for the in-season tournament title this year. There is one of the NBA’s biggest surprises in the Toronto Raptors, the defending NBA Finals champions in the Oklahoma City Thunder, and a team […]

The NBA MVP award is the most prestigious individual accomplishment a player can earn in basketball, and it dates back all the way to the 1955-56 season. The NBA Cup MVP has only been in existence for two years, but it is quickly becoming coveted hardware. While the championship team only plays seven in-season tournament […]

The 2025 NFL season has been highlighted by consistent superstar performances. Some of the best players in the league are putting up jaw-dropping numbers on a weekly basis. So much so that some all-time NFL records are at risk this year. Josh Allen, for example, already broke the all-time rushing touchdown record for quarterbacks, further […]