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The New York Yankees are riding high at the moment. Not only did Domingo German toss a perfect game against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night, they have now won five straight games, keeping them right in the thick of the tight American League playoff race at the halfway point of the season. However, given […]

The San Antonio Spurs have a bright future ahead of them. Not only did they draft Victor Wembanyama with the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, but they also have a young core boasting the likes of Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, Jeremy Sochan, and Malaki Branham to round out the roster. To top […]

Austin Reaves has emerged from a beloved rotation piece to one of the Los Angeles Lakers’ most important players. Reaves’ crafty ballhandling as well as his penchant for drawing fouls has made him such a valuable part of the Lakers’ offense — just in time for his foray into free agency. But keeping him may […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson is one of the best shooters of all time. That fact pretty much cannot be disputed. However, marksmanship on the basketball court does not exactly translate seamlessly to other sports. Thompson certainly had to learn that the hard (if funny) way during his and Stephen Curry’s The Match […]

New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo German made history by throwing just the 24th perfect game in MLB history, blanking the Oakland A’s, 11-0, on Wednesday night. While German’s baseball achievement is worth celebrating given how rare perfect games are, some fans are not able to separate the art from the artist — perhaps for […]

New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo German has done it, becoming just the 22nd player in the modern baseball era and the fourth in franchise history to throw a perfect game with an all-around evisceration of the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. German, who entered the night coming off two consecutive rough starts, allowing 15 […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder blew past expectations during the 2022-23 season. For a team that was projected to win around 20 games, the Thunder almost made the playoffs due in large part to a major breakout campaign from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. And now, it seems like the Thunder are ready to take the next step, especially […]

For much of the 2022-23 season, the Los Angeles Lakers roster was crying out for a game-changing defensive presence. And in February, they finally got their man, acquiring Jarred Vanderbilt (along with D’Angelo Russell and Malik Beasley) for Russell Westbrook’s huge expiring contract. Beyond Vanderbilt’s defensive versatility and presence on the glass, what made the […]

It was a sad day for the American football world on Tuesday night when Ryan Mallett, a quarterback who played for seven years in the NFL, passed away after a drowning incident in Florida. Mallett was only 35 years old, making this tragedy an even more excruciating heartbreak. The entire footballing world, as a result, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers know that building a contending team around Kawhi Leonard and Paul George is a race against time. In fact, there have been rumblings about a potential pivot from the Clippers, with George’s name even reportedly landing on the trade block. But it definitely seems like the Clippers will be riding out […]

The Sacramento Kings appeared to give a sneak peek of their free agency plans when they dealt away the 24th pick of the 2023 NBA Draft (Olivier-Maxence Prosper) to the Dallas Mavericks so they could dump the salary of Richaun Holmes. Ridding themselves of Holmes’ contract allows them to become major players in free agency. […]

The Los Angeles Clippers know that time is running out on their Kawhi Leonard-Paul George core. Leonard and George have been injury-prone over the past few seasons and they’re not getting any younger, making it of utmost importance for the Clippers front office to find the right championship formula sooner than later. The Clippers’ decisions […]

The Golden State Warriors’ roster for the 2023-24 season is beginning to take shape. After much speculation brought forth by the Warriors’ turbulent 2022-23 campaign, they finally traded away Jordan Poole, although it’s fair for fans to wonder whether getting a 38-year old Chris Paul in return was the best return they could have gotten […]

The Boston Celtics are not messing around. On the eve of NBA Draft night, they dealt away longtime point guard Marcus Smart, who’s been with the team since 2014, for Kristaps Porzingis and two first-round picks. The trade signifies that the Celtics are going all-in on their current core, as a hefty luxury tax bill […]

The Atlanta Hawks, despite already boasting the talents of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray, drafted guard Kobe Bufkin with the 15th overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. And it’s not hard to see why: Bufkin, as the kids say, has that dog in him, which bodes well for his ability to contribute for a […]

There is no clear-cut best team in the mediocre division that is the NL Central, but the Cincinnati Reds are making their case. After all, there is no hotter team in all of MLB than the Reds, winners of 12 games in a row after holding off the hard-charging Atlanta Braves, 11-10, on Friday night. […]

Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani continue to dazzle for the Los Angeles Angels. On Friday night, this dynamic duo showed once more why they’re one of the most feared one-two punches in the MLB — perhaps even in its entire history. At the top of the fifth inning, with the game still tied at 2-2 […]

James Harden’s free agency remains one of, if not the most pressing matter in the Philadelphia 76ers’ offseason. Harden, for all his faults, remains one of the best playmakers in the NBA today. Losing him for nothing — perhaps to the Houston Rockets — would make it difficult for the Sixers to continue building around […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been ever-so-present in trade talks for the past few months or so. John Collins, in particular, has been the subject of trade rumors aplenty for what has seemed like the duration of his career. However, rumor has it that the entire Hawks roster apart from Trae Young may be available in […]

At first glance, it seems like the Washington Wizards pulled a fast one over the Golden State Warriors, squeezing them dry in the trade that sent Chris Paul to the Bay in exchange for Jordan Poole. The Warriors ended up trading away, in addition to Poole, Patrick Baldwin Jr., the team’s first-round pick in 2022, […]

The Golden State Warriors sent shockwaves around the league hours before the 2023 NBA Draft when they sent Jordan Poole and a bunch of assets to the Washington Wizards for Chris Paul. This trade signifies that the Warriors are going all-in on winning a championship next season, as they traded away a player many once […]

On Wednesday night, the Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards, and Los Angeles Clippers were reportedly all in agreement on a three-team trade framework that would have sent Malcolm Brogdon to LA in exchange for Marcus Morris Sr., Amir Coffey, and a few draft picks. However, the Clippers backed out of the trade due to concerns regarding […]

The Chicago Bulls made one of the smartest moves of the 2022 offseason by plucking nascent floor general Lonzo Ball from the New Orleans Pelicans for cheap. Ball was blossoming into one of the best 3 and D point guards in the association, and he quickly emerged as a strong fit alongside the more ball-dominant […]

The Chicago Bulls franchise is in a state of limbo at the moment. Not only does losing yet another lottery pick to the Orlando Magic courtesy of the Nikola Vucevic trade sting, but they have a few decisions to make this offseason on which direction to take, as riding it out with their current Zach […]

Not a single person in the world expected any other outcome, but seeing the San Antonio Spurs officially select Victor Wembanyama as the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft was still a sight to behold. Wembanyama is one of the most hyped-up prospects in NBA history, and it’s not hard to see why. […]

There has been plenty of trade talk surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers and the third overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. But in the end, the Blazers kept the pick and selected Scoot Henderson, whom many believe is the second-best player of the draft after Victor Wembanyama. The fit alongside Damian Lillard and Anfernee […]

The Atlanta Hawks made waves during the 2022 offseason when they traded away three first-round picks and a pick swap (along with Danilo Gallinari) for All-Star point guard Dejounte Murray. Murray was coming off the best season of his professional career, and the Hawks believed that despite playing in the same position as their best […]

In what is shaping up to be yet another crucial offseason, the Miami Heat cannot afford to whiff hard on moves that could upgrade the team on the margins. After all, the likes of Gabe Vincent and Max Strus will soon enter free agency, and they could very well command contracts that could be far […]

For a franchise that has spent most of its years in existence as the NBA’s laughingstock, the Los Angeles Clippers have certainly come so far. Ever since the 2011-12 season, the Clippers have finished with a record above .500, safely placing the team in its golden era. However, their golden era haven’t borne much gold, […]

The Washington Wizards front office, after making the widely-panned Bradley Beal trade, managed to swing a huge win for the franchise on Wednesday night. Instead of losing Kristaps Porzingis for nothing in free agency, the Wizards instead got him to opt into his contract for next year so they could trade him away for some […]

The second domino of the Washington Wizards’ complete teardown has fallen. Late on Wednesday night, the Wizards sent Kristaps Porzingis, who decided to opt into his contract, to the Boston Celtics, engaging with the Memphis Grizzlies on a three-team trade framework that would net them Tyus Jones, Danilo Gallinari, Mike Muscala, and the 35th overall […]

During the 2022-23 season, a few NBA teams decided to face the music and embrace the putridity in hopes of landing themselves in pole position in the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes. In the end, however, only one team would win the right to select him as the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, and […]

It may be difficult to believe, but Damian Lillard has been a member of the Portland Trail Blazers organization for 11 years now. Time sure does fly; since drafting Lillard sixth overall in the 2012 NBA Draft, the Blazers have had various levels of success, even making it to the Western Conference Finals in 2019. […]

The Washington Wizards, after a spell of playoff contention in the mid-2010s, have endured one mediocre year after another, as the franchise simply have not been able to recover from John Wall’s major injury in 2018. And now, after years of trying to hold onto a bygone era, to meager returns, the Wizards, under new […]

The NBA Draft is always an exciting time. Almost always, a few tantalizing prospects hand in their names every year for entry towards the NBA. For the 2023 NBA Draft class, it’s Victor Wembanyama’s time to shine as its undisputed best player — a 7’4, do-it-all big man with the potential to transform the San […]

The Kawhi Leonard-Paul George era of the Los Angeles Clippers hasn’t borne much fruit yet. In four years, they made the Western Conference Finals just once, flaming out year after year due to injury (and in 2020, an untimely choke job). With Leonard and George only getting older and not getting any healthier, it’s fair […]

The Portland Trail Blazers, despite all the criticisms that have come their way over the past few seasons, cannot be put at fault for not trying to put a contending team around Damian Lillard. Sure, it hasn’t amounted to much more than one Western Conference Finals appearance since 2014, but at the very least, the […]

Is there a fire sale looming for the Memphis Grizzlies? Apart from Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., and Desmond Bane, it certainly seems like no member of the roster is safe from a trade. This is certainly evident in the case of Tyus Jones. Despite being arguably the best backup point guard in the league […]

The Utah Jazz came out of last year’s offseason as one of the league’s biggest winners, flipping Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell for their own, separate eye-popping hauls, thereby kickstarting the team’s rebuild after years of playoff failures. One of the main assets the Jazz got for Mitchell was combo guard Collin Sexton, the recent […]