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Had Mark Cuban remained in charge of the Dallas Mavericks as the majority owner, the Luka Doncic trade would not have happened. Alas, Cuban lost control of the team’s basketball operations when he surrendered majority ownership of the team to Patrick Dumont. Dumont then greenlit Nico Harrison’s decision to trade Doncic away to the Lakers. […]

Brandon Ingram isn’t very popular among fans at the moment. This past weekend, during the Toronto Raptors’ 119-109 a clip of Ingram slamming a water bottle out of anger on the sidelines. The Raptors forward hit a game attendant with the water bottle and splashed him, which was already deplorable in and of itself. But […]

On Tuesday morning, the Dallas Mavericks fanbase finally got what it’s long been craving for — the firing of general manager Nico Harrison. Harrison set the Mavericks on this Luka Doncic-less path with his asinine decision to trade away their franchise cornerstone, and now they’re struggling to the tune of a 3-8 start to the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers, for as long as Joel Embiid is on the roster, will always want to be on the hunt for a championship. Their 7-4 start to the season is impressive in that regard, as Embiid is yet to go full-tilt since the start of the new campaign, with Philly still limiting his workload. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers, all things considered, are having a strong start to the 2025-26 season. They moved to 7-4 on the year after taking another cardiac victory over the Boston Celtics, 102-100, on Tuesday night. What makes this 7-4 start to the new campaign that much more impressive is that Joel Embiid continues to be […]

After they sputtered towards the end of the 2024-25 season, a slow start is not what the Memphis Grizzlies envisioned they would have entering the new campaign. But with Ja Morant looking like a shell of his former self as he battles frustrations towards the coaching staff and his team’s play, the Grizzlies are entering […]

The New York Knicks are hitting their stride. After a bit of a slow start to the new campaign under new head coach Mike Brown, the Knicks are finally playing with a level of consistency and excellence befitting of a powerhouse team. On Tuesday night, they took care of business rather handily against the floundering […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is not exactly what one would view as a bruiser. He can play physical and he can get down and dirty when it gets to it, but he prefers to play with finesse and flair. He has Draymond Green anyway to take care of the bruising aspect of the […]

A lot can truly change in just a year. Around this time in 2024, the Dallas Mavericks had high hopes despite a bit of a slow start to the season. They were bringing back most of the 2023-24 squad that made it to the NBA Finals, and with Luka Doncic, perennial All-NBA First Teamer, leading […]

The Dallas Mavericks may have fallen to 3-8 on the season after suffering a 116-114 defeat to the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, but at the very least, their prized rookie, Cooper Flagg, appears to be taking the next step in his career. Flagg put up a career-high 26 points to go along with nine […]

This Sacramento Kings team is headed for a one-way trip towards the bottom of the NBA standings if this keeps up. On Sunday, the Kings were laughed off their own floor by the surging Minnesota Timberwolves, 144-117, and there seems to be no end in sight to this madness in Sacramento. The Kings made some […]

It took a little while, but Cade Cunningham is now enjoying winning basketball with the Detroit Pistons. No one in the NBA feels more deserving of this fortune change considering how Cunningham toiled in the trenches for the Pistons to start the 2020s. Now, Cunningham is playing as if this excellent play can be taken […]

The Dallas Mavericks may not be winning too many games at the moment, but the good news is that Cooper Flagg appears to be hitting his stride. Flagg, despite the Mavericks’ 116-114 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, put up his best game thus far as a professional. He tallied a career-high 26 […]

On Monday night, the Chicago Bulls hosted the San Antonio Spurs in a clash between two teams that have gotten off to a strong start to the 2025-26 campaign. In the end, the Spurs outlasted the Josh Giddey-less Bulls, 121-117, with Chicago now having suffered its fourth loss of the new season — a worrying […]

The Dallas Mavericks’ 2025-26 season is crashing before it even gets a chance to get off the ground. On Monday night, the Mavericks let another golden opportunity to win slip away from their fingertips, losing to the Milwaukee Bucks, 116-114, to fall to 3-8 on the season. Considering how unforgiving the West is and considering […]

On paper, the 2025-26 Phoenix Suns roster is a bit less talented than last year’s squad, mostly due to the departure of future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant. Making matters worse, the main piece the Suns got in the Durant trade, Jalen Green, re-aggravated his hamstring injury. But this Suns team has been playing enjoyable […]

On Monday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat battled in a contest between two shorthanded teams. And just like seemingly every other game in today’s NBA slate, this game was also decided in the dying embers. This time, it was the Heat that had the final say — with Andrew Wiggins guiding the ball […]

The Detroit Pistons were on the second night of a back-to-back, and although this game came against the lowly Washington Wizards, it was always going to be a difficult game considering how shorthanded they were. Even Cade Cunningham, who put up a Kobe Bryant-esque stat line (46 points on 45 shot attempts) on a night […]

The Detroit Pistons have enjoyed such a strong start to the 2025-26 season, with Cade Cunningham powering them to an 8-2 start to the new campaign. Alas, as luck would have it, the Pistons simply cannot enjoy this incredible start to the season without dealing with adversity. On Monday night, Cunningham had to exit the […]

On Monday night, Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks were set to do battle against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. This was as good of a litmus test for Flagg as it can come; Antetokounmpo, after all, has been one of the greatest players in the league over the past decade or so, and […]

One would think that to come so close yet finish so far is the most heartbreaking thing in professional sports. No one might be more heartbroken over the Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series loss in seven games to the Los Angeles Dodgers than Bo Bichette. Bichette hit what looked like a dagger of a three-run […]

Kyle Schwarber is going to enter free agency at exactly the right time. He’s coming off the best season of his career in 2025, putting up 56 home runs and 132 runs batted in for the Philadelphia Phillies. He may have had his fair share of struggles during the postseason as the Phillies got bounced […]

The Detroit Pistons have come such a long way. From celebrating every win as if it would be their last due to how rare victories have been for them, they have blossomed into one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in the early goings of the 2025-26 campaign. This is thanks in large […]

The Atlanta Hawks were expected to be one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference heading into the 2025-26 season. But just like any other team that needs to integrate a few new parts, the Hawks needed time to jell. Alas, time is not a luxury for this Hawks team. They recently lost Trae […]

Some looked at the Dallas Mavericks heading into the 2025-26 campaign and believed that they could be a dark-horse playoff team. They have such a stacked frontcourt, and Cooper Flagg was looking like a game-changing talent from day one if his play during preseason was any indication. But that stacked frontcourt has been depleted significantly, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers entered the 2025-26 season with considerable hype. Their team may be old, but their depth seemed much-improved. They brought in Chris Paul and Brook Lopez via free agency, and then they addressed their longstanding need for a more traditionally-sized power forward by trading for John Collins, sending Norman Powell to the […]

The Ja Morant-led Memphis Grizzlies may not have hit rock bottom yet, but they surely are well on their way. On Wednesday night, the Grizzlies suffered their fourth straight defeat, a 124-109 loss to the Houston Rockets. Morant, in particular, appears to be very much checked out. He put up another woeful shooting night, making […]

No one can say that the New York Mets had a successful 2025 season. In fact, this past campaign was a total trainwreck for the Mets. After such a promising start to the campaign, what with Juan Soto flourishing in his first season in Queens, they sputtered towards the end of the season and lost […]

On Monday night, the Sacramento Kings went out and were competitive against the Denver Nuggets on the road. But in the end, they suffered a 130-124 defeat, sending them to 2-5 on the season. Their offseason signings were very productive; Russell Westbrook put up his best game of the season, dropping 26 points, 12 rebounds, […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander now has his fair share of doubters, as many call into question the legitimacy of some of the point he scores due to his foul-baiting ways. But no one should ever doubt that the Oklahoma City Thunder star is at the top of his game at the moment. On Tuesday night, Gilgeous-Alexander delivered […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder cannot be stopped. They moved to 8-0 to begin the season as they demolished the Los Angeles Clippers, 126-107, despite being on the road. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been in MVP form since the start of the new campaign, and this continued on Tuesday night, as he put up 30 points, four […]

When the Chicago Bulls traded Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey straight up prior to the start of the 2024-25 season, they were clowned. Little did everyone know at the time that the Bulls would provide the exact ecosystem Giddey needed to be in to thrive. Giddey is making his case for an All-Star nod this […]

On Tuesday night, it looked like the Chicago Bulls were headed for their second loss of the new season. They were a step behind the Philadelphia 76ers for most of the night, after all. But they were hanging tough, with Josh Giddey continuing his breakout campaign, and they finished off an incredible comeback from 24 […]

The Toronto Blue Jays will rue just how fast the night changes. There is no rest for the weary Blue Jays, as a few days after losing Game 7 of the 2025 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers, they now have to sort out their roster for the 2026 campaign. One of the matters […]

The Dallas Mavericks, through the first seven games of the 2025-26 season, are ranked dead-last in offensive rating. They’re only scoring 103.6 points per 100 possessions, which would have ranked in the top-10 in the early 2000s, but is downright wretched in 2025. Their most pressing issues entering the year, namely their guard production, are […]

On the 27th of April, Damian Lillard ruptured his Achilles during the Milwaukee Bucks’ Game 4 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. An injury of that kind requires quite the lengthy recovery process, leading to an extended absence. This was something the Bucks could not afford, considering […]

On Tuesday night, the Toronto Raptors were doing very well against a Milwaukee Bucks team coming off an emotional game on the first of a back-to-back set. They were leading by double digits, with a balanced effort getting it done for the Raptors. But there was a bit of a nervous moment for them, with […]

The Memphis Grizzlies may not be in a full-blown crisis just yet, but they soon could be if they don’t rectify their most pressing issue at the moment, which is handling the Ja Morant situation. Morant is turning the locker room’s mood sour, he’s fighting the coaching staff, and he’s playing poorly as of late […]

Kansas City Royals legend Salvador Perez is not going anywhere. On Tuesday night, the Royals announced that they have come to terms with Perez on a two-year deal, which would take him to his age-37 season. The new contract is worth a guarantee of $25 million for the duration of the contract, as reported by […]