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The 2024-25 season, by all accounts, has been a successful one for Lonzo Ball. Many feared that his career could be over after multiple knee surgeries, but Ball defied the odds and made his triumphant return for the Chicago Bulls, playing in 35 games and even starting in 14 of them. However, Ball hasn’t played […]

In an all-important clash against the Los Angeles Clippers that would mean the difference between making the playoffs outright and having to go through the play-in tournament, the Golden State Warriors trimmed the rotation down to nine men. This was a game with a playoff-like atmosphere, and it was telling that head coach Steve Kerr […]

The last few games of the 2024-25 NBA regular season did not go according to plan for the Golden State Warriors. After going on a hot run of form in the aftermath of the Jimmy Butler trade, it looked as though the Warriors were a lock to make the playoffs outright. Instead, a Harrison Barnes […]

To say that the past few weeks have gone terribly for the Memphis Grizzlies is an understatement. After being a top-four team in the Western Conference for most of the year, the Grizzlies have fallen off, and on Friday night, cemented their place in the play-in tournament after suffering a 117-109 loss to the Denver […]

The Denver Nuggets organization has had to resort to drastic measures over the past few days; they decided to fire their head coach of a decade in Michael Malone and cleaned house even further with the firing of general manager Calvin Booth. And it looks as though this has reinvigorated something within the locker room, […]

The Washington Wizards franchise has gone through plenty of iterations throughout its 64 seasons of existence to this point. Beginning their stint in the NBA in Chicago as the Packers and then the Zephyrs, the franchise moved to Baltimore for the 1963-64 season — changing their name to what remains the most iconic moniker for […]

The Dallas Mavericks became the most criticized organization in professional sports in the aftermath of their decision to trade Luka Doncic away to the Los Angeles Lakers. In fact, it was only the Lakers that was given the opportunity to acquire Doncic, with the Mavericks being hellbent on acquiring Anthony Davis in return. But at […]

In a world where the Dallas Mavericks decided to trade Luka Doncic away, one would think that anything is possible. When the option to acquire Doncic is only made available to the Los Angeles Lakers, however, one is immediately doused with the cold water that is some teams are simply more privileged than others and […]

The Dallas Mavericks’ decision to trade Luka Doncic away remains one of the most confounding ones in the history of professional sports, if not the outright most confusing one. Nevertheless, star players get traded all the time in professional sports. Perhaps the Mavericks’ biggest offense in this entire saga was that they did not open […]

Throughout its 35 years of existence, the Charlotte Hornets franchise has had some thrilling highs and some very unforgettable lows. Even then, despite being the team responsible for posting the worst winning percentage in a single season in NBA history, many exciting players have laced up their sneakers for a franchise most known for its […]

The Atlanta Hawks franchise is one of the oldest in NBA history, having been around in the league for 74 years. In fact, when the 2023-24 season tips off, it will be the Hawks’ 75th season in existence, marking their diamond anniversary. And in those 75 years, it’s worth celebrating who the greatest players in […]

Zach Eflin is someone the Baltimore Orioles look at to be a reliable starting pitcher for them all year ’round as they continue their quest to compete for a World Series title. While the start of the 2025 season hasn’t exactly gone swimmingly for the Orioles, they had an excellent game on Monday, defeating the […]

With the playoffs set to begin in a little over a week, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s full, undivided attention will be devoted towards making it deep into the postseason and even winning a championship. At present, they have the best record in the NBA, a deep team with elite defenders and shooters across multiple positions, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers could not be thanking their lucky stars any more after a certain turn of events led to their blockbuster trade for Luka Doncic, a deal that materialized out of nowhere. The arrival of Doncic means that the Lakers will have their superstar player for the next decade, allowing them to remain […]

It is seeming inevitable that the Phoenix Suns will be a major seller this summer after enduring a nightmare of a 2024-25 campaign. The Suns need to restock their draft-pick cupboard badly, as it’s evident that there is no way that their “big three” of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal can make it […]

The 2024-25 season has been straight out of hell for the New Orleans Pelicans; instead of building off of last year’s playoff appearance, they have endured injury woes like no other team and have found themselves at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. And perhaps this season becomes the breaking point for the Pelicans […]

Following the addition of Juan Soto this offseason, the New York Mets were expected to mostly outslug the opposition. After all, they ranked seventh last season in total runs scored with 768, which is an average of 4.7 runs per ballgame, and the addition of Soto should only serve to elevate the entire Mets lineup. […]

The Sacramento Kings are on the cusp of securing a spot in the play-in tournament; their 127-117 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night means that they only need to win one more game (or for the Phoenix Suns to lose one more) to seal their place in the postseason. After being in a […]

The Philadelphia 76ers franchise has one of the richest histories in the NBA, beginning their 74-year stint thus far in the league as the Syracuse Nationals before moving to the City of Brotherly Love during the 1963-64 season. And with that rich history comes a rich assortment of great players who have donned a Sixers […]

Stephen Curry is nearing the end of his career; he might still be playing at a very high level, but he’s already 37 years of age and has shown some signs of slowing down. And when a star of Curry’s caliber is at this point of his career, talks about his legacy and where he […]

On Sunday, it was announced that the Toronto Blue Jays had come to terms with star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a contract extension worth $500 million over 14 years. It seemed as though the two parties wouldn’t be meeting each other in the middle, with the Blue Jays refusing to budge to Guerrero’s […]

Games between the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors tend to get heated, and this is especially true when both teams are playoff contenders like they are right now. On Sunday night, in the middle of the Rockets’ 106-96 win over the Warriors, there was a tense moment between head coach Ime Udoka and […]

It isn’t that long ago when it seemed as though the Denver Nuggets had a stranglehold on a top-three spot in the Western Conference standings. But a brutal stretch over the past week or so has them in real danger of falling all the way to the play-in tournament picture, and compounding matters is their […]

The Indiana Pacers went on the road on Sunday night to face a Denver Nuggets team that was raring to get back on track after three straight defeats have them in real danger of falling to the play-in tournament picture. Indiana hasn’t been very good on the road this year, winning just 18 of their […]

On Sunday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers faced a desperate Sacramento Kings team that needs a bit more cushion to book their place in the play-in tournament. And the Kings played with so much desperation that they managed to sweep the season series against the East-leading Cavs with a 120-113 win on Sunday. However, this victory […]

One of the more interesting subplots of the Houston Astros’ 2025 season is Jose Altuve’s ongoing transition to left field, his new defensive home after spending the entirety of his big league career prior to this year at second base. There were plenty of discouraging reports during Spring Training regarding Altuve’s performance in the outfield, […]

The Dallas Mavericks have had quite the poor injury luck over the past month or so, and this continued on Friday night in their 114-91 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Not only were they without Anthony Davis on the night, they also lost Klay Thompson to an illness after the veteran shooting guard played […]

The Golden State Warriors continue their torrid run in the aftermath of the Jimmy Butler trade, and from the play-in tournament picture, the Warriors have climbed all the way to within striking distance of homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs following their 118-104 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night — […]

It has been a nightmare start to the 2025 season for the Atlanta Braves. They have won just one of their first eight games, currently sitting at last place in the NL East standings. In fact, they only just won their first game of the year on Friday night in a 10-0 drubbing of the […]

On a night where the Dallas Mavericks were without their best player in Anthony Davis, herculean efforts from the rest of the team were needed for them to pose a challenge against a Los Angeles Clippers team that’s still in the hunt for an outright playoff spot. However, the Mavericks’ woes were compounded by the […]

Not a lot was expected out of the Detroit Pistons heading into the 2024-25 season, as they set the bar quite low for themselves after a horrific 14-win 2023-24 campaign. But a coaching change, the addition of a few veteran players who fit well, and the continued development of Cade Cunningham into a full-blown superstar […]

Even though the Charlotte Bobcats franchise is the most recent expansion entry into the NBA, the New Orleans Pelicans franchise carries the least amount of history. When the Bobcats rebranded into the Hornets in 2014, they reclaimed the history of the Charlotte Hornets franchise that originated in 1988. This means that the former Hornets that […]

For a while, it looked as though the Atlanta Hawks were going to be a shoo-in for a playoff spot. They were playing so well to start the year, even scoring upset wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics on multiple occasions. But the Hawks sputtered a bit in the middle of the season, […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in cruise control at the moment; they are in the middle of an 11-game winning streak, with seven of those wins coming in blowout fashion. They have the best record in the NBA and have looked like every bit of the contending team that every critic and fan had them […]

The Memphis Grizzlies shocked the NBA world when they decided to fire head coach Taylor Jenkins after nearly six years on the job. This came out of nowhere; while the Grizzlies haven’t been playing their best basketball as of late, it was odd to see a team that was sitting in a playoff spot choose […]

The Charlotte Hornets are in the middle of another lost season; they have succumbed to the injury bug yet again, with their two best players, LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, succumbing to season-ending injuries. But their play-by-play announcer on FanDuel Sports Network, Eric Collins, still finds reasons to be his usual enthusiastic self on the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are currently in a three-way tie with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies with a 44-32 record, and if the season ended today, they will be hosting the 7/8 play-in tournament game against the Grizzlies. Nonetheless, with six games remaining in the season, the Clippers would prefer to escape the play-in […]

To say that the Dallas Mavericks have endured a brutal stretch since trading away Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers at the start of February would be a massive understatement. But on Wednesday night, Mavericks fans may have reason to hope once again, as the main piece that they got in the Doncic trade, […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder continue to dominate all of their opponents as they extended their current winning streak to 11 after toppling the Cade Cunningham-less Detroit Pistons, 119-103, on Wednesday night. The Thunder still have a shot at crossing the 70-win mark, and it’s thanks in large part to the continued stellar play of MVP […]