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The Houston Rockets have arrived. That much is clear. After three years of rebuilding, the Rockets managed to return to relevancy last season, threatening for a play-in spot despite losing Alperen Sengun to an injury. Now, they’ve taken the next step, blossoming into a full-blown contending team as they sit pretty at second in the […]

The Phoenix Suns have been desperately searching for answers as to how to jolt their team out of the rut they’ve been in over the past few weeks. And one such remedy they’ve come up with is to demote Jusuf Nurkic to the bench, giving the center rotation spots to Mason Plumlee and rookie Oso […]

The New York Knicks did not need to be told how important their Friday night clash against the Oklahoma City Thunder was. This was always going to be a good litmus test for how the Knicks measured up to the league’s best teams. However, the Knicks didn’t exactly give a good account of themselves, as […]

The New York Yankees have been doing their best to replace the production they’re about to lose in 2025 with the departure of Juan Soto for in-city rival New York Mets. But they’re far from done with making moves. However, they have some other roster matters to deal with before they can add another hitter […]

The New York Mets have been this offseason’s biggest spender; they threw all caution to the wind and signed Juan Soto to a record-setting 15-year, $765 million contract in their continued bid to take over New York and get over the hump after making it all the way to the NLCS in 2024 and running […]

The Golden State Warriors finally returned to winning ways on Thursday night, taking a hard-fought 107-104 victory over a Detroit Pistons team that was in the middle of a five-game winning streak. The Warriors managed to grab a victory despite getting a rough shooting night from star man Stephen Curry, who, despite finishing with 17 […]

Despite not having the services of Nikola Jokic on the second night of a back-to-back, with the reigning MVP missing time due to illness, the Denver Nuggets defended their home floor with conviction against the Los Angeles Clippers, dominating nearly the entire proceedings en route to a 126-103 victory. Russell Westbrook was once again at […]

The Boston Red Sox have made it clear all offseason long that they intend to rise the ranks in the MLB after a few seasons spent in the middle of the pack. And they certainly have put their money where their mouth is. They decided to part ways with a few of their most highly-regarded […]

For the third consecutive season, the Chicago Bulls are shaping up to have a mediocre season. Despite trading away Alex Caruso and DeMar DeRozan during the offseason, the Bulls are still hovering right around the .500 mark, and Zach LaVine notably said once that as long as he’s in the Windy City, there will be […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been the hottest team in the NBA over the past month or so. They strung together a 15-game winning streak that included huge wins over the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics — flexing their historically great defense in the process. But the Thunder ran into a fellow buzzsaw in […]

The New York Knicks have mostly made good on their promise heading into the 2024-25 season; on Wednesday night, they returned to winning ways with a convincing 112-98 victory over the Toronto Raptors — with OG Anunoby playing a starring role in a matchup against his former team. Anunoby put up a game-high 27 points […]

It may be a regular-season game, but it wasn’t like any other humdrum contest within the context of a grind that consists of a total of 1,230 games across the NBA. On Thursday night, the 31-4 Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the 30-5 Oklahoma City Thunder in a clash between two conference leaders in the middle of […]

On Tuesday night, Trae Young was the talk of the town after he hit one of the most bonkers shots in NBA history. With the Atlanta Hawks conceding a game-tying three to Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton, it was going to be near-impossible for them to seize back control of the game with less than […]

The Milwaukee Bucks caused a bit of a fuss on social media on Wednesday when Chris Haynes of TNT reported that they will be bringing Khris Middleton off the bench during their upcoming contest against the San Antonio Spurs. Taurean Prince will be starting in Middleton’s stead, and this move certainly raised a few eyebrows […]

The biggest free agents in this edition of the offseason are off the board, what with Juan Soto signing a 10-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any potential game-changers left on the market. One such potential franchise-altering talent is Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old Japanese phenom […]

With Jabari Smith Jr. out with a hand injury, Amen Thompson has a golden opportunity in front of him to cement his place in the Houston Rockets starting lineup — perhaps even for good. Thompson, the fourth overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, has done nothing but impress whenever he gets extended run, and […]

The Charlotte Hornets have been one of the unluckiest teams in the league on the injury front, causing them to fall down the NBA standings. They entered their Tuesday night contest with a 7-27 record, a worrying sign of continued incompetence on the basketball court. But with the Hornets being more and more healthy as […]

The 2024-25 season may be a lost one for the New Orleans Pelicans, and nothing much will change for them after their 104-97 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night, but at the very least, there is reason to be optimistic for them moving forward amid the return of Zion Williamson from a hamstring […]

It’s not an overstatement to say that Stephen Curry revolutionized the game of basketball. Curry ushered in this current era of basketball by spacing the floor to game-breaking heights, and he will be remembered long after the day he calls it quits. His longtime Golden State Warriors teammate Draymond Green could not have put it […]

The New Orleans Pelicans may be getting Zion Williamson back soon, but it’s hard to envision them achieving much of anything for the rest of the 2024-25 season. At present, they have a 7-29 record which is “good” for the second-worst win-loss tally in the association — with only the Washington Wizards being worse. This […]

The Phoenix Suns are another team that has seen their 2024-25 campaign take turns for the worse with each passing day. Their 8-1 start to the season feels nothing but a distant memory, as they have now fallen all the way down to 12th in the Western Conference with a 15-18 record — a brutal […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, after much ado, finally decided to trade away D’Angelo Russell, sending him to another former team of his in the Brooklyn Nets in a deal that brought them back Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. Russell simply did not fit on the Lakers squad anymore amid Austin Reaves’ continued emergence, which pushed […]

The Texas Rangers are looking to reclaim their spot atop the MLB’s totem pole after a brutal 2024 season, and they are turning towards a familiar face to help them in their bid to do so. According to Robert Murray of Fansided, the Rangers have struck an agreement with relief pitcher Chris Martin, agreeing with […]

All the feel-good vibes surrounding the Sacramento Kings franchise ever since they snapped their 17-year postseason drought appears to be gone. The Kings fired head coach Mike Brown over a week ago after a rough start to the 2024-25 season, and there seems to be plenty of uncertainty surrounding the team — current three-game winning […]

There could very well be a full-blown fire sale set to commence for the Brooklyn Nets after the team decided to kick things off by trading Dennis Schroder away to the Golden State Warriors in a deal that netted them three second-round picks (in addition to the expiring contract of De’Anthony Melton). And the Nets […]

The writing is on the wall for Jimmy Butler’s tenure with the Miami Heat. Butler was the star of the show for the Heat during their runs to the NBA Finals in 2020 and 2023, but the relationship between the two parties looks like it truly is beyond saving. Butler expressed his frustrations with the […]

The Sacramento Kings have not been playing their best basketball for most of the season, but they have been trending up as of late — a surprising development in the aftermath of Mike Brown’s firing. On Sunday night, the Kings faced another tough test, this time a clash against the Golden State Warriors while missing […]

The Golden State Warriors have been very inconsistent ever since their stellar start to the 2024-25 season. They are in the middle of a topsy-turvy patch, unable to string together a consistent run of excellence. It’s rather odd; the Warriors can demolish a team such as the Philadelphia 76ers by 34 points and pull off […]

The Los Angeles Lakers finally pulled the trigger on a D’Angelo Russell trade, sending him to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith before the calendar flipped to 2025. Finney-Smith has long been coveted around the league for being a solid 3-and-D wing who could fit in any lineup, and the Lakers will be […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ modest two-game winning streak came to an end on Sunday night as the Houston Rockets controlled the game for nearly the entire 48 minutes en route to a 119-115 victory. It was difficult for the Lakers to play catch-up all night long, and it caught up to them in the end, […]

The Houston Rockets may have taken a 119-115 victory on Sunday night against the Los Angeles Lakers, but that win did not come without its fair share of nervous moments. In fact, the Lakers, which were playing catch-up all night long, was hanging on by a thread with the game in its dying embers, and […]

Yoan Moncada has endured a brutal past three seasons amid the Chicago White Sox’s continued fall in the MLB’s totem pole. Moncada has gone through them all, from suffering drop-offs in his production, to enduring a plethora of injury woes. The third baseman played in just 12 games during the 2024 season due to a […]

The Kansas City Royals shocked most of the MLB world by making it to the playoffs in 2024 — with Bobby Witt Jr. putting together an MVP-caliber season. They simply ran into the buzzsaw that is the New York Yankees in the ALDS. But the good news is that the Royals have now built for […]

The dust has mostly settled on this edition of MLB’s free agency period, but there remains a few quality players on the market. One of them is outfielder Anthony Santander, who is coming off a career-best season with the Baltimore Orioles. Santander is a reliable source of power, and in 2024, he put up 44 […]

Brooklyn Nets sharpshooter Cam Johnson continues to be the belle of the ball that is the trade market, with the 28-year-old forward commanding a ton of interest from plenty of teams. Johnson’s skillset for his size (6’8″) as well as his relatively affordable contract makes him quite the enticing trade piece, and the Nets appear […]

LeBron James is the undisputed longevity king of the NBA, and even though he’s already turned 40 years of age, he continues to be one of the best players in the association — a ceaseless ageless wonder. On Friday night, during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 119-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks, James once again played […]

Jimmy Butler will be playing for another team soon, that much is guaranteed. Following the Miami Heat’s 128-115 loss to the Indiana Pacers, a game in which Butler didn’t play a single minute in the fourth quarter yet again, the 35-year-old star reached the end of his rope with the team, saying that it’s impossible […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder keep on rolling. Tabbed by many as one of the favorites to win the 2025 NBA championship, the Thunder have given no reason for anyone to believe otherwise. On Friday night, the Thunder faced as a good of a test as there is, as they hosted a surging New York Knicks […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been one of the most active teams in this year’s free agency, which is simply par for the course for perhaps the most brazen spending team in the MLB. But even after making a few additions to their World Series-winning roster, the Dodgers still had room to bring back one […]