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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 […]

A good subset of Los Angeles Lakers fans are also fans of the recently-crowned back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Jaxson Hayes is certainly one of them. He was rocking a Dodgers jersey after he played a huge role in the Lakers’ 130-120 win over the Miami Heat on Sunday night, as he was […]

Monday night was Karl-Anthony Towns’ breakout game of the 2025-26 season; after a bit of a slow start to life under new head coach Mike Brown, Towns finally erupted for the New York Knicks this season in a 119-102 win over the Washington Wizards. He put up 33 points, 13 rebounds, and five assists, putting […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are in a bit of a pickle at the moment; they have lost three consecutive games and Ja Morant is terribly displeased with how everything is going for his team. Morant, coming off a one-game suspension after he put his coaches on blast following their loss to the Los Angeles Lakers this […]

Teams need a lot of luck on their way to making it to the NBA Finals. The Indiana Pacers were certainly last season’s team of fate — only for everything to come undone in Game 7 of the NBA Finals after Tyrese Haliburton tore his Achilles in the first quarter of their eventual defeat to […]

Ja Morant returned to the Memphis Grizzlies lineup for their Monday night contest against the Detroit Pistons after serving a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. Morant was handed that suspension after he put his coaches on blast following their loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. And it looks like […]

On Monday night, the Sacramento Kings made the trip to Ball Arena to face the Denver Nuggets. This marked Russell Westbrook’s first visit in Ball Arena as a Kings player, and it’s clear that he remains beloved among Nuggets fans even though he only spent one year with the team. Westbrook came back to Denver […]

The 2025-26 Indiana Pacers roster has nowhere near the quality they had to end the 2024-25 campaign. Tyrese Haliburton was already out to begin the year, making it rather difficult for them to pose much of a threat to begin with, but the Pacers have endured a deluge of injury woes that may already kill […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were a mystery box heading into the 2025-26 season, but they have come out of the gates firing, having won five of their first six games to start the new campaign. Tyrese Maxey has been brilliant, VJ Edgecombe has been phenomenal, and the rest of the team is following suit. Even Joel […]

A day after Jalen Brunson reached the 9,000-point mark for his career, another New York Knicks star reached a scoring milestone for his career. On Monday night, in a 119-102 win for the Knicks over the Washington Wizards, Towns finished with 33 points and 13 rebounds for what was his best effort yet this season, […]

On Monday night, the Milwaukee Bucks visited Gainbridge Fieldhouse to square off against the Indiana Pacers for the first timme in the new campaign. This was Myles Turner’s first game back in Indianapolis since he signed with the Bucks this past offseason, and suffice to say, the reception from fans wasn’t very pretty. But in […]

Luka Doncic missed time this past week after suffering multiple injuries, with his leg and finger suffering some knocks. But Doncic returned to action on Friday night against the Memphis Grizzlies and did not miss a beat. His strong play continued on Sunday as the Lakers took care of business at home against the Miami […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have found life without LeBron James to start the 2025-26 season to be smooth-sailing thus far, as they took their fifth win of the season in seven tries with a 130-120 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves weren’t quite as dominant on the scoring front, […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ rousing 5-4 win in 11 innings in Game 7 of the World Series over the Toronto Blue Jays marks the end of the 2025 MLB season. Once again, the Dodgers reign supreme, being the first team since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees to repeat as World Series champion. With the end […]

The San Francisco Giants fell just short of their bid to make it to the postseason in 2025, and to make matters worse, they watched their archrival Los Angeles Dodgers stand tall yet again come the end of October, as they outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series in seven games. The Giants, […]

Jalen Brunson has done nothing but change the New York Knicks’ fortunes for the better ever since he signed with the team in free agency three years ago. The Knicks have made it to the postseason for three consecutive seasons, with Brunson being the team’s undisputed best player, and they are poised for another strong […]

There was always going to be just one man who was most deserving of winning World Series MVP honors after the Los Angeles Dodgers triumphed over the Toronto Blue Jays after 11 pressure-packed innings in Game 7. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a day after throwing 96 pitches as the team’s starter in their Game 6 win, somehow […]

On Friday night, the Philadelphia 76ers met against the Boston Celtics for already the second time this season; their first meeting came on their season opener, with Philly outlasting Boston in a back-and-forth affair, 117-116. The 76ers, in NBA Cup action, looked to keep their undefeated start going, but they did not have enough in […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers were staring down the possibility of losing Game 6 of the 2025 World Series in the most heartbreaking fashion imaginable, as they allowed the first two hitters to come on for the Toronto Blue Jays to reach base. In fact, Addison Barger nearly drove in the run to cut the deficit […]

Last Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers took a 128-110 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves thanks to Luka Doncic’s 49-point outing. Alas, Doncic was worse for wear physically following that contest. He suffered finger and leg injuries, necessitating a bit of rest for the Slovenian star. He missed exactly six days, as he suited up for […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers had the tall task of overcoming the Toronto Blue Jays on the road for Game 6 of the World Series with their backs against the wall. But thanks to a hitting barrage in the third inning and some solid pitching all around (to go with some incredible luck), the Dodgers took […]

Addison Barger has done nothing but contribute positively for the Toronto Blue Jays all season long. In fact, he is currently boasting an OPS of 1.009 in this year’s postseason, and he scored one run for Toronto on Friday night in Game 6 of the World Series to at least put some pressure on Yoshinobu […]