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The Philadelphia 76ers will enter the 2019-20 NBA season with a chip on their shoulder. After being bounced out of the playoffs by an incredible circus shot from Kawhi Leonard, the 76ers had to watch as the Raptors beat a hobbled Warriors team in the NBA Finals. For 76ers fans, that should have been them. […]

The Denver Broncos will enter the 2019-20 NFL season proving to themselves and the rest of the NFL they have found their missing link. With the addition of QB Joe Flacco, the Broncos have set themselves up for a playoff berth. Last season, the team finished the year 6-10 as QB Case Keenum faltered in […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves will enter the 2019-20 NBA season with one goal–playoffs. Last season was one they would like to forget as the team just fell apart. Jeff Teague was off his game, Andrew Wiggins showed up most nights but then took other games off, and Karl-Anthony Towns had to deal with trade rumors while […]

The Dallas Mavericks will enter the 2019-20 NBA season with a blueprint for the future. With Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis, the Mavs will have two capable scorers to lead the new charge. Well, the issue is, they need help. Last season, the Mavs finished the year 33-49, good for 14th in the Western Conference. […]

The Memphis Grizzlies will enter the 2019-20 NBA season with a chip on their shoulder. A team once destined for a championship now is in rebuild mode. Gone are Chandler Parsons, Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, and Mike Conley. What the Grizzlies are shooting for this coming season is consistency. Will they be able to hang […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will enter the 2019-20 NBA season with Championship goals. What makes them different than teams like the Charlotte Hornets or Dallas Mavericks is that they actually have a shot. Last season, the Lakers underachieved. Not to take anything away from LeBron James, but it was proof that he alone could not […]

The Pacific Division was the most discussed one this offseason. What will the Lakers do? Well, the made a huge trade for Anthony Davis. How will the Los Angeles Clippers respond? They added Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. What about the Sacramento Kings? They managed to keep their core together and added some veteran help. […]

The Carolina Panthers will enter the 2019 NFL season looking to reclaim their spot atop the NFC South and more. After sitting out the Playoffs last season with a 7-9 mark, Cam Newton and team will be gunning for redemption. With Newton ready to roll and Christian McCaffrey and Greg Olson set to offer offensive […]

The Boston Celtics will enter the 2019-20 NBA season trying to figure how to get this right. Just two seasons and an injury removed from missing the NBA Finals, the team has done a major roster facelift. Gone is high-profile Kyrie Irving and replaced with ex-Charlotte Hornets’ Kemba Walker. Even their top 10 defense took […]

The Brooklyn Nets took their offseason very seriously. Instead of standing pat like other teams, Sean Marks decided to shake things up on a team who surprised many and made the playoffs. Even with the loss of their spark plug D’Angelo Russell, the Nets are still looking towards a bright future with Kyrie Irving. They […]

The Atlantic Division provided four of the eight teams in the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs last season. That’s a powerful statement they made, and what has exactly changed for this upcoming year? Kawhi Leonard is gone but the Toronto Raptors may have just enough talent to grab the 8th seed. The New York Knicks had […]

The Buffalo Bills will enter the 2019 NFL season with the hope of being taken seriously. The problem with that is, they haven’t done enough in the offseason to make a claim for that themselves. Instead of getting younger at their main skill positions, the Bills added age. While top receivers were either free agents […]

The Green Bay Packers will enter the 2019-20 NFL season looking for payback and to prove that their two-year slip is no real reason for concern. The NFC North has now become one of the toughest divisions in football and wins will be tough to come by. The question now is, is what happened the […]

The 2019-20 NBA Season hasn’t started yet but odds are already in place as to whom the favorites are to win the championship. Who will be ROY, MVP, and DPOY? What about who will claim the moniker as the worst team in the league? Last season, the New York Knicks walked away with that distinction […]

The Golden State Warriors made a move this offseason that may prove to be beneficial to reclaiming their spot among the top teams in the NBA. This may be tough for fans to comprehend even after the loss of Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson. And no, we’re not talking the addition of D’Angelo Russell either. […]

CLUTCH Summary: Rare in the modern NBA, late Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant stayed with one team during his entire career. However, lost in the shuffle of history is the fact he almost once played for another NBA franchise. What-if scenarios are entertaining, and this might be the best of them all: What-if Kobe […]

CLUTCH Summary: New England is set to defend their Super Bowl championship from a year ago. New England has a tough schedule ahead, but Tom Brady and company are more than ready. The road may be tough, but another big season is in the works if they play as they should. The New England Patriots […]

CLUTCH Summary: The Philadelphia Eagles should finally enter an NFL regular season healthy, loaded with talent, and realistic expectations to go dancing deep in the playoffs. Carson Wentz needs to take that next step as a quarterback, joining the upper-tier of talent. The Eagles will be looking for balance this season, not only armed with […]

There are questions that will never go answered in the NBA. For instance, what if the Detroit Pistons drafted Carmelo Anthony? What if Steve Nash never got injured while with the Los Angeles Lakers and so forth. There are simply too many What If’s for many basketball fans. We live in the world of the […]

This 2019-20 NBA season will be one for the ages. The 2019 offseason may have been one of the best in league’s history with eight 2019 All-Stars changing teams, making the league more balanced. Plus, they are at least two All-Star recovering from injuries which put their new teams in a strange situation. There is […]

NBA free agency has essentially wrapped up as we hit August, but one player in particular is yet to find a home. Where will Carmelo Anthony end up? Last season, Anthony joined the Houston Rockets and proved he still can put the ball in the basket. But the fit wasn’t right as the team struggled […]

To build a winning foundation, sometimes you must go outside the organization to do so. For the Los Angeles Lakers, this has been their motto for decades. While drafting has been a source of a solid nucleus, the Lakers have used free agency to get the star power they needed. The Lakers have had their […]

The Golden State Warriors are not in rebuild mode but maybe a season of low expectations. With Klay Thompson gone for a huge chunk of the 2019-20 season and Kevin Durant off to Brooklyn, the Warriors had to do something. Instead of grabbing Paul George, Kawhi Leonard or Jimmy Butler, they made a deal to […]

The New York Giants will enter their 2019-20 NFL Training Camp asking themselves what can they do to improve on a 5-11 season from last year? With Odell Beckham finally gone, who will become the main target? Can Saquan Barkley duplicate his magic from 2018? And most importantly, what’s going on with the QB situation? […]

The New York Knicks spent their offseason going after plan C, D, E, F, and G after missing out on Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. With money to spend and the roster in need of an upgrade, something had to be done. But it’s not so much the players they chose, it’s the positions in […]

In 2003, the Los Angeles Lakers approached the offseason looking to end an era with a bang. While other teams were gearing up to stop the awesome duo of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, the front office wanted to expand. How so? They enlisted the services of two more soon-to-be Hall of Famers in Karl […]

The word has been that the NBA Eastern Conference is still lagging behind the West in terms of championship-caliber teams. That may be true, but the race in the East will be just as intense as it is on the West. The West will either have to go through Houston, Los Angeles, Denver or Portland […]

The NBA has always been about getting the ball in the bucket. No matter the era, the job was to score more points than your opponent. In today’s game, that hasn’t changed. But what has, has been the way those points are earned. While big men still dominate the paint, it’s the guys in the […]

The Philadelphia Eagles will head in their 2019 NFL training camp loaded with questions surrounding new and returning players. The return of Carson Wentz is huge, but the Eagles must wonder if this will be a repeat of the last two seasons. How long can he stay upright and now with no Nick Foles, what […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Oklahoma City Thunder are on two different paths as they head into the 2019-20 NBA season. For the Sixers, it’s all about staking a claim as the best team in the Eastern Conference and emerge as the best in the NBA when it’s all said and done. For the Thunder, […]

The New York Knicks were once one of the proudest franchises in the NBA. However, over the last 10 years, they have made mistake after mistake, whether it’s drafting the wrong players or hiring awful coaches. Bad decisions have left them looking up at the rest of the league in despair. As the Knicks head […]

It’s not a question of if the Miami Heat is a perfect fit for Jimmy Butler, but is Butler the right fit for them? Butler has been known to be a little abrasive with coaches, management, and teammates. So, with the Heat as fragile as they are now, is Butler ready for that? He’s led […]

The Boston Celtics were right on the cusp of greatness. Ever since Danny Ainge took over, the Celtics have found themselves in contention. During his tenure, the C’s have won a title and been to another NBA Finals. Great strides but all is not well. You see, those teams were constructed over 10 years ago […]

The NBA has changed. No longer are the head honchos in charge. Sure, they write checks and pay for hotels, meals, and shake hands, but how much power do they actually have? In the early days of the NBA, it was their way or nothing else. In today’s game, the real power goes to the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers acquired Anthony Davis in a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans. This move should end the Lakers playoffs drought next season, but at what cost? While adding Davis is huge, the Lakers still must round out the rest of their roster or this could be another repeat performance as last season. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans pulled off a huge heist this summer with the trade of Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Pelicans receive Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram, and three first-round picks. Wow! While Lakers’ fans are jumping for joy as Davis is now paired with LeBron James, the Pelicans’ have a […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have managed to maneuver their way out of a dark place but now comes the time to determine if it was all worth it. After countless seasons of adding draft picks and shedding salaries, the team is in position to make a run at a title. But in order to do so, […]

The Philadelphia Eagles will enter the 2019-20 season with redemption on their minds. After a lack of concentration from Alshon Jefferey against the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Divisional Round, the team is ready to make things right. In order to do so, a few things must happen. Can the Eagles rely on the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers pulled off what is considered to be a great trade by acquiring Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans over the weekend. A move this big has placed the Lakers as a favorite to with the 2020 NBA Championship. While it’s still too early to call that, this is one scary […]