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A lot of big names have found themselves in the transfer portal after the conclusion of the 2023-24 college basketball season. One of the more surprising entries into the portal has come from Tuscaloosa. Rylan Griffen has become a staple for Nate Oats and his modern style of play. Griffen started 33 of Alabama’s 36 […]

April 16th marks the beginning of the spring transfer window for college football players. Many programs have conducted their spring scrimmages, which gives players a glimpse into what kind of role they can project to have in the upcoming season. One player who did not seem overly enthusiastic about his role is Arkansas quarterback Jacolby […]

There may not be a team in the entire league with a brighter future than the San Antonio Spurs heading into the 2024 NBA Draft. The Oklahoma City Thunder certainly have their say in that matter with a million more NBA draft picks at their disposal on top of a young team already proving they […]

The road to the Play-In Tournament has been a strange one for the Atlanta Hawks this season. It wasn’t that long ago that Atlanta was reportedly kicking the can on a potential trade of Dejounte Murray at the deadline. They decided to hold onto Murray, only for their star Trae Young to injure his hand […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are a really good basketball team. They won 49 games this 2023-24, which is definitely A LOT! The Pelicans also finished the regular season with the sixth-best net rating and point differential in the entire NBA. Only the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks […]

The Los Angeles Lakers never made it easy for themselves. They got off to a hot start this 2023-24 campaign and made a bold statement with their triumph in the inaugural In-Season tournament. But the positive momentum soon fizzled out for the Purple and Gold. After their 14-9 sprint, Los Angeles dropped 12 of their […]

The Memphis Grizzlies made the playoffs each of the last three seasons. It was expected that they would find their way back there again this 2023-24. Unfortunately for them, that never seemed to be in the cards. A series of mishaps and setbacks never really allowed the Grizzlies to field their full roster. Ahead of […]

The 2024 wide receiver class has been hyped to be one of the best in a long time. A big reason why is Marvin Harrison Jr, who looks to be the creme de la creme of this year’s group. Maserati Marv was nothing short of a star during his time at Ohio State. He’s 6-foot-4 […]

Of all the players in the transfer portal this offseason, there may not be a bigger fish in there than Arizona basketball’s Kylan Boswell. It wasn’t that long ago that Boswell was a five-star and top 25 recruit in an absolutely loaded high school class. He was regarded as a better prospect than the likes […]

The college basketball coaching carousel continues to churn with Mark Pope the latest seismic move to take place. Andy Enfield leaving the USC Trojans to become the head coach at SMU has allowed dominoes of epic proportions to fall in it’s wake. After Eric Musselman left Arkansas for the USC job, the Razorbacks responded by […]

College football transfer portal news in early April doesn’t happen very often. But there is now an exception. While most programs are getting ready for their spring scrimmages, Oregon State football and Damien Martinez are embarking on a divorce. After a messy NIL situation that may have factored into his decision, Martinez tweeted that he […]

Arkansas basketball have been the talk of college sports over the last few days. After the Razorbacks lost longtime head coach Eric Musselman to the USC Trojans, they conducted a search for his replacement that felt like the equivalent of a roller coaster. They eventually found their man, however, and snatched John Calipari away from […]

Could there a mass exodus of talent from the Arizona basketball program? A series of Wildcats have submitted their name in the transfer portal after their season ended in the Sweet 16 at the hands of the Clemson Tigers. One of those players who is looking for greener grass is center Oumar Ballo. Ballo has […]

One of the most beloved characters and stories of the 2023-24 college basketball season was the breakout of Indiana State center Robbie Avila. The Sycamores were unfortunately snubbed from the NCAA Tournament despite their best season since Larry Bird was donning their uniform. Avila was one of the primary catalysts behind their 32-7 season, which […]

The Toronto Raptors were a team to monitor on the trade front heading into the 2023-24 season. The core of Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby and Scottie Barnes core seemed to have run its course last season, with Toronto finishing 41-41 and falling to the Chicago Bulls at home in the play-in tournament. That disappointment was […]

Exciting times are on the way for Rutgers Scarlet Knights basketball. Yes, you read that right. Although Rutgers finished this latest season 15-17, they will be heard from next year. Two of the top three prospects in this year’s high school recruiting class are making their way to New Jersey. They would be Airious Bailey […]

The Utah Jazz are in a unique spot this offseason. They’ve shown they can compete and hang with the big boys the last two years, but clearly need upgrades to level up in the Western Conference. Utah began last season an encouraging 27-26, but moved off key veterans like Mike Conley, Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik […]

The Memphis Grizzlies’ 2023-24 campaign has been the season from hell. They started the season staring adversity in the face with their superstar Ja Morant suspended for the first 25 games. He only played nine games after that and was shortly ruled out for the season. Add that with only 20 games from new acquisition […]

This season has been a resounding success for the Houston Rockets. They won’t be advancing to the postseason, but they weren’t necessarily supposed to do so, either. Most importantly, all of their young players made progress in 2023-24. Alperen Sengun played like an All-Star before he got hurt and Jalen Green has played like one […]

The New England Patriots have been the standard of excellence for the majority of the new century. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick ran the NFL for roughly one and a half decade and have six Super Bowls to show for it. But after a couple of years, both of those two have moved on. The […]

The San Antonio Spurs may be 19-59 this season, but they were expected for them to be at the bottom of the Western Conference in 2023-24. However, San Antonio’s primary goal for this year has been accomplished. The Spurs know that Victor Wembanyama is a certified building block. All he has done this season is […]

It was expected that the Memphis Grizzlies would begin the 2023-24 season slowly. Ja Morant was suspended for the first 25 games of the year and players like Brandon Clarke and Steven Adams were injured when the season tipped. Memphis began this campaign 6-19 during Morant’s suspension. Unfortunately for them, their season continued to unravel […]

The Washington Wizards were not expected to do much in the 2023-24 campaign, and once they traded star guard Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns over the offseason, their fate was sealed. After years of mediocrity, the team was starting over and beginning a lengthy and extensive rebuild. The Wizards are in early asset accumulation […]

The Toronto Raptors had plenty of incentive to be bad this season. If their first-round pick lands outside the top-six of the 2024 NBA Draft, it will convey to the San Antonio Spurs. That was the compensation Toronto spent to re-acquire Jakob Poeltl at the trade deadline last year. So far, the Raptors are on […]

To say the 2023-24 season has not gone according to plan for the Charlotte Hornets would be an understatement. Their franchise star LaMelo Ball got injured yet again and played 22 games this season. Charlotte’s season pretty much ended once Ball was ruled out. The Hornets went 7-15 in the 22 games he played this […]

The Detroit Pistons should be rejoicing that the 2023-24 season is almost over. Though their net rating and point differential is only the third-worst in the NBA, their record sits at the very bottom of the league. A top draft pick could help with their ongoing rebuild, but the 28-game losing streak they endured earlier […]

The Portland Trail Blazers knew that 2023-24 was going to be a long season. Perhaps they did not envision themselves being 20-56 along with the fourth-worst point differential and net rating in the league, but such is life in the NBA when winning is not the priority. That was the case with the Blazers this […]

The Brooklyn Nets upended their roster at the trade deadline last season with their trades of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Luckily for the Nets, they were able to get off to such a strong start with those two to sneak into the playoffs after dealing both of them. Brooklyn started last season 31-20 with […]

The Utah Jazz continue to prioritize the long view. They started last season 27-26 and got off to a similarly hot start this year. They began the 2023-24 campaign an even 26-26 through their first 52 games. But, like last season, the Jazz opted to become sellers at the trade deadline and add to their […]

The New England Patriots were once the big bad lording over the NFL, but things have changed over the last few seasons. They haven’t made the playoffs since the 2021 season and just endured their worst season of the new millennia. The Patriots ended 2023 with a paltry 4-13 record and still have more questions […]

The Houston Texans have had a very busy 2024 offseason so far and they’ve only continued to add to their burgeoning roster. The Texans made another big splash Wednesday after adding players like Danielle Hunter, Azeez Al-Shaair, Denico Autry, and Joe Mixon earlier in free agency. They traded a 2025 second-round pick to the Buffalo […]

The fate of the Atlanta Hawks’ is virtually sealed with just over a week to go in the 2023-24 NBA regular season. Unfortunately for them, the postseason path they are likely to embark on represents a very difficult one. They are virtually locked into the ninth or tenth seed. Atlanta, who holds the tenth seed […]

The Denver Broncos have their work cut out for them during the 2024 NFL Draft. Their trade for Russell Wilson has turned out to be a disaster, so much so that the Broncos waived him and ate a record $85 million in dead cap space. That has severely impacted their flexibility in the offseason. They’ve […]

The Detroit Lions finally restored the roar in 2023. The perennial laughing stocks shook that label last season with a 12-5 finish in the regular season to win the NFC North. They parlayed that success with their first playoff birth since 2016 as well as an NFC Championship Game appearance. Detroit won two playoff games […]

The Sacramento Kings are in a battle for playoff positioning. The Kings are currently the eighth seed. If the season ended, they’d be in the top half of the play-in bracket, which is fine. They are just 1.5 games behind the New Orleans Pelicans for the sixth seed in the West, which is good. However, […]

The Carolina Panthers have done great work so far in the 2024 offseason. Carolina has spent on improvements to avoid a repeat of their disastrous 2023 season that saw them win just two games. The 2024 NFL Draft will be the next avenue to add talent to the roster. The Panthers traded for former Pittsburgh […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have a lot of work to do in the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft. The good news is that they have the fifth overall pick in that draft that is now weeks away. But the bad news is that they have a ton of holes to fill. The Chargers were in the […]

The Denver Nuggets are not scared of anybody nor should they be. They are the reigning NBA Champions after all, and have the best player in the NBA in Nikola Jokic. It’s the rest of the league that should be scared when they see the Nuggets. Denver’s net rating is better this season (+4.9) than […]

The Green Bay Packers are going to be busy during the 2024 NFL Draft. They have five picks through the first three rounds as a result of them trading away Aaron Rodgers and Rasul Douglas. Green Bay doesn’t have a ton of holes on their young, upstart roster that surprised many with their playoff appearance […]