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It’s only been one month since the Sacramento Kings made a potentially franchise altering trade for veteran swingman Zach LaVine, and LaVine’s already accomplished something that he never was able to while playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves or Chicago Bulls. After a week in which the Kings went 3-0 with wins over Charlotte, Utah and […]

Over the weekend, South Carolina Gamecocks safety Nick Emmanwori turned Indianapolis upside down with an NFL Combine performance for the ages. It’s not hyperbole to say that the All-American had arguably the greatest top-to-bottom pre-draft showcases in the 40-plus year history of the event, regardless of position. For very good reason, the 6-foot-3, 227 lb. […]

The last time that the Charlotte Hornets played a postseason game was in May 2016. Steve Clifford was in his first tenure as Charlotte’s head coach, LeBron James had not yet brought a title to Cleveland, and Kevin Durant had not yet decided that his next chapter would take place with the Golden State Warriors. Nearly nine […]

Casual fans of the NBA may not be in tune with what’s going on with the Utah Jazz — pun very much intended — but even as Utah stumbles to what will be their third consecutive losing season, the rest of the league is keenly aware of what’s happening in Salt Lake City. As Utah […]

Breece Hall was selected by the New York Jets with the 36th overall pick just three years ago. He arrived with a great deal of excitement after a record-setting three-year career at Iowa State, and a promising rookie season was cut short after only seven games, when an ACL tear against the Denver Broncos robbed […]

Let’s start here: the New York Jets made the right decision to move on from Aaron Rodgers immediately following the 2024 NFL season. The prime of the 41-year-old’s career is clearly in the past, and the headache that comes with being in the Aaron Rodgers business at this point of his career is so big […]

The decades-long quarterback drought in the Windy City is well-documented, but just as troublesome for the Chicago Bears, at least during the 21st century, has been the inability to find the right head coach. Dick Jauron started the century off in unspectacular fashion. Lovie Smith took the Bears to the second Super Bowl in franchise […]

It’s been just over a year and a half since the Phoenix Suns gave the Washington Wizards a metaphorical Get Out of Jail Free card, taking on the majority of Bradley Beal’s quarter-billion dollar contract in exchange for Chris Paul — who was traded to Golden State just 12 days later — Landry Shamet, and whopping ten picks […]

Hello friends, and welcome to the first March edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! Yes, you read that correctly, we’re in the month of March, and that means that even with about two weeks until Selection Sunday, the Madness is now officially upon us. To celebrate this, in place of our customary And One! prediction near […]

The profile for this season’s Michigan State basketball team is quite unique. No Spartans player averages more than 27 minutes per game or scores more than 13 points each night. 10 guys play at least 15 minutes per game, and nine different players have led the team in scoring at least one time this year. But […]

One of the many things that makes the 2025 NFL Draft is unique is that there doesn’t seem to be a consensus among scouts and analysts who the top offensive tackle prospect is. Some would say it’s LSU’s Will Campbell, though a pair of short arms seems to have some scouts spooked. Others would be inclined […]

From the time that Jimmy Butler arrived in Golden State following the Warriors’ trade deadline deal for the six-time All-Star, they’ve been treated like and playing like an NBA Title contender. That is until Saturday night, when the short-handed 76ers beat the Dubs by the score of 126-119. That upset loss aside, the trio of […]

It wasn’t too long ago that there were concerns about how the Houston Cougars basketball program would adjust to life in the Big 12 Conference. Sure, the Coogs had won five consecutive regular season titles while playing in the American Athletic Conference, but a step up in competition, where the likes of the Kansas Jayhawks, […]

The New York Giants have the 3rd overall pick in the NFL Draft, and a desperate need to find their starting quarterback heading into the 2025 season. It’s possible, if not likely, that the G-Men will use that 3rd pick on either Miami’s Cam Ward or Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, assuming that both (or either) is […]

Each year in the weeks leading up to the NFL Draft, one of the key talking points among analysts and draft experts is how high the top running back prospect will eventually be selected. Given the ever-fluctuating value of running backs around the NFL, there are often conflicting opinions on whether it’s worth using a […]

Offensive tackle Will Campbell was a 2024 consensus All-American and a three-time All-SEC selection during his time with the LSU Tigers. Those credentials alone practically justify when many consider Campbell to be the top offensive line prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft. But as the draft approaches, concerns about Campbell’s below average arm length have […]

If you’re an NFL scout, there’s plenty to like about South Carolina Gamecocks safety Nick Emmanwori. The 6’3″, 220 lb. safety who made Bruce Feldman’s annual ‘Freaks List’ has the sort of size and speed that will make decision makers around the NFL giddy. He was incredibly productive in the SEC, finishing his senior season […]

Just when we thought that Aaron Rodgers’ time in New York was up, we’re suddenly forced to reevaluate that entire notion, if only because there is a second franchise that plays in the New York metropolitan area. The New York Giants, much like the New York Jets, find themselves in a position where they’re in […]

The Purdue Boilermakers entered Friday night’s Big Ten showdown with the UCLA Bruins in the midst of their first four-game losing streak since the 2019-20 season, but Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn, a pair of key holdovers from last season’s National Championship runner-up, weren’t about to let that skid extend to five games. Kaufman-Renn led […]

Before free agency could even officially begin, the man who many around the NFL believed would be the primary target of the Chicago Bears — Kansas City Chiefs guard Trey Smith — is already off the table. The Chiefs used the franchise tag on Smith, locking the 25-year-old Pro Bowler down for one more season, […]

The New England Patriots sit at a very pivotal point of the the 2025 NFL Draft. With the 4th overall pick at their disposal, the Patriots could find themselves in a position where they’re the recipient of quarterback hungry teams desperate to move up in the draft order to get their guy, or if a […]

Among the handful of teams who enter the 2025 NFL offseason with a hole to fill at quarterback are the Las Vegas Raiders, who trotted out the likes of Aidan O’Connell, Gardner Minshew and Desmond Ridder at quarterback throughout the 2024 season. For that reason, and a handful of others to be fair, the Raiders […]

Although it was not too long ago that Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders claimed that his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, would go to be the 1st overall pick in the NFL Draft, it doesn’t appear that the reigning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year will end up being selected that high. Yes, Sanders […]

The New Orleans Pelicans haven’t had much to celebrate during the 2024-25 season. At 16-43, the Pels have the 4th-worst record in the NBA, but on Thursday night, if only for a brief moment, fans in the Big Easy had a chance to bask in the annual promise of ‘what could be.’ Led by Zion […]

It would be easy to make the case that 2024 was the year of the running back in both the NFL and college football. Philadelphia Eagles running Saquon Barkley became just the 9th running back in NFL history to top 2,000 yards in a single season. Just a couple of days later, Boise State’s Ashton […]

Throughout the history of the NBA, numerous players have taken on alter egos of some sort, and when they do, it’s as if they are able to reach a new tier of greatness. There’s Game 6 Klay. Untucked jersey Kyrie. Hoodie Melo. Face mask LeBron. But rising above each of these special occasion greats is […]

If you thought that Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman would be content to simply run it back for the 2025 NFL season as the Birds attempt to repeat as Super Bowl champions, you’re sorely mistaken. Throughout his tenure in Philadelphia, Roseman has proven he’s willing to do whatever it takes to put the Eagles […]

When Steve Kerr agreed to become the head coach of the Golden State Warriors on May 14th, 2014, there was no way he could possibly know what was to come over the next decade. Yes, the allure of coaching a player as talented and as special as Stephen Curry certainly played a huge role in […]

When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing collegiate athletes to be compensated for their Name, Image and Likeness in June 2021, it forever altered the college sports landscape. At the time, there was no way to tell just how drastically NIL would come to impact the NCAA, and even now, almost four years […]

The general consensus around the NFL seems to be that there is a pair of blue-chip, sure-thing prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft. And while folks around the league will spend the next two months making cases for or against the likes of Mason Graham, Ashton Jeanty, Tyler Warren and others, the two names that […]

Hello friends, and welcome to the final February edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! We’re only 17 days out from Selection Sunday, and the number of teams on the bubble will only dwindle between now and 6 PM ET on Sunday March 16th, when the 37 at-large bids, along with the 31 automatic bids, are […]

Rick Pitino has only been coaching the St. John’s basketball program for 62 games, but he’s already managed to turn the Red Storm around, make all sorts of history, and live up to the Godfather of New York moniker that has been making the rounds ever since the smooth-talking, sharp-dressing college basketball icon was hired […]

After nearly two decades away from the West Virginia football program, coaching veteran Rich Rodriguez will be returning to Morgantown for the 2025 college football season in an attempt to revitalize and return the Mountaineers to the heights they last reached when Rich Rod was last at the helm in the mid-2000s. And if you’re […]

We’re still over one month away from the conclusion of the 2024-25 college basketball season, and as NCAA Tournaments of the past have taught us, certainly anything can happen in the month of March. But through the first four months of the season, it would be difficult to argue that the Auburn Tigers haven’t been […]

Although it took a phantom foul call in the final seconds of the game to seal the deal, the BYU Cougars departed the McKale Center with a win over the 19th-ranked Arizona Wildcats on Saturday night, greatly improving the Cougars’ chances of making the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive year. There are plenty of […]

Since making their move to the Big 12 official last season, Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars are 32-5 in conference play, proving that the leaps from Conference USA to AAC to Big 12 were not too big for them to handle. On Saturday afternoon, Houston took one more step toward a second consecutive regular […]

On a day of college hoops that featured massive SEC clashes, the second Saint Mary’s-Gonzaga matchup of the season, and a non-conference showdown at MSG between Duke and Illinois, the game of the day was without question a late-night tip-off between Arizona and BYU. The Wildcats and Cougars combined for 191 points and neither team […]

The Duke Blue Devils entered Madison Square Garden on Saturday night for a rare late-season non-conference matchup with a very good Illinois squad as considerable favorites, but even the most optimistic supporters of the Dukies likely didn’t have a 43 point victory on their Bingo card. In a 110-63 win, superstar freshman Cooper Flagg did […]

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle is only 31 years old and coming off a second consecutive season in which he had over 1,000 receiving yards, but it may soon be time for the Niners to begin thinking about finding his successor. It’s not as if Kittle fallen off a cliff or even showing clear […]