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With the NBA offseason approaching, we are hearing about all of the usual suspects as far as teams that will be most involved in the free-agent market. The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers will all have substantial cap space this summer, so, naturally, they are all hot topics of discussion […]

Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier is set to hit restricted free agency this offseason, and the Chicago Bulls are rumored to be one of the teams who will be most interested in acquiring his services. Of course, the Celtics can match any offer for Rozier, but based on the year Rozier just had, Boston almost […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will have to make some serious adjustments if they hope to come out of a crucial Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors. If Game 1 was any suggestion, the Warriors had their way with their offense and the Blazers showed very little resistance, allowing the defending champions to go […]

The Philadelphia 76ers made a couple of big in-season moves to try and vault themselves into title contention during the 2018-19 campaign, landing both Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris in separate trades. But, neither deal was enough to put the 76ers over the top, as they were bounced in the second round of the playoffs […]

The New Orleans Pelicans defeated all odds and lucked their way into the No. 1 overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft, effectively changing the scope of what was already bound to be a mind-blowing summer of free agency. Yet even if the consensus top-overall pick Zion Williamson makes his way to The Big Easy, […]

To call the Cleveland Browns offseason a success would be severely under selling all the impactful transactions they made. Their offseason feels like a masterpiece and has me excited to watch them in action this upcoming season. Now that is a statement I have never come close to uttering before. Let’s face it, the Browns […]

The Golden State Warriors got off to a 1-0 start to their series against the Portland Trail Blazers, cruising to a 116-94 victory after a rousing 39-point fourth quarter and a game-high 36 points from Stephen Curry. The free style of play was much more visible than it was in a semifinal series against the […]

With so much offseason work in the books for the Washington Redskins, NFL watchers can begin to wonder. Primarily how good the 2019 edition will be. While they still have some holes to fill, specifically at the defensive back position, the Redskins are good or getting better most every place else. Without question, the quarterback […]

The Philadelphia 76ers, coming off a heartbreaking Game 7 loss to the Toronto Raptors Sunday night, may be in for a roster overhaul they never expected. After their second straight 50-win season, the Sixers find themselves in the same place they were in last season. A second trip to the second-round and nothing to show […]

Injuries, injuries, injuries – the big thing holding back the 2019 version of the New York Yankees. An aspect that not even money can avoid, this team’s Injury List resembles something of a shopping list with how many different line items are on it. Striking their team hard to begin the year, 13 different Yankees […]

Brad Stevens might very well end up hearing some criticisms over the news few months. The Eastern Conference Finals are set to begin on Wednesday night, and somehow, the Boston Celtics won’t be participating. You know, the Celtics team that made it to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals a year ago and came […]

If you check rap superstar Drake’s editor’s note on his mega-hit 2018 album Scorpion, it goes a little something like this: I HATE WHEN DRAKE RAPS. DRAKE SINGS TOO MUCH. DRAKE IS A POP ARTIST. DRAKE DOESN’T EVEN WRITE HIS OWN SONGS. DRAKE TOOK AN L. DRAKE DIDN’T START FROM THE BOTTOM. DRAKE IS FINISHED. I […]

Following what can only be described as nothing less than a valiant effort throughout the year, the season has finally come to a close for the Denver Nuggets. It was a bitter end to what was a tremendous season through and through, as Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers defeated them on their home […]

Built on youthful exuberance, well-placed veteran pieces and a solid starting nine, the Atlanta Braves look to be the cream of the crop once again in the National League East, just with more competition. Every team except for the Miami Marlins made big-time upgrades to their rosters this offseason, signaling that the NL East was […]

The Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trail Blazers will square off in the 2019 Western Conference Finals. The two-time defending NBA champion Warriors have won the West in each of the past four seasons. Despite losing center Jusuf Nurkic to a gruesome season-ending leg injury, the third-seeded Blazers managed to reach their first conference […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were eliminated from the second round of the playoffs for the second straight year on Sunday night following a Game 7 loss to the Toronto Raptors, and now, an offseason of uncertainty begins. Will Jimmy Butler be back? Will Tobias Harris return? Will the 76ers trade Ben Simmons? But the biggest question […]

During Game 7 of what was a thrilling second-round Eastern Conference playoff series between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night, we learned that depth and experience matter, floor spacing is key and plenty of other things. But the main thing that we learned is this: Kawhi Leonard is the best player in […]

The Eastern Conference Finals matchup is now set, as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series on Sunday night to arrange a date with the Milwaukee Bucks to play for a berth in the NBA Finals. The Bucks and Raptors finished as the No. 1 and 2 […]

It was a roller coaster 2018-19 season for the San Antonio Spurs. They made the playoffs despite losing their former franchise player Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors. There were times when the Spurs looked like championship contenders (9-0 from late February to mid-March) and there were times when they looked like a lottery team […]

For all the hype that surrounds the NFL Draft year after year, the moves teams make after the seven rounds are completed are often just as important. Every season teams unearth undrafted free agents who prove to be gems who make a significant impact as rookies. The best organizations are those who supplement their draft […]

Stephen Curry’s Game 6 performance to send the Houston Rockets packing was almost poetic. It was another example of a player using one half of basketball artistry to outweigh the mediocre, series-long production. When you think about it, this is what makes the playoff intensity so awesome (or cruel if a player is on the […]

The time has passed for free agent signings to count against NFL teams in regards to potential compensatory picks in 2020. That means that we should now see a second wave of free agency. Teams no longer need to feel worried about losing extra picks for next year, and there are still holes on a […]

The NBA Draft Lottery is set to unfold on Tuesday night, and the tanking gods will grace one of the league’s franchises with the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. While this year’s draft may be pretty heavy at the top, there will be valuable players throughout most of the first round. This […]

Another failed season with Kyrie Irving is in the books, and it may have been his last dance in Beantown. The dribbling maestro can opt to test the waters of free agency this summer and spurn the Celtics, who have not been able to get to the Conference Finals with Irving at the helm. Now, […]

The Indiana Pacers are coming off a respectable season that featured earning the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference but ended in being swept by the Boston Celtics. Not having Victor Oladipo was obviously going to make it arguably impossible for the Pacers to be able to defeat a talented team like the Celtics, they […]

Make no mistake about it. The Houston Rockets were built to defeat the Golden State Warriors. Unfortunately, for the second straight year, they’ve failed at this goal. This time, in less games against one of the thinnest versions of the Warriors. The club may need to take a long look in the mirror and determine […]

Sunday’s NBA playoff action will feature a pair of Game 7s, as the Portland Trail Blazers will head to the Mile High City to take on the Denver Nuggets and the Toronto Raptors will play host to the Philadelphia 76ers. While home teams generally win Game 7s, you simply never know what can happen over […]

The Houston Rockets fell to the Golden State Warriors in the playoffs for the fourth time since 2015, losing at home by a score of 118-105 in Game 6 of their second-round series on Friday night. To make matters worse, the Rockets didn’t even lose to a full-strength Warriors squad, as they were missing Kevin […]

Given that each of the first four games of their Western Conference semifinal were decided by six points or less, it seemed that NBA fans were in for another classic series between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. Both teams held their home court, but the tide appeared to turn late in the third […]

Entering a contract year, many believed that Bojan Bogdanovic of the Indiana Pacers was primed for a big season. However, few might have predicted that he was going to be this good. In his fifth year in the league, the 6-foot-8 wing was able to put up career-high numbers across the board as he ended […]

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors put on a show in the fourth quarter on Friday night, leading to a 118-113 road win over the Houston Rockets to put a bow on this series. Despite a scoreless start to the first half, Curry and company made the shots down the stretch to take out […]

Trades are something that can completely change an NFL team and a player’s fortune. Look at the trades of Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears or even Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys. Both situations resulted in players reaching new heights and turning teams from pretenders to contenders. With the draft two weeks over and […]

Headlined by older players looking to cash in on their final big money deals, the 2019 MLB free agency class is not as strong as 2018 but still is stocked full of veterans who can make big impacts for whomever they end up signing with. A plethora of arms, both as starters and in the […]

Narratives are powerful. A concept so powerful it overrides reality, narratives are difficult to change once fans set them. Despite every metric stating otherwise, fans still call Nikola Jokic a bad defender. An NBA team is going to pay Terry Rozier because of his 2018 playoff performance despite being an awful basketball player. Once fans […]

The Washington Redskins made the smart and predictable move when they drafted Dwayne Haskins out of Ohio State. With a depth chart that looked to feature Case Keenum as their top signal caller, the pick was a no brainer. Keenum, who spent last season with the Denver Broncos, has become the consummate placeholder. Whether it was […]

The Detroit Pistons made the playoffs in the 2018-19 NBA season but were swept in the first round by the Milwaukee Bucks. Was it progress? Yes. Especially considering they missed out the last two seasons. But does this team have the ability to grow or have they reached their ceiling? To be honest, this is […]

Four out of the five teams that are a part of the National League Central are currently over .500 entering play on May 9th (sorry Cincinnati), and all five teams are competitive to open the season too, so the NL Central division is shaping up to be a doozy in 2019. While this was a […]

The Golden State Warriors victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 5 in the Western Conference semi-Finals may have future ramifications for the NBA. The injury to Kevin Durant in the third quarter triggered the Splash Brothers (Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson) to return to pre-KD era form, hitting key shots to propel the Warriors to […]

After being eliminated from the playoffs by the Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics will quickly be adjusting their focus to the upcoming offseason. With seven players that aren’t locked in for next season, this summer will require the Celtics to keep their nose to the grindstone in order to keep their roster ready to compete […]