The NBA is so stacked. The vast majority of teams either have playoff-level rosters or enticing young cores. Determining which squads will top the standings in 2025-26 is a tough task, but I gave it a try anyway. Here’s my preseason power ranking of all 30 teams, with placements based on a combination of projectedContinue reading “2026 NBA Power Rankings”
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2024-25 NBA Award Show
Picking NBA awards was as tough as ever this year. The 65 game requirement meant that usual pen-in selections like Luka Doncic for All-NBA or now Victor Wembanyama for All-Defense/DPOY were no longer eligible, leaving races much more wide open and tough to decide. And, even with the games played restriction, there was still aContinue reading “2024-25 NBA Award Show”
Grading the 2024 NBA Draft
This has always been an NBA centered blog because that is pretty much the only basketball I watch. However, this spring, I decided to take a deeper dive than ever before into the draft and the players in it. I did extensive research and formed a big board that included over 140 names, and IContinue reading “Grading the 2024 NBA Draft”
2024 Draft Night Trade Roundup
NBA draft night usually features flurries of trades that leave fans struggling to follow who and what is going where. 2024 was no different. Here are my thoughts on every deal that went down. (Note: this article only includes trades that involved at least one non 2024 draftee.) Trade #1 Wizards receive: Malcolm Brogdon, 14thContinue reading “2024 Draft Night Trade Roundup”
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