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LOS ANGELES — Not only have brooms been shoved back into closets, but another flight to Houston has also been booked. After being listed as a game-time decision for three straight matchups, Austin Reaves returned for the Lakers in Game 5 on Wednesday while superstar Kevin Durant remained out, putting Alperen Şengün at the top […]
As we summarized in his player review, which you can find here, it was a turbulent 2025-26 season for Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro. And there are breadcrumbs to suggest he may not be back in 2026-27. Now, at the end of the day, all of it speculatory until it’s not. Herro has been at […] The post 3 potential trade partners for this Heat guard appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
Change is coming to the Lakers’ G League team. The South Bay Lakers will become the Coachella Valley Lakers in 2026 as they move their games to Acrisure Arena. The Lakers have had their G League team playing in South Bay since 2017, and before that, in 2006, they played at Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples […]
A 3–2 series is maybe the trickiest one to gauge in sports. One team clearly has the advantage of needing to win just one of the remaining two games, and if said team was the winner of Game Five, as the Knicks were, then their confidence is likely high. But New York will be heading […]
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Earlier this week, Miami Heat president Pat Riley conducted his annual end-of-season press conference. While many of Riley’s comments were similar to years past, from the team’s anti-tanking doctrine to the 81-year-old, once again, dismissing any rumors about him retiring, the longtime executive — still sharp as a whip — dropped a couple of interesting […] The post Pat Riley emphasizes what he’s prioritizing this summer with 2 words appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
Mike Brown’s performance in the first round of the playoffs has gone similarly to his regular season. It’s been a mixed bag of some brilliance, some head-scratchers, and some gutsy moves. We saw him start off the series with the decision to put cross-match on defense, putting Karl-Anthony Towns on Dyson Daniels, which was expected […]
San Antonio has officially wrapped up the first round, winning its first playoff series since 2017. Naturally, now all eyes look ahead in a “hurry up and wait” situation, as the 3-6 matchup plays out between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets. Regardless of how things play out, San Antonio sits in a position of […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are conducting their end-of-season media availability session this morning at 10 a.m. PDT. Blazers general manager Joe Cronin, acting head coach Tiago Splitter and select players will take the podium to field questions about the 2025-26 campaign and what’s in store for the future of the franchise. This discussion thread is […]
Two years ago, Ben McCollum took a handful of Division-II players with him to Drake from Northwest Missouri State. It was thought to be somewhat of a rebuilding year for the Bulldogs who had lost head coach Darian DeVries to West Virginia, but we know that wasn’t close to reality. Bennett Stirtz, Tavion Banks, Mitch […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is done! No more speculating who the Seattle Seahawks will be drafting, we now know! And Seahawk players are welcoming their new teammates! Grey Zabel went to his Instagram story after Jadarian Price was picked with the 32nd pick of the first round to welcome the rookie: “RTDB big dog!” Zabel’s […]
Former Washington Wizards star John Wall will become the President of Basketball Operations at Howard University in Washington, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. Wall, who is currently a studio analyst for Amazon Prime Video’s NBA coverage, has expressed interest in being a front office leader later in his career. He has also worked with […]
Imagine not being able to enjoy Joel Embiid’s fantastic Game 5 performance in Boston. Surely, Sixers fans have been emotionally fatigued after nearly a decade of not getting out of the second round with a slew of different roster iterations centered around Embiid. After last season’s debacle, many of them likely resigned to the team […]
The TCU Horned Frogs extended their winning streak to seven games Wednesday evening, scoring seven runs in the fourth inning and coasting to a 12-1 victory over UT-Arlington in seven innings. Sawyer Strosnider drove the offense, hitting two home runs and adding three RBIs. Brady Dallimore (2-for-4, two RBIs) and Rob Liddington (2-for-3, two RBIs) […]
The Knicks heat into Game Six in Atlanta with a chance to close out their first round series, but might have to do so without an essential piece. Josh Hart exited Tuesday’s 126–97 Game Five humiliation of the Hawks in the fourth quarter and never returned to the bench. Afterward, Mike Brown didn’t have much […]
That's Wild It has never been easy to be a Minnesota sports fan, but something might happen for the first time ever and it's actually a good thing. The Minnesota Wild have the opportunity to close out their first-round series against the Dallas Stars Thursday night, as they currently hold a 3-2...
For the first time this season, the Celtics allowed their opponents an efficiency above 70% on both layups and floaters. This wasn’t caused by a high transition volume, but rather by a half-court defensive collapse. The Sixers posted a 1.19 points-per-possession efficiency in non-transition situations, their third-highest mark of the season. Only Washington and Chicago […]
The NFL will release the 2026 regular season schedule at some point in May, and the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks will be the curtain raiser on September 9. As for the opponent? We may have our answer. ESPN’s Michael Wilbon, lifelong Chicago Bears fan and one half of Pardon the Interruption, was on a […]
In Today’s Links: a look at the positions battle that will start heating up in a few weeks, if not months; more on the dynamic new Seattle Seahawks players known as Bud Clark and Deven Eastern, Brady Henderson’s thoughts on the 2026 NFL Draft, Rylie Mills, UFDAs, more draft takeaways, all that and more! Thanks […]
It was a quick transition into the Colorado Avalanche’s first-round series with the LA Kings. Now, we wait for that pivotal second-round series with the opponent still undetermined. Here are our thoughts on how that Kings sweep unfolded and on what to expect moving forward. Who was your first round MVP? Adrian: Artturi Lehkonen gets my […]
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We’ve officially reached the end of April. We are just under a week away from the Big Ten Softball Tournament, while we are less than a month away from Selection Monday for baseball. Time flies when you are having fun, and if you are watching these two teams, time is hauling ass. I can’t believe […]
Just when you think the season looks like it’s over, they pull you right back in. After a close loss in Game 3 and getting trounced in Game 4, the Sixers came back with a vengeance to take Game 5 on the road in Boston, winning 113-97. It took until the start of the fourth […]
In Wednesday’s Brotherhood Playoff Action, Detroit beat Orlando, 116-109, Cleveland took down Toronto, 125-120, and Houston handled Los Angeles, 99-93. The story of the night was Paolo Banchero’s 45-point eruption for the Magic. He shot 17-31/6-11 and also grabbed 9 rebounds, and handed out 7 assists. Wendell Carter had 9 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 […]
I found this interesting. In a nutshell, the 2-1-1 theory is a playoff philosophy that suggests the winning team requires specific contribution distribution: the best player (superstar) wins you 2 games, the second-best player wins you 1 games, and a role player wins 1, taking the team to the 4 necessary wins to take the […]