The Orlando Magic hypetrain got derailed in 2024-25 as main man Paolo Banchero got sidelined for nine weeks early in the season. He looked just as good upon returning, but you can’t help but wonder what could’ve been. It didn’t help that All-Defense guard Jalen Suggs went out too. Now that a new campaign is
Statement games are often reserved for the latter portions of seasons. Teams are peaking at the right time, while players have found a sense of comfort that slows the game down for them. But when a statement game comes early in the season, it often teeters between a tone setter or a one-hit wonder. Jake
For more than a decade, the Philadelphia 76ers have been a tragic tale of maladies. From Joel Embiid to Jared McCain, good health has eluded the Sixers like the plague. Health issues have prevented Philadelphia from gaining any momentum, especially in the postseason, a development that is not lost on fans that are aching for
In a way, the Indiana Fever were the pumpkin coach-riding Cinderella of the 2025 WNBA Playoffs. On paper, the Fever had the stars, none bigger than guard Caitlin Clark. But Clark contributed nothing but morale support to Indiana in the postseason. Clark along with Sophie Cunningham, Sydney Colson, Chloe Bibby and Aari McDonald all did
The Miami Heat were once seen as the ‘Boogeyman’ of the Eastern Conference, a wild group with a knack for suddenly going scorching hot in the postseason. That’s a distant memory now, though, as they have had back-to-back first-round exits, and the main man of that Heat era, Jimmy Butler, is already gone. WHAT’S NEW?
Vacation came too early for the Minnesota Lynx than what they had planned. The Lynx entered the 2025 WNBA Playoffs with the confidence that they could one-up their finish in the 2024 postseason, where they lost in the championship round to the New York Liberty. Well, the Lynx fell short of that goal, as they
