Another wildly diverse week in the NBA, and this list reflects just how deep the league’s talent pool is right now. You’ve got superstars doing inevitable superstar things, veterans thriving in new roles, and young players, both heralded and overlooked, seizing opportunity. Cooper Flagg continues to look unreal for an 18-year-old, Nikola Jokic remains a
The Phoenix Suns were supposed to take a step back. Losing two All-Star caliber players in one offseason tends to lead to this conclusion. Phoenix traded away Kevin Durant to Houston and waived Bradley Beal following a disastrous season where they finished 11th in the West. Devin Booker remained as the Suns’ lone star which
In sports, there are collapses of grand proportions and then there’s what the Converge FiberXers went through in their PBA Season 50 Philippine Cup quarterfinal series against the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings. Entering the series, the FiberXers held the twice-to-beat advantage thanks to a solid 7-4 record built on consistent play in the preliminary round.
56 points, 16 rebounds, and 15 assists. No player in NBA history, let alone on Christmas Day, has ever posted numbers like these–until Nikola Jokic on December 25, 2025. The three-time NBA Most Valuable Player put on what could go down as the greatest single-game performance in Christmas Day history as he led the Denver
Christmas Day 2025 was supposed to be a red letter day for reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder were scheduled to play in their first Christmas Day game since 2018 and for the first time since Gilgeous-Alexander arrived on the team back in 2019. Unfortunately, Oklahoma City
Facing the defending champions in any sport carries a different weight compared to other games. There’s a need to up your game and facing a vaunted team can even be intimidating. It’s a test of sorts, more so when you consider that reigning titleholders are considered the benchmarks of the sport. But facing the Oklahoma
