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The minute both Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves were diagnosed with their respective grade-two muscle injuries, the Lakers immediately became the team every other Western Conference playoff entrant wanted to face. JJ Redick said as much at the end of the regular season and no amount of medical treatment – whether here or in Spain […]
After each game, Brew Hoop evaluates each Buck’s individual performance with a letter grade. At this season’s 25% mark, we decided to check the Bucks’ grades as a progress report. We also had a midseason report and a 75% point. Now it is time to see the final grades. Given I’m the tenured professor who is on […]
Close your eyes and think about the kid you always matched up against growing up. Little League, Pee Wee hoops, doesn’t matter. Just picture that little stinker and that matchup. Physical. Annoying. A little chippy. Probably would give you wet willies when you weren’t looking. And no matter how many times you played them, it […]
VJ Edgecombe never truly hit the proverbial rookie wall. Sure, he had ups and downs like any first-year player, but it was less peaks and valleys and more open road with a few speed bumps. But his most important test came Wednesday night as the seventh-seeded Sixers hosted the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic in the NBA’s […]
On Monday, the NBA released the top-selling jerseys from the 2025-26 regular season. While the list of course features many mainstays, popular players like Steph Curry and LeBron James, Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg appeared on the list with the ninth-best-selling jersey. This news came as a bit of a surprise to me, at least. […]
The final weeks of the regular season are when the top teams visibly turn their attention to the postseason. They know who they are and what their identity will be in the playoffs. Unless the team is vying for a higher seeding, you will see a visible dip in play for the final weeks. The […]
Ask a Brooklyn Nets executive about the team’s tank — excuse us, “playing the possibilities” — and they will explain that the key to getting that top three lottery seed is not so much about the head coach making bad in-game moves, but depriving the head coach of the talent he needs to win before […]
Do the Seahawks have “types” for their draft picks? Every NFL team has preferences based on what they want to run schematically, but when Seahawks general manager John Schneider was asked at the 2026 scouting combine about the best practices regarding getting guys in the building who fit the culture, he had this to say. […]
Brin Keefe will return as Wizards head coach next season, General Manager Will Dawkins announced during his end-of-season press conference on Thursday. The Wizards have gone 43-160 and tallied four separate 16-game losing streaks during Keefe’s tenure, which began in January 2024. Keefe’s .212 winning percentage is the worst by a head coach with at […]
On April 15th in 2010, Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo lodged his goalie stick into the back of his pads after making a spectacular overtime save against the Kings' Jack Johnson in Game 1 of the Western Conference Quarter-finals. After a 15 second struggle, Luongo untangled the lumber in time to stop a shot from Brad Richardson as play returned to his end. Vancouver went on to beat Los Angeles
There’s at least one bit of bright light at the end of the Lakers’ season. On Thursday, Shams Charania of ESPN reported that Luka Dončić, as well as Cade Cunningham, both would be eligible for awards after winning their respective Extraordinary Circumstances Challenge cases in regards to the 65-game rule. Luka’s case centered around him […]
Former Indiana forward Josh Harris became the first of the program’s several transfer portal entries to find a new home on Thursday morning, committing to Florida Atlantic: Harris missed the entirety of the 2025-26 season, his lone year with the Hoosiers, due to injury after transferring in from North Florida alongside fellow portalee Jasai Miles […]
Barcelona great Lionel Messi has made a surprise move and become the new owner of Spanish third division side Cornella. The club announced the news in a statement on their website (you can read the full text here): “UE Cornellà announces that Argentinian footballer and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Leo Messi has formalized the acquisition […]
The Portland Trail Blazers will go into their first round series against the San Antonio Spurs as serious underdogs. The Oregon franchise impressed in their Play-In bout with the Phoenix Suns earlier this week but enter the second-vs-seventh seed series with very little expectation and some pundits predicting a sweep. True Hoop’s Henry Abbott disagrees, […]
Indiana men’s basketball was originally set to host another transfer portal visitor this week, but that changed as the Hoosiers’ roster did. Sebastian Rancik, a rising junior forward at Colorado, was originally meant to take a visit to Bloomington this week but ended up cancelling that visit just a day later. Rancik will now visit […]
Mornin’! The Blackhawks are finishing up their 2025-26 season with exit interviews on Thursday morning, followed by press conferences from the players, coach Jeff Blashill, and general manager Kyle Davidson fresh off his contract extension. We’ll update this post as the day moves along, so check back here as players offer their final thoughts on the prior 82 games! (Quotes below may be edited for shortened for the sake of brevity and/or clarity sake.) [Update, 4:30 p.m.] Going t...
Down in South Philadelphia last night, the crowd filled in slowly for the Sixers’ Play-In Tournament matchup with the Magic. Blame traffic concerns if you’d like given that the Phillies were hosting a game across the street too and the simple fact that it was a weeknight. Sitting at Xfinity Mobile Arena before tipoff, both […]
The Boston Celtics are going to be facing off against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs this season after they beat the Orlando Magic 109-97 in the Play-In Tournament. This is the 23rd time that Boston and Philadelphia have faced off against each other, the most in NBA playoff history. The […]
Just two days left. Saturday can’t come soon enough. Come on, dawg. Mike Brown On not thinking about his potential firing if the team falls short of a title: “I don’t really think about the last part of the question. Everybody in that locker room has a competitive spirit that I like and that I […]
Aaron Scott Jr. was rated a 5-star (0.9835) in the 247Sports Composite and the number one overall prospect from the state of Ohio in the 2024 class. As a recruit he took official visits to Oregon, Michigan, and Ohio State in June of 2023 before committing to the Buckeyes in July and signing with them […]
With the Spurs vs. Blazers series officially set, it’s time for us to go through what each team brings to the table. Today, we’ll start with a quick overview of some stylistic quirks to monitor, before releasing a full preview in the coming days. First up: the turnover battle. Turnovers These teams are polar opposites […]
We don’t know if or how many trades John Schneider will make throughout next week’s NFL Draft, but we do know that some prior trades made by the Seattle Seahawks over the past couple of years will have finality very soon. Three of them, in fact! Yes, there’s one trade that’s a hell of a […]
In Today’s Links: several mock drafts, various reports on various prospects that may end up becoming Seattle Seahawks, draft targets, et al. We are almost there. Just hold on a bit longer!! Thanks for being here. Go, ‘Hawks! Seahawks News Draft ‘character concerns’ disappeared and that’s concerning – Seaside JoeReporting has probably changed more than […]
Welcome to the 2026 NBA Playoffs. For the third time in four years, the Minnesota Timberwolves will take on the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs. The two teams have become incredibly familiar with each other as they have played a total of 28 times over the past four seasons. Three years ago, fresh off a […]
I’m raising my hand — I’m one of those folks. I’m a firm believer in the idea that a person only has so much capacity in terms of what they can enjoy. For me, UNC sports come first and the problem is that includes a passion for UNC basketball with both the men and women’s […]