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• ESPN Ranks A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark Among WNBA's Top-25 Before 2025 Season
ESPN has released its preseason ranking of the top 25 WNBA players for the 2025 season, with reigning MVP A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces claiming the top spot and Indiana's Caitlin Clark ranking fourth ahead of her sophomore campaign.
The ranking, compiled by ESPN's basketball analysts Kendra Andrews, Kevin Pelton, Alexa Philippou, and Michael Voepel, features three New York Liberty players in ...2025
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• NBA Notes: Nuggets, Nikola Jokic, Mavs, Anthony Davis, Clippers
Nuggets The Nuggets may not be at full strength, as evidenced by their mixed performance with their opening night starting lineup, noted Kevin Pelton of ESPN. The team is 11-9 this season when that group starts, but they improve to 30-12 in the other 42 games in which three-time MVP Nikola Jokic plays, but another starter […]
The post NBA Notes: Nuggets, Nikola Jokic, Mavs, Anthony Davi...2025
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• Dunc'd On: 2016 Flashback: Which Current NBA Players Will Make the Hall of Fame with Kevin Pelton
Flashback (Nov. 8, 2016): Kevin Pelton of ESPN joins to discuss which current NBA players will and should make the Hall of Fame. We run through our criteria for the Hall of Fame and examine the credentials of over 40 current players and coaches. The analysis runs from locks like Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James, to borderline cases like Joe Johnson, Derrick Rose, and Kevin Love, and finally which ...2023
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• Donovan Mitchell points out glaring snub in ESPN reporter’s All-Defensive Teams prediction
Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell wasn’t having it. With him still sidelined due to a sprained ankle, it seems he has loads of extra free time to scroll through social media. And one post particularly piqued Mitchell’s interest. Veteran ESPN writer Kevin Pelton bared his choices for the All-Defensive Teams this season. At first glance, […]
The post Donovan Mitchell points out glar...2021
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• Is Draymond Green a Hall of Famer?
The Basketball Hall of Fame doesn't have many players like Green. Kevin Pelton looks at the case for and against the Warriors' power forward....2018
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• NBA teams cooling on Luka Doncic as top draft pick?
While he has long been considered a strong candidate to be the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, Luka Doncic no longer appears to be a lock to even be a top-three selection, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. While it’s hard to know what to believe at this time of year, Givony explains to Kevin Pelton that the Kings, Hawks and Grizzlies didn’t send anyone to watch the EuroLeague Final Four in per...2018
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• What version of Steph Curry will the Warriors get in the playoffs?
Kevin Pelton projects Golden State without its two-time MVP and looks at how well we should expect Curry to play when he returns....2018
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• Central Notes: Bullock, Griffin, Van Gundy, Cavs
Pistons‘ starting swingman Reggie Bullock suffered minor injuries after being involved in a two-car motor vehicle accident this morning on his way to practice, reports Rod Beard of The Detroit News. He wasn’t seriously injured but was taken to the hospital for treatment.Bullock, who was on his way to the Pistons’ practice facility in Auburn Hills, was also apparently the victim of a hit-and-run, a...2018
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• Pelton mail: Do all the 3s actually make the Rockets more consistent?
Kevin Pelton answers questions on 3-point facts and myths, better lineup data and getting rid of MVP voters....2018
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• Does Steph Curry's gravity make him the MVP?
Kevin Pelton answers questions on Stephen Curry's MVP case, Nikola Mirotic, Lonzo Ball and more....2018