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• Fantasy Basketball 2025-26: LeBron James, Paolo Banchero among players to avoid in drafts

Early ADP data shows that some players are potentially being overvalued by fantasy managers....2025
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• Paolo Banchero, Trae Young: Breaking down 10 names that could define NBA season
ESPN's Tim Bontemps breaks down players and personnel who will play major roles on the court and beyond....2025
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• NBA Notes: Warriors, Gary Payton II, Magic, Paolo Banchero, Sixers

Warriors Golden State is locking in familiar faces ahead of camp. Free agents Gary Payton II and De’Anthony Melton have both committed to returning to the Warriors, per Shams Charania of ESPN. They join Al Horford as key veterans already secured for 2025-26. The bigger piece of unfinished business remains restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga. […] The post NBA Notes: Warriors, Gary Pa...2025
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• Magic Notes: Banchero, Suggs, Richardson, Two-Way
Paolo Banchero knows that expectations for the Magic have risen dramatically this offseason, and he’s ready to embrace the challenge of meeting them, writes Josh Robbins for The Athletic (subscriber link). “I think, just as a competitor, as a winner, as a player, you want to be expected to be great,” Banchero said. Robbins writes […]...2025
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• Paolo Banchero shares honest take on Magic's increased expectations

The Magic are expected to take a step forward this season. The player tasked with leading that step forward discussed the rising expectations in Orlando....2025
• Magic Superstar Paolo Banchero’s Wild Admission Should Scare the 29 Other NBA Teams
Paolo Banchero makes a startling confession when asked about his performance late last season for the Orlando Magic....2025
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• NBA’s 6 best moves of the offseason, ranked

Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post Ranking the 6 best NBA moves of the offseason so far. Is there one more big move left in the NBA offseason? A year ago, the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves completed a buzzer-beater blockbuster that exchanged Karl-Anthony Towns for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo on the eve of media day. The year before that, Damian Lillard was traded to th...2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies at NBA summer league. NBA Summer League doesn’t really matter, but still one of the most fun events on the league calendar. Team personnel and diehard fans converge in Las Vegas every year to get a first-look at rookies, check-in on second-year players, and gossip about the state of the league. Along the way, journeymen...2025
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• NBA Summer League History: Stats For First Overall Picks

Cooper Flagg has been shut down from the 2025 NBA Summer League after appearing in two games, which has become the norm over the past few seasons. Flagg had just 10 points on 5-for-21 shooting in his first game, but bounced back with 31 points as he shot 10-for-21 from the floor on top of 8-for-13 on free throws in his second game. The following list shows the PER and per game averages for every f...2025
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025

Photo by Ryan Stetz/NBAE via Getty Images These second-year players have proven they’re too good for Las Vegas Summer League. By now, NBA fans should know to be wary of drawing too many definitive conclusions from Las Vegas Summer League. The sample sizes are small, the practice time is limited, and roster are often missing key pieces (like pass-first point guards) that help lineup constru...2025
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• Paolo Banchero, Magic Agree To Five-Year, $239M Max Extension

Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic have agreed to a five-year, $239 million maximum extension. The deal includes triggers to elevate his salary to the Rose rule max if he makes an All-NBA team. The deal also has a player option for Banchero in 2030-31, which hasn't happened on a rookie max since Luka Doncic and Trae Young in 2021. Orlando now has Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs signed for...2025
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• 7 NBA teams that got better this offseason, ranked by how much they improved

These teams are ready to make a leap next season. There’s still about three months left in the NBA offseason before teams report to training camp for the start of the 2025-26 season, but the championship picture is already starting to take shape. The Oklahoma City Thunder will enter the season as the favorites to repeat, and the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets look like their two biggest chall...2025
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Let’s hand out the biggest winners and losers in free agency. NBA free agency remains ongoing, but at this point most of the top players have come off the board. Next season’s NBA championship picture is already taking shape, and there are some clear winners and losers from the offseason. The reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder will head into next ...2025
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• Damian Lillard’s 7 best NBA free agency landing spots, ranked by fit

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Let’s rank the best free agency destinations for Damian Lillard. Damian Lillard never expected to be a free agent this summer. The Milwaukee Bucks had other plans, pulling off a bold scheme to waive-and-stretch Lillard to open up the cap space to sign Myles Turner away from the Indiana Pacers. Lillard will be out for all of the 2025-26 season as he recove...2025
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• 10 best NBA Draft picks in 2025 that get an A-grade from us

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The 10 best picks from the 2025 NBA Draft The first round of the 2025 NBA Draft has come and gone, with some foregone conclusions (Cooper Flagg first) to some unexpected surprises (Yang Hansen, anyone?). Through all of these, however, some picks were made that passed the sniff test with flying colors. In my colleague Ricky O’Donnell’s instant NBA Draft Round 1 grad...2025
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• The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Thunder drafted Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams in the 2022 lottery. Is it the best NBA Draft team class ever? The idea of the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first ever NBA championship seemed like an impossible dream as the franchise entered the 2022 NBA Draft. The Thunder were coming off a 24-58 season that followed a 22-60 season. ...2025
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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• 5 NBA players who could be the next Dyson Daniels

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Dyson Daniels’ emergence in a new role with the Atlanta Hawks made us wonder: Which other players could be stars in their role hidden in plain sight? Due to the sheer scale of international soccer, there are regularly not enough opportunities for developing players on good teams. The leagues solved this problem by creating an elaborate loan system, wh...2024
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• The 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball right now, ranked

Let’s rank the 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball today. With the NBA and college hoops calendars in their August doldrums, there’s no better time to catch up on grassroots and high school basketball and start looking ahead at the best talent coming down the pipeline. This is the third time I’ve ranked the best NBA prospects in high school basketball at this site. When I did this exe...2023
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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"Magic star Paolo Banchero is expected to return to action in one of Orlando's back-to-back home games Thursday against Minnesota or Friday against Milwaukee, sources told ESPN."

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"Paolo Banchero becomes first 50-point scorer of NBA season in historic performance as Magic topple Pacers"

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"Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero was named the 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Tuesday."

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"After a sterling first couple of games, the Magic decided to shut down Number 1 pick Paolo Banchero for the remainder of summer league."

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"Lakers' LeBron James shouts out Duke's Paolo Banchero after freshman's strong debut against Kentucky"

• Fantasy Basketball 2025-26: LeBron James, Paolo Banchero among players to avoid in drafts
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• NBA Notes: Warriors, Gary Payton II, Magic, Paolo Banchero, Sixers
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• East Notes: Magic, Paolo Banchero, Knicks, Hawks, Trae Young

Magic The Magic may have made some of the biggest splashes of the summer — trading for Desmond Bane and handing Paolo Banchero a five-year extension — but they aren’t moving up in ESPN’s latest long-term power rankings. ESPN writes that Orlando is holding steady because of money already committed and limited draft flexibility. Per […] The post East Notes: Magic, Paolo Banchero, K...2025
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• NBA’s 6 best moves of the offseason, ranked
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• The Linc - NFL insider poll ranks 8 quarterbacks ahead of Jalen Hurts

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 7/15/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Execs, coaches, scouts rank NFL’s top 10 QBs for 2025 - ESPN+9. Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles. Highest ranking: 6 | Lowest ranking: unranked. Age: 26 | Last year’s ranking: honorable mention. Hurts’ status is cemented. He’s a Super Bowl winner who plays big ...2025
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025
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• Jeff Weltman: Thrilled To Keep Paolo Banchero In Magic Uniform For Years To Come

The Orlando Magic have officially signed star forward Paolo Banchero to a five-year maximum rookie scale contract extension that could be worth up to $288 million, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. “We are thrilled to keep Paolo in a Magic uniform for years to come,” president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman said in a statement. “At […] The post Jeff Weltman: Thrilled To Keep Paolo Banc...2025
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• Magic Agree To 5-Year Rookie Max Extension With Paolo Banchero
The Orlando Magic and Paolo Banchero have agreed to a five-year rookie max extension worth $239 million. ESPN’s Shams Charania was first to report. If Banchero can meet incentives such as making an All-NBA Team or winning MVP in 2025-26, the value could rise to as much as $287 million. The deal also includes a […] The post Magic Agree To 5-Year Rookie Max Extension With Paolo Banchero ...2025
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• Magic, Paolo Banchero agree to five-year max contract, locking up promising core in Orlando
The Magic now have Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs locked up, and they just added Desmond Bane....2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• The Linc - NFL insider poll ranks 8 quarterbacks ahead of Jalen Hurts
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• NBA Summer League History: Stats For First Overall Picks
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025
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• Paolo Banchero, Magic Agree To Five-Year, $239M Max Extension
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• Jabari Smith Jr., Rockets Agree To Five-Year, $125M Extension

Jabari Smith Jr. and the Houston Rockets have agreed to a five-year, $125 million contract extension. The contract will reportedly feature no team or player options. Smith is represented by Wallace Prather. Smith's future with the Rockets has been uncertain as they have evaluated major trade options and also acquired Kevin Durant. Smith was the third overall pick in the 2022 draft out of Auburn b...2025
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• The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class
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• Magic Acquire Desmond Bane From Grizzlies For Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony, Four First Round Picks

The Orlando Magic have agreed to acquire Desmond Bane from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony, four first-round picks and a first-round pick swap. This deal will likely be completed prior to the league year changing over on July 1, due to tax apron issues for Orlando. The picks the Magic are sending the Grizzlies are the 16th overall pick in the 2025 NBA D...2025
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• Desmond Bane trade grades for Magic-Grizzlies on NBA’s first big summer deal

Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images The Magic went all-in for Desmond Bane. Let’s grade the trade between Orlando and the Grizzlies for both sides. The 2025 NBA Finals are in full swing, but trade season is already here. The Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic agreed to the first blockbuster of the summer, with a massive deal that aims to push the Magic into the elite tier of the Eastern Conferenc...2025
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• Paolo Banchero Signals Interest In Signing Extension With Magic
Paolo Banchero will be eligible for a contract extension this offseason and sounds ready to commit his future to the Orlando Magic. In 46 games this season, Banchero averaged 25.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists. Banchero almost certainly will sign for the five-year max with the Magic with the only potential question being whether he receives the Rose rule designation that could bring the val...2025
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• The Linc - NFL insider poll ranks 8 quarterbacks ahead of Jalen Hurts
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025
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• Paolo Banchero Signals Interest In Signing Extension With Magic
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images March Madness has impacted our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. March Madness is the first time a big section of NBA fans check in on the top prospects in college basketball. This is a good year to do it: 19 of the 30 first-round picks in our last mock draft made the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and a bunch of them are still playing as the fi...2025
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• ‘GET HIM SOME HELP’ — NBA Fans Riot as Magic Lose vs. Raptors Despite Paolo Banchero’s 41-Point Effort
Paolo Banchero drops 41, but the Magic lose again. Fans demand help as frustration mounts, with even his mom calling out the coaching staff....2025
• How Cooper Flagg has surged to the National Player of the Year favorite this season

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Flagg’s performance in a marquee matchup against North Carolina was indicative of his stellar season. When it comes to college basketball, there’s no bigger star currently than Duke sensation Cooper Flagg, who has taken the country by storm as the next big thing in the sport. Flagg, a 6’9”, 205-pound forward from Maine, has been touted for his elite two-way...2025
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• Cooper Flagg is trending as one of the best NBA Draft prospects in modern history

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Cooper Flagg has somehow exceeded the stratospheric hype. The NBA had a premonition Cooper Flagg was bound for future superstardom long before he put on a Duke jersey. It was the NBA’s interest that convinced Flagg to reclassify, essentially skipping his senior year of high school to enroll in college at just 17 years old. It was at the NBA’s behest th...2025
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• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target

Mike Watters-Imagn Images With an awesome team already and nearly all their own assets available to upgrade it, the Orlando Magic are ready to win now. The Orlando Magic should be on the cusp of something special. Before his oblique injury, Paolo Banchero looked like the next thing. And then before his own oblique injury, Franz Wagner looked like the next-next thing. Jalen Suggs might be t...2025
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images These nine NBA teams are still in the mix for winning the 2025 NBA Draft lottery and the rights to Cooper Flagg. It only took about 20 games for the 2024-2025 NBA season to completely reshape what we thought we knew coming into the year. The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder emerging as the championship favorites in each conference was to be exp...2024
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• Magic shut Banchero down after sterling SL debut

After a sterling first couple of games, the Magic decided to shut down No. 1 pick Paolo Banchero for the remainder of summer league....2022
• Magic forward Paolo Banchero named 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year
Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero was named the 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know: Banchero was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft out of Duke. The 20-year-old averaged 20 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists across 72 games (all starts) this season. He shot 42.7 percent from the field. Jazz center Walker Kessler and Thunder guar...2023
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• Sources: Banchero returning from torn oblique
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• 2022 NBA Draft grades: Orlando Magic select Paolo Banchero with No. 1 overall pick
The Magic were widely expected to choose Jabari Smith in the days leading up to the draft...2022
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• 2022 NBA Mock Draft: Duke's Paolo Banchero goes No. 1 with Iowa's Keegan Murray a surprising No. 3 pick
David Cobb explains why Murray would be worth taking just after Banchero and Auburn's Jabari Smith...2022
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• Paolo Banchero Blasted by Italian Basketball For USA Commitment
Orlando’s Paolo Banchero has committed to Team USA in the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup but the Italian Basketball Federation were very much blindsided by the decision. The 20-year-old has an Italian father and an Italian passport, so he could have chosen to play for either Italy or USA on the world stage. The reigning […] The post Paolo Banchero Blasted by Italian Basketball For ...2023
• Magic's Paolo Banchero becomes first teenager to score over 20 points in first three NBA games

Banchero was the top overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft...2022
• Cooper Flagg commits to Duke as the Blue Devils’ next superstar freshman

Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar. Duke men’s basketball has landed its next superstar on the recruiting trail. Cooper Flagg, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the class of 2024, has committed to Duke for the 2024-2025 season. Flagg picked the Blue Devils over UConn. It’s safe to say...2023
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• Fantasy Basketball 2025-26: LeBron James, Paolo Banchero among players to avoid in drafts
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• Orlando Magic 2024-2025 fantasy basketball season recap: Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner derailed by injuries
The future looked bright for Orlando entering this season, but injuries to Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs changed things. Where do they go from here?...2025
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• NBA & Fantasy Basketball Loser Lineup: Orlando Magic offer little beyond Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner
The Magic have a dynamic duo, but Dan Titus is skeptical of anyone else helping you in fantasy next season....2025
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Grayson Allen, Paolo Banchero make the list

Who are the fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2024
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• Magic Notes: Banchero, Suggs, Richardson, Two-Way
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• NBA’s 6 best moves of the offseason, ranked
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• The Linc - NFL insider poll ranks 8 quarterbacks ahead of Jalen Hurts
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025
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• 7 NBA teams that got better this offseason, ranked by how much they improved
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement
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• Damian Lillard’s 7 best NBA free agency landing spots, ranked by fit
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• 10 best NBA Draft picks in 2025 that get an A-grade from us
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• NBA’s 6 best moves of the offseason, ranked
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• Desmond Bane trade grades for Magic-Grizzlies on NBA’s first big summer deal
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• Previewing every NBA Playoffs 2025 first round series

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Here’s everything you need to know about the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs There’s been a lot of hand-wringing of late about the NBA regular season. And while I, personally, feel that the concern about its entertainment value is wildly overblown, even I can admit that for the average basketball fan, keeping up with all 30 teams for six months...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
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• 9 biggest NBA All-Star snubs of 2025, ranked by the most shocking omissions

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Here are the biggest snubs of the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. NBA All-Star Game rosters just aren’t big enough. That’s the top takeaway after the league finalized its 24-man roster with the announcement of the All-Star reserves on Thursday night. There are so many deserving players who won’t get the chance to play in the All-Star Game, which is the ultimate show of j...2025
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• 5 NBA players who could be the next Dyson Daniels
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• 7 young NBA players making the leap this season

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Here are 7 young NBA players who showing significant improvement this season. It’s not too early to overreact to what we’re seeing from the start of the NBA’s 82-game grind. Trends historically begin to stabilize around the 20-game mark. While it would be unwise to suggest the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers will continue to be among the worst teams ...2024
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