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🏀 2026 WNBA Elo Team Power Rankings and Player Rankings 📈
Power ratings for every WNBA team and player this season.
19 hrs ago
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Neil Paine
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Don Nelson's Mavericks Were the Greatest Offense in NBA History
Armed with Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash and Michael Finley, the late, great coach led teams so far ahead of their era that nobody has ever matched their…
20 hrs ago
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Neil Paine
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Do the LeBron Sixers Have a Fit Problem?
After adding James and Jaylen Brown, Philly has assembled the most on-ball-heavy starting lineup of the modern NBA era. How much does that kind of…
Jul 31
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Neil Paine
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LeBron James Just Took the Biggest Discount of Any Modern Star
His bargain deal with the Sixers is about chasing another ring — and one last attempt to disrupt the GOAT debate.
Jul 26
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Neil Paine
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How Do We Measure a Basketball Superstar?
Caitlin Clark is the latest big name to make us revisit an age-old hoops question.
Jul 24
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Neil Paine
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We Don't Know What We Want From All-Star Games
Fans rejected the NBA's artificial spectacle. Then baseball gave them something more real — and they hated that, too.
Jul 16
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Neil Paine
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The Celtics Won the Future and Lost the Plot
Boston may have won the asset math, but they traded Jaylen Brown to a rival at the exact moment they should have been maximizing the present.
Jul 2
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Neil Paine
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The Bicentennial Summer That Made Modern Sports
America spent 1976 looking backward. But beneath all the red, white and blue pageantry, sports were changing in ways that would define the next…
Jul 2
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Neil Paine
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Everyone Is Coping With the Knicks' Title in Their Own Way
In a league caught between wide-open parity and looming dynasties, every contender is talking itself into a different path forward.
Jun 30
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Neil Paine
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The 2026 NBA Draft's Real Value? Saving Teams From Themselves.
Historically, stacked drafts don't make the No. 1 pick more likely to become a superstar. Instead, they reduce the chances that teams at the top pick a…
Jun 23
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Neil Paine
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The Market Still Doesn't Know What to Do With the Knicks
Even after a record-breaking title run, New York isn't close to being favored to repeat — which might say as much about the NBA's new age of uncertainty…
Jun 15
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Neil Paine
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🏀 2025-26 NBA Elo Forecast and Player Ratings 📈
Track how I'm forecasting every team’s chance to make — and win — the NBA Finals, all season long.
Jun 14
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Neil Paine
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