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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.
22 hrs ago
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Neil Paine
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What Would a Championship Version of Trae Young Look Like?
As trade talks swirl, let's look at why Young’s offense-first profile has proven so hard to build around — and what would need to change for him to play…
23 hrs ago
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Neil Paine
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What I Learned From the 344 Posts I Wrote in 2025
I categorized every post I published in 2025 by type and sport to see what I actually spent the year writing about — then picked out the stories that…
Dec 31, 2025
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Neil Paine
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The Chiefs Are Doing the Weirdest "Relocation" in Pro Sports History
Is it a short commute of a stadium-switch or a full-blown franchise move? Yes.
Dec 30, 2025
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Neil Paine
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The Spurs Have Suddenly Made the Thunder's Title Defense a Lot More Interesting
OKC still looks like a dynasty-in-waiting — but Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs have exposed a matchup problem that history says can’t be ignored in the…
Dec 29, 2025
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Neil Paine
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How the NFL Grinch Stole the NBA's Christmas
For decades, Christmas belonged to the NBA — until football realized the old rules of the sports calendar no longer mattered.
Dec 23, 2025
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Neil Paine
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The Knicks and Spurs Meet Again, at the Edge of an NBA Era
The NBA Cup Final revives a familiar matchup — and a familiar dynamic — from the 1999 Finals, when San Antonio's future collided with New York's…
Dec 16, 2025
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Neil Paine
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Will the Thunder Break the Warriors' Wins Record?
OKC’s blistering start has them eyeing win-streak records and 73 victories — even if the math says their chase of history is far from a sure thing.
Dec 2, 2025
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Neil Paine
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The Thunder Might Finally Make Us "Respect the Cup"
Oklahoma City's dominance — plus some evidence that teams treat Cup games differently — suggest the NBA's in-season tournament is edging closer to…
Nov 28, 2025
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Neil Paine
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Revisiting the Chris Paul Conundrum
CP3 will retire as an all-time great whose playoff résumé never matched his statistical brilliance — reopening the debate over what his career reveals…
Nov 25, 2025
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Neil Paine
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The 2025-26 NBA Is Warped Beyond Recognition
Blowouts, skewed standings and historically bad bottom-feeders are twisting the entire season out of shape — and the tank race hasn't even started…
Nov 17, 2025
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Neil Paine
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Can AJ Dybantsa Lead BYU to the Promised Land?
The Cougars have never made a Final Four, but with their best recruit ever — and a future NBA lottery pick — leading the way, this might finally be the…
Nov 13, 2025
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Neil Paine
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