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First Round Observations By: Avi Tyagi Within the first round, many teams right out of the gate, will present their initial favorite strategies. Some of these might not work, but oftentimes, it can be informative of the [...]

The Most Dangerous Eighth Seed Ever? By: Devin Zanskas Most fans would probably say that the Nets were the latest “superteam”. After recovering from a torn achilles, it didn’t take long to see that Kevin Durant was [...]

Warriors Secret Shuffle Amid Their Scuffle By: Avi Tyagi The Warriors have been slumping for a while now. Since their outstanding Christmas Day victory over the Suns, they have a Cleaning the Glass + 0.8 net rating [...]

By: Jackson Kowalski The Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns sit at the top of their respective divisions as of March 28, 2022. Jayson Tatum and Devin Booker, alike, have led their teams to these positions and have [...]

By: Devin Zanskas     1. Phoenix Suns The injury bug has come around to Phoenix, and fans are referring to it as “CP3 getting his injury out of the way before the playoffs”. That’s okay though [...]

Midseason Rookie Report - 3/16 By: Avi Tyagi Full disclosure: there were so many options in this class for these spots, I carefully considered at least 10 viable names here. The selected group is a mix of [...]

Midseason Rookie Report - 3/1 By: Avi Tyagi This class really doesn’t need much of an introduction. It’s always had the hype surrounding it and remarkably, there are so many good, helpful rookies already. The depth in [...]

Power Rankings - 2/26 By: Devin Zanskas Phoenix Suns Phil Jackson said that a team that reaches 40 wins before 20 losses can win a championship. Does losing less than 10 games before winning 40 mean one [...]

Trade Deadline Big Picture Takeaways - Eastern Conference By: Avi Tyagi As before, I’ll split this column into multiple categories. The Harden trade and the two teams making it get their own piece. The Kings are not [...]