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The dust has settled on the 2025 NBA offseason, and with training camps just around the corner, it’s time for our annual tradition — The Hoop Doctors’ NBA Power Rankings. From blockbuster trades to surprising draft picks and breakout playoff performances, every team’s outlook has shifted since the final buzzer of last season. Some franchises … Read more
Getty Images The first round of the 2025 NBA Draft begins Wednesday night in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center, with the Dallas Mavericks currently holding the No. 1 overall pick. The draft will be a two-day format for the second consecutive year, with the second round set for Thursday. It’s been just over a month … Read more
The Houston Rockets won 52 games in the 2024-25 season, 30 more than they did two seasons prior. The Detroit Pistons, who went 44-38 in the East, weren’t quite as successful, but their 30-game jump took place in just one year, as they were a dismal 14-68 in 2023-24. In both cases, the leap occurred … Read more
Getty Images Kyrie Irving is declining his $42.9 million player option for the 2025-26 season with the Dallas Mavericks and instead planning to sign a three-year, $119 million extension with the franchise, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. That new deal can’t be officially agreed upon until July 6. With Irving expected to miss a significant chunk … Read more
Dallas Mavericks All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is declining his $43 million player option and intends to sign a three-year, $119 million contract with the franchise, sources told ESPN. Mavericks officials and Irving’s agent, Shetellia Riley Irving, negotiated the new deal that keeps Irving out of free agency and in Dallas long term. The new deal … Read more
Rutgers forward Ace Bailey is considered to be a top-five prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft, but if he is selected that high remains to be seen. The 18-year-old star that CBS Sports compares to Brandon Ingram as a prospect is the only U.S.-based prospect that has not worked out for any teams prior to … Read more
The NBA added to its list of individual player awards multiple times over the last decade, most recently in 2023 when it adopted the Clutch Player of the Year award. LeBron James suggested the league could benefit from a new honor modeled after the NFL’s approach with the introduction of an Offensive Player of the … Read more
The Boston Celtics have made their second significant trade in as many days. Less than a day after sending Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers, they have dealt Kristaps Porziņģis and a second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks. The deal sends Terence Mann and the No. 22 pick to the Brooklyn Nets, while Georges … Read more
Had Cooper Flagg been born 10 days later, someone else would be hearing their name called as the No. 1 overall pick in Wednesday night’s NBA Draft. But because he arrived in late December 2006 instead of early January, the 18-year old phenom snuck in just in time to be eligible for the 2025 … Read more
The Boston Celtics are trading Kristaps Porziņģis to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a three-team trade with the Brooklyn Nets, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Atlanta will receive Porziņģis and a second, while the Celtics are getting back forward Georges Niang and a second-round pick. The Nets, who helped facilitate the deal, will receive forward Terance Mann … Read more
The biggest domino of the 2025 NBA offseason has fallen. Kevin Durant has a new home with the Houston Rockets. For now, it seems as though the other true superstar that might have been on the market, Giannis Antetokounmpo, is staying put with the Milwaukee Bucks. The draft hasn’t even started yet and we’ve seemingly … Read more
One of the biggest storylines ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft is where Rutgers star forward Ace Bailey lands among the first few picks. Bailey once projected as a shoo-in to be selected after Duke’s Cooper Flagg and Rutgers’ Dylan Harper — no matter who had the No. 3 pick — but that might no … Read more