Raptors executive Masai Ujiri once said that change is good. He must believe that because the team has changed drastically. In the last two seasons, they lost Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, and coach Nick Nurse. That is quite a transformation.
Coach Chauncey Billups joined the Portland Trail Blazers back in 2021, and four years later, the team has yet to reach the NBA Playoffs.
With every season that passes, the Big Three era of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden slips further away. Yes, a decent scorer arrived in the form of Mikal Bridges, but even he is no longer with the Nets.
While the Spurs’ season was gloomy, fans can always look back at the bright spots while hoping for a better tomorrow.
This season was all about the arrival of Paul George and whether the 76ers could finally get past the second round of the NBA Playoffs in the Joel Embiid era.
Losing is nothing new for the Charlotte Hornets. They have a losing record in eight of the last nine seasons. Key players missed games due to injuries and no one could step up to take their places. We now know that they have little depth and that, right now, is the main problem.
If you think that Washington’s team is always in a never-ending cycle of rebuilding, you might be right. The Wizards have been near the bottom of the NBA for a few years now and no one is expecting anything from them anymore.
The New Orleans Pelicans became the second team to be eliminated from postseason contention, just a few days after the Utah Jazz were eliminated. The silver lining? They weren’t the first, and that had to provide some relief to their fanbase.
On March 10, the Utah Jazz found themselves at the bottom of the standings with a mark before their name — a mark you earn when you’re eliminated from postseason contention.
After the much-needed NBA All-Star Break, the race for the postseason is on every fan’s mind. We have at least six weeks to track those up-and-down movements in the NBA standings before the Play-In Tournament starts.
The NBA trade deadline came and left like a tornado. The damage? Just a bunch of players who were scattered all over the NBA map. A lot of big names were included in those unexpected deals that left us in a state of shock.
Jimmy Butler’s seven-game suspension was one of the biggest headlines in the NBA this month. All in all, Butler was away from his Miami Heat teammates for at least 13 days, which doesn’t even include the time he’ll miss after being suspended a second time.
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