The San Antonio Spurs weren’t expected to do much going into the 2020-2021 NBA season, and they didn’t. Gregg Popovich’s team won one more game in the regular season than they were expected to, finishing with a 33-39 record and making it into the new NBA Play-In Tournament. San Antonio, as the No. 10 seed, was quickly eliminated by No. 9 seed Memphis Grizzlies.
The Toronto Raptors went into the 2020-2021 NBA season with hopes of making the playoffs with Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam leading the way. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.
The New York Knicks are now trailing the Atlanta Hawks 2-1 in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, partly due to the lack of offense coming from RJ Barrett and Julius Randle. However, veteran guard, Derrick Rose is forcing Tom Thibodeau to insert him into the starting lineup for the rest of the series.
Kris Bryant is in the final year of his contract with the Chicago Cubs and with no extension talks happening between the two sides, it looks like Bryant will be traded at some point this season.
There was so much buzz before the New York Knicks took the floor for their Game 1 matchup against the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. But the Garden was as silent as a funeral after Atlanta’s point guard Trae Young hit the game-winning shot with 0.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Golden State Warriors have now missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season but it doesn’t mean they should “blow this team up”.
Head coach Steve Nash told the media on Friday that Harden and Joe Harris will not have any minutes restrictions on Saturday night in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Boston Celtics.
There are many players that have pressure on them entering this year’s NBA playoffs, but none have put more pressure on themselves than James Harden. He hasn’t captured the one thing that matters the most: a championship.
Dustin May will be undergoing Tommy John surgery after exiting his last start with elbow discomfort. He will miss the remainder of the 2021 season, which certainly tests the Dodgers’ starting pitching depth.
The New York Yankees began the season as the best team in the American League on paper but as you know, games aren’t played on paper. That hasn’t been the case in the early going as the Bombers are just 5-9 and dead last in the AL.
The San Diego Padres brought in three aces and improved their bullpen in preparation for a World Series run in 2021, but the Dodgers didn’t want to acknowledge that their Southern California rival is a legitimate threat to their World Series reign. Now, they officially have.
It is no secret that Gleyber Torres has struggled defensively at shortstop for the New York Yankees over the last couple of seasons. While fans might want to acquire one of the impending free agent stars, that idea wouldn’t quite work for the Yankees.
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