I wholeheartedly believe the NBA community took LeBron James going to 8 straight Finals for granted. It takes a monumental effort to get there. The fact that it became routine is mind boggling. To this day he’s the most underrated competitor that’s ever played.
The Dallas Wings have defeated the past two WNBA champs, the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces, in consecutive games, the latter after trailing by 13
Jess Shepard finished with 22pts/20rebs/10asts, a statline no one else has achieved in W history
Paige Bueckers & Azzi Fudd (the latter in her first start) combined for 42pts
Jessica Shepard has 22 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists for her second triple-double of the season and third of her career. No player has ever put up these numbers in a WNBA game.
Osi Umenyiora played against the Tony Romo Dallas Cowboys, so I was curious for his thoughts on Romo overall.
He called him the best quarterback that they ever faced in that time. He was very specific that he was the best.
Some high praise.
Luka's now had two 34-8-8 seasons with 50+ wins and wasn't even close to winning MVP both times. He's the only player with a scoring title and most player of the month awards who didn't become MVP. He's done it twice! Don't tell me there's no anti Luka agenda among MVP voters.
Only 3 of the Top 8 players in MVP voting also earned a nomination for a Defensive Player of the Month award this season:
- LUKA DONCIC
- Kawhi Leonard
- Victor Wembanyama
He also averaged 34/8/8, won the Scoring Title and had ZERO first place votes 😂
Luka Doncic played through a chest contusion, a severe knee sprain, and ankle soreness during the 2024 playoffs and still played all 22 games and led Dallas to the Finals while visibly hobbled.
Awful take, @KendrickPerkins.
Luka playoff availability by year:
2020: Played in every playoff game
2021: Played in every playoff game
2022: Played in 15/18 playoff games
2023: Team missed playoffs
2024: Played in every playoff game
2025: Played in every playoff game
2026: Injured
JJ Redick’s first 2 seasons as the Lakers head coach:
50 wins in Year 1. 53 wins in Year 2. Top 4 in the West both times. First Lakers coach with back-to-back 50-win seasons since Phil Jackson. A 57-4 record when leading after 3 quarters.
He came in with zero coaching experience, inherited a roster riddled with injuries, navigated a mid-season franchise player trade, and still never dipped below the standard.
Everyone said he had no business being here. Two years later, he has proven everyone wrong.
The Dallas Stars were the 2nd best team in the Western Conference this season.
They should be playing the 7th best team in the 1st Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
They are instead playing the 3rd best team in the 1st Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Wild.
JJ Redick ABSOLUTELY deserves more respect around this league 💯
The Lakers won 53 games which was way more than every media outlet predicted, despite 4/5 starters playing less than 65 games
And now the Lakers are up 2-0 in the first round without Luka and Austin Reaves