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Cameron Menzies revealed he has “lost feeling in my fingers” after punching a table following defeat to Charlie Manby at the World Darts Championship.
Charles Leclerc topped the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing with a blistering lap to underline Ferrari’s status as genuine contenders for the opening races of 2026.
Mikel Arteta has encouraged Arsenal to “show what they are made of” in Sunday’s north London derby against Spurs as they aim to bounce back from their draw with Wolves.
Watch the highlights of the third day of the second Bahrain pre-season Test.
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Could edge rusher Maxx Crosby get traded this offseason? Where could he land? And what might the Raiders get for him? Let’s project his market.
FEATURES OF THE DAY
Game Night Observations: The Return of Championship Belief and Cleveland’s Ideal Starting Five
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot
PODCAST: Kings Rookie Report and 2026 NBA Draft Preview
Ray LeBov/Nick Agar-Johnson, Kings Weekly Podcast
The Flaw of the 40–20 Rule in the Modern NBA
Omar Zahran, Medium
NBA Power Rankings
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
Pre-Agency: February is the New July. How teams are using the Trade Deadline as an early Free Agency window
Jonas Plaut, The Cap Crunch
How can the NBA fix tanking?
John Hollinger, The Athletic
Addressing tanking incentives
Michael Hendricks, All Fields
The PHI-OKC Trade
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
The ‘Sophomore’ Ladder: Stephon Castle leads the way
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
Swarming Hornets, the malleable Pistons and more NBA trends
Fred Katz, The Athletic
ATL: Hawks best 76ers in first game back from All-Star break
Lauren Williams, AJC
BOS: 10 takeaways from Boston dissecting Warriors pressure
Azad Rosay, Celtics Blog
BOS: Celtics’ changes put in focus by matchup with Al Horford, Kristaps Porziņģis
Jay King, The Athletic
BOS: The Warriors rolled the dice with a little-used defensive scheme, but it wasn’t enough to slow down the Celtics
Adam Taylor, Celtics Chronicle
CHA: Missing 2 of their starters, Hornets can’t survive a Kevin Durant Master Class
Evan Hale, Every Hornets Boxscore
CHI: 3 takeaways from Bulls’ 7th straight loss
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune
CHI: Jaden Ivey Sends Powerful Message After Surprising DNP
Keith Watkins, heavy
CLE: Game Night Observations: The Return of Championship Belief and Cleveland’s Ideal Starting Five
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot
CLE: 7 Takeaways from another strong Jarrett Allen performance in Cavs win over Nets
Jackson Flickinger, Fear The Sword
FEATURES OF THE DAY
PODCAST: State of the Kings
Ray LeBov/Nick Agar-Johnson, Kings Weekly Podcast
Meet the NBA’s Surging New Superstar, Cade Cunningham
Matthew Roberson, GQ
58 days to the NBA playoffs: What to watch
David Thorpe, True Hoop
NBA upcoming offseason storylines
Bobby Marks, ESPN
58 days to the NBA playoffs: What to watch
David Thorpe, True Hoop
The Seven Most Fascinating NBA Teams to Watch Through the Stretch Run of the Season
Sports Illustrated
Five biggest things to watch as NBA resumes for sprint to finish
Kurt Helin, NBC Sports
NBA Rookie Rankings: This class runs deep behind Cooper Flagg
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
9 NBA teams that can win the 2026 Finals
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
9 NBA teams who can realistically win the 2026 title
Robert Zeglinski, USA Today
1 weakness each contender needs to fix before the NBA Playoffs
Eamon Cassels, Fansided
The Clippers investigation, Giannis, LeBron and more
Sam Amick, The Athletic
How tanking impacts NBA playoffs
John Hollinger, The Athletic
16 questions for the stretch run
Zach Harper, The Athletic
Fan’s Guide to Enjoying the Rest of the 2025–26 NBA Season
Liam McKeone, Sports Illustrated
NBA upcoming offseason storylines
Bobby Marks, ESPN
NBA Future of the Franchise Rankings III
Nate Silver/Joseph George/Jeremias Englemann, Silver Bulletin
Jaylen Brown, Draymond Green and what the NBA gets wrong about ‘next man up’
Joe Boylan, The Athletic
In the NBA, the same problem happens time and again. Contractual obligations, team hierarchy and rapid coaching turnover all play a role in limiting new opportunities. When teams make big, long-term investments, there is an expectation for collaboration and patience from the coach.
Within the team, personalities, experience and salary play into who gets to play free. And most coaches are trying to squeeze out every win, which limits their patience with players who need time to grow.
In the NBA, most organizations say they value development but behave in ways that actively suppress it. They stabilize rotations too early. They define roles too narrowly. They mistake order for effectiveness
BOS: Biggest questions facing Celtics in return from NBA All-Star break
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
BOS: From Tatum’s reintegration to Brown’s growth: Sam Cassell breaks down Celtics’ roster
Bobby Krivitsky, Fansided
CHA: Hornets Return From All-Star Break With Identity Intact and Hunger Growing
Will Eudy, The Eudy Report
DAL: Q & A: Max Christie
Mark Medina, Essentially Sports
The rest of the team-specific stories as well as draft-related items follow for paid subscribers
BOS: Celtics roster evaluation, Part 2: A closer look at the starters
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
CHI: Rob Dillingham is getting second chance with Bulls, but for how long?
Joe Cowley, Sun*Times
CLE: Jarrett Allen could be the unlikely X-factor who defines the Cavs’ championship ceiling
Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
CLE: Cavs’ championship window is now, but are their latest trades enough for an NBA title?
Jimmy Watkins/Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
CLE: Donovan Mitchell diary: ‘This team is going to be special’ with James Harden
Marc J. Spears, Andscape
GSW: The 4 biggest questions facing Warriors after NBA All-Star break
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News
GSW: Post-All-Star break could be fun for Warriors team devoid of playoff expectations
Nick Friedell, The Athletic
IND: Q & A: Kobe Brown
Tony East, Circle City Spin
LAL: Lakers Lineups Deep Dive: A Testing Ground for the Summer Rebuild
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball
NOP: Saddiq Bey: The Throw-In Who Became a Closer
Shamit Dua, In The N.O.
NYK: The Triumphant, Transformational Power of Jalen Brunson
Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair
The rest of the team-specific stories as well as leaguewide- and draft-related stories follow for paid subscribers. And a Doug Moe Memorial
ATL: A flurry of trades at the deadline seems to bode well for franchise’s long-term future
Ken Sugiura, AJC
BKN: The Nets are on notice for their tanking ways, but they can’t let the NBA’s threats stop them
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BOS: Celtics roster evaluation, Part 1: A closer look at the bench heading into the second half of the season
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
BOS: Just three games with the Celtics and Nikola Vučević is making some noise
Mark Aboyoun, SBNation
CLE: Where Cleveland fits in the playoff race after trade deadline
Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
CLE: The Cavs are facing multiple decisions with Dean Wade
Caleb Crowley, Fansided
DEN: The Disturbing Truth About Denver’s Defense
Matt Moore, Hardwood Paroxysm/The Denver Dig
DET: From 14 Wins to NBA Title Contender: How the Pistons Found Their Identity
Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated
The rest of the team-specific stories as well as leaguewide- & draft-related items follow for paid subscribers
FEATURES OF THE DAY
If the NBA is serious about looking at everything to end tanking … it’s about time
David Aldridge, The Athletic
Thank you, Victor Wembanyama, for a fantastic All-Star Game
Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Daily News
50+ Games In, Who Are the Best Offenses + Defenses in the NBA?
Isiah Christie, Title Runners
12 Reasons Why The NBA Needs an Etsy Witch as Commissioner
Madeline Hill, Impersonal Foul
30 Things I’ll Be Watching On League Pass
Jared Dubin, Last Night, In Basketball
The buzz at NBA All-Star Weekend: What players, coaches and execs were talking about
The Athletic
NBA All-Star is fun again? First-of-its-kind format leads to surprisingly competitive event
Joe Vardon, The Athletic
Tremulous to solid, cool to warm
Katie Heidnl, Basketball Feelings
NBA Power Rankings post-All-Star Break: A new No. 1 entering the second half
Law Murray, The Athletic
The NBA All-Star format was a win. Can it get people to care again?
Zach Harper, The Athletic
NBA All-Star Weekend still needs some fixes. Here are 5 ways to do it
Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic
BOS: Three statistical paradoxes that define the Celtics’ overachieving season
Azad Rosay, Celtics Blog
BOS: Jayson Tatum comeback? What doctors, history say about Achilles rehab
Souichi Terada, Masslive.com
DAL: How did Cooper Flagg, Mavericks grade out in first half of 2025-26 NBA season?
Mike Curtis, Morning News
LAC: Kawhi Leonard reminding the NBA he’s not done being elite
Janis Carr, OC Register
MEM: Daydream 2026 NBA Draft Outcomes for Grizzlies
Ryan Kaminski, Sports Illustrated
NYK: This is the deepest Knicks team of the century
Kristian Winfield, Daily News
NYK: Mitchell Robinson Perfectly Complements KAT
Jayesh Pagar, Sports Illustrated
OKC: Jared McCain bids farewell to Philly and embraces the next chapter in OKC
Christopher Kline, Fansided
OKC: The Thunder turned picks into monopoly power
Rafal Fabianowicz
BI note: The (only?) solution – clone Sam Presti – is not feasible (yet)
POR: Scoot Henderson is showcasing his upside
Eamon Cassels, Fansided
POR: Damian Lillard Won All-Star Weekend
Sean Highkin, Rose Garden Report
SAS: The Spurs at the All-Star Break
Paul Garcia, The Spot Up Shot
SAS: Why the Spurs would ‘run through walls’ for Mitch Johnson
Tom Orsborn, Express News
SAS: Rebuilds in the NBA always come with unfortunate casualties: why Jeremy Sochan had to become one of them
Matthew Tynan, Corporate Knowledge
Sleeper Prospects of the Week
Stephen Gillaspie, No Ceilings
Scouting Report: Michigan Forward Yaxel Lendeborg
Derek Parker, Sports Illustrated
Bennett Stirtz Game has Transitioned Seamlessly to the Big 10 and Cemented his First Round Status
Bryce Simon, Game Theory
Daydream 2026 NBA Draft Outcomes for Grizzlies
Ryan Kaminski, Sports Illustrated
Midterms: Checking in On Preseason Title Favorites
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
Tanks A Lot: An Analysis of NBA Season’s Race to The Bottom
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
To quantify which teams are looking the tankiest this season, I’ve put together what I call the Balanced Tank Index, or BTI for short. It takes into account how often and how strongly a team plays suspicious rotations, showcases game-flow patterns, and “rests” players, while also ensuring that teams aren’t penalized for simply being rife with injuries or bad luck.
Before we talk about any other team, we have to talk about the Kings. The Kings have a BTI of 2.657, which is not only the worst this season, but it out-tanks the 76ers’ year from last season.
…against the Clippers on February 6th, Sacramento led by 3 at the start of the fourth, only to go and lose the game. Crucially,(DeRozan, Lavine, Westbrook and Achiuwa had major) core minute drops.
And in DeRozan and Westbrook’s cases, they were just taken out of the game entirely for the fourth quarter, resulting in the 3-point lead going away instantly. Oh, and Dylan Cardwell (who I think has become a really good role player but is certainly not a full-time starter yet) played the entire 4th quarter with Nique Clifford. That, my friends, is a tank.
Other games have worked similarly. They usually don’t pull all players, but they’ll pull a crucial one at an inopportune time, such as Domantas Sabonis or the surprisingly winning rookie Maxime Raynaud.
Combine that with the already-bad record this team has, and you get a tanky team.
The NBA is trying something new for the All-Star Game … again. Here’s how it all works
Ian Levy, Fansided
Adam Silver: ‘Every possible remedy’ on table to stop tanking
Joe Vardon, The Athletic
NBA’s marquee event now all about the league’s issues
Kelly Iko, Yahoo Sports
NBPA elects David Kelly as union’s next executive director
Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic
Adam Silver details NBA Europe launch plan with possible $1 billion expansion fees
Michael Duarte, NY Post
An empty NBA All-Star Saturday shows what happens when sporting events become too corporate
Jason Jones, The Athletic
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The beauty of the NBA is found in the way a player’s individual talent can have a foundational impact on how the game is expressed. The league is a museum, the players the artists providing the works on display. And as such, exhibits come and go—some leaving more indelible impressions than others.
Chris Paul is one such artist. A player who exemplified the notion of a point guard in its truest form.
Playmaker. Defender. Competitor. Leader. Paul was the type of player that coaches loved—until they didn’t—and opponents always loathed but respected.
His career is a testament to a player whose tenacity and will to win drove him to play an astonishing 21 seasons, including all 82 games just last year—an underrated accomplishment in a career full of them, especially for a player who struggled with health issues in his early thirties.
Paul, of course, didn’t get to go out on his own terms in the way we hope for with the game’s legends, but he still gets to go out as a great.
Shuttering the exhibit the way the Clippers did felt ignominious, but it in no way tarnishes a career that deserves all the praise.
Chris Paul’s journey, from ‘Lob City’ to ‘Point God,’ outshines his quiet exit
Fred Katz, The Athletic
chris paul retired because he couldn’t stop being chris paul
bang!
FEATURES OF THE DAY
Tanks A Lot: An Analysis of NBA Season’s Race to The Bottom
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
Meet Your All-Stars
Chris Gunther, Charting Hoops
With Chris Paul’s retirement, is the era of true point guards coming to a close in the NBA?
Wine and Gold Podcast, Cleveland.com
The One-on-One Tournament That Could Save NBA All-Star
Isaac Levy-Rubinett, The Ringer
NBA All-Star 3-point contest turns 40: What we love, and what we’d like to see again
David Aldridge/Mirin Fader/Jason Jones/Damon Sayles, The Athletic
James Harden’s frenzies, Jaden Ivey’s second chance and more NBA trends I’m watching
Fred Katz, The Athletic
ATL: Hawks’ Jalen Johnson did what it took to make plan A work
Lauren Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BOS: Derrick White Propaganda
Garrison Giddens, Giddhoops
BOS: 4 takeaways as Celtics crush Bulls as trade addition shines against old team
Brian Robb, Masslive.com
BOS: 10 Celtics stats that should show encouragement and discouragement entering All-Star break
Conor Roche, Boston.com
CHA: Grading Charles Lee at the Mid-Season(ish) Point: How has the Charlotte Hornets’ Head Coach Performed?
Matt Alquiza, SI.com
CLE: The big trades, Jarrett ‘Wilt’ Allen & rise of the Cavs – Terry Pluto Scribbles
Terry Pluto, Cleveland.com
The Cavs are 9-4 without Mobley this season. In those 13 games, Allen is averaging 19 points and 9.3 rebounds. When fans and some media members want to trade Allen, consider how the Cavs would be without him when Mobley is hurt. The 6-foot-10 Allen is their only other starter-level big man.
CLE: Kenny Atkinson faces crucial balancing act to maximize Harden-Mitchell duo
Svyatoslav Rovenchuk, King James Gospel
The NBA’s 9 most important questions for the rest of this regular season
Tim Cato, Go PHNX
Done with the dunk: Mac McClung’s quest for full-fledged NBA recognition
Anthony Olivieri, ESPN
Inside the NBA’s relationship with the firm that investigates its biggest scandals
Joe Vardon/Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic
Language of basketball: How international NBA players think about the game
Tim MacMahon, ESPN
James Harden’s frenzies, Jaden Ivey’s second chance and more NBA trends
Fred Katz, The Athletic
Checking in with the Aussies (and Kiwi) in the NBA at the All-Star break
Olgun Uluc, ESPN
NBA Power Rankings and Post-All-Star Break Goals
Andy Bailey, Bleacher Report
The NBA should move to finally fix tanking
Eric Koreen, The Athletic
Richie Saunders and the Power of Visualization
Jamaill Hines, No Ceilings
BKN: Nolan Traoré’s Emergence for the Nets has Come Faster Than Many Expected
Colin Simmons, Sports Illustrated
BOS: One thought on each Celtics player at NBA All-Star break
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
BOS: Nikola Vučević, from Bulls to Celtics, adjusting to new roles and new environment
Joel Lorenzi, The Athletic
CHA: Why the surging Hornets could be here to stay
Kelly Iko, Yahoo Sports
GSW: Warriors try hard but run out of talent versus Spurs
Duncan, Dub Nation HQ
GSW: Warriors ready for “totally different ball club” with 30 and Porzingis
Poor Man’s Commish, Let’s Go Warriors
IND: Micah Potter is proving himself with the Pacers
Elie Deglaoui, 8 Points, 9 Seconds
IND: General Manager Chad Buchanan Breaks Down Pacers Ivicu Zubac Trade, Direction
Tony East, Forbes
IND: How the Pacers plan to use Ivica Zubac
Dustin Dopirak, Indy Star
LAC: Yanic Konan Niederhauser ‘hyped’ for Rising Stars Challenge
Janis Carr, OC Register
MEM: Grizzlies Rebuild Study Guide
Parker Fleming, Subtskalidis
As the Memphis Grizzlies embark on a younger build, here’s a crash course on the various elements of a rebuild from draft picks, to young cores, to traded player exceptions and more
FEATURE OF THE DAY
Keeping Keon Ellis is an obvious offseason goal for the Cavaliers
Caleb Crowley, King James Gospel
Report Card Grades for Each NBA Team’s Rookie Class
Greg Swartz, Bleacher Report
Examining the Ivica Zubac Trade Package
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
why the Pacers paid a big price for him, why the Clippers had to accept their offer, and how the trade impacts the NBA’s tanking crisis
Does the NBA need ‘new system’ to disincentivize tanking?
Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated
2026 NBA draft big board rankings: Top 100 prospects
Jeremy Woo, ESPN
NBA mock draft 2026
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
Prospect Spotlight: Darius Acuff Jr.
Stephen Gillaspie, No Ceilings
Evaluating Florida’s Thomas Haugh.
Derek Parker, Sports Illustrated
Note: Some iterations of this story had an incorrect headline. We don’t know if or how SI will be fixing that – the link that we have provided might ultimately be to the different story that was teased. We’re proceeding as if it will continue to the Haugh scout.
Ex-Sonics coach George Karl says Prime Video series validates ABA
Mike Gastineau, Seattle Times
BKN: Common Ground For Nets Stretch Run
Steve Lichtenstein
BOS: Celtics cruise into NBA All-Star break with beatdown of Bulls
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
BOS: It Took One Practice For Nikola Vucevic To Get Comfortable And Bury His Former Team
John Karalis, Sports Illustrated
CHA: Hornets leg it out in a very important victory for their postseason hopes
Doug Branson, Every Hornets Boxscore
CHA: Kon artistry: Knueppel has become a rookie star for Charlotte Hornets
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
CLE: Keeping Keon Ellis is an obvious offseason goal for the Cavaliers
Caleb Crowley, King James Gospel
CLE: Game Night Observations: Sam Merrill’s Heater, Home Debuts and a Good Reset
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot
The Cavs go into the NBA All-Star break as the league’s hottest team.
CLE: Can the Cavs keep Jarrett Allen’s dominance going once Evan Mobley returns?
Jimmy Watkins, cleveland.com
DAL: How Cooper Flagg reset Mavs after Davis-Doncic trade
Tim MacMahon, ESPN
DET: Close-knit Pistons soar into the All-Star break with East’s best record
Hunter Patterson, The Athletic
DET: Are the Pistons Built for the Playoffs?
Nevin Brown, Above The Break
The Pistons might not deserve our trust completely, but they deserve more than they’re getting. There are more reasons to believe in them than not, and the real question is, why do you trust anyone else more? Until you can answer that, you should probably ride with the best team in the Conference.
FEATURES OF THE DAY
Inside the ugly split between Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors
Anthony Slater, ESPN
washington traded for hope and told it to rehab in dallas
bang!
Some of NBA’s best players are ineligible for major awards because of rule that needs to change
Melissa Rohlin, NY Post
CHI: Does Billy Donovan want to coach a rebuild? With the Chicago Bulls, he won’t have any other choice.
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune
CLE: Jarrett Allen is quickly realizing the best part about playing with James Harden
Eamon Cassels, Fansided
CLE: Thoughts on James Harden’s latest trade.
Kylie Cheung, Basketball Feelings
CLE: Inside the Cavs’ talent pipeline that turned undrafted players into contributors
Chris Fedor/Jimmy Watkins, cleveland.com
GSW: Inside the ugly split between Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors
Anthony Slater, ESPN
GSW: NBA’s tanking topic isn’t easy for Steve Kerr: ‘It’s not good for the fans’
Nick Friedell, The Athletic
GSW: Gui Santos and the art of conformance
Punk Basketball, Dub Nation HQ
GSW: Warriors are heading closer to All-Star break with some good mojo after beating Grizzlies
Daniel Hardee, Dub Nation HQ
Let’s be clear about what the Warriors acquired: a seven-foot-three floor-spacing big who, when healthy, gives them the exact archetype they’ve chased for years. Ya know, rim protection without sacrificing spacing, size without clogging Steph’s gravity. Porzingis hasn’t suited up yet and the fit is theoretical for now. And that’s the gamble.
The Warriors are betting that his talent, even with availability questions, is worth more than Kuminga’s long-term upside in a system that never quite found a stable role for him. They’re betting that Steph’s window is measured in months, not seasons. They’re betting that fit matters more than projection.
There’s a version of this story where Jonathan Kuminga becomes an All-Star in Atlanta, and every time the Warriors visit, someone pulls up the highlight reel and asks why they gave up too soon. There’s also a version where the flashes remain flashes, where potential never quite hardens into consistency.
We won’t know for years which version is true. What we know right now is that the fit wasn’t clean. Steve Kerr wanted connective tissue while Kuminga wanted expansion. Neither vision was unreasonable. They just didn’t align cleanly with Steph Curry’s timeline.
IND: How It Happened: inside Indiana’s acquisition of Ivica Zubac
Jake Fischer, The Stein Line
IND: Pacers beat Knicks in game with 39 lead changes
Dustin Dopirak, Indy Star
IND: Are the Pacers better off with Ivica Zubac than Myles Turner?
Dustin Dopirak, Indy Star
LAL: Observations: Game 53 vs Spurs
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball
LAL: Wembanyama scores season-high 40 as Spurs bury depleted Lakers
Benjamin Royerm OC Register
LAL: Luka Doncic as a Laker: What we’ve seen a year in and what’s next
Kevin Pelton, ESPN
LAL: Q & A: Austin Reaves
Franlyn Calle, SLAM
MIN: Consistency of effort is biggest ‘x’ factor for how far team will go
Britt Robson, MINNPOST
MIN: The Timberwolves Have A Lot Of Horsepower But No Rudder
Tom Schreier, Zone Coverage
MIN: Nickeil Alexander-Walker appreciates the love from Minnesota
Chris Hine, Star Tribune
NYK: The Knicks’ most annoying loss in quite some time
Jonathan Macri, Knicks Film School
NYK: Takeaways from loss to Pacers
Tommy Beer, Knicks Centric
PHX: Suns snap 2-game skid
Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic
PHX: Suns avoid meltdown, hold on for win over Mavericks
Kellan Olson, Arizona Sports
SAS: 3 takeaways as Victor Wembanyama goes nuclear in Hollywood
Jeff McDonald, Express News
TOR: Raptors GM says ‘there’s no preferred route’ to building next Toronto contender
Eric Koreen, The Athletic
WAS: washington traded for hope and told it to rehab in dallas
bang!
the washington wizards traded for two all-stars in six weeks and got worse. this was the plan.
trae young arrived from atlanta in january. he has not played a minute in a wizards uniform. anthony davis arrived from dallas on february 5. within days he was sent back to texas to rehab a hand injury, with a groin strain nobody mentioned until after the trade cleared. the wizards are 14-38. they rested alex sarr, kyshawn george and bilal coulibaly against brooklyn last saturday, played will riley and jamir watkins a combined 90 minutes, and lost by 34. riley scored 27 points. nobody in the building seemed to notice.
these are the actions of a franchise in full retreat. these are also the actions of a franchise that just committed roughly $107 million in salary for next season to two players who have never shared a practice court.
WAS: Alex Sarr film study: ‘You’ve got to be a little bit different to be great’
Josh Robbins, The Athletic
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