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NBA title contenders update: How much did Nets and Sixers improve at trade deadline? Which teams should have done more?

How big a talent upgrade did Philadelphia get? How scary is the Celtics' defense? What should we expect from the defending champ Bucks?

Bubble Watch: Rutgers is the new Providence. Tell your friends

After a disastrous first month of the season, Rutgers is somehow back in the NCAA Tournament picture.

NBA Power Rankings: After the NBA trade deadline, who got better and who got worse?

Zach Harper looks at each team's moves (and non-moves) and whether they improved or got worse.

Men’s college basketball rankings: Should Providence be in the top 10? Should Memphis be ranked?

Seth Davis ranks the top 25 teams in the country, with Gonzaga confirming its spot on top of the rankings.

In Memphis, The Show has become a fight just to stay in the fight

Clippers lament lack of physicality after Grizzlies dominate (again) and finish season sweep

How NBA’s trade landscape keeps shifting, and get on the Chet Holmgren train: Hollinger’s Week That Was

NBA Power Rankings: Raptors climb up playoff hopefuls tier, plus NBA trade deadline buyers and sellers

NBA 75: Which current and budding superstars are on their way to making the NBA 100?

Jovan Buha and John Hollinger

Transfer portal winners and losers in Group of 5, realignment updates, North Dakota State’s future and more: G5 mailbag

Cole Huff’s NBA Notebook: Why the Wizards are struggling, plus spotlighting some unheralded rookies like Ayo Dosunmu, Herb Jones

NBA Power Rankings: Sixers climb to brink of contention, plus All-Star locks and possibilities for all 30 teams

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January’s best NBA photos: 20 images you might have missed

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Bracket Watch: Kansas, UCLA or Wisconsin for the fourth No. 1 seed? And have the computers betrayed us?

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2022 NBA All-Star Game: Our voters on their picks (and non-picks) for East and West starters

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NBA 75: A history lesson on defense and ranking the 25 best defenders of all time

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Senior Bowl springboard: Illinois S Kerby Joseph and 15 other NFL prospects looking to ascend in Mobile

They aren't household college football names, but they are poised to become more prominent on NFL Draft boards with a big week in Mobile.

Bubble Watch: Penny Hardaway, Memphis and the problem with running out of time early

Who's a lock? Who should be in? Who has work to do? Eamonn Brennan breaks down the field for the 2022 NCAA Tournament.

What Blazers’ sudden surge means; scouting Bulls rookie Ayo Dosunmu, Memphis’ Jalen Duren: Hollinger’s Week That Was

Has Portland's glimpse at life without Damian Lillard changed its outlook on the future (and potential trades)?

NBA Power Rankings: Bucks jump Warriors in contenders tier, plus promising (and questionable) lineups for each team

Zach Harper examines the roster combinations have and haven't worked for all 30 teams so far this season.

Johnny Davis, Drew Timme or ??? … breaking down the amazing race for national player of the year: Hoop Thoughts

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Bubble Watch: The march begins toward the 2022 NCAA Tournament, with 8 teams already locked

Kansas, Gonzaga and Villanova are among the teams Eamonn Brennan says are safely headed to the NCAA Tournament.

NBA Power Rankings: Step aside, Warriors; the Suns are No. 1. Plus midseason grades for all 30 teams

Zach Harper looks back at his quarter-mark grades and preseason predictions while offering a midseason critique for every team.

Bracket Watch: Auburn and Arizona ascend to the No. 1 line, Miami is the new bubble buzzword

LSU and Texas Tech make big jumps, and Memphis is the first team out in our latest 68-team projected field.

Five observations: Klay Thompson impresses, but Warriors can’t contain Ja Morant in loss to Grizzlies

In 20 minutes Tuesday, Thompson had 14 points and three assists as he continues to work his way back with the Warriors.

NBA All-Star picks for 2022: From LeBron to Trae Young, who has earned a spot?

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