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A handful of NBA personnel facing make-or-break seasons in 2019-20 may simply require fresh starts by October 2020. Others, however, are battling for their NBA lives during what should be the most competitive season of the past decade.
20 games to mark on the 2019-20 NBA schedule
Circle these dates, and cancel any plans. We’ve found reasons to get hyped about the 2019-20 NBA schedule, from the opening evening through the regular season's final night.
Five contenders for each NBA award
The uncertainty hovering over the Association makes predicting 2019-20 award winners a chore, if only because so much about both conferences will change before March.
Top 50 players in the NBA for the 2019-20 season
Most years, a 24-year-old unicorn dethroning the man who reigned as the NBA’s king for a decade would be the main talking point regarding a list of the league’s best players.
Ranking the top 25 centers for the 2019-20 NBA season
Those who aren’t all-around technically sound basketball players still find homes in the Association because of what they can offer on offense or defense, but they’ve either been leapfrogged on the list of the top centers in the NBA for 2019-20 or omitted entirely.
Ranking the top 25 forwards in the NBA for the 2019-20 season
The league’s top player sits at a forward position on a depth chart. Will that be the case for all of the 2020s?
Ranking the top 25 guards in the NBA for the 2019-20 season
The days of the pure point guard are obsolete, as athletes asked to play either of the guard positions are required to distribute the ball to teammates and also cash in on long-range attempts.
One under-the-radar player to watch from every NBA team
None of the players spotlighted here will compete for MVP honors. With that said, it’s possible one could hang in the Rookie of the Year conversation through the spring, and a few others may become legitimate Sixth Man of the Year candidates by the end of February.
The best 25 NBA players under 25 for 2019-20
Perhaps the scariest thing for those proven champions is none of the players near or at the top of this list have yet reached their ceilings, and that includes a certain Freak...
10 NBA training camp position battles to watch
While some clubs are already looking beyond the upcoming season and planning for the 2020s, others need training camp to solidify lineups and rotations as they prepare for the grueling playoff schedule.
Biggest question for each NBA team before training camp begins
The race toward the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy is as wide-open as it has ever been and that has many fans counting down the days until the new season tips off.
15 NBA players who could be on the move next season
The dust has settled, and things around the NBA have quieted dramatically following a wild July that seemingly gave fans and observers new transactions and unique rumors every day.
10 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates
March Madness standout Ja Morant, drafted second overall by the rebuilding Memphis Grizzlies, is going to turn the ball over the first couple of months of the season...a lot. But he has crazy skills. He's in the ROY mix along with these other nine players.
10 free agents who can help NBA teams
So who are the free agents most able to help an NBA team?
Grading the offseason for every NBA team
After a wild summer of transactions and free-agent signings, NBA news has slowed. The league seems as wide open as ever, with eight teams appearing to have a shot at the title. Let's grade the offseasons of the 30 teams.
Post NBA free-agency power rankings
Even the clubs atop NBA power rankings in August could be two summers away from losing All-Stars and tumbling down lists. For better or worse, the Association grows more unpredictable with each year.
The best move every NBA team made this offseason
Former and current MVPs changed basketball home addresses. Fringe postseason teams and clubs that missed the playoffs became contenders. Power shifted back to the Western Conference during the dog days of summer, but as we saw this past June, that means little on the game's largest stage.
A way-too-early look at the 2020 NBA free-agent class
The NBA offseason rarely disappoints. For fans of teams out of a championship hunt by Groundhog Day, the summer truly is the best time on the basketball calendar, and the post-Finals portion of 2019 has, thus far, been as captivating as advertised.
Great players who became bad executives
History has shown building championship-caliber rosters can be more difficult than winning on playing surfaces. Couple that with a lack of patience among owners and fans, and it's easy to comprehend why so many tremendous players don't make it as execs.
Great players who became great executives
Red Auerbach, Bill Belichick, Brian Cashman, Sam Pollock and Jose Mourinho are all respected as some of the brightest sports minds of their generations. Not one of them is remembered for anything they achieved as an amateur or professional athlete.
FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinals takeaways and power rankings
This World Cup is the United States' to lose.
20 potential NBA free-agent bargains
A franchise won't build a championship roster around the potential free agent bargains mentioned here. Any one of them could, however, become a pivotal piece for a title challenger.
The top 50 NBA free agents
Can the Toronto Raptors convince the reigning NBA Finals MVP that life in Canada is better than what he'd find in California? What happens with a different MVP currently rehabbing from injury? Answers to these and other questions should make the so-called offseason the best part of the NBA calendar year once again.
Post Round of 16 FIFA Women's World Cup power rankings
it's only fitting that power rankings for a European-dominated World Cup feature the continent's best team at the head of the pack with only three results separating one of the last eight from immortality.
Women's World Cup knockout stage power rankings
Yes, the favorites positioned themselves on the more troublesome side of the bracket by toppling Sweden on June 20, but the tournament remains theirs to win. Surviving either Brazil or France in the quarterfinals could be all that stands between the U.S. and an inevitable conclusion to another Final.
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