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What’s the point of these awful VR replays?

Thunder Dominate Game 7, and the Conference Finals Are Set. Full Previews, Plus a Look at Uncertain Offseasons With Howard Beck. The Zach Lowe Show · Episode

New Zach Lowe Show! Game 7 reaction, Nuggets future, conference finals mega-previews, Celtics dilemma, much more -- w/ @howardbeck.bsky.social:

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YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oimJ...

Second quarter point totals Celtics 17 Knicks 38

OH MY GOD THE KNICKS FETTY WAPPED THE CELTICS IN THE SECOND QUARTER

THIS IS THE GREATEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE

YouTube video by The Zach Lowe Show Game 7 Baby! OKC-Denver Breakdown With Andrew Schlecht, and a Warriors Postmortem With Logan Murdock

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Will the 2025 NBA Draft Be Top-Heavy With Trades? The Mavericks, Spurs, and Sixers own the top three picks, but maybe not for long. As wild as it sounds, all three teams could be incentivized to deal. “I can see it,” says an NBA exec.

A weird, wild NBA draft lottery left me (and some team execs) with a weird, maybe-not-so-wild thought: Could the three top picks all get traded?

My latest at The Ringer:

www.theringer.com/2025/05/15/n...

Wild how the next decade in the NBA changed in one night. Mavericks’ lottery uh, luck, Tatum injury drastically altering the landscape ahead.

The Cavs have a lot of good players. In theory, it's a good problem to have.

But that doesn’t change the reality of an offseason decision tree that has a lot more dead branches than promising buds in Cleveland.

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IT’S RIGGED

Simply put we need to import British announcers to college football to say things like "left now to rue his choice" about coaches named Chunk Perkins who called for a 47-yard field goal that missed by sixty feet instead of going for it on 4th and 1.

2025 NBA Playoffs Emergency Roundtable: What Is Happening? Are the Celtics cooked? Are the Cavs frauds? In honor of one of the wildest second rounds in recent memory, we are sizing up the biggest question at the heart of each series.

Reposting from The Ringer:

It's time for an emergency playoff roundtable!

www.theringer.com/2025/05/09/n...

HEY WHATS UP HELLOOOOOOO

What’s next for Lakers after first-round exit? LeBron’s future, the Dončić dilemma and more After a disappointing first-round exit and a season filled with fireworks, the Lakers enter the offseason with more questions than answers.

LeBron James' comment about Anthony Davis was eyebrow-raising considering the context.

His view of the roster, sources say, is part of his calculus this summer. More here on the Lakers' frustrating finish and their uncertain future, w/ @jovanbuha.bsky.social

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Can the Detroit Pistons Resist a Summer of Temptation? Detroit basketball is back. Now comes the hard part. Do the Pistons need to make a splashy move to take the next step? Or can they afford to stay patient?

DEEE-TROIT BASKETBALLLL is back. Now comes the hard part. Can the Pistons resist a summer of temptation?

New from me, at The Ringer:

www.theringer.com/2025/05/02/n...

Michael Johnson thinks track athletes should be better paid. Cue his global league, Grand Slam Track.

The Olympic great talks to @adamcrafton.bsky.social about how the league will provide a platform for world-class athletes to demonstrate their talents regularly.

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Full voting results for Most Improved Player:

Giannis Antetokounmpo trade destinations: Every team's chances of landing star after disappointing playoff exit | Sporting News Canada Ranking every team's chances of trading for Giannis this summer

I ranked every team's chances to trade for Giannis:

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Brand new Zach Lowe Show coming shortly hitting....everything -- with a brand new guest/brand new teammate. Very excited.

Huge Playoff Takeaways With Kirk Goldsberry, Plus a Deep Dive Into Wolves-Lakers With Jon Krawczynski Spotify video

New Zach Lowe Show! Hitting every series w/ Kirk Goldsberry, then Wolves-Lakers deep dive w/ @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social:

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YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABTR...

The Genius of Jokic To appreciate the Denver Nuggets’ generational star, you have to appreciate what truly separates him: his brain. “He’s probably the smartest player that’s ever played,” says Christian Braun.

Nikola Jokic is the smartest basketball player I’ve ever seen, so I spent most of this season working on a story that tries to explain every reason why:
www.theringer.com/2025/04/24/n...

Six Overreactions to the Opening Weekend of the NBA Playoffs Giannis Antetokounmpo is likely moving on, and Nico Harrison can breathe a sigh of relief. Here are six (somewhat irrational) takeaways from the NBA’s playoff openers.

I wrote about this a few days ago but the hitch in Franz Wagner's three-point shot is a big deal. He's 0-2 from deep so far: www.theringer.com/2025/04/21/n...

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Nice strikeout for Edwin Diaz but the velocity loss is concerning. Topping out at 95 today…

The bank-it-off-James-Harden's-ass buzzer beater had never been attempted before in am NBA game, and it turns out there was a reason for that.

Man good for the Pistons. I’m a NY fan so I’ll be rooting for the Knicks but that’s an awesome turn around story.

The Winners and Losers of the 2025 WNBA Draft Paige Bueckers? Pretty good pick. But what about the rest of the draft? We examine Seattle’s swing on Dominique Malonga, the unfortunate souls drafted by the Connecticut Sun, Unrivaled’s power move, a...

Paige Bueckers, Hailey Van Lith, Shyanne Sellers, the Golden State Valkyries and more winners and losers from the WNBA Draft:

www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/w...

Farewell to the Most Angsty NBA Season Ever This season has been one to forget. From a historic number of injuries to blatant tanking and brutal firings, here’s everything that went wrong during the 2024-25 season.

It's not just you. This just might be the most angsty, melancholy NBA season we've seen. I wrote about it:

www.theringer.com/2025/04/11/n...

New Mets hitting coordinator Daniel Nicolaisen has championship pedigree — in softball - The Athletic Nicolaisen has had a unique journey from Denmark to a job with the Mets, thanks to his ability to grasp and explain hitting concepts.

The Mets' new minor-league hitting coordinator has a championship pedigree -- in softball. And that's not the most remarkable part of his journey:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6271005/2025/04/11/mets-daniel-nicolaisen-hitting-coordinator-softball/