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2 weeks ago | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas
Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images Marilyn Dubinski: The fan of team-ball in me wants to say Haliburton, but he probably won’t ever quite reach MVP status, while SGA is proven MVP at this point with likely more to come. It also wouldn’t be accurate to say SGA is not team-oriented since he averaged a career-high 6.4 assists this season.
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3 weeks ago | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas
Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: The Thunder came out of the West because they’re the most well-rounded, versatile team. They finished the season 4th in offensive rating and 1st on defense for the best net rating (so it goes without saying that they can both score and defend). They addressed their weaknesses from last season by adding a perimeter stopper in Alex Caruso and a defensive-minded big man in Isaiah Hartenstein to take some pressure off Chet Holmgren.
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3 weeks ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas
Marilyn Dubinski: The Thunder came out of the West because they’re the most well-rounded, versatile team. They finished the season 4th in offensive rating and 1st on defense for the best net rating (so it goes without saying that they can both score and defend). They addressed their weaknesses from last season by adding a perimeter stopper in Alex Caruso and a defensive-minded big man in Isaiah Hartenstein to take some pressure off Chet Holmgren. Finally, they have the MVP to lead the way.
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1 month ago | 
loverugbyleague.com | Liam Byrne |Jacob Douglas |Adam Keighran |Christian Wade
Wigan Warriors look set to keep hold of Sam Eseh in 2026 after Matt Peet confirmed the prop, who is on loan at Hull, is not in fact off-contract this year. It’s big news for both the Warriors and the Black and Whites – the latter of whom were looking to potentially keep Eseh beyond the end of this season and a loan spell that is beginning to look fruitful. And Wigan don’t actually have a lot of star power coming off-contract at the end of this year at all. But what about beyond that?
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1 month ago | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas
David Banks-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: It will likely depend on where the Spurs feel they need the most help not just now, but in future seasons as well. Dylan Harper seems to be the consensus no. 2 after Flagg, and I’d be all over that pick if they hadn’t traded for Fox, but will he be redundant with Fox and Castle? The same could be said of VJ Edgecombe. Then again, they also need a backup PG. They also desperately need size, but there is a lack of big men projected to go that high.
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas
Marilyn Dubinski: It will likely depend on where the Spurs feel they need the most help not just now, but in future seasons as well. Dylan Harper seems to be the consensus no. 2 after Flagg, and I’d be all over that pick if they hadn’t traded for Fox, but will he be redundant with Fox and Castle? The same could be said of VJ Edgecombe. Then again, they also need a backup PG. They also desperately need size, but there is a lack of big men projected to go that high.
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2 months ago | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas
Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: When there was no clearly defined top prospect last year, there was room to talk about swapping picks as high as number one. This is not one of those years. While Cooper Flagg is no Victor Wembanyama, he is clearly the top pick with the potential to be a franchise player, and teams who win the lottery don’t just give that away.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas |Bill Huan
Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: Of the four, the Pelicans are the team with a player who is most likely to keep their heads just above the rest in Zion Williamson, but he still randomly misses games (and not just back-to-backs, as their game in San Antonio showed), not to mention they just lost yet another player for the season in Trey Murphy III.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Jeje Gomez |Marilyn Dubinski |Mark Barrington |Jacob Douglas
Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images Marilyn Dubinski: I didn’t have a problem with it since they needed a fourth team, and unless this tournament format is here to stay (I bet it’s not), there isn’t any reason to widen the All-Star selection pool (especially since, in some cases, it can have implications on how much a max contract is worth — whether it should or not is a story for another day).
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
poundingtherock.com | Jacob Douglas
Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The last few weeks haven’t been kind to the San Antonio Spurs. Back-to-back blowout losses to the Memphis Grizzlies leave them two games below .500 and losers in four of their last five games. Somehow, it’s still better than what’s happening in South Beach. The Miami Heat leads the league in bad vibes. Jimmy Butler is back after a seven-game suspension for breaking team policy. The Heat’s best player hasn’t looked engaged since requesting a trade earlier this year.
