Josh Robbins
Senior Writer at The Athletic
Covering the Washington Wizards for The Athletic and co-host of The Athletic's Bullet Points podcast.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Josh Robbins
Reigning 2024-25 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley just added another award to his trophy case. On Thursday afternoon, the Cleveland Cavaliers big man was named to the league's All-Defensive First Team. Mobley joined Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels, Oklahoma City Thunder wing Luguentz Dort, Golden State Warriors big Draymond Green and Houston Rockets wing Amen Thompson on the first team.
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3 weeks ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Eric Koreen |Josh Robbins
Don’t throw away those “Leastern Conference” jokes. They are likely to have utility for a while.The events of the past few days have only emphasized how wobbly things are in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, which has been the demonstrably weaker half of the league for the better part of a quarter-century. The 64-win, top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated in Game 5 by the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Koreen |Josh Robbins
Don't throw away those "Leastern Conference" jokes. They are likely to have utility for a while. The events of the past few days have only emphasized how wobbly things are in the NBA's Eastern Conference, which has been the demonstrably weaker half of the league for the better part of a quarter-century. The 64-win, top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated in Game 5 by the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Josh Robbins
CHICAGO - "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"Gallows humor seems like the only salve right now, after the Washington Wizards absorbed the most brutal gut punch the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery possibly could have unleashed on them Monday night. After a regular season overloaded with losses, with the hoped-for payoff a chance to draft Cooper Flagg or Dylan Harper, the Wizards learned that they are slotted to draft sixth overall.
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4 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | David Aldridge |Josh Robbins
Monday will be one of the most important evenings in Washington Wizards history. Does that sound a tad melodramatic? We don't think so. Consider that so much of Washington's on-court suffering during the 2024-25 season - the 18-64 record, the blowout losses and the late-season scratches of veteran players, in the team's second year of a full-blown rebuild - stemmed from the goal of giving the franchise its best chance to win Monday night's NBA Draft lottery in Chicago.
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