Mark Deeks

United Kingdom

NBA Journalist at Forbes

Quiz Book Writer at Puzzler

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Articles

It Took 7 Years, but the Suns Finally Landed Dillon Brooks

4 days ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

One of the players who will be traded from the Houston Rockets to the Phoenix Suns as a part of the package for Kevin Durant will be eight-year veteran, Dillon Brooks. The Suns will be Brooks’ third NBA team, having begun his career and spending six years between 2017 and 2023 with the Memphis Grizzlies. If the Suns had had their way, though, Brooks would have been theirs for a long time.
Thunder offseason primer: The NBA champion with the brightest future

5 days ago | hoopshype.com | Mark Deeks

With 68 regular-season wins and a colossal 16-game lead over the second-placed Houston Rockets, only the brave man or the professional contrarian would have predicted the Oklahoma City Thunder not making the 2025 NBA Finals. And so despite a tough test in the form of the Denver Nuggets, and an excellent NBA Finals series against the Indiana Pacers, the Thunder won the first championship in the franchise’s history, confirming that they really were the best team all along.
Rockets Seemingly Out of the Kevin Durant Stakes

5 days ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

The dominant story in the NBA’s rumor mill right now is Kevin Durant, who is currently a member of the Phoenix Suns, but who will be traded this week. In fact, he may even be traded today. And until today, the Houston Rockets have long been said to have been one of the parties interested in acquiring the future Hall-of-Famer. Now, though, it seems their interest has cooled. Per a report by Sam Amick of The Athletic, it seems the Rockets have hit their walkaway price.
Hawks Have One of the NBA's Best Trade Assets at Their Disposal

5 days ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

With the NBA’s trade market heating up, and the free agency period beginning in less than two weeks, discussions are taking place all over the league as to who might wind up where. And because of a combination of forward planning and Collective Bargaining Agreement provisions, the Atlanta Hawks find themselves with an extremely useful piece of leverage that will allow them to be buyers in the market.
Four-Time All-Star Wishes He Had Been a Piston

5 days ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

When he is not getting into scuffles with fans in Puerto Rico, four-time NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins is doing his fair share of NBA-adjacent podcast appearances. And in his most recent one, he openly wishes he had been a member of the Detroit Pistons to begin his NBA career. Speaking on the Run It Back podcast hosted by Michelle Beadle and former NBA players Chandler Parsons and Lou Williams, Cousins was his usual unreserved self.
Athletics' Denzel Clarke's Historically Good Start

6 days ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

A recent look at Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls revealed how, although he was not an everyday player, he was good enough to still rank among baseball’s best defenders even when playing only slightly more than half the time. Indeed, by some measures, Walls is the best defender in baseball. If a player is good enough of a defensive star at one of the more important defensive positions, substantial offensive shortcomings can be overcome.
Twins Pitcher Tries to Stop Run by Pretending to be Coach

6 days ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

In the top of the fourth inning of the Minnesota Twins’ loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night, Twins starter Joe Ryan attempted a unique Hail Mary. With Brewers starting center fielder Jackson Chourio having led off the inning with a walk, stolen second base and been advanced to third on Christian Yelich’s groundout, William Contreras stepped to the plate with an RBI chance.
Heat Want More Than Just Kevin Durant From the Suns

6 days ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

It is well known that Kevin Durant is going to be dealt by the Phoenix Suns, and it is more than likely going to happen this week. It is also well known that the Miami Heat are negotiating for him, and will likely win the bidding war as soon as they agree to include their rookie big man Kel’el Ware in negotiations, as he would be the best returning piece that the leverage-lacking Suns could get. However, it also appears as though the Heat have their eyes on more than one Suns forward.
Clippers Work Out 29-Year-Old 6'3 Small Forward From Malaysia

1 week ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

There is now only one week to go until the 2025 NBA Draft, and workouts are happening all over the league. It is almost the free agency period, too, with the signing window opening in ten days. And due to the Indiana Pacers’ win in Game Six last night, the NBA Finals are still ongoing. With so much going on around the league, and so much anticipation building for what is widely expected to a “crazy” offseason of player movement, there is a lot to be getting involved in.
Cubs Pitcher Somehow Snags 104mph Liner Headed for his Face

1 week ago | heavy.com | Mark Deeks

In their 9-4 loss today to the Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Matthew Boyd briefly saw a vision of his own death. Or rather, he might have done. Perhaps it all happened so quickly that he never had a chance. Throwing to Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford in the top half of the fifth inning, Boyd had to take immediate instinctive evasive action as Crawford found the perfect sweet spot of the bat, lacing a 104 miles per hour liner that was travelling right towards Boyd’s face.