Mat Issa
PBWA NBA Writer @OptaAnalyst @ForbesSports @FanSided @Sportscasting19 | Pod: "The Media Pass" w/@AlexHoops_ | MSU JD Grad ‘24 | email: [email protected]
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6 days ago |
theanalyst.com | Mat Issa
The 2025 NBA playoffs are finally upon us. Here are each team’s chances of advancing past the first round and the key factors in each series. With the 2024-25 regular season now behind us, it is time for the 2025 NBA playoffs. The first round will feature eight different series, and we are here to preview all of them. A team will have to survive three rounds within its conference to advance to the NBA Finals, which begin on June 5. Let the fun begin.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Mat Issa
"Time is a flat circle" in the NBA (and in life, for that matter). Anything that happens has already happened and will continue to happen until the end of the time. What this means is that trends are cyclical. They come in, go out of style, and then, eventually, come back into vogue. The best illustration of this phenomenon from the 2024-25 NBA Season has been the reincarnation of the double big lineups.
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1 week ago |
theanalyst.com | Mat Issa
The NBA Defensive Player of the Year award is up for grabs this year. Each top contender has a different way of impacting the game. It feels like this year the discussion around the NBA Defensive Player of the Year is more wide-open than ever before. The event that triggered this vortex of conversation was, of course, Victor Wembanyama’s blood clot diagnosis in February.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Mat Issa
After a decorated four-year career at the University of Wyoming, Chad Muma was selected in the third round by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 NFL Draft. Next season will mark the outside linebacker’s fourth with the team. But there is more to Muma than meets the eye. You see, Muma is something of a rarity in the world of professional sports. He’s one of 13 players in NFL history known to be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. For Muma, the diagnosis came when he was 13 years old.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Mat Issa
The dialogue around salaries is often misguided, but contracts are a part of the game. In a game where each franchise’s resources are limited, the best teams are the ones who get the most bang for their buck. And while the reason we do all this is to see who the last team standing is, contracts are technically paid based on regular season production.
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