Monthly Archives: April 2026

Texas A&M has reportedly contacted Duquesne transfer guard

Texas A&M’s first full offseason under head coach Bucky McMillan kicked off after the 2026 transfer portal opened on Tuesday, and after losing reserve guard Josh Holloway and Spanish sharpshooter Ruben Dominguez, who has since committed to Xavier, the Aggies landed one of the top available players in the portal, as former Kansas State standout guard PJ Haggerty is headed …

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Breaking down Playoff seeding scenarios heading into Sixers final game of the regular season

Kevin Durant was right about looking at graphs while trying to talk about hoops. The final week of the regular season hasn’t exactly been the momentum builder heading into the playoffs the Sixers had hoped. Bad losses to the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets knocked them firmly into Play-In tournament positioning. Advertisement More importantly, Joel Embiid has suffered more …

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Who is Dai Dai Ames? What to know about Tennessee basketball transfer guard

Tennessee basketball made guard Dai Dai Ames its first transfer portal addition for the 2026-27 season on April 11. The Vols’ roster now has seven confirmed players with Ames, Belmont graduate transfer guard Tyler Lundblade, and freshman guard Troy Henderson and freshman forward DeWayne Brown II. They also have three incoming high school recruits with four-star prospects Ralph Scott and …

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The Suns had a night to forget during a season worth remembering

There I was, watching the fourth quarter of the Phoenix Suns’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. It wasn’t a pretty sight. The youthful movement that so many have been clamoring for — myself included — was on full display, and boy, did they look youthful. Koby Brea launching bomb after bomb, Rasheer Fleming tossing the ball to the other …

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Were the Nuggets trying to tank to face the Lakers in the playoffs?

The final weeks and, specifically, days of the NBA season always brings with it a team or two messing with the basketball Gods by trying to tank their way to a preferred match-up. On Friday, it came from a very unexpected place. The Nuggets, who have been one of the hottest teams in the league recently, sat their entire starting …

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Tahaad Pettiford announces return to Auburn for junior season

Tahaad Pettiford is returning to the Auburn Tigers for his junior season, per Pete Thamel of ESPN. This is very good news for the Auburn basketball program, which will also return shooting guard Kevin Overton and forward Sebastian Williams-Adams. Auburn needed some good news on the basketball front with the transfer portal departures of Filip Jovic and Elyjah Freeman. Pete …

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Victor Wembanyama ponders where NBA awards threshold should lie while doing lightning-quick math postgame

Victor Wembanyama’s numbers are absurd. The 22-year-old, 7-foot-4 San Antonio Spurs center is averaging 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game. But maybe more impressive are the numbers in his head. Advertisement Because the French native wowed with lightning-quick math on Friday night while discussing the NBA’s 65-game minimum required for awards eligibility. “Of course, the …

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Former Georgia basketball recruiting target Jizzle James to transfer

Former Georgia Bulldogs basketball recruiting target Jizzle James has entered the NCAA transfer portal. James spent the first three seasons of his college basketball career with the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Big 12. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound point guard has one season of eligibility left. James is coming off a strong season with Cincinnati where he posted 10.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, …

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A Rose to the Rafters: Derrick Rose

Relive the incredible journey of Derrick Rose in A Rose to the Rafters This special feature dives into the career of Derrick Rose, … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKIr0Ga4lno Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

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How Lakers improved defense fueled win over the Suns

Defense wins championships, as the old adage goes. While this team is unlikely to reach championship heights, it has secured the Lakers no lower than a fourth seed in the playoffs. This guarantees them home court in the first round, regardless of what happens on the final day of the regular season. LA has had a real defensive turnaround post-All-Star …

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Dedan Thomas commits to Houston

One of the top point guard prospects for Kentucky Basketball is off the board, as Dedan Thomas made his commitment to the Houston Cougars on Saturday. Jonathan Givony broke the news first. When the portal first opened this week, Thomas was among the first players the Wildcats reached out to following his lone season at LSU. They actually recruited Thomas …

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All Knicks’ playoff scenarios heading into Sunday’s finale

It’s that time of the year. That time of the year when we come up with a thousand possibilities, anxiously think about this and that and the other thing… only for everything to unfold and be resolved by itself in 24 hours. Advertisement We just can’t help ourselves, can we? That’s why, with just one game left to play and …

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ACC transfer guard commits to Tennessee basketball

Tennessee added a member to its 2026 basketball transfer portal class. Former California point guard Dai Dai Ames committed to the Vols over Xavier, Ole Miss and Kansas, according to Joe Tipton of On3. 247Sports ranked the 6-foot-2, 190-pound transfer rankes as the No. 12 point guard and No. 49 overall transfer in 2026. Advertisement Ames began his college basketball …

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