Photo: AP/Nate Billings The NBA has never been more loaded at point guard. From perennial MVP candidates and championship-tested superstars to rising young stars ready to take the league by storm, nearly every team has someone capable of taking over a game with the ball in their hands. But not all starting point guards are created equal. And with another NBA season upon us, the hierarchy at the position is as competitive (and controversial) as ever. So, taking into account pr

by Zak Drapeau and Joel Piton Sportz Nation - 10/2/2026 Photo by Greg McCabe/AP The wait is over. A new NBA season is on the horizon, and all 30 teams enter the year with a clean slate and something to prove. Some teams are seemingly playoff bound. Others are trying to force their way into contender conversation and prove everyone wrong. But before the season actually starts and everything we think we know gets thrown out the window, it's the perfect time to take an actual l

Photo: Austin Garrett-Getty Before they were NBA stars, overseas standouts, journeymen, coaches, or names you might’ve completely forgotten, they were part of one of the most loaded high school basketball classes of the decade. The 2014 McDonald’s All-American Game featured future NBA champions, All-Stars, lottery picks, and some of the biggest “what happened to him?” stories of the era. Guys like Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker and more were all still teenagers, teaming up

by Joel Piton Sportz Nation - 9/25/2026 Photo: Matthew Stockman-Getty 60 names are called on draft night every year. For everyone else, the message is simple: prove them wrong. Going undrafted can feel like the end of the road, but history has shown us time and time again that draft position doesn’t always matter. Fast forward to 2026, and the league has more undrafted players than ever before. So many of these players have since become starters, elite role players, defensive

by Joel Piton Sportz Nation - 9/22/2026 Photo: Scott Wachter-ImagnImages Training camp is in session, the offseason is officially in the rearview mirror, and basketball is finally starting to feel here again. It’s time to turn our attention to one of the most fascinating teams in the NBA: the defending Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs. A year ago, San Antonio went from a young team overflowing with potential to standing just two wins away from an NBA championship

Photo: David Gonzalez-ImagnImages NBA coaches have the most thankless job in basketball. Win 55 games? You had a loaded roster. Lose in the second round? You got outcoached. Make one questionable rotation change in May? Congratulations—thousands of fans are now calling for your job before the postgame press conference even starts. We know the best coaches leave their fingerprints everywhere, sometimes long after they're gone from their franchise. They build up a culture, groo

Photo: Jordan Greer-Getty It’s September. The gyms are empty, the season is still a few weeks away, and mixtape season is right around the corner. The Class of 2026 has taken its fair share of criticism, with many questioning whether they have the same star power, depth and overall talent to take over the NCAA this season. But if you thought high school basketball was entering a down period, think again. The future is a whole different ball game—and it’s looking VERY bright.

Photo: GettyImages Shooting has never been more polarizing in the NBA, and the talent around the league has never been more absurd. Gone are the days when being called a great shooter simply meant standing behind the three-point line and waiting for an open look. Today’s best marksmen are elite from the mid-range, pulling up from the logo, sprinting to get open off screens, burying contested jumpers and torching defenders from all-three levels. There are catch-and-shoot speci

Photo: Brian Spurlock-USAToday Another week, another flashback into the past. This time, the time machine is taking us all the way back to 2015—more than a full decade removed from when some of the best high-school basketball players in America shared the floor as teenagers with the basketball world at their feet. Most of these guys were attached to enormous expectations. Five-star recruits. Future lottery picks. Supposed franchise prodigies. But ten years is more than enough

Photo: Tony Guiterrez-AP The future of basketball isn’t approaching—it’s already here. Across the league, the next generation of stars is kicking down the door, taking over franchises and, in some cases, already battling the game’s best players for NBA supremacy. We’re talking freak athletes, walking triple-doubles, defensive monsters, fearless scorers and young franchise players who somehow still have years before they even enter their primes. With so much young talent flood

Photo: John Raoux/AP The 2022 NBA Draft is loaded with star power. Headlined by 6'10" Duke phenom Paolo Banchero, this particular class entered the league with plenty of hype surrounding its top prospects. Chet Holmgren looked like one of the most unique big-man prospects basketball had seen in years, Jabari Smith Jr. put Auburn on the map, and names like Jaden Ivey and Shaedon Sharpe gave the lottery plenty of intrigue beyond the top three. Four years later, we're starting t

Photo: Antoine Crowley-AP Some players spend their entire careers building a legacy in one city. These guys practically collected boarding passes. They’ve been traded, waived, signed, re-signed and shipped across the league more times than they can probably count. They’ve gone from starters to sixth men, contenders to rebuilds, fan favorites in one city to forgotten veterans in the next. But through every new jersey, new locker room and new role, they found a way to stick aro

Photo: Donovan Cook-AP For years, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown were my standard for NBA tandems—a homegrown one-two punch that eventually grew from promising young wings into champions. Now, with the two officially split up, the league’s duo hierarchy suddenly feels wide open. And that got me thinking: who is actually the best Batman-and-Robin pairing in basketball right now? We're firmly in the superteam era. Teams aren’t just chasing Big Threes anymore. Some are trying to

Photo: Jesse Johnson-ImagnImages The United States may be the birthplace of the game we love, but the NBA has long since become a global sport. From all-time legends who introduced entire countries to the league, to today's brightest superstars carrying international basketball into a new era, some of the greatest players in NBA history have come from every corner of the world. Canada gave us 2x MVP gave us Steve Nash. Germany produced Dirk Nowitzki. Greece has Giannis Anteto

Photo: Cody Jeffries-AP Another week, another flash into the past. This time around, the time machine pivots to 2016—and we might be looking at one of the deepest classes we’ve covered yet. Lonzo Ball. De’Aaron Fox. Jayson Tatum. And somehow? That still barely scratches the surface. This wasn’t a class where two or three prospects separated themselves and everyone else faded into obscurity. Damn near half of these McDonald’s All-Americans went on to carve out above average NB

Photo: Sarah Stier-Getty Making an NBA All-Star team next season could be harder than ever. More than 30 players are capable of averaging 20 points per game, a massive wave of young talent is rapidly climbing the league’s hierarchy, and the stat sheet alone isn't enough to separate one candidate from another. Winning, efficiency, defense and overall impact will all matter in an increasingly over-crowded field. With top-tier superstars occupying most of the available spots if

Photo: Greg Byrd-Getty Another week—another step backward through basketball history. This time, we're taking a look at 2017—a class headlined by the likes of Deandre Ayton, Trae Young and a deep collection of prospects who appeared destined to shape the next generation of the NBA. And yet, nine years later, this group still feels strangely unfinished. The more recent classes we've revisited either delivered the stars we expected or gave us enough evidence to understand where

Photo: Sarah Stier-Getty Season 30 hasn’t just been another lap around the calendar—it’s a complete takeover of the league's best fighting for the top spot. With an expanded 44-game slate, new expansion teams raising the stakes, and a talent pool deeper than it’s ever been, the margin for error in this year’s hardware race is razor-thin. From MVP caliber legends continuing to rewrite the record books to a ferocious wave of young stars forcing their way into the conversation,

Photo: James Kipp-Getty Another week means another trip backward through basketball history. This time, we're rewinding eight years to 2018—a class overflowing with future stars, cautionary tales and some of the most overwhelming high-school hype the sport has EVER witnessed. At the center? Zion Williamson, a 6'6", burly viral phenomenon whose thunderous dunks and once in a generation athleticism made ordinary high school gyms in South Carolina feel like must-see television.

Photo: Gary Vasquez-ImagnImages By this point, the NBA offseason is supposed to be winding down. Instead, we’re bleeding into August with unfinished business everywhere, major decisions still hanging in the balance and Hall of Fame talent somehow remaining in the job pool. Rosters are filling up, cap space is disappearing and training camp is much closer than it feels—but some of the league’s biggest available names still have no clear home. With so little time remaining and