Here we are, late September, the air’s cooling, training camps are around the corner, and ESPN has released its annual Top 100 NBA Players list. You know the drill: 150 reporters, editors, and talking heads rank players, big debates ensue, X/Reddit goes ...

Churn has been a theme for Porter Moser's team the past two seasons, returning less than 30% of its previous minutes in each one -- and that doesn't figure to change in 2025-26. The Sooners lost most of their best players from last season's squad, headlined by Jeremiah Fears and Jalon Moore, who moved on to the NBA.

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Wemby is part of a new generation that has now passed legends like LeBron, Durant and Curry in just his 3rd season. We reached the end of ESPN’s three-day blitz of releasing it’s top 100 players for the 2025-26 season, with the release of players 10-1 ...

The Detroit Pistons are gearing up for one of their more exciting seasons in recent memory after tripling their previous-year win total and making a postseason appearance for the first time since 2018-2019 last season. While there’s still going to be an ...

ESPN's Tim Bontemps noted in the ranks that Embiid was "obviously a top-10-caliber player" if healthy for the 2025-26 campaign. Both Bleacher Report and CBS Sports ranked Embiid at No. 26, and each outlet noted he would be ranked higher if his health this season could be guaranteed.

It was a grinding process, but Joel Embiid finally made his highly anticipated comeback to the hardwood. After a long injury recovery, the superstar big man played for the 2025 preseason finale of the Philadelphia 76ers, spearheading the team’s dominant 126-110 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves.