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2026 NBA Playoff Predictions

We have reached the end of the NBA regular season, meaning that the playoffs are finally here!  Now that we know the 7 and 8 seeds in each conference, we can finally make predictions!  I think there will be several series that are going to be competitive at the minimum and exciting at the maximum.  For each round, I gave some analysis, an X-Factor for each series who is not a star, and my prediction.     1 st Round East   1 Detroit Pistons vs. 8 Orlando Magic Congratulations Orlando, you somehow managed to make the playoffs after throwing up all over yourselves to fall to the 8 seed!   In all seriousness, they’re not a bad team, but they’re not great; they’re offense isn’t as good as it feels like it should be and their defense took a dip from last year.   On the other hand, Detroit feels like a better version of what Orlando wants to be in every way.   I don’t see Orlando standing a chance here. X-Factor : Tobias Harris got ...
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2026 WNBA Mock Draft

The 2026 WNBA Draft is finally here, which means that we get my Mock Draft!  One year after draft class that appeared to be better than I expected, this draft is unique in that it includes several good players and no guaranty of who will be the top pick in the draft.  In this draft, there are 4 players who could be the top pick in the draft.  Most people are going to hype this draft as a 4-player draft, but I think there are 7 who are really good, with 2 who are the top 2; I’m not certain out of them who has All-Star potential, but I wouldn’t be surprised if 5 or 6 of those 7 end up being All-Stars. As I do with all my mock drafts, these are an aggregate of several other drafts, and do not reflect my order.  The first round considers team needs as well as the order; I did not do this for the second or third rounds because most players after the first round are selected for training camp and then don’t make the roster. With the addition of the Toronto Tempo a...
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Who I Would Select in the 2026 WNBA Expansion Draft

On April 3 rd , the WNBA will hold an expansion draft between two new teams, the Toronto Tempo and the Portland Fire.  Since I have no idea who they would select given that I don’t know what their philosophies are, it doesn’t make sense for me to do a mock draft; instead, I did a draft based on who I would select for each of the two teams (I know that sounds weird to have me drafting for the only two teams, but I did have slightly different approaches with the teams).  I will refer to an excellent article by Her Hoop Stats to discuss the rules (it’s a little tough to explain everything), but there are a few rules I would like to highlight for those uninitiated to look at the article.   Each team can protect up to 5 players; while there were restrictions about non-coreable players being eligible, these appear to be removed.   The draft is broken into two rounds, with Toronto and Portland each selecting up to 6 picks each round, with no WNBA team being able to have ...
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