Is "Baller" Trademarked Yet?

A few days ago, free agency began in the WNBA, and for the second year in a row, there are some massive names involved!  There are 11 players who were named All-Stars within the last 3 seasons, 5 of the last 6 active MVPs (4 of which are still playing at elite levels), and several other valuable role players.  While there are several players who I don’t expect will be leaving their current team, two notable players to watch include Nneka Ogwumike, who announced she will be leaving L.A., and Skylar Diggins-Smith, who is a free agent after a tumultuous tenure in Phoenix.  With all this potential excitement, I am thrilled to bring back the top-25 WNBA free agents list. There are 4 types of free agents that are mentioned in this post, which are cored, restricted, reserved, and unrestricted (while there are also suspended contracts, nobody in my top-25 was in that category).   Cored free agents receive a 1-year maximum contract as a baseline, but the teams have exclusiv...

Every time something good happens, something more absurd and, at times, comical ends up following to erase any progress made.  While this is the sentiment most often felt around the Philadelphia 76ers, I also consider it an apt way of discussing one of their recent signings, Kelly Oubre Jr.  While I didn’t pay attention to the NBA Draft of 2015, the year he was drafted (I paid some attention in 2016 and dove fully in in 2017), I always thought that he had a lot of upside and could be a talented 2-way player due to his size, athleticism, and scoring mindset.  That said, it has reached the point where his career is starting to appear to be a comedy of errors. When Oubre was drafted in 2015, he was selected by Atlanta, a competitive team who already had a core, but he would fit in, especially since it was clear it had a limited shelf life due to salary purposes (he likely would have been able to start by his second or third seasons due to need at the wing).   Instead,...