Cookout Takeaways: Rockets, Wemby, Flagg and the Lakers' Real Needs
By Vince Carter · Nov 10, 2026 The Table Was Set Before Tip-Off Somewhere around the second week of November, the NBA turns into a cookout w...
Hoops, Analytics, and Heart: Join the Collective
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Luka's Tear, the Tatum–Brown Cold War, and a 2027 Draft With No Clear No. 1
By Vince Carter · Front Runner Podcast Collective · Luka, Lendeborg and the Lakers' Defense Problem Luka Doncic's offense is historic, the L...
NBA Cup Night and Eight Numbers: Curry, Wembanyama, Jokic and the Injury Wave
By Vince Carter, host of Front Runner Podcast Collective Cup Night Arrives After a Week of Big Numbers NBA Cup play tips off tonight, and th...
Southwest Division Win Totals and Teams Preview
By Vince Carter The Southwest Division win totals for 2026-27 are set, and I went through all five teams on the latest Front Runner Podcast ...
Atlantic Division Win Totals 2026-27: Knicks Over, Celtics Under, and a Sixers Team Fighting Itself
By Vince Carter Behind the Mic: How the Atlantic Division Win Totals Episode Got Built Five teams, five win totals, and a Friday recording t...
Zone Coverage: Central Division Over/Under (2026-27)
Vince Carter October 1st Came Through With the Drama Jalen Duren signed. Five years, $200 million, and he did it with the whole NBA world re...
The 48-Hour Heart Monitor: Breaking Down NBA Free Agency's Wildest Stretch
By Vince Carter Free agency doesn't move like a river. It moves like a heart monitor: drips and drabs, then a deluge, then you're standing i...
NBA Draft Night One: Winners, Losers & The Check Austin Reeves Just Cashed
By Vince Carter Night one of the 2026 NBA Draft is done. The picks are in. The picks are locked. And already the NBA internet has graded eve...
The Jalen Brunson Blueprint and Everything That Comes Next
By Vince Carter New York waited fifty-three years. The median household median in 1973, the last time the Knicks held a championship, was $1...