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Purple Thrones, Tankapalooza & The Maxey Era: Lakers’ $10B Power Shift, 2026 NBA Draft Wars, and Tyrese Maxey’s 54-Point Takeover

Purple Thrones, Tankapalooza & The Maxey Era: Lakers’ $10B Power Shift, 2026 NBA Draft Wars, and Tyrese Maxey’s 54-Point Takeover

By Vince Carter The Promise: Jerry’s Succession Plan That Never Happened When people talk about the Lakers, they usually skip straight to th...

NBA Youth Movement 2025: Wemby’s Injury, Maxey’s Leap, Clippers Collapse, and the Pistons’ Surprise Takeover

NBA Youth Movement 2025: Wemby’s Injury, Maxey’s Leap, Clippers Collapse, and the Pistons’ Surprise Takeover

By Vince Carter Life Without Wemby: San Antonio’s First Real Infrastructure Check Subhead: A 22-year-old putting up MVP math is on the shelf...

The Season Starts Loud: Scandals, Statements, with SGA and a Wembanyama Statement

The Season Starts Loud: Scandals, Statements, with SGA and a Wembanyama Statement

By Vince Carter and FRPC Contributors Opening: what’s coming + how we built it (pre-pro notes) Today’s companion blog mirrors the pod’s arc:...

The Clippers’ $28 Million Question: Sponsorship or Salary Workaround?

The Clippers’ $28 Million Question: Sponsorship or Salary Workaround?

By Vince Carter Kawhi, Ballmer, and the $28M Paper Trail By early September, the NBA had already scheduled tip-off drama, but the biggest he...

NBA Mid-Summer Moves & Measures: Giddey’s Value, Harper’s Bigs, Heat–Raptors Shifts

NBA Mid-Summer Moves & Measures: Giddey’s Value, Harper’s Bigs, Heat–Raptors Shifts

By Vince Carter + FRPC Contributors Josh Giddey’s “Problematic Value” Is the Bulls’ Rorschach Test Chicago’s quiet standoff with Josh Giddey...