The Jaylen Brown Solar System, Luka's 600-Point Month, and the Expansion Delusion
By Vince Carter THE HOSTILE TAKEOVER Ooof!!! I practically choked on my own words opening the mic today. To sit there, look directly into th...
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Who Sits On the Throne: Thunder’s New Dynasty, Nova Knicks Dilemma, Celtics Tank Temptation & Lakers Succession
By Vince Carter The Center of the NBA Universe Runs Through Oklahoma City” I live in Los Angeles. I hear the Lakers noise every day. Seven-g...
Contenders, Pretenders & Getting Son’d: Raptors’ Rise, Kings’ Reset, and Ja Morant’s Reality Check
By Vince Carter Toronto’s 13–5 Mirage Check: Masai’s Receipts, Bobby’s Decisions, and the Real Raptors Test The Toronto Raptors are 13–5. Th...
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...
The Timeline Issue: Cooper Flagg vs. AD, OKC’s Juggernaut, Jokic’s ‘Make Him Score’ Game, and Mouths That Wrote Bad Checks
By Vince Carter Dallas at the Fork in the Road: Cooper Flagg or One More AD Run? The Dallas Mavericks finally have clarity, and none of it i...
Turbulence and Temperament: The NBA’s November Identity Crisis
By Vince Carter and FRPC Contributors Baseline Buzz: Dallas Mavericks: Déjà Vu in Big D Let’s go ahead and say it, the Cooper Flagg point gu...
NBA Storylines That Matter: Ja’s Lost Joy, Brooklyn’s Gunners, and the Central’s Quiet Revolution
By Vince Carter and FRPC Contributors The Joy Recession: When Your Smile Becomes Your Strategy Ja Morant & the Memphis Grizzlies | FRPC ...
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:...
NBA’s Opening Week: Preview and Predictions
By Vince Carter + FRPC Contributors 🏀 Oklahoma City Thunder: “The Habit Merchants” In the pre-production room, there was no talk of regress...