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The Jaylen Brown Solar System, Luka's 600-Point Month, and the Expansion Delusion

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...

The Return: San Antonio's Arrival, Draft Roulette & The Laker Blueprint

The Return: San Antonio's Arrival, Draft Roulette & The Laker Blueprint

By Vince Carter Hiatus Over... Time to dust off the mic! The mics finally went hot this past Tuesday. Vince had been holding in six months o...

Who Sits On the Throne: Thunder’s New Dynasty, Nova Knicks Dilemma, Celtics Tank Temptation & Lakers Succession

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Built Different or Built to Break: What This Season’s Taught Us So Far

Built Different or Built to Break: What This Season’s Taught Us So Far

By Vince Carter and FRPC Contributors The Week the West Got Weird The West never stays still, it mutates. One week it’s the Lakers’ developm...