In just a few weeks, two historic Serie A teams have vanished from the map. Vanoli Cremona and Germani Brescia no longer exist. In their place, in Rome, two new teams have been born: Basketball Club Roma SPQR and Maxima Roma, built around a calculation: whoever wins a place in NBA Europe, the new continental league that could arrive in 2027, will have a…

The criticism of American grassroots basketball has become impossible to ignore.

Introduction

From franchise-altering trades to shocking free-agent departures, the 2026 NBA offseason has quickly become one of the craziest in league history.

Dusty May’s One Shining Moment wasn’t exactly that.

SUMMER LEAGUE

NBA’s free agency period feels less like a sprint and more like an airport terminal. Everyone’s packed, everyone’s ready to board, and one delayed flight has the entire league staring at the departure screen.

It is 1:43am ET, and the grind has not stopped for quite some time over here in the Dizzle factory. We’ve been churning out content like crazy for all our dynasty basketball managers and draft fans, and I’m proud to drop my first post-draft update of our dynasty basketball rookie rankings for the 2026 NBA Draft.

Ever since I got myself a bit too deep into the NBA Draft and team building rabbithole, I noticed a few recurring patterns in the discourse of the aforementioned space. Admittedly, some of them I was guilty of participating in myself.

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On Sunday, the Los Angeles Sparks and New York Liberty played for more than a game. They played for history: a poetic re-match of the league’s inaugural game on June 21, 1997. This time, instead of the New York Liberty scraping together a win on the road, it was the Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike who banged in the buzzer-beating three point shot (our leading mi…

The Draft gets Crazier Every Year

Jerry. Kareem. Magic. Shaq. Kobe.

Everything with how the Ja Morant era felt like a poetic one. The Memphis Grizzlies were closing the book on the “Core 4” era, the most successful time in franchise history. They had one more player to trade to complete it with point guard Mike Conley. Prior to the trade that sent Conley to Utah, the Grizzlies jumped up to 2nd in the 2019 NBA Draft Lott…

More than ever, I have found my world in the CEBL colliding with the world in the NBA as our players head south for the Summer for NBA Summer League and I reach out to teams to see which of their guys may be interested in swapping places and coming north of the border for the summer.

What’s up guys, it’s been a while. If you’re new here, I’m a pro basketball player who documents their journey via writing on substack or videos on tiktok / instagram.

As the National Basketball Association (NBA) finals get underway, the league faces several vexing problems, including how to stop teams from tanking and players from betting. These issues pale in compar…

I’m baaaaack!

Dirk Nowitzki tem um anel, o mais difícil de conquistar na era moderna. Kevin Durant tem dois, mas juntou-se a uma equipa de 73 vitórias para os ganhar. Quase toda a gente considera o único de Dirk maior do que os dois de Durant. E se um vale mais do que dois, o número deixou de contar a história.

After spending 3½ hours building NBA cap sheets, I came away with a very different conclusion than I expected.

I want to fall head over heels in love with the Pacers’ second-round draft selection of Braden Smith. I mean, of course I do. He’s the ultimate local hero, an overachiever from Westfield High School, an Indiana Mr. Basketball, the college game’s all-time assists leader while with Purdue. We’ve watched him up close and personal for the better part of a d…