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NBA Depth Charts 2025-2026

Well, I finally did it. Many times over the years I’ve gotten sick of trying to find (what I think are) accurate, projected depth charts for the upcoming season, so I went ahead and created them myself with an assist from Uncle Chet (GPT). Turned out to be a fun exercise, and also a challenging one for some teams–see: Blazers, Kings and Raptors.

[NBA Draft]: 2026 Mock Draft Comparison, May

The NBA Draft Lottery and Combine have come and gone and we have a fresh batch of mock drafts to analyze from the best in the business: Jonathan Wasserman (Bleacher Report), Jeremy Woo (ESPN), Kevin O’Connor (Yahoo Sports), Sam Vecenie (The Athletic), Ricky O’Donnell (SB Nation), and Tankathon. Plus, one from yours truly.

by Eric Creighton

Keeping It 100-Proof with Ben Golliver

Proud to announce the launch of our Keeping it 100-Proof series! And with none other than, Ben Golliver, National NBA writer for the Washington Post. We cover his early years, growing up as a diehard Blazers fan, work-life balance, USA basketball and Ben’s impressive versatility.

by Eric Creighton

[USA Basketball]: Never Too Early LA 2028 Team Selection

Team USA brought home the gold in the 2024 Olympics which means that Grant Hill chose well. We look ahead to 2028 in LA and how the next Team USA roster could look. Bam, Tatum, Booker, and Ant are automatics, but from there we’ll need to roll up the sleeves and get to work.

by Eric Creighton

Keeping It 100-Proof with Henry Abbott

Back with another great edition of Keeping it 100-Proof featuring another one of my favorites, Henry Abbott, Founder of TrueHoop. We cover the everchanging media landscape, his fearless investigative journalism, LeBron’s storytelling strategy, and his new book.

by Eric Creighton

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Doing some never too early 2026 NBA Draft scouting of @aj.dybantsa and heavy weight, early season college matchup of @byumbb vs @uconnmbb. Was like a home game at the Garden for UCONN. Seemed like it would turn into a blowout in the first half but BYU came back strong in the 2nd half and almost stole it. Having some fun with this Jokic @kfc design 😝🍗 New design at the Hoops Distillery @Threadless shop celebrating the best point guards in @Celtics history. Always like to capture these screenshots from international play as they are sometimes quite surreal to look back on once everyone is in the league. Hell yeah!!!✊🏼i for one love the @brooklynnets draft. @nolan_traore0 was an absolute steal in the second half of the first round. Demin and Powell have huge upside too. Wooooah…..okay @kyrieirving and @mcuban !!! ICYMI. So random! Kudos to whoever caught this. Finally got a chance to go see the Harvard women @harvardwbb play and @harmoniiturner is on a whole ‘nother level this year! She had 19 points at halftime and the game was practically over. No look passes, stroking threes, feisty defense, shifty handle, attacking the rim, and overall, just smiling, and having a great old time whooping Brown’s ass 😝. So fun to watch! Great matchup at MSG between UCLA and UNC! Tar Heels came back and won the game in front of a huge contingent of UNC fans (like, I’m talking 60-70% of the stadium). Amazing game by Capt Jack @captainjack.22 who took the Bruins to school in the 2nd half. My crummy video shows him flying up court at light speed. Not sure what sidetracked my filming 😆.