Georgetown University’s Micah Peavy became the second Hoya drafted into the NBA in as many days, with the graduate forward to join the New Orleans Pelicans after being drafted with the 40th pick in this...
As the back half of the NBA season comes to a close, true contenders for this year’s NBA championship are starting to emerge. After analyzing the top playoff teams’ trajectories, we identified four...
By Ava Hult, Special to The Hoya
• October 7, 2024
As the start of the 2024-25 NBA season creeps up on the Washington Wizards, fans are divided. Some can’t help but wonder how the team will perform following their worst season in franchise history, while...
With two weeks left until the opt-out deadline for the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association’s current collective bargaining agreement, both sides are determined to hash out a new deal...
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and referees ruining sports. It feels as though almost every week there is a baseball game where the umpires miss several big calls or a football game...
When the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA title in the Orlando bubble, their all-in trade sending away most of their young players and future picks for Anthony Davis a year prior was validated forever....
Halftime on the Hilltop and its sports writers are back! Well, sort of. Hoya writers Julia Cannamela (COL ’24) and Demi Pappas (MSB ’24) are joined by columnist Tim Brennan (MSB '24) and his three...
It seems every few seasons, a new supposed special talent arises, from LeBron James to Ben Simmons to Zion Williamson. This year, there’s an 18-year-old basketball player who could be as good as Rudy...
For much of the past decade of NBA basketball, we have seen many teams vie to be the worst. This idea, known as “tanking,” is when a team purposefully fields a bad roster in hopes of receiving high...
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers triumph with the addition of a three-time All-Star and proven playoff performer to their roster, the Utah Jazz and even the New York Knicks gain something from Donovan...
NBA fans are obsessive. They scour Twitter for breaking news, rant about the decisions of front offices and always seem to know what’s best for their team.
Cap space is inevitably a big part of this....
When a player looks like he could become an all-time great, he often has playoff success before it seems like he’s ready to. In the 2007 playoffs, 22-year-old LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers...
