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Rebuild Index: The Presti Burner Is the Only Real Plan

The word rebuild gets stapled to any team that isn't winning, and that's lazy. Losing is not a plan. A plan is a stack of assets pointed at a date on the calendar, and by that standard most…

Ryen Russilloff · Aug 1 · 6 min

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Franchise Thesis

Franchise Thesis: Sam Presti’s Burner

A franchise named after the most relentless pick-hoarder in basketball put two actual Oklahoma City Thunder players on…

Lauren Blake·June 29, 2026·4 min

Franchise Thesis

Franchise Thesis: Wemby and friends

A franchise that calls itself Wemby and Friends did not draft Wemby. In the June 7 dispersal, lilsweet96 spent its…

Lauren Blake·June 29, 2026·3 min

Franchise Thesis

Franchise Thesis: Antidote

A team that renamed itself Antidote spent its first afternoon in this league doing the opposite of what a new franchise…

Lauren Blake·June 29, 2026·4 min

State of the League

State of the League: The Offseason Da League Split Into Two Clocks

The 2026 offseason did something no offseason in this league has ever done. It split Da League into two leagues…

Bill Slimmons·June 27, 2026·6 min

Franchise Thesis

Franchise Thesis: HeHateMe

A franchise that calls itself HeHateMe opens with Stephen Curry, LeBron James, and Nikola Jokić, and does not hold its…

Lauren Blake·June 25, 2026·3 min

Franchise Spotlight

The Blakeeverroad Exit Changed the Room

The blakeeverroad exit changed the room because it sits next to the league's most important recent transaction. The…

Lauren Blake·May 12, 2026·3 min