Eli Gregorski

Sports journalist with experience covering the NBA, NFL, MLB, college athletics, international soccer, and Formula One for outlets like StadiumRant, CU Independent, and USports.org

My Published Articles

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Warriors Cut Kuminga For 4x Champion In NBA-Altering Trade Idea

The Golden State Warriors appear to be ready to make a move at the upcoming NBA trade deadline, and all signs point to the franchise cutting ties with Jonathan Kuminga after a tumultuous past year in the Bay Area.At the same time, rumors have swirled around a potential return to the Warriors for Klay Thompson of the Dallas Mavericks, as his year-and-a-half tenure in Texas hasn’t necessarily gone as planned. While the Mavericks also expect to make big moves at the trade deadline, Golden State cou...
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Wembanyama Sends Message To Knicks For NBA Cup Rematch

The San Antonio Spurs have been on a mostly strong stretch recently, beating the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder three times in 12 days after getting franchise star Victor Wembanyama back from a calf injury.However, San Antonio fell to the New York Knicks in the 2025 NBA Cup Final, just one of their few losses in the month of December. But still, Wembanyama believes that loss will be fuel for his team in their rematch against the squad from The Big Apple.Speaking before the Spurs’ New Y...
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Lakers Expected To Land 6'9" Wing, Potential LeBron Replacement

Despite all of the major storylines surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers, perhaps the uncertain future of the now 41-year-old LeBron James remains most prevalent. With James in his 23rd season as the oldest player in the league, with his contract with the Lakers set to run out at the end of the 2025-26 NBA season, it’s unknown if he will continue with the franchise, move to a different team, or end his historic career.While Los Angeles waits for an answer, they could be in the market for a replace...
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Heat Star Drops Honest Nikola Jokic Thoughts Amid Injury Update

The Denver Nuggets held their breath last night as franchise superstar and three-time MVP Nikola Jokic went down with a scary knee injury against the Miami Heat.While initial reports believed Jokic could have suffered a torn ACL, new reports indicate that the star likely suffered a hyperextension, which, while still serious, clearly isn’t as bad as tearing the major knee ligament. After the game, Miami big man Bam Adebayo discussed his thoughts on Jokic’s injury and how he feels about competing...
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Warriors Tabbed As Landing Spot For 21 PPG Elite Breakout Star

The Golden State Warriors are in the final chapter of their dynasty led by superstar Stephen Curry, and while the franchise has made efforts in the past to draft top talent to keep their historic run going, a majority of their picks over the last few years haven’t panned out as planned.However, if the Warriors’ middling record continues this year, they could be in line for a higher draft pick in the upcoming 2026 NBA Draft, with a class that features some of the best talent in recent memory.Acco...
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Trae Young Destinations Revealed As Hawks Trade Rumors Grow

The Atlanta Hawks appear to be close to a separation with point guard Trae Young after an up-and-down eight seasons with the fifth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, and trade rumors begin to heat up. Tim McMahon of ESPN confirmed that Atlanta is looking for an ‘exit ramp’ for the point guard and signaled that it is all but certain that he will be moved before the upcoming trade deadline. However, while the Hawks have expressed interest in making a deal for Anthony Davis of the Dallas Mavericks...
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Warriors Cut Ties With Kuminga For $108M Big In Mega Trade Idea

With the disappointing starts to the season for both Al Horford and Draymond Green, the Golden State Warriors could test the trade market for a new big man, one who hopes to bring some more shooting and rim-protection to the roster.There aren’t too many front-court players that would be both available in a trade and easy for the Warriors to make a move for, but one big man in particular stands out, should his current team choose to move away from him.That would be Myles Turner of the Milwaukee B...
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Blockbuster Bucks Trade Pitch Adds $197M Star To Satisfy Giannis

The Milwaukee Bucks have been playing with fire this season, as they hope to convince franchise superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo to stay in town. Trade rumors have run rampant, but more recently, it has been reported that the Bucks are more inclined to make a trade to add talent, rather than sending Antetokounmpo out and beginning a full rebuild. There are clear issues with the currently constructed roster in Milwaukee, and the Greek Freak himself knows that, recently saying that ‘half the team c...
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Lakers Hit With Reality Check Amid Redick, LeBron Drama

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick made headlines recently for calling out his team, saying that he believed they ‘don’t care enough‘ to put in the effort on a nightly basis to get wins. His comments came after the Lakers lost on Christmas Day to the Houston Rockets, and since then, the second-year head coach of LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, and Deandre Ayton, and company, has taken some heat.Most recently, it was Lou Williams of Run It Back On FanDuel TV that called into questi...
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Ex-NBA Star Reveals Harsh Truth On Wembanyama-Chet Rivalry

Whether artificially manufactured or based on true dislike for each other, it is impossible to deny there has been a rivalry between Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder.The two began their careers in the same season, are semi-similar players with the same tall, skinny build, and each has some of the biggest potential as it relates to young players on the rise in the NBA today.While many believe Wembanyama is well on his way to becoming one of...
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LeBron James Retirement Evidence Mounts Before 41st Birthday

LeBron James is in his record-breaking 23rd NBA season and is about to celebrate his 41st birthday. But no means does he have a lot left in the tank, and according to a new report, James could be closer to retirement than ever before, finally closing the book on his historic career in the league. The Los Angeles Lakers star has shown obvious signs of aging, and though his performance in the team’s last game shows that he can still be impactful, the end is almost here. Answering the question of w...
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NBA Announces Kawhi Leonard News After Career-High 55 Points

To say the last few seasons for Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers have been successful would be a major stretch. However, capping off an extremely successful week for the two-time NBA Finals MVP, Leonard dropped a career-high 55 points against the Detroit Pistons, setting an Intuit Dome all-time high, and tying the Clippers’ franchise record. Most recently, Leonard was named the NBA Player of the Week for the Western Conference, putting up averages of 41.3 points, 9.0 rebounds, 4.3 assis...
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Giannis Calls Out Bucks Teammates Amid Growing Trade Rumors

Giannis Antetokounmpo returned for the Milwaukee Bucks after an eight-game absence with a calf injury and immediately reminded the NBA of his value in the league. In a nine-point win over the Chicago Bulls, Antetokounmpo dropped 29 points and eight rebounds in just 25 minutes, leading the game in scoring in his first game back in nearly four weeks.However, trade rumors continue to follow the two-time MVP, and at the same time he called out a reporter for a ‘disrespectful‘ question about his futu...
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Warriors Hit With Brutal Injury Update Linked To LeBron, Al Horford

As a whole, the Golden State Warriors are old, and though Stephen Curry continues to prove himself as one of the best players of a generation, the injuries are catching up to the 16-15 Bay Area team.The Warriors were already without Al Horford for a decent stretch, as the key offseason addition missed time with sciatica, the same nerve injury that sidelined LeBron James for the first month of the season for the Los Angeles Lakers. But now, Golden State has another player out with sciatica, as it...
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Warriors Favorites To Land 10x All-Star Champion In Trade Rumors

The Golden State Warriors so far aren’t having the start to the season they’d hoped for, despite franchise star Stephen Curry continuing to prove himself as one of the best players of this generation. But as the Warriors hope to take advantage of the time they have left with Curry, they are reportedly in the market to add another star to make one more title push. As of now, that star is Anthony Davis of the Dallas Mavericks, and right now, Golden State is the odds-on favorite to be the next home...
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Timberwolves Get Concerning Anthony Edwards Injury Update

The Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Anthony Edwards, did everything they could on Christmas Day to try to stop Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Despite a strong fight, Edwards and the Timberwolves fell just short, with the franchise star finding himself ejected late in the game as Jokic finished as the first player in league history to have a 55-15-15 triple-double, while also scoring the most points (18) in a single overtime period. However, regarding Edwards, the star is officially listed a...
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Spurs Get Brutal De'Aaron Fox Update Amid New Wemby Report

The San Antonio Spurs have cemented themselves as NBA title contenders with their Christmas Day win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the third occasion in 12 days.A part of their recent success and status as Finals hopefuls has been De’Aaron Fox, who arrived on the team in a trade last summer to pair him with franchise star Victor Wembanyama. After missing a bit of time with some questions about his fit on the team, Fox has elevated his game recently, playing a major part in the Spurs’ 23-7 recor...
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Dillon Brooks Drops Unique Stat Line In Revenge Win Vs. LeBron

Just nine days after bumping into LeBron James and receiving his second technical foul, which ended up deciding the game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Dillon Brooks of the Phoenix Suns dropped a unique stat line in his team’s latest win over his rival James.Brooks finished the night for the Suns with 25 points and nothing else. No rebounds, no assists, no steals, no blocks, and no turnovers, somewhat reminiscent of the famous Tony Snell statline, except for the fact that he led the game in sco...
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Sixers Get Surprising Joel Embiid Update After Scary Knee Injury

The four scariest, and perhaps most common words for the Philadelphia 76ers over the past decade have been ‘Joel Embiid knee injury,‘ and once again on Tuesday night, the 2023 MVP went down with another knee injury against the Brooklyn Nets.Early in the second half, Embiid bumped knees with Terance Mann, dropping to the floor in what could have been another disastrous chapter in his long knee injury history with the Sixers. However, despite leaving the court, Embiid eventually returned to the be...
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Warriors 'Alarming' Draymond Green Problem Is A Major Concern

Though Stephen Curry has continued to perform this season at a pretty similar clip to his MVP days, the same can’t be said for Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors. Along with his recent bench argument with head coach Steve Kerr, Green’s drastic drop in play has been an overarching issue for the Warriors through their first 30 games this year. Writing on Green’s dropping play for Golden State, Nick Friedell of The Athletic described that, along with his continuous outbursts that by themse...
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Luka Doncic Announces Major News Amid Christmas Injury Update

Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers has proven to be one of the most impactful offensive players the NBA has ever seen through the first eight seasons of his career. Throughout most of his time in the league, Doncic has been signed with Jordan Brand, one of many top-tier athletes to partner with Michael Jordan’s legendary shoe company. Now, Doncic and Jordan Brand just dropped his new ‘Luka 5‘ shoes.The video posted announcing the news featured Doncic writing a letter about being a ‘bad man,‘...
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Mitchell Robinson Trainer Takes Shot At Knicks Amid Trade Rumors

Though the New York Knicks are typically seen as Jalen Brunson’s team, they have a lot of options to go to on the offensive side of the ball. However, for the most part, Mitchell Robinson is not known for his scoring, but rather his work rebounding and protecting the rim on the other side of the court.However, Robinson’s trainer, Marcell Scott, believes Robinson should be getting more shots and touches on offense, which, in his mind, would subsequently lead to more success for the Knicks. In two...
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Warriors Star Drops Bizarre Vacation Plea Amid Green-Kerr Chaos

Through 30 games, the Golden State Warriors do not look like title contenders, and problems are growing within the organization in what is expected to be the final few seasons of franchise star Stephen Curry’s illustrious career. Amid these struggles, Jimmy Butler wants a vacation. In a recent comment made on Instagram, Butler urged Warriors fans not to vote for him as a 2025-26 NBA All-Star, instead saying that he wants to go on a Caribbean getaway. “Don’t vote for me guys. Instead somebody cre...
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Stever Kerr Reveals Truth On Kuminga Trade Rumors And Future

Like seemingly everybody around the NBA, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr knows Jonathan Kuminga’s future with the team is more than uncertain, and will likely end in the next month and a half before the trade deadline.For the past few months, ever since signing a two-year extension with the franchise late in the offseason, the 23-year-old’s future with the Warriors has been subject to mass speculation and scrutiny. Most recently, after taking Kuminga out of the rotation for the most...
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