#rebuilding

#rebuilding

The Jazz envision Jackson forming a long-term frontcourt partnership with top scorer Lauri Markkanen that promises to create size and length mismatches against many opponents. Jackson, who earned NBA Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2023, embraces the idea of playing a pivotal role in helping Utah finally make the transition from lottery team to future playoff contender.

"For me, DC is overlooked as far as a big market," Young said. "In the NBA, I feel like this is a big market, and I just feel like I'm going to be able to come into an opportunity to be myself."

Finishing with 27 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals, Sarr looked like the franchise player the Wizards drafted him to be when they selected him No. 2 overall last offseason. Receiving the first MVP chants of his career not only prove that the fanbase is behind him, but it proves that the big man is putting a sense of belief into a fanbase that has desperately needed something to believe in over the course of the last few years.

Jets got a lot in return, especially considering Quinnen wanted out.

The Ravens and Bills can offer the Dolphins lessons in the value of being able to win in more than one way, the importance of the trenches, the role of physicality, and the significance of being able to win on the road. The Dolphins' next incarnation should prioritize all of those things in the same fashion that Baltimore and Buffalo have prioritized them. The Dolphins (2-7) must make major changes in strategy and philosophy.

The Cardinals are entering what could be a multi-year rebuilding period where they focus more on strengthening their farm system and player development apparatus than winning games at the major league level. That's a pivot that started last winter, but a number of key veteran players with no-trade clauses wanted to stick with the organization for the 2025 season and try to win in St. Louis.

The main thing we need to do is to keep doing what we're doing but do them better. Fundamentally we're not doing the wrong things, we're just not doing them well enough.

"It is a process. We need time, and we need matches, and they are coming," Hjulmand told a press conference on Friday. "We are very optimistic, and I think we have a great team. We can build an outstanding team, but we are still building it up. "A lot of new players, new coaches, that's how it is. But in every game we have to get results."

Tre Johnson brings a level of excitment to the Washington Wizards that the organization has desperately needed after the last decade. After several losing seasons and being forced to watch two star players waste their prime in Washington, the fanbase has been deprived of excitement. When the front office finally came to realization that it was time to press the restart button, fans came face-to-face with the harsh reality that their team wouldn't be good anytime in the near future.

Hamby grounded her. "Hey, I won eight games last year," Hamby responded. "So this looks different to me." Despite finishing under .500 for the fifth consecutive season and falling just short of making the playoffs, the Sparks easily more than doubled last year's win total. Hampered by a slew of injuries that stunted momentum, they greatly improved with the league's fourth-best record after the All-Star break.

It's taken seven years for recovery efforts to culminate in a newly built home, highlighting the prolonged rebuilding process in Malibu after the Woolsey Fire.

The Sharks have spent their money wisely, pouring their salary cap space into veterans who can increase expectations for the team as it strives to climb out of the infancy stages of a full rebuild.