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WNBA coaches, GMs share frustrations over ongoing officiating issues: ‘You get what you pay for’

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The 2025 WNBA season ended with unprecedented criticism of officiating and the leaders in charge of its improvement. As the WNBA nears the halfway point of the 2026 season, that same topic has once again taken center stage. In some instances, poor officiating has even overshadowed the accomplishments in the league’s 30th anniversary season. Perhaps the best example arrived last week when a no-call on a loose ball play between Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa T

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Magic waive Jonathan Isaac, their No. 6 pick in the 2017 draft who battled injuries

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The Orlando Magic waived Jonathan Isaac on Saturday, ending the former first-round pick's injury-shortened time with the team. The Magic took Isaac with the No. 6 pick in the 2017 draft. After playing in 75 games in 2018-19 in a promising second season, the 6-foot-10 forward tore his left ACL in August 2020 during the NBA's restart and missed the next two seasons while recovering from surgery.

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Cash Considerations Ruled the NBA Draft. Here’s How They Work

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During the second round of the NBA Draft on Thursday night, the Chicago Bulls dealt No. 38 overall pick Braden Smith to the Indiana Pacers for Kam Jones, future pick swaps and so-called cash considerations. It was at least the 15th time since 2000 the Bulls have made a deal involving cash considerations. As a …

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