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Victor Wembanyama is officially NBA two K royalty. The San Antonio Spurs phenom has been tapped as the cover athlete for NBA two K twenty seven, and honestly, the resume backs it up — Finals appearance, Defensive Player of the Year hardware, and a five-year max extension locked in. The future of the league, on the cover of the game. Feels right.
Meanwhile, Washington's front office is bracing for a move that league executives are calling flat-out inevitable. The Nationals sit at fifty-one and fifty-one, hovering just one and a half games out of a Wild Card spot, but their two point six eight ERA left-hander is drawing serious interest ahead of the deadline. Washington isn't fully selling, but they're not holding either — and that arm is simply too valuable to keep on a fence-sitting roster.
And over in New York, the Mets are fielding trade calls on an outfielder carrying a six hundred twenty-eight OPS and a seventy million dollar contract. That's a tough sell, but somebody's calling. Whether that's desperation or genuine interest, the Mets have a decision to make before the window closes.
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