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MLP Trade Reactions – Texas/Miami, NJ/Phoenix and Hustlers Bench

March 11, 2025 admin 7 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The floodgates on Trade SZN was supposed to be opened after the Challenger draft was completed. However, we are now

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MLP 2025 Challenger Draft Grades

March 4, 2025 admin 8 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Since 2023 when the Challenger and Premier divisions were implemented, we have probably enjoyed following the Challenger division more than

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MLP 2025 Premier Draft Grades

March 3, 2025 admin 14 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Another year. Another draft. It was more of a reset considering the tenuous keeper situation that was created by MLP, which

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Live Blog Opinion 

MLP Premier Free Agency Draft – Live Blog

March 1, 2025March 2, 2025 admin 5 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It is Draft SZN again in pickleball and, even though we aren’t in the hot seat making decisions for a

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MLP 2025 Offseason Challenger Trade and Keeper Grades

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 admin 4 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

If you had trouble caring about Challenger in 2024, you might really have a hard time caring about Challenger in

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MLP 2025 Offseason Premier Trade and Keeper Grades

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025 admin 13 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

For the first time in MLP’s history, we finally have some continuity. Kind of. With the league’s new keeper system,

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NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 11 – PPA Extravaganza ft. Changing Paddle Standards

November 23, 2023 admin 5 Comments major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

NML Podcast Episode 11 – PPA Extravaganza ft. Changing Paddle Standards

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Opinion 

NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 10 – Do the Best Teams Win at MLP?

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 admin 8 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Ep. 10 of the NML Pickleball Podcast.

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NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 9 – Steve Kuhn Resigns; MLP Full Steam Ahead?

October 26, 2023 admin 2 Comments APP, app tour, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 9.

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MLP Dallas Challenger Shuffle Draft Reaction

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 admin 9 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Challenger Shuffle Draft Reaction.

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  1. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    We are about to both play the amatuer events in Sacramento and have never both done one together so we’re…

  2. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    The lack of difference between events seems like a big contributor to this

  3. Dan Beeman on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I just got done playing 2 hours of really fun pickleball with friends on our local courts. While I am…

  4. Deb Waldin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I stopped watching PB tournaments a year ago because…watching Anna Leigh win every single time got very old. Good for…

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