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MLP Orlando 2025 – Live-ish Random Thoughts

April 24, 2025April 27, 2025 admin 19 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

MLP is back and we are also back with our first live-ish blog for an event in a long time.

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Opinion Previews 

The 9 Biggest Questions Heading into MLP’s First Event of 2025

April 23, 2025 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

We are unabashedly proponents of the team format being the best format to watch in pro pickleball. That has not

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Opinion 

MLP 2025 Preseason Power Rankings

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 admin 2 Comments major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball

We have never done any kind of power rankings as NML, but it seems like it would be a missed

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Opinion 

Is Anna Bright the Kevin Durant of Pro Pickleball?

April 11, 2025 admin 13 Comments Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, girlies, pickleball, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Authored by Gritty – as a caveat for this post, this is a question that the two of us fundamentally

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour North Carolina Open – 6 Takeaways – First Half Review

April 10, 2025 admin 3 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

It’s only April but the new division of the schedule between PPAs and MLPs means that the first half of

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Opinion Takeaways 

PPA Tour Texas Open – 2 Takeaways (plus a Bonus MLP Trade Takeaway!) – Wind in the Heart of Texas

March 18, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, pro pickleball association

We are already getting to that point in the pickleball season where events are bleeding into each other. We had

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Opinion 

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

March 11, 2025 admin 6 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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Opinion 

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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Opinion 

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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Have Your Say!

  1. admin on Ruthlessness and Lack of Transparency Looms Over UPA Contract TerminationsDecember 13, 2025

    Almost certainly. The other thing we weren’t 100% is whether Parris signed a new contract for 2026. We expect that…

  2. Jared on Ruthlessness and Lack of Transparency Looms Over UPA Contract TerminationsDecember 13, 2025

    Always great to see a post from the fellas! It’s all assumption on my end, but I fully believe Parris’…

  3. Gus on Ruthlessness and Lack of Transparency Looms Over UPA Contract TerminationsDecember 12, 2025

    In the pro world, it was/is well known that James was not faithful to Bright throughout their relationship. This occurred…

  4. admin on Ruthlessness and Lack of Transparency Looms Over UPA Contract TerminationsDecember 12, 2025

    For sure. The preferential treatment has always been a thing and that is a reality of life to a certain…

  5. admin on Ruthlessness and Lack of Transparency Looms Over UPA Contract TerminationsDecember 12, 2025

    Hah we are still here! Life gets busy and sometimes leaves very little time for our passion project. We are…

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