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What to Make of the Hayden Patriquin-Anna Leigh Waters Drama?

April 28, 2025 admin 16 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Is MLP back or what? We’ll have plenty to get to as the week goes along and we’ll have takeaways

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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 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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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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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Mesa Cup – 5 Takeaways – Is Ben Johns Washed?

February 24, 2025February 26, 2025 admin 6 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Recency bias be damned, this had to be one of the best PPA events in the history of the tour.

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Opinion 

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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Have Your Say!

  1. Dan on NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Grades (Part 2) – Bottom of the ClassMarch 13, 2026

    Is Jorja really a "massive" upgrade for the 5s? AL and Meghan were already totally dominant, and are Noe/Jorja massively…

  2. admin on NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Grades (Part 2) – Bottom of the ClassMarch 12, 2026

    Oh man. Miscounted that one. We’ll get that one added tomorrow. We had them at a B-. Not sure what…

  3. Mark on NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Grades (Part 2) – Bottom of the ClassMarch 12, 2026

    You only did 19 of the teams. Nothing for Bay Area Breakers

  4. NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Grades (Part 2) – Bottom of the Class – NML Pickleball on NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Live BlogMarch 12, 2026

    […] posted part 1 of our draft grades yesterday and are bringing you part 2 […]

  5. admin on PPA Tour 2026 Newport Beach Open – 5 Takeaways – Greatness is ConsistencyMarch 9, 2026

    Parris is an interesting player as she wants to be alpha but her skillset is probably best suited for the…

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