A.J. Dybantsa is projected to be selected first overall in the 2026 NBA draft after his breakout freshman season with the BYU Cougars. In 35 games, the small forward averaged 25.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He shot 51% from the field, including 33.1% from beyond the arc. Despite what could be considered a great …

We have a fun episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! First, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones are joined by Ben Pfeifer (EssentiallySports, Swish Theory) to talk all things NBA Draft! Ben shares his scouting philosophy and how it’s evolved, then digs deep into this year’s class. From there, the guys shift to the W to take stock of …

College basketball was just given a massive shakeup on Monday morning as it was announced that Michigan head coach Dusty May is off to the NBA to be the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. This is tough for the Wolverines, as it is going to be hard to find an elite coach who would be willing to leave this …

The aftermath of New York Knicks’ Finals win, combined with the upcoming NBA Draft and free agency, has become a discourse on the overall nature of roster building. Will more teams take the Knicks’ path? Are draft picks still valuable?  Advertisement It’s an interesting question and one that has infiltrated conversations with a number of front-office executives. From an outsider’s …

Dusty May is leaving Michigan basketball, but how many transfers will go out the door with him? As first reported by ESPN, May is expected to leave to coach the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks in the upcoming season. May was the coach in Ann Arbor for the past two seasons, most recently winning a regular-season Big Ten title and the program’s …

The 2026 NBA Draft tips off Tuesday in Brooklyn and this class has been billed as one of the deepest in years. Below is a fantasy-basketball-first breakdown of where I’d like each prospect in the lottery to land, knowing very well there will be some surprises and shakeups along the way. Washington Wizards: Cameron Boozer — F, Duke Boozer to …

A shocking decision rained down on college basketball Monday morning when reigning national champion Michigan head coach Dusty May announced he was accepting the Dallas Mavericks head coaching position in the NBA. The move comes deep into the college basketball offseason but at a relatively early point in the NBA offseason. Advertisement This is one of the more shocking coaching …

Max Strus’s 2025-26 season was definitely not the plan either the Cleveland Cavaliers or Strus envisioned. However, the Cavaliers needed Strus for the postseason, and from that perspective, he was up to the task. Regular Season Stats Advertisement Late last August, it was announced by the Cavaliers that Strus underwent surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot. …

On Monday morning, it was reported that Dusty May was finalizing a deal to become the Dallas Mavericks‘ next head coach. May had just led the Michigan Wolverines to a national championship, capping a remarkable 37-3 season and completing one of the fastest rises in college basketball. Just three years earlier, he took Florida Atlantic on a historic Final Four …

BYU’s A.J. Dybantsa continues to be the betting favorite to go No. 1 to the Washington Wizards in Tuesday’s 2026 NBA Draft. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin O’Connor also has him mocked first to the Wizards. “At 6-9, he has a special blend of athletic tools with the way he bends, shifts, and explodes with the ball in his hands,” O’Connor wrote. …

The college basketball world is in total shambles on Monday, June 22. After winning the National Championship two months ago, Michigan men’s basketball head coach Dusty May is reportedly leaving Ann Arbor to become the new head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. May has been one of the fastest risers to an NBA job in recent history, going from coaching …

Michigan chose continuity. It also faced reality. Hiring a college basketball coach in late June is not ideal timing. The Wolverines, according to multiple reports, will promote Mike Boynton Jr. to interim coach to succeed Dusty May, who’s leaving for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Advertisement The key word in that sentence? “Interim.” That suggests this is a trial run — …

Only days after he accepted his first head coaching job eight years ago, Dusty May feared he may have committed career suicide. He almost backed out of the opportunity to coach Florida Atlantic when he toured the school’s campus and saw the condition of its aging, run-down basketball facilities. Advertisement It wasn’t just that FAU’s gymnasium seated less than 3,000 …

Mike Boynton Jr. is reportedly Michigan’s choice to serve as interim head basketball coach after Dusty May left for the Dallas Mavericks on June 22. Boynton joined May’s staff in 2024 after serving seven years as Oklahoma State’s head coach. Boynton was on Brad Underwood’s staff for a year at OSU before Underwood left for Illinois. Boynton was elevated to …

This is the time of the year when it’s considered “dead” for college basketball overall. Rosters are finalized, or almost finalized, and the talking heads discuss who they like and don’t like. Well, as sports fans, we know that these things are just about year-round nowadays. Today, on June 22, the sport of college basketball got flipped upside down in …

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ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to a deal to acquire wing Aaron Wiggins from the Oklahoma City Thunder, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal, first reported by ESPN, has not been announced. The Thunder will receive second-round …

Just one sleep remains before the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft in Brooklyn. The 2026 class is been considered one of the deepest and most talented in recent memory, headlined by a quartet of generational one-and-dones as well as explosive guards, and elite veteran forwards. With the draft almost here, here are John Fanta’s picks for all 30 …

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Dusty May was a first-year assistant at Louisiana Tech, still a decade away from hitting it big, when Gordon Hayward’s half-court shot came within a breath of delivering Butler the national championship in 2010. When it hit the front of the iron and bounced away, triggering a rain of confetti on Duke, May could have been like any young coach. …

Just like that, we have a major college basketball job opening in June. The entire college basketball world was thrown into flux on Monday as reigning national champion Michigan basketball coach Dusty May accepted the Dallas Mavericks head coaching job. Now, the Wolverines have to make a replacement hire fairly late in the offseason. Advertisement As Michigan looks for May’s …

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Jason Collins, the first openly gay active player in NBA history, will be posthumously honored for making an impact away from the court. Collins will receive the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPYS in July, the event announced Monday. Collins died in May after revealing a brain cancer diagnosis last December. He was 47. The Arthur Ashe Award …

On Monday morning, the college basketball world experienced a seismic shake-up with the news that Michigan Wolverines head coach Dusty May was leaving to take the same position with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. It’s a shocking move that will certainly have an effect on the 2026-27 season, and potentially a direct effect on the Kentucky Wildcats. Obviously, who Michigan hires …

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