We have reached the Final Four of our Spurs Villain Tournament, where the winners of each bracket have been determined, and the winners of this round will go head-to-head to determine who is the biggest Spurs villain of all time. The heavy favorites mostly continue to prevail. In the Elite 8 (or Finals for each bracket), three of the top …

After the Lakers’ front office doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts, many fans were left wondering how many of these players could realistically outperform their contracts. Here are four new Lakers and one returning player who look well positioned to obliterate the national media’s low expectations and a cautious local fanbase that’s been burned once too often. …

Sometimes the best moves a team can make are the ones that aren’t the flashiest. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr appeared on the “Tom Tolbert Show” this weekend and spoke about how he’s excited about the depth that the Warriors front office acquired over the offseason. Advertisement During the offseason, the Warriors were viewed as a bridesmaid, but …

Danilo Gallinari has sent Kawhi Leonard a bill for his career detour. The total: $50 million. The proposed recipient: charity. New York Knicks’ Danillo Gallinari reacts during the third quarter of a game against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at Madison Square Garden. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post The supporting evidence is considerably less tidy. Speaking on the …

As the Knicks look to repeat for a championship, the club has a good chance at having three All-Stars during the 2026-27 season. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns are the two obvious names, with both players having made the All-Star team each of the last three seasons. Looking to join them this season is OG Anunoby. Advertisement Entering his 10th …

Nearly 300 kids showed up Saturday to watch Dillon Brooks set up layup drills at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa. This wasn’t a random appearance or a half-hearted community obligation. Suns veteran Dillon Brooks rolled straight from a media availability into on-court work with kids who came because they believe in what he’s building in Phoenix, and look up …

Since the NBA officially announced the Clippers’ punishments for circumventing the league’s salary cap rules for star forward Kawhi Leonard, a question came to the forefront of conversations around the league: Who’s going to be running the Clippers’ basketball operations? It couldn’t be franchise owner/chairman Steve Ballmer, who was suspended from league and team activities for one year for his …

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The Toronto Raptors have officially confirmed via press release that Kawhi Leonard, the 7-time All-Star, 2-time Finals-MVP, and bringer of championships to two separate teams, IS a Toronto Raptor for the 2026-2027 season. In the wake of a report from Shams Charania earlier today, the Toronto Raptors remained silent for a number of hours on the mater. That was a …

For the last 17 years, Stephen Curry has put together a Hall of Fame career that has marked him as one of the greatest shooters to play the game of basketball. Now fans have the chance to relive it, plus more. But this time, on the IMAX screen. Advertisement On Monday, ESPN Films released a trailer for their latest documentary, …

Knicks fans can start making their plans to see the champions.  Single-game tickets at Madison Square Garden officially went on sale Monday in the first of three waves.  Monday’s wave was for participants in the Knicks Fan First program who are Chase cardholders. Advertisement All other Knicks Fan First members can begin to make purchases Tuesday. New York Knicks guard …

Since Brad Underwood took over in Champaign, he has built a handful of Illinois teams capable of winning a national title, but the Illini have never entered a season considered one of the frontrunners. Welcome to the 2026-27 season. The disclaimer is always necessary: We’re more than a month away from the season tip-off and half a year from the …

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Steve Ballmer’s decision to accept the NBA’s punishment may not be complete surrender. It could be the Clippers’ only plausible path toward reclaiming some of the five first-round picks stripped from them. Advertisement After initially threatening to explore legal remedies, Ballmer suddenly reversed course and announced Sunday that the organization had paid its $30 million fine and would comply with …

Court documents filed this month show the Jayhawks quietly working behind the scenes to get Emmanuel Ogbole, a former Rutgers big man, back on the floor somewhere in America. Anywhere, really, as long as the NCAA finally says yes. The Player Nobody Can Sign Ogbole spent three seasons at Rutgers after a year at Monroe College, a junior college, and …

Once again, the San Antonio Spurs come into a new NBA season with a lot of new blood. They have a whopping four (4) new rookies, including two first-round picks and two second-round picks on two-way contracts. The two rookies getting the most hype are Tarris Reed Jr. and Jayden Quaintance, who were both selected at the end of the …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville coach Pat Kelsey added another fifth-year player to the roster Monday with forward LJ Wells now available this season for the Cardinals. Kelsey said he is friends with Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn, who gushes about Wells’ character, work ethic and coachability. Wells spent the past four seasons at Northern Kentucky and started 33 games for …

Taj Gibson is ready for his second NBA act. The veteran forward retired Monday after 17 seasons, an announcement that was quickly followed by the Bulls revealing he’d joined their coaching staff. “I can honestly say I gave this game everything I had,” Gibson wrote in a social media post. “I’m grateful for every moment, every teammate, every coach, and …

Trading Kawhi Leonard did more than remove the Clippers’ best player. It eliminated their last convincing claim to having a franchise centerpiece. That loss feels especially severe after the NBA punished the Clippers’ salary-cap violations with a $30 million fine, leadership suspensions and the forfeiture of five first-round picks. Advertisement While Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick and Toronto’s draft compensation provide …

The summer of 2023 was a pivotal one for the Golden State Warriors. After a volatile season started with Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole during a preseason practice, the team’s title defense ended with a second-round playoff loss. Poole and Wiggins got contract extensions in the wake of the championship, while Green did not, despite holding a player option for …

This year, the definition of “The Big East men’s basketball schedule is release at some point after Labor Day” is literally one week after Labor Day, as the conference announced the league slate for all 11 men’s basketball teams on Monday morning. It is, for now, just the schedule of games, only the dates the contests will be played. The …

The second-oldest active player in basketball is no more, as OAKAAK Taj Gibson announced his retirement on Monday afternoon following his release by the New Orleans Pelicans last week. He will join the Chicago Bulls’ coaching staff under Tiago Splitter for 2026-27. Gibson, a Brooklyn native, was selected No. 26 overall by the Bulls in 2009 out of USC. It …

Recruiting is really heating up with the 2027 class as prospects start to cut their list of schools down and start taking visits. On Monday, Kentucky made the list cut for a top five prospect in the class. According to On3’s Joe Tipton, top five forward AJ Williams has included Kentucky in his top 10 schools. Others included in Williams’ …

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his staff had spent the last 12 months loudly insisting they’d done nothing wrong. The podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” first raised questions about payments star forward Kawhi Leonard received from Aspiration Partners without doing any endorsement work to benefit the company on Sept. 3, 2025. The NBA responded by starting an investigation. Advertisement In …

Kansas basketball will have two marquee opportunities under the national spotlight during the 2026-27 season after the Big 12 and ESPN announced the conference’s Big Monday schedule Monday. The Jayhawks will appear on Big Monday twice, first traveling to Houston to face the Cougars on Feb. 1 before returning home to host Iowa State on March 1. Both games will …