Multiple, very obvious reasons made it clear it was time for the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard to part ways, but one kind of flew under the radar: Los Angeles wasn’t about to give Leonard, 35, the kind of extension he wanted. The Toronto Raptors will. Advertisement In a deal that was expected, Leonard and the Raptors have agreed to a …

Lady Vols basketball is heading to Fort Myers, Florida, for Thanksgiving weekend this season, completing its nonconference schedule for the 2026-27 season. Florida Gulf Coast, Creighton and Houston are also in the field for the Coconut Hoops Tournament, which will be played at Alico Arena on FGCU’s campus. Tennessee will open the tournament against FGCU on Nov. 27 at 6:30 …

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The Atlanta Hawks are trading Buddy Hield, Ryan Nembhard and cash to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for forward Dorian Finney-Smith, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The Hawks make the move to fortify their frontcourt a day after they announced that backup rookie center Henri Veesaar suffered a torn ACL. Advertisement Finney-Smith, 32, is a veteran 3-and-D forward who could earn …

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Warriors draft pick Lajae Jones signs with Italian team Pallacanestro Trieste originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After filling their final NBA roster spot with forward Graham Ike on a two-way contract, the Warriors have agreed to let their second-round draft selection develop overseas. Advertisement Lajae Jones, selected by Golden State with the No. 54 pick in the 2026 …

Last season changed the expectations around Illinois basketball. For the first time in 21 years, the Illini reached the Final Four. They won 28 games, established themselves as one of the best teams in the country and came within two wins of a national championship. Advertisement Now comes the difficult part: doing it again. What makes this Illinois team so …

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Last summer, the Golden State Warriors had the most noteworthy restricted free agency standoff with Jonathan Kuminga. This year, the Dubs appear to be done with their offseason roster moves, but the Detroit Pistons and restricted free agent Jalen Duren remain in a staring contest of their own. In a previous era of the NBA, the Warriors would be in …

On Monday, the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball program announced the resumption of a former Big East rivalry: They’ll play Rutgers on Feb. 6, 2027 at the Barclays Center. We have known about the meeting for a while now, but we did not know about the date, which is very interesting. The contest will happen right in the middle of Atlantic …

Kawhi Leonard is staying put. The Toronto Raptors decided to keep the 35-year-old around for multiple seasons, reportedly signing him to a two-year, $115 million extension Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The move comes as Leonard was set to enter the final year of the three-year, $149 million extension he signed with the Clippers in 2024. Under his previous …

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In the immediate aftermath of winning a championship, there’s utter jubilation. Once that initial high wears off after the ceremony and you start truly grasping what you just witnessed, the human mind naturally goes in a completely different direction. You begin to think of those who were proven wrong. Advertisement Athletes always say after they win it all, “They didn’t …

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After the Golden State Warriors decided to sign undrafted free agent big man Graham Ike to fill the final two-way spot on the squad, news shortly followed of Dubs second-round pick Lajae Jones opting to start his post-college career internationally. Jones has agreed to a one-year deal with Pallacanestro Trieste of Lega Basket Serie A (the most prestigious basketball league …

Several rotational decisions warrant extensive conversations. For the Washington Wizards, starting point guard isn’t one of them. In June, the Wizards signed Trae Young to a four-year, $212 million contract extension to serve as their starting PG for the 2026-27 season and beyond. He’s the team’s best distributor since Russell Westbrook. And they paid him like it. Advertisement Who backs …

From underdog story to homegrown hope: Yaxel Lendeborg’s journey to Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Eyes, attention and major expectations will be cast upon Yaxel Lendeborg throughout his rookie year.  Advertisement Lendeborg, taken No. 11 in the 2026 NBA Draft, is the Warriors’ highest pick since selecting Jonathan Kuminga seventh overall in 2021, and the highest yet …

It felt like time. Trae Young was in his eighth season in Atlanta and things felt stagnant. This was a team — and Young was a player — in need of a change, and while it wasn’t always smooth, the team worked with Young and he was traded to the Washington Wizards. At least, that was how it looked from …

We are counting down the days to the start of the college basketball season. If you’re reading this on the day it was published, we have 47 days to the official start of College Basketball, and 36 days until we can see the team in action against K-State (presuming it’s televised). Advertisement The Full Non-Conference Schedule: October 29th — at …

It takes a big man to admit when they are wrong about something. Hand up, I was wrong about the Cleveland Cavaliers after the James Harden trade of last year. Now, in fairness to me, the Cavs drew perhaps the softest possible playoff draw that they could. But even then, a very flawed Raptors team took them the distance, and …

With the Syracuse Football season starting to turn the wrong way, let’s take a look at some more ACC opponents in the college basketball world. If you missed the first part of this series, go read it if you would like to see the changes made by: Boston College, California, Clemson, and Duke. Now let’s go over four more rosters …

The Atlanta Hawks announced on Monday that former Tar Heel Henri Veesaar tore his right ACL during a workout on Sept. 15 and will miss the entire NBA season. The 22-year-old Estonian was an all-ACC performer for Carolina last season, averaging 17 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 blocks while shooting 42.6% from 3-point range. He declared for the …

If this offseason for the Detroit Pistons was a plane ride, you’d call it an eventful one. There has been turbulence, with the front office missing out on players they thought could fit the team’s present and future. They’ve also moved on from two players who were foundational pieces of their identity in Tobias Harris and Isaiah Stewart. Advertisement Above …

It did not take long for LeBron James to make his imprint on the Sixers’ roster construction. The last player Philadelphia signed to a standard contract this offseason was 13-year veteran and two-time NBA champion Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Most known for his stops with the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets, KCP made his name as a prototypical 3-and-D wing that’s …

Injuries are an unfortunate part of sports and change the course of every NBA season. However, last season seemed more severe than most — a rash of top players missed considerable time, if not the entire season. It changed the complexion of teams and playoff races (not to mention the tanking). All those injuries a year ago open the door …