It’s not that he’s the winningest coach in NBA history. It’s not how he created a culture in San Antonio that continues to grow as the next generation of enter the fold. It’s not who he is at his core. It’s all of that and then some. From time to time, we have to remind ourselves just how remarkable a …

Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats may have two of the best returning players in all of college basketball on the roster, but for the most part, everyone else is a newcomer to Tucson. Arizona rebuilt a roster that lost Koa Peat, Brayden Burries, and Jaden Bradley to the NBA by surrounding center Mo Krivas and forward Ivan Kharchenkov with …

You and a buddy are watching the Knicks game at home when the refs make an egregiously erroneous call. The two of you hurl obscenities and whatever’s handy at the TV. Meanwhile, on the sideline, coach Mike Brown flaps his arms as if trying to fly, but he’s unsure of whether to call a challenge. He cranes his neck toward …

Basketball season is a little under a month and a half away, and Wake Forest hosted their official Media Day on Monday, which also happened to be the first day of official practice. We spoke with Coach Steve Forbes and the players and watched practice. The Deacs roster is mostly comprised of newcomers, so it was very interesting to see …

The Toronto Raptors have had a history of success with European centres: Jonas Valanciunas, Marc Gasol, and now, Jakob Poeltl. But, can the Austrian big man reach the same heights as those that came before him, or will his inability to stay on the floor condemn the Raptors to another season of mediocrity? Big man in the middle Starting with …

The Duke basketball program will enter the 2026-27 college hoops season as one of the favorites to cut down the nets in April 2027. Over head coach Jon Scheyer’s four years at the helm for the Blue Devils, he has brought the team to the NCAA Tournament in all four years, including two Elite Eight appearances and a Final Four …

Kasparas Jakučionis—still just 20 years old—arrives in the Cream City via the Giannis trade as a young, intriguing guard prospect. Jakučionis is a 6’5″ second-year guard who averaged 6.2 PPG, 2.6 RPG, and 2.6 APG in just under 18 minutes per contest for Miami. Except for his three-point percentage (42%), most of his stats don’t jump off the page. That …

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Training camp is here, and the Minnesota Timberwolves have reported. The starting lineup looks to be locked up with Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, and Jonathan Kuminga. Level of play, injuries, and selective rest will shift that lineup as the season goes on, but those starters are more vital than ever. In past seasons, Coach Chris Finch …

The Syracuse Orange football team suffered its second loss of the season last Thursday and around these parts that can only mean one thing: it’s time to answer the clarion call from our editorial staff and start writing basketball stories immediately. That brings Syracuse basketball to the forefront as the program ushers in its ninth head coach of all-time to …

Every day, we’ll take a closer look at another member of the 2026-27 Phoenix Suns, examining what they bring to the roster and what their role could mean for the season ahead as we count down to training camp and the preseason. Shooting Guard, 6’4″, 190 lbs., 30 years old, 9 years of experience Advertisement Luke Kennard signed with Phoenix …

With practices getting underway for the St. John’s Red Storm, that means the season is right around the corner. For a team coming off a great season, expectations will be high. Entering year four of the Rick Pitino era, St. John’s could have their most talented roster year. Even though they have won back-to-back Big East titles and reached the …

The Wizards spent the past few years trying to lose. Now they’re trying to win and develop players at the same time. Half the roster is young, the other half is old. But all of them are trying to figure out who they are. Washington is running a two-timeline experiment that features veterans Trae Young, Anthony Davis, Khris Middleton and …

The Big Ten basketball schedule was released Wednesday of last week, meaning the Illini’s schedule is now set for the 2026-27 season. The conference will once again play a 20-game schedule, with every team facing each opponent at least once. Illinois will play every team once and face Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin twice. It will be another challenging slate for …

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Julian Phillips Phillips is a 6’6″ small forward who signed with the Rockets in the offseason after going to the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft. He spent two and a half seasons with the Bulls before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves at last year’s deadline. He then joineed the Rockets as a free …

Nicolas Batum announced his retirement from the NBA after 18 seasons on Monday, Sept. 21. In a nearly 10-minute-long video posted to his Instagram account, the 37-year-old wing walked into Gym Even in Pont-l’Évêque, France – the same one where he started playing basketball exactly 35 years ago to the day on Sept. 21, 1991, when he was two-and a …

The Indiana Pacers are poised to return as NBA championship contenders after a one-year hiatus following the Achilles injury suffered by star Tyrese Haliburton in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. But Haliburton is set to make his long-awaited comeback to start the 2026-27 season, and the Pacers are a leading candidate to make a dramatic jump in the …

The Washington Wizards had an interesting way of building toward this season. Trae Young played just 15 games last season, a career low, and only five of them for Washington. He called it “a blessing in disguise,” the deal that sent him out of Atlanta after the Hawks never offered him an extension. The Wizards then gave him four years …

Four years after being drafted, Khalifa Diop is gearing up for his rookie season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Diop has spent the last few years as a stashed prospect overseas, but will finally make his debut in the 2026 season. Advertisement What should we expect? Diop is a mobile 6’11” big who can block shots and run the floor. He …

Arguably no team has undergone more change over the course of the year than the Portland Trail Blazers. They’ve seen their head coach at the start of the 2025-26 season charged in an alleged illegal gambling ring. They surprised and broke through in the NBA Play-In Tournament to make the playoffs as the No. 7 seed. Their interim coach was …

It’s a new era for the Utah Jazz. After years of irrelevance and rebuilding, after a season spent tanking, the Jazz have an unproven but talented roster in place. So, now, expectations are elevating in kind. Advertisement The pillars are forwards Lauri Markkanen, who is now going into his fifth season with the franchise, and Jaren Jackson Jr., the mid-season …

The Sacramento Kings enter the 2026-27 season as a team with plenty of room for improvement. The Kings snapped a 16-year long playoff drought in 2023 and haven’t been back to the postseason since as a lot has unfolded, including a new general manager, head coach and face of the franchise. The Kings finished their most recent campaign with a …

The Chicago Bulls underwent drastic changes this offseason, adding three new starters, a new front office leader and a new coach. This makes better days easier to envision even though the Bulls once again appear positioned as neither a legitimate Eastern conference contender nor a doormat entering the 2026-27 NBA season. First-year coach Tiago Splitter, who successfully led the Portland …