We’ve reached the NBA’s final four. Spurs-Thunder in the West, Cavs-Knicks in the East. Which teams will meet in the NBA Finals? Our writers make their conference finals predictions. Spurs or Thunder: Who ya got? Tom Haberstroh: Spurs in 6. The Thunder finally get an opportunity to prove that Victor Wembanyama isn’t their nemesis. Good luck. With Wemby on the …

The Kentucky Wildcats need to land some top recruits in 2027, and coach Mark Pope is in desperate need of some recruiting wins. He has already offered several of the top players in the class, and has contacted several more. One of those is forward Kager Knueppel. It’s not hard to make make connections to Knueppel’s older brother Kon, who …

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After consecutive Western Conference finals appearances, the Minnesota Timberwolves were ousted in the second round by the San Antonio Spurs. The loss is one thing, but during this postseason they lost Donte DiVincenzo to an Achilles tear, so they’ll presumably be without their most dynamic shooter for most, if not all, of next season. Advertisement It was a strange year …

It was a big week for Matt Painter and the Purdue men’s basketball staff as they picked up a commitment from perhaps the highest rated recruiter of his tenure at Purdue in Isaiah Hill. The rising senior big man stands at 7’0” and is a top 10 recruit in the country according to ESPN. Purdue has not had a recruit …

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Jamahl Mosley was not out of a job long. Just two weeks after being fired by the Orlando Magic, the New Orleans Pelicans have hired Mosley to be their next head coach, a story first reported by Shams Charania of ESPN and since confirmed by other sources. Advertisement This move was not a surprise, Mosley had been linked to Pelicans …

The New York Knicks are their second consecutive Eastern Conference Finals, and if it seems like Knicks fans are excited about their team’s prospects to advance to the franchise’s first NBA Finals since 1999, the oddsmakers agree. The Knicks opened as huge -270 favorites in the ECF (implied probability of 73%), with the Cleveland Cavaliers as +220 underdogs. It is …

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NBA fans are all getting the series we were all hoping for: A Western Conference Finals collision between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs. These teams are the budding preeminent rivalry of the NBA and already played five times in the regular season — one extra game because of an NBA Cup semifinal — and are set …

The women’s Illinois basketball team is taking part in the overseas recruiting pipeline that has been so good to the University. Brad Underwood and the men’s basketball program became famous for this recruiting strategy, bringing in the likes of David Mirkovic, Tomislav Ivisic, and his brother Zvonimir Ivisic, among others, to the Illini. Advertisement This past Saturday, the women’s basketball …

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Dinners should not be where revelations take place. After a Saturday night meal, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert told head coach Kenny Atkinson that Jarrett Allen was the team’s spark. Atkinson has since credited that conversation as a turning point. And while Gilbert was right, it’s a “no s***” observation. Frankly, the fact that it took a dinner with the …

UCLA Bruins head coach Mick Cronin has never been the biggest fan of the current era of college athletics. With NIL and the transfer portal running most of the show these days, college basketball is a much different place. It is worth noting that Cronin is in charge of one of the more lucrative head coaching positions in the entire …

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After a great night for Cleveland in Detroit, the Guardians head to the Motor City to play the Tigers for four days beginning tonight. Let’s hope it goes as well for the Cleveland baseball team as it did for the Cavaliers. Yesterday was a tremendous day for the Guardians. Nicole/Deborah covered it quite well here as always. Advertisement If you …

Jay Bilas has thoughts on everything happening in college basketball right now, and none of them are softened for comfort. The Wizards hold the number one pick, AJ Dybantsa is the consensus choice, but the draft is deeper than any in recent memory and the decision Washington faces is genuinely hard. Jay breaks down every name worth knowing before June. …

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Duke commit John Blackwell is one of the top transfer portal players from this year’s cycle, but he is also taking part in the NBA Draft Combine as he looks to improve his draft stock. Blackwell was one of the top scorers in all of college basketball last season, averaging 19.1 points per game while shooting 43 percent from the …

As anticipated, the Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to re-sign guard James Harden once free agency starts, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. The Cavs traded Darius Garland at the trade deadline to acquire Harden, a major shake-up that shifted the outlook of the team for the near future. That includes more than the current season. Windhorst says the Cavs traded for …

According to On3’s most recent NIL 100 valuations, Denzel Aberdeen is the only Florida Gator ranked inside the top 25 nationally. At No. 18, the 22-year-old has an NIL valuation of $2.2 million. The ranking pins Aberdeen among some of the biggest names in collegiate athletics. It also paints a picture of how drastically Florida basketball’s national profile has ascended …

With Cleveland’s 125-94 beat-down of Detroit Sunday night, the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals are set, and three of the four teams are represented by Duke’s Brotherhood: Cleveland has Tyrese Proctor, San Antonio has Mason Plumlee, and Oklahoma City has Jared McCain. In other words, if New York falls to Cleveland, a Duke guy gets a ring. OKC is …

Good news, everyone! Marquette fans everywhere still have a rooting interest in the 2026 NBA Playoffs! Our lone entrant in the Conference Semifinals advanced to the Conference Finals, so we’ve still got something to latch onto here. Advertisement Look, I’m not trying to tell head coach Mike Brown how to do his job here, but the fact of the matter …

It’s been a long time since the Knicks played a basketball game. By the time the Knicks face the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday, New York will be nine days removed from its last game. Though rest is important, it will be interesting to see how New York looks after a lengthy break. …

Illinois basketball last season played a rough-and-tumble non-conference schedule, and its NCAA Tournament draw wasn’t exactly a walk through the quad. By comparison, the Big Ten slate – usually a perilous, volcanic journey across Mordor – should have been easy-peasy, right? Not so. During their regular-season league schedule, the Illini faced Michigan (the eventual national champs); went on the road …