Now that the deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA Draft and return to college has passed (you made us sweat it out, Jeremy Fears, but thank you for returning), we thought it might be interesting to compare roster retention and turnover among Big Ten men’s basketball teams.  We’re going to look at how much production each Big Ten …

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Last season, with Victor Wembanyama shut down by mid-February with a blood clot, the San Antonio Spurs lurched to a 34-48 record. Now, just four wins away from an NBA title, these young Spurs are on the cusp of recasting the balance of power in the league and announcing itself as a dynastic force. Advertisement Wembanyama is 22. Stephon Castle …

Entering his second season at the helm, Texas A&M coach Bucky McMillan has rebranded the Aggie basketball program as one of the premier destinations for future NBA players to develop and play on one of the fastest-paced offenses in the SEC, centered around efficiency near the rim and three-point shooting. After leading the Aggies to the NCAA Tournament during his …

I hope we fully appreciate what we witnessed in the Western Conference finals. A remember-where-you-were Game 1 was the start; a fight-to-the-figurative-death Game 7 was the end. In the middle were five games — decided by double-digits, but defined by absolute haymakers. Advertisement By virtue of net rating, the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs were the two best …

One of the sport’s great play-by-play men had to turn down the chance to once again call an NBA game for NBC. Legendary Knicks announcer Marv Albert, 84, stayed away from the mic even though NBC was interested in bringing him back for a night, as it has often leaned into the nostalgia for the return of NBA games to …

PARIS (AP) — John McEnroe was 14 when the New York Knicks last won the NBA title. Now 67, the former top-ranked tennis player and basketball fan is anxious to get back home from his TV commentating duties at the French Open in time to attend the Knicks’ first home game of the NBA Finals. Advertisement “You can’t ask for …

New Yorkers and Texans are ready for their states to square off in the NBA Finals — and Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Ted Cruz even agreed on a wager in a rare show of friendly sportsmanship across the political aisle. The New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs are set to tip off at Frost Bank Center, the Texans’ …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As it turns out, the Louisville men’s basketball program will not be adding an last-minute cherry on top of their portal class. Former Iowa State star forward Milan Momcilovic, who has been tied to the Cardinals for the last few weeks, announced Monday night that he has committed to arch rival Kentucky. St. John’s was also in …

SAN ANTONIO — Dylan Harper is too young to have seen the Knicks in the NBA Finals. Gregg Popovich, left, talks with Victor Wembanyama on the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets March 5, 2024, Advertisement “I’ve been to so many Knicks playoff games, Knicks games — I live 25, 30 minutes …

The Iowa State Cyclones have been waiting to see where one of their top players would be going for next season, and a decision has been made. Coming off a great season, the Cyclones knew that their roster was going to look a lot different after the campaign was over. Iowa State was a fairly veteran group, with arguably their …

Monday brought status quo for Mitchell Robinson. For the second day in a row, Robinson — who is dealing with a broken right pinky — did individual work at Knicks practice Monday. Just two days before the NBA Finals begin, the Knicks remained noncommittal about his Game 1 availability. Advertisement “I’m just waiting on the medical staff,” coach Mike Brown …

After nearly a week of waiting, we finally got an answer on where Milan Momcilovic is heading. On Monday night, the top three overall transfer from Iowa State announced his committment to Kentucky, choosing the Wildcats over Louisville and Arizona. Mark Pope just picked up his biggest get yet in his time in Lexington. Landing Momcilovic is absolutely massive for …

It’s been almost three weeks since the NBA Lottery, when the #2 pick was given to the Utah Jazz. My guess is that a lot of Jazz fans were preparing themselves for disappointment, as always. But instead, it was shock and elation at their pick jumping in the lottery for the first time. Now, the anxiety of hoping the Jazz …

The Kentucky Wildcats just landed one of the biggest prizes of the transfer portal. Former Iowa State Cyclones forward Milan Momcilovic, widely viewed as the No. 1 player available this spring, has committed to Kentucky after also drawing serious interest from Louisville, Arizona, and St. John’s. It is a major pickup for the Wildcats, especially because Momcilovic brings exactly what …

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SAN ANTONIO — Growing up, Karl-Anthony Towns rooted for the Knicks. So, this run holds a special place in his heart, to see how excited New York City is about the Knicks again, after some dark times. “I can remember draft day a while ago. The Knicks were not good, and people didn’t seem to care as much about [them],” …

It looks like the Mavericks’ years in downtown Dallas are numbered. The franchise announced Monday its plans to head north, with hopes of moving into a new arena in time for the 2031-32 season after its American Airlines Center lease expires. The Mavericks confirmed that they’ve reached a preliminary agreement to build that arena and a corresponding entertainment district in …

SAN ANTONIO — A giant looms in the paint. Victor Wembanyama’s block numbers — he averaged 3.1 per game in the regular season and is averaging 3.5 per game in the postseason, both most in the NBA — don’t even properly reflect just how much of an impact he has inside. Because those don’t measure how many shots weren’t even …

New York Knicks (53-29, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (62-20, second in the Western Conference) San Antonio; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Spurs -4.5; over/under is 218.5 NBA FINALS: Spurs host first series matchup Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: The San Antonio Spurs host the New York Knicks to open the NBA Finals. San Antonio and New York …

Steph Curry’s sneaker free agency is over. In November, the Golden State Warriors superstar announced his shocking departure from Under Armour, the company he had been with for 13 years, and that he had signed a long-term deal with less than three years prior. What followed was one of the largest sneaker free agencies in NBA history. Over the course …

Stephen Curry ended his sneaker free agency Monday by signing a massive new deal with Li-Ning that will expand Curry Brand on a global scale. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Golden State Warriors superstar has signed a 10-year “landmark” shoe deal with Chinese company Li-Ning, a move that officially ends his brief period on the open market and expands …

All eyes in the college basketball world are on former Iowa State Cyclones forward Milan Momcilovic. After he decided to withdraw from the 2026 NBA Draft, focus immediately shifted to where he would be playing his senior year. Iowa State fans held out some hope he would return to Ames, especially after Jackson Kiss decommitted and flipped to the UNLV …

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SAN ANTONIO — The final frontier awaits. What the Knicks have dreamt of since childhood, what they’ve chased as men. On a team that won the Eastern Conference for the first time in 27 years and is seeking its first title in 53 years, OG Anunoby is the only player with a ring, but he has never played a minute …