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The Gonzaga Bulldogs shot a poor 35.4% from three during the 2024-25 season, the worst rate of Mark Few’s coaching career…until last year, when the Zags obliterated that record by shooting an abysmal 33.3% from deep, coming in a paltry 212th in the country. It’s no secret this team needs to address perimeter shooting – something they thus far have …

The giant Larry O’Brien Trophy is back. The league released court designs for the NBA Finals matchup this summer on Sunday night, just days before the San Antonio Spurs host the New York Knicks in Game 1 of that series. A giant painted trophy sits behind each team’s logo, and the classic “Finals” script is painted on one corner of …

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Where did every player go to college on the Knicks’ 2025-26 NBA Finals roster? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NBA Finals are almost here, and it won’t be the first time that several players from New York play on a big stage in their careers. Advertisement Advertisement …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The New York Knicks have certainly waited long enough. The Eastern Conference champions will end up with 10 full days off before they face the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, compared to just three for the Western Conference champions. Advertisement Plenty …

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Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs stand before the Knicks’ first NBA title since the 1973 season after San Antonio’s 111-103 Game 7 win Saturday at the Thunder dethroned reigning-champion Oklahoma City in the Western Conference Finals, setting the stage for a matchup that has New York laser-focused as prep begins for Wednesday’s opener. “They’re a special team,” Miles McBride said. …

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One thing is for sure when it comes to the Iowa State Cyclones men’s basketball team: as long as T.J. Otzelberger is the head coach, they will exceed expectations. They have made the NCAA tournament all five years he has been at the helm, turning into a perennial contender in the Big 12. If they are going to do that …

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This was a moment that nobody expected. At the start of the season, the San Antonio Spurs were seen as a borderline playoff team, possibly a play-in squad. Now, just seven months later, the Spurs are Western Conference champions. In the last game of a hard-fought series with the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, the Spurs went into enemy territory …

The way-too-early rankings for the 2026-27 campaign all got rolling back in early April, just days (or even a day, in some cases) after the national title game. Then came the transfer-portal wave. After the majority of portal entrants made their decisions by early May, more rankings began to pile in again. And then there was just one date circled …

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How do title contending NBA teams build their rosters? This year’s NBA Finals is, as they say, a study in contrasts. The San Antonio Spurs are largely organic, with most of their key players selected in the NBA draft by the Spurs, or are the sort of players that any team can acquire to play for them at low cost. …

In his three seasons with the Iowa State Cyclones, Milan Momcilovic developed into the best shooter in men’s college basketball. He took his game to another level during his tenure in Ames, growing and developing under head coach T.J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones know how impactful a player he can be after he led the team in scoring and made history …

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It’s 1999 all over again, as the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks will duke it out in the NBA Finals for the right to be crowned the kings of the NBA. (Man, we really need a new nickname for Sacramento, don’t we? I don’t mean for them to catch strays here, but … yikes.) Advertisement As the two …

All of Big Blue Nation has come together to agree on one thing, and that is the fact that Mark Pope has to find a way to land Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic. Step one is done as the sharpshooter pulled his name out of the NBA Draft, but now Pope has to find a way to land him. During …

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Coming into the playoffs, Luke Kornet was considered one of, if not the top backup center in the NBA. He’d already won a championship backing up Kristaps Porzingis in Boston two years ago and seemed primed to do it again backing up Victor Wembanyama. He was great all year, helping the Spurs thrive when Wemby missed 12 games early in …

For a little while, Big Blue Nation was starting to worry that freshman center Malachi Moreno could stay in the NBA Draft after his name was flying up the mock drafts. This was a concern for Coach Mark Pope, but last Sunday, Moreno announced that he will be back in his home state to play his sophomore season for the …

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We don’t yet know how the Cleveland Cavaliers will choose to handle this summer. What we do know, however, is that they’ll have plenty of options. According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Oklahoma City Thunder won’t be interested in Giannis Antetokounmpo in a possible trade. They might, however, be open to trading for Evan Mobley. Advertisement “There has …

Mark Pope and his staff loaded up on depth this offseason after that turned into an issue last season thanks to injuries. Due to that, rising junior Trent Noah is going to have to really earn his playing time. Struggling in his minutes on the court last season, consistency was a problem. Now, all eyes are on if he will …