Yearly Archives: 2026

Quentin Grimes and the ‘glut of guards’ mirage

As our player season reviews rolls on, you’ve probably read a lot about Quentin Grimes’ 2025-26 season if you’ve spent any time on this blog this offseason. He played well for the first two months of the season before struggling for the back half of the season. Save for one game in Boston, his playoffs were just as frustrating. He …

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4 Underrated UCLA Basketball Players of Last Decade

UCLA men’s basketball has a history of fame and success, from coaches to elite players. Some of the names included are considered among the best of the best, like Bill Walton, Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and Reggie Miller. However, the program has established its prominence throughout college basketball with more than just superstars. Its most successful teams have also had …

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Knicks vs. Spurs: 3 keys for New York in Game 5 of NBA Finals

Offensive rebounding has long been the Knicks’ calling card. Even as the team’s offense shape-shifted from stylistically rugged to one that hummed with passing and shooting, the offensive boards remained a focal point of New York’s success. On the biggest stage, a carom on the offensive end made for one of the top plays in franchise history. OG Anunoby’s tip-in …

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How Duke Basketball’s Best Recruit Flying Under the Radar

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff are once again bringing in an elite recruiting class. Scheyer and Co. sealed the nation’s No. 1-ranked 2026 recruiting class, the third consecutive year they have accomplished that feat. The class is headlined by three 5-star prospects in Cameron Williams, Deron Rippey Jr., and Bryson Howard. 4-star seven-footer Maxime Meyer is …

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Syracuse men’s basketball: Tyus Battle named Director of Player Development

We thought that Syracuse Orange men’s basketball had finished putting together its coaching staff once Greg Fahey joined as general manager, but new head coach Gerry McNamara had one more trick up his sleeve. On Wednesday, McNamara named former Orange star Tyus Battle as Director of Player Development, per a release from the athletic department. Advertisement Battle, who will turn …

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OG for the win!

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The Knicks just refuse to quit

There aren’t enough words in the English language to describe the impossibility of the Knicks’ 29-point comeback to win Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Or the euphoria that spread like wildfire from Madison Square Garden across the city and the surrounding areas, into the hearts of every Knicks fan on the planet. It’s still something that, 36 hours later, …

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Open Thread: Two special events for local Spurs fans on Friday night

First of all, thanks to all of you who came out last night to see Bill Schoening & Friends, Jacob Tobey, and me perform at Sam’s Burger Joint. Jacob is a gifted singer-songwriter whose songs draw the listener in. Bill’s storytelling blends so well with his Philly-based rhythms, his band really takes his sound to the next level. It was …

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Knicks vs. Spurs Game 5 NBA Finals predictions: Odds, recent stats, trends and best bets for June 13

Game 4 will go down as one of the most dramatic games in NBA Finals history. The Knicks erased a 29-point deficit — the largest comeback ever in a Finals game — to steal a 107–106 win and take a commanding 3-1 series lead. San Antonio dominated early, building a massive halftime lead (76–49) behind hot shooting, including a Finals-record …

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Isaiah Evans’ Biggest Fan Will Come As No Surprise

Isaiah Evans has had a nice few years. First, he was North Carolina’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024, and then spent two years at Duke. In his first season, the Blue Devils got to the Final Four, and this spring, his sophomore year, Duke just missed getting back. And in less than two weeks, he’ll find out …

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What would an NCAA Tournament World Cup look like?

I personally love soccer; it is perhaps my favorite sport to both watch and play. Not everyone feels that way, but when you compare tournaments around the world, two usually come to mind: March Madness and the World Cup. It got me thinking: What would it look like if we had an NCAA basketball tournament, World Cup-style? Advertisement First, you …

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Indiana classmates: OG Anunoby ‘forever a New York and Bloomington legend’

Long before OG Anunoby was rescuing the Knicks in the NBA Finals, he was the quiet kid wandering the halls of Indiana University and showing up at frat parties in Bloomington, Ind. Now, as the 27-year-old forward powers New York’s championship chase, Hoosier alumni say they’re watching one of their own become a Knicks legend. Advertisement To Indiana University grads …

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Knicks vs Spurs Props & NBA Finals Game 5 Best Bets

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Can the San Antonio Spurs come back from the biggest collapse in NBA postseason history? Probably not, but the New York Knicks still need to go win a fourth game to win the NBA Finals. Advertisement My Knicks vs. Spurs props and these …

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Knicks fans turn plane ride into wild mile-high watch party — apart from one oblivious passenger

These Knicks fans are flying high — very, very high. As the New York Knicks secured the Game 4 comeback win in the NBA Finals on OG Anunoby’s miraculous put-back shot with 1.2 seconds, you may have heard distant screams from 30,000 feet. Advertisement After Wednesday’s history-making victory over the San Antonio Spurs, a viral video showed nearly every plane …

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Mariska Hargitay has emotional moment with Jalen Brunson after Knicks win: ‘I love you’

Actress Mariska Hargitay delivered a heartfelt message to Jalen Brunson after the Knicks’ historic comeback from down by as many as 29 to beat the Spurs 107-106 on Wednesday night at The Garden. The “Law & Order: SVU” actress was ecstatic as she and Brunson, who finished with a game-high 36 points, hugged on the court. Advertisement “I love you so much, …

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Celtics ‘in on’ Giannis, ‘open to trading anybody’ but Tatum: Reports

Celtics ‘in on’ Giannis, ‘open to trading anybody’ but Tatum: Reports originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Giannis-to-Boston rumors are heating back up. Prominent NBA insiders Kevin O’Connor (Yahoo Sports) and Bill Simmons (The Ringer) reignited the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade discourse with eye-opening updates on the Celtics’ interest in the Milwaukee Bucks superstar. O’Connor said the C’s are willing …

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De’Aaron Fox made a mistake, but he’s not to blame for the Spurs’ collapse

In a split second, De’Aaron Fox became the basketball world’s object of consternation. The foil. The antihero. It happened with less than 15 seconds left and the Spurs up 106-105. Victor Wembanyama got a defensive stop against Jalen Brunson, and Fox tipped the rebound to himself. Advertisement What he did next will surely haunt him. After chasing the ball downcourt, …

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Purdue Fort Wayne excited for ‘pretty cool’ opportunity to host Purdue basketball

Jon Coffman said a decade of persistence led to Purdue men’s basketball playing an exhibition against its Fort Wayne sister campus — in the Mastodons’ arena — in October. In an interview with WANE’s Glenn Marini, Fort Wayne coach Coffman said he first broached the subject of the Boilermakers playing at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in 2016. He doubled …

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How OG Anunoby went from ‘unique,’ soft-spoken role player to Knicks legend

There were roughly 19,812 screaming as one — “O-G! O-G! O-G!” — family, friends and strangers who made no distinction, processing the unimaginable, releasing avalanches, tidal waves and mountains of emotions, inspired by 53 years of close calls and bad calls, of decades as a punchline and a punching bag, of a love that was rarely reciprocated and a hope …

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