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I was never a fan of the Jalen Green trade, and this past season illustrated the problems I anticipated. The Suns were exceeding all expectations while Green was out with injury, but then fell to earth when he returned. If it felt like they were worse after he came back, you’d be right. The team was 17-15 (.531) when he …

It all comes down to this. By the end of the night Saturday, May 30, either the San Antonio Spurs or Oklahoma City Thunder will represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals. The Thunder and the Spurs, the two best teams in the regular season, are battling in a winner-take-all Game 7 of the conference finals Saturday, May 30. …

When the Knicks were down 2-1 to the Hawks in the first round of the 2026 playoffs, things began to look existential for this core, from the bench all the way up to the President. Everybody was under the spotlight, as another two losses would be a catastrophic failure for a team with championship aspirations, after championship-level big swings. Firing …

Draymond Green slams NBA pundits’ ‘sickening’ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander criticism originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hoisted his second consecutive NBA MVP trophy less than two weeks ago, and that accomplishment didn’t happen by accident. Advertisement Gilgeous-Alexander has become one of the most dominant players the NBA has seen in recent memory, as he …

Mitchell Robinson is happy to have so much “love” and “support” after he suffered a broken bone in his right hand. But he had a scalding message for those who want to see him down. The Knicks big man took to Instagram on Saturday, days after it was revealed he broke his pinky in the lead-up to the NBA Finals. …

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Mitchell Robinson’s specific injury is identified. The backup center suffered a fracture of his fifth metacarpal, league sources told The Post, which is the bone connecting the wrist to the pinky finger. Advertisement It’s still unclear how or when Robinson suffered the injury to his right hand, but coach Mike Brown said it didn’t occur during Monday’s conference-clinching victory in …

Diving into Mike Gansey’s history, path to leading Sixers’ front office originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers are set to begin the Mike Gansey era. On Friday night, the news broke that Gansey has been hired as the franchise’s president of basketball operations. So, how did he get here and what can be gleaned from his history? Advertisement …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With Sean Sweeney, it was only a matter of time before he became a head coach. That’s one of the reasons San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson wasn’t surprised when told that Sweeney was leaving the Spurs to take over as the new coach of the Orlando Magic. Sweeney and the Magic reached a preliminary agreement in …

Kyrie Irving is looking forward to the NBA Finals. The former Nets guard said in a Friday Twitch stream that he was “excited” to watch the Knicks in their return to the NBA’s biggest stage, and gave a shoutout to the orange and blue faithful as well. Advertisement “The Knicks making the Finals is OD… a lot of those Knicks …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals is a gift from the Roundball Gods. Before this series between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder, we all prayed for a thrilling back-and-forth battle between the NBA’s top two teams. Advertisement And while …

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As we continue to navigate the offseason, there are plenty of names worth looking at and analyzing as potential fits for the Phoenix Suns. We know this roster most likely is not going to experience a ton of turnover, which naturally makes some of the unrestricted free agent options feel more like pipe dreams than realistic additions. That being said, …

After having to buy their way into the draft in 2025, the Lakers own a first round pick in the upcoming 2026 NBA draft, giving them a chance to add a young talent at the start of the summer before an important offseason. As a result of losing out on a coin flip, the Lakers will have the No. 25 …

There is only one team in the last eight years that has won a road Game 7 in the Western Conference Finals. They wore blue and gold and they walked into a building where the reigning MVP was waiting with a full home crowd and nothing left to lose, and they beat him anyway. Along the way, Houston missed 27 …

The dream scenario for the Washington Wizards isn’t simply landing AJ Dybantsa, assuming he is the No 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. The dream scenario is landing Dybantsa while already having established stars around him. If the Wizards enter the 2026-27 season with Trae Young, Anthony Davis, and Dybantsa, they would have one of the more fascinating roster …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. As the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs collide in what feels like an inevitable Game 7 tonight, it’s hard to overstate the burden on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s shoulders. Advertisement The two-time MVP has had a subdued series by his high standards, dealing …

There are nights where a player goes off and you spend the next morning explaining it away like, the opponent was tired, the shots were lucky, or the defense missed a rotation. Then there are nights where the performance arrives attached to a story that earns its own weight, and March 25th was completely, unmistakably the second kind. On Latino …

The Celtics have some big questions to answer this offseason. After back-to-back disappointing exits in the playoffs, Brad Stevens and the front office are likely to make significant changes in order to bolster the roster and thrust them back into legitimate title contention. And whether it’s a Giannis trade or a less explosive move, the Celtics need to improve their …

All good things must come to an end, including the Western Conference Finals and my Fraternizing with the Enemy series of back-and-forth conversations with Cray Allred of the Daily Thunder. We discuss Game 6, or expectations of the deciding game, and what our favorite parts of the series have been so far. J.R.  I’m so excited because … it’s cliche picking …

He went from hoop dream to hoop meme. Eight years after an exasperated Knicks fan infamously sold his “fanhood” on eBay because the team was so bad, insists he’s not crying foul now that they’ve cruised into the NBA Finals. Advertisement “I have zero regrets,” turncoat Evan Perlmutter told The Post, after the Knicks clinched their first appearance in the …

Behold a young homegrown contender built through the draft, with an MVP running the offense. They wield the best record in basketball. They’re the defending champions with a home crowd loud enough to register on seismographs. Everybody around the league is looking at them and asking the same question with varying levels of jealousy: is this the next dynasty? That’s …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. As the series shifts back to Oklahoma City, the Thunder return home with a Game 7 on their hands against the San Antonio Spurs, with our NBA player prop projections identifying several strong value spots on the board for tonight’s thriller. Advertisement By …

Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason is a free agent for the first time in his career. The former first-round pick out of LSU has grown in each of his four seasons with the Rockets. In the 2025-26 campaign, Eason averaged 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game for the Rockets, making 60 appearances (34 starts) for the team. Advertisement His …