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Right now, things are looking pretty good for Kawhi Leonard. He agreed to a two-year, $115 million contract extension with the Raptors on Tuesday, including a player option for the 2028-29 season. The 35-year-old, who’s now under contract for three years, is expected to finish his career with the Raptors, according to ESPN. Advertisement Meanwhile, the Clippers — and their …

Ramp to Camp: One bold Celtics prediction for 2026-27 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens made the boldest move of his front office tenure when he dealt away Jaylen Brown at the start of the summer. The dramatic roster shakeup adds a somewhat unique layer of volatility to how the 2026-27 …

How Steve Kerr convinced former NBA coach Frank Vogel to join Warriors staff originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Many have speculated that former NBA coach Frank Vogel only was being considered as a Warriors assistant to strengthen the team’s pursuit of LeBron James. That is not the case. Advertisement “LeBron and I still have a great relationship, so …

Former Los Angeles Lakers center Kwame Brown did not mince words around LeBron James’ Lakers impact. When speaking with “The Basketball Show” on Monday, Brown said, “I thought LeBron was a regular individual, and then I realized he’s a part of a group. LeBron is a machine. It’s a marketing machine. He’s not an individual. Advertisement “And so, once I …

With the NBA season right around the corner, national outlets are beginning to reveal their player rankings for the upcoming year. Yes, it’s Rankings SZN! We know the challenges that rankings present, but they’re still a valuable exercise for understanding perceptions of the league and the overall landscape of the player pool entering the season. ESPN released the first half …

Following another playoff exit in the spring 0f 2026, the Philadelphia 76ers went out in free agency and brought back true championship experience. I’m talking, of course, about the signing of 24-year-old center Ariel Hukporti, fresh off a title as a member of the New York Knicks. In all seriousness, while signing someone who played 76 total minutes during the …

For the Lakers to be great next season, one thing needs to happen. The Lakers’ Big 3 needs to be dominant. Luka Doncic needs to play MVP-level basketball. Austin Reaves needs to be a borderline All-Star. And Walker Kessler needs to transform into an All-Defensive player. Advertisement If those things happen, the Lakers could be fringe contenders. Los Angeles Lakers …

When it comes to the Lakers’ lineup rotation for 2026-27, it’ll look a lot different for the team and coach JJ Redick compared to when the 2025-26 season ended just a few months ago. After an offseason roster reconstruction, over half of the players on the Lakers’ roster (nine players) will be new faces. Advertisement And that doesn’t include younger …

Many NBA teams can look you in the eye and say they have talented bench units, and they’d be right. The Oklahoma City Thunder, with Ajay Mitchell, Jared McCain, and Jaylin Williams; the New York Knicks, with Deuce McBride, Landry Shamet, and Jose Alvarado; and the San Antonio Spurs, with Keldon Johnson and Dylan Harper, all have cases for boasting …

This trade has been rumored about extensively, as I detailed earlier this week. Now, the final details have come in with the Hawks adding in a player they acquired earlier this offseason for money purposes: From the Atlanta Hawks: The Atlanta Hawks have acquired forward Dorian Finney-Smith from the Charlotte Hornets, in exchange for guards Buddy Hield, Ryan Nembhard and …

For the second time in the last two months, Gonzaga Bulldogs point guard Ryan Nembhard has been traded. This time, the Atlanta Hawks shipped him off, along with guard Buddy Hield and cash, to the Charlotte Hornets for forward Dorian Finney-Smith, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Charlotte plans to waive Nembhard, according to ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk, leaving the 23-year-old currently homeless. …

What marks the first day of autumn on most people’s calendars is just another checkpoint for the Brooklyn Nets, but it’s a key one at that. As of today, September 22, the Nets are one month removed from the start of their 2026-27 season, which will tip off in the Barclays Center against the Charlotte Hornets on October 21. It’ll …

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Lakers fans might not feel so bad about losing LeBron James in free agency after seeing his most recent basketball footage. A video of LeBron playing pickup basketball alongside several other NBA standouts was posted on YouTube on Monday night. A clip of LeBron bricking several shots from that YouTube video has since gone viral on social media. Advertisement The …

Kawhi Leonard’s future in Toronto has been revealed. The Raptors and Leonard agreed on a two-year, $115 million contract extension with a player option for the 2028-29 season. The Clippers traded Kawhi Leonard back to the Raptors. Getty Images Leonard is entering his second stint with the organization. He previously spent the 2018-19 season with the Raptors and led the …

I know we are all rejoicing that we never have to listen to the awful ambient crowd noise interstitial during commercial breaks that was a key, heinous feature of the FanDuel Sports Network app. That is dead in a ditch. But what is taking its place? For those with access to free over-the-air TV, the Pistons previously announced a partnership …

Just because he’s no longer coaching the Bucks and has been inducted to the Hall of Fame, that doesn’t mean we won’t be hearing from him anytime soon. NBC announced that they are adding former Sixers head coach Doc Rivers as a game analyst for their NBA coverage. This is interesting for all the network heads out there as Rivers …

For players like Collin Sexton, a top-10 pick in the 2018 draft, it can get easy to get lost in the shuffle of the NBA. As part of the Lakers’ roster reconstruction, he’s hoping to break through in ways he hasn’t before. Advertisement Sexton, who was a 2017 McDonald’s All-American and one-and-done collegiate player at Alabama, became the first building …

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The dust is finally settling around the Kawhi Leonard trade, as the forward has put the finishing touches on a $165 million dollar deal for three years with the Toronto Raptors. Shams Charania reported today that Leonard has signed a two-year extension for $115 million dollars, offering the team a slight discount of $11 million dollars, while waiving his trade …

It feels like a make-or-break year for Adem Bona. With all the excitement and anticipation around the 2026-27 Sixers squad on top of the fact that he is entering his third year as an NBA center, there is going to be a lot of pressure on Bona’s shoulders this season to actually solidify himself as rotation-worthy at this level. Advertisement …

NBA training camps are just days from opening up, but that didn’t stop a minor deal from being completed — and one between division rivals. The Charlotte Hornets are shipping forward Dorian Finney-Smith to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for guards Buddy Hield and Ryan Nembhard, a person with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed Tuesday, Sept. 22 to USA …

A Buddy Hield for Dorian Finney-Smith trade — in a variety of variations — had been simmering on the NBA back burner all summer. It appears it has finally fully cooked. The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to trade Buddy Hield, Ryan Nembhard and cash to the Charlotte Hornets for Dorian Finney-Smith, a story broken by Shams Charania of ESPN and …

HOUSTON — To the untrained eye, Rockets guard Fred VanVleet’s mild-mannered, almost stoic demeanor could have come across as unenthusiastic. But as the veteran guard sat at the podium fielding reporters’ questions, arms folded and tucked, his gaze piercing through the room, it was clear the fire within — a flame dampened after a lost season — was flickering again.  “I’ve …

Kawhi Leonard spent most of his summer waiting on the NBA to let him go back to Toronto. Now he’s seemingly not going anywhere else. Leonard agreed to a two-year, $115 million contract extension with the Raptors that includes a player option for the 2028-29 season a person with knowledge confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The person requested anonymity because …