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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon acknowledged Tuesday that New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson has put himself in a unique class of players, but didn’t back off her general stance that small guards generally don’t lead teams to NBA championships. Brunson, listed at 6-foot-2, just did that in earning NBA Finals MVP after guiding the …

The New York Knicks won the NBA championship. But that doesn’t mean Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon is apologizing for comments she made about New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson. In 2023, during an “NBA Today” discussion on ESPN about the Knicks, Hammon shared a hot take about Brunson’s ceiling. Hammon said New York didn’t have “a dude” …

For now, Jaylen Brown is a member of the Boston Celtics. But how long that remains the case is unclear after the 2024 NBA Finals MVP’s name was mentioned as being part of Boston’s potential trade offer to Milwaukee for Giannis Antetokounmpo. Advertisement The offer for the Bucks’ star, which was reportedly Brown and a pair of first-round draft picks, …

Editor’s note: Get the latest updates on the NBA Draft here. Karim Lopez is set to become the first Mexican-born player to be picked in the first round of the NBA Draft. With that history expected to be made Tuesday, June 23, the story is about more than basketball. Advertisement Which is not to say basketball is irrelevant. He is …

By leading the Knicks to their first NBA title since 1973, Jalen Brunson solidified himself as one of the league’s top players and proved his long list of critics wrong — many of whom have since tried to backtrack their opinions and apologize for not believing in the point guard. Well, nearly all of them. Advertisement Talking with reporters ahead …

Becky Hammon is not apologizing. She is acknowledging Jalen Brunson’s basketball brilliance in leading the New York Knicks to the NBA championship. The Las Vegas Aces coach who moonlights as an NBA analyst for ESPN previously said during a segment for the network that the Knicks didn’t have “a 1A dude” to compete for an title and that Jalen Brunson …

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been partying like it’s the summer of 2016 all over again. LeBron James, Kevin Love, Richard Jefferson, and others have all joined forces in a vacation for the ages that’s been plastered all over social media. But while Matthew Dellavedova gets drunk and sings Australian classics, one crucial member of the 2016 title team has been …

Julius Randle is headed back to New York, although he will be playing in a different borough this time around. The Brooklyn Nets acquired the 12-year veteran after he spent the past two seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves, multiple media outlets reported Monday night. Advertisement As part of the three-team deal, Minnesota will send Randle and the 28th pick in …

The Portland Trail Blazers were dealt a bad hand to start the 2025-26 NBA season, with their head coach, Chauncey Billups, indicted in October 2025 on federal wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy charges. Still, despite having to change their coaching staff on the fly just one game into the season, the Blazers exceeded expectations, earning a spot in …

The NBA draft is tonight, and the Cleveland Cavaliers currently hold the 29th pick. The options for the team seem to be vast as they look to navigate not only the prospect pool but the salary cap. According to Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor, the team is putting all options on the table. Fedor describes that the Cavaliers at this point are …

Draft day has finally arrived! Here’s my latest — and possibly final — mock draft based on all the latest intel around the NBA: A.J. Dybantsa, 6-9, BYU freshman forward Dybantsa could become one of the NBA’s most unstoppable shot creators. At 6-9, he has a special blend of athletic tools with the way he bends, shifts, and explodes with …

As the New York Knicks completed the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history in Game 4, television cameras constantly panned the crowd packed with celebrities like Ben Stiller, Timothée Chalamet, Spike Lee and Larry David. But seated next to Adam Sandler was a different type of star, a kingmaker in both college and pro hoops. John Calipari was courtside to …

Dusty May’s One Shining Moment didn’t come with the sorts of feelings you’d expect after fulfilling a life-long dream. After his Michigan men’s basketball team beat UConn back in early April to claim the program’s first national title in 37 years, May wasn’t overwhelmed by elation or joy when he stood at the apex of his profession. It was something …

Follow along for live rumors and news from around the league on NBA draft day. Having the No. 1 overall pick is mostly a blessing in the NBA draft. The opportunity to pick from anyone in the incoming class can result in acquiring generational prospects that set your franchise up for years. However, with such power also comes risk; risk …

The Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes finally came to an end late on Monday night, as the Milwaukee Bucks reached a deal to send him and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat for a bevy of young players and draft capital, including three first-round picks. Tyler Herro, center Kel’el Ware, forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and second-year guard Kasparas Jakučionis are headed to …

It wasn’t quite a Luka-for-AD-level middle of the night mind-melter, but when one of the 16 players in NBA history to win multiple Most Valuable Player trophies gets traded, it does tend to send shockwaves throughout the basketball-watching world … even if pretty much everyone had been expecting it for months (if not longer). We awoke Tuesday in a world …

Follow along for live rumors and news from around the league on NBA draft day. Getting the first overall pick in the NBA draft is supposed to be a game-changing occurrence for an NBA franchise, with the team in position to land a generational talent. So long as they don’t mess that pick up, they could be set for years, competing for …

When Giannis Antetokounmpo was traded to the Miami Heat late on Monday night, it signaled the end of an annoying, disingenuous, drawn-out process that has lasted almost a year. In that span, Giannis went from being one of the NBA’s most-beloved superstars, to simply a superstar, and now to one of the league’s biggest supervillains. It has far less to …

Heat team president Pat Riley once issued a press release telling then-Celtics executive Danny Ainge to “shut the f*** up and manage his own team,” so you get the sense there is extra satisfaction to Miami edging Boston in these Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes. Not only have the Heat secured Antetokounmpo, forging a could-be contender (if Miami can flesh out a …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo brought the Milwaukee Bucks back to relevance and delivered the franchise its first title in half a century as the most impactful player in team history. Now the Bucks face the onerous challenge of retooling without the player who carried the team on his broad shoulders for over a decade. Advertisement The Bucks agreed on …

Just over a week after the 2025-26 season concluded, and one day removed from two significant trades, the 2026 NBA Draft will begin in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Given the moves that have already occurred, we could be in for a wild two days. Since the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade won’t become official until the new league year begins on July 6, …

The Miami Heat got their man. Again. Miami was the frontrunner to land Giannis Antetokounmpo going back to the February trade deadline — it was the most persistent suitor then, and it was one of the two teams standing in the end. Advertisement Milwaukee is trading Antetokounmpo to Miami for four players and three draft picks, but which team won …

Since the NBA Finals, the sports world has been buzzing around the World Cup. The matches are taking place around the United States and all the world is watching. Recently, Manu Ginobili was recognized and projected on the big screen during the Argentina vs. Austria game in Dallas. Additionally, Victor Wembanyama was recognized (and impossible to miss) as he arrived …

It took six years. To get here, it took whiffing on Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Kevin Durant (twice), Kyrie Irving (twice), James Harden, Bradley Beal (twice), Chris Paul, DeMar DeRozan and, yes, even Giannis Antetokounmpo. Advertisement Yet, with a midnight blockbuster Monday, June 22 that ships Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat, team president Pat Riley proved, once again, that he …

Just when you thought basketball season was over until the fall! The New York Knicks win their first NBA title since the Nixon administration and they get precisely 10 days to enjoy it, as the NBA calendar quickly moves on to the the NBA Draft and later free agency set to begin on June 30. And that doesn’t even include …