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Arguably no team has undergone more change over the course of the year than the Portland Trail Blazers. They’ve seen their head coach at the start of the 2025-26 season charged in an alleged illegal gambling ring. They surprised and broke through in the NBA Play-In Tournament to make the playoffs as the No. 7 seed. Their interim coach was …

It’s a new era for the Utah Jazz. After years of irrelevance and rebuilding, after a season spent tanking, the Jazz have an unproven but talented roster in place. So, now, expectations are elevating in kind. Advertisement The pillars are forwards Lauri Markkanen, who is now going into his fifth season with the franchise, and Jaren Jackson Jr., the mid-season …

The Sacramento Kings enter the 2026-27 season as a team with plenty of room for improvement. The Kings snapped a 16-year long playoff drought in 2023 and haven’t been back to the postseason since as a lot has unfolded, including a new general manager, head coach and face of the franchise. The Kings finished their most recent campaign with a …

The Chicago Bulls underwent drastic changes this offseason, adding three new starters, a new front office leader and a new coach. This makes better days easier to envision even though the Bulls once again appear positioned as neither a legitimate Eastern conference contender nor a doormat entering the 2026-27 NBA season. First-year coach Tiago Splitter, who successfully led the Portland …

Doc Rivers’ time on an NBA bench is over for good, he said on Monday, as he moves into the next chapter of his life. NBC announced that the former NBA player and coach would be joining its coverage of the league as an analyst during games on NBC, Peacock and NBCSN, while also possibly doing studio work. Advertisement Rivers’ …

It’s clear that a lot of the NBA is starting to figure out that the Utah Jazz might be on the verge of a special season. But they’re not getting just how good it might be. But they’re missing the biggest point of all of this. Utah has a team that would have been a playoff team last year if …

Before you agonize over the first overall pick or debate which players to target in the third round, there’s a bigger decision facing every Yahoo fantasy basketball manager in 2026-27: which format you’ll play. We’ll focus on the three most popular options on Yahoo, and they reward completely different rosters. Nine-category leagues reward category management and punting. Standard points leagues …

The Knicks have a new replay maestro. Ed Flynn, a video coordinator with the Pelicans for the past three seasons, will serve as Mike Brown’s “challenge guy,” The Post has learned. It’s a pressurized role defined by split-second decisions to recommend a challenge or pass, depending on real-time replays on his iPad. More than most positions on the Knicks staff, …

Ramp to Camp: What is Brad Stevens’ next big Celtics move? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Maybe you’ve spent the better part of the past three months wondering why Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens elected to trade Jaylen Brown to an in-division rival. Maybe you refuse to worship at the altar of Optionality. But the arrival …

Sixers pre-camp questions: How many young players will earn minutes? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers‘ new era is on deck. With LeBron James and Jaylen Brown on board and training camp set to begin in late September, we’re taking a look at key questions for the 2026-27 Sixers. Advertisement We’ve asked: Next up: How many young players …

Gary Payton II embraces Warriors being counted out during 2026-27 NBA season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Expectations for the Warriors entering the 2026-27 NBA season are as low as they’ve been in years. That’s the way Gary Payton II likes it, too.  Advertisement “It’s funny,” Payton said Sunday to NBC Sports Bay Area on …

The Minnesota Timberwolves made a splash late in the offseason by signing former Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks forward Jonathan Kuminga to a two-year deal worth $12.4 million. Kuminga has a player option for the 2027-28 season and is expected to be the team’s starting power forward going into the year. The Wolves needed a power forward after trading …

The Bucks have shown serious interest in All-Star center Jalen Duren, per The Athletic. Duren is deadlocked with the Detroit Pistons over a long-term contract extension and could switch teams this offseason or in 2027 if they can’t reach an agreement. Still, Duren’s confidence is born out of the fact that his market for next summer looks quite robust. As …

After spending the tail end of the 2025-26 season with the Brooklyn Nets, shooting guard Malachi Smith now finds himself in the country of Canada with the Toronto Raptors. The 26-year-old had his non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 training camp contract altered into a two-way deal, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. Smith will split his time between the big club and their G League …

With the Lakers opening training camp in a week, storylines from the last few months will be brought back to the forefront of conversations. How will superstar guard Luka Doncic lead the franchise after it decided to fully entrench itself in an era guided by him? Advertisement Will the Lakers’ offseason roster reconstruction – which included the departure of LeBron …

Doc Rivers joins NBC Sports’ NBA coverage as game analyst for 2026-27 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Doc Rivers is trading in his whistle for a headset. The NBA champion head coach, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this summer, is joining NBC Sports as a game analyst for the upcoming 2026-27 season. …

As the offseason prepares to come to a close, with training camp starting in a little over a week, we can’t help but continue trying to project what the 2026–27 Phoenix Suns will ultimately become. There are numerous questions about how the offense will function, what a summer of development has done for the young guys, what adjustments the coaching …

Are you surprised by the Villain Bracket Final results? Marilyn Dubinski: I am. I wholly expected Kawhi Leonard to be in the Finals (along with Zaza Pachulia) since he has very clearly been public enemy no.1 in San Antonio for the last eight years, and the fact that he wasn’t there shocked me. It leads me to wonder how much …

Welcome to our Lakers Season Preview Series! For the next several weeks, we’ll be writing columns every weekday breaking down the biggest questions we have about every player the Lakers added this offseason. Today, we look at Quentin Grimes. If it wasn’t clear already, the Lakers’ moves this offseason made it clear that they were heading in a new direction. …

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner look to have big plans for the Lakers as an investment opportunity, but what does that mean for the fans? In August, Bob Iger and Josh Kushner agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers for a record-breaking $12.5 billion — a number they reportedly anticipate “to nearly triple” over the next decade, according to Jessica …

It’s pretty difficult to imagine that it was just 15 short months ago when the Indiana Pacers had the OKC Thunder in a dangerous place in the 2025 NBA Finals. Everything that happened to this franchise from that moment through the end of the 2026 season felt disastrous. Heck, even this offseason the luck was not in their favor, as …

In early July, the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to deal Deandre Ayton to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Jaden Hardy and a pair of second-round picks (2031 and 2032) shortly after Ayton exercised his 2026-27, $8.1 million player option. While Ayton certainly provided the Lakers with positive stretches of play, his inconsistencies, primarily as a forceful play-finisher and attentive …

As training camp approaches, the Knicks have a couple final open roster spots to fill before beginning their attempted repeat. Similar to last year, they’ve invited a group of veterans to camp to battle it out for a seat on the bench in the regular season. Wings Ochai Agbaji, Bruce Brown and John Konchar join bigs Drew Eubanks and James …

One week before NBA teams are scheduled to open training camp, the Detroit Pistons have reportedly made an effort to get restricted free-agent center Jalen Duren to report. After the Pistons and Duren spent the offseason at a stalemate over a reported five-year, $190 million contract proposal. the team has reportedly increased its offer to $200 million, according to multiple …

After being signed in August, guard Malachi Smith has now joined the team on a two-way contract as of today, September 21st. On social media, Smith thanked God before asking where the best places to eat are in the city. It’s this kind of mentality, starving for a chance, that will make Smith fit in well on the Raptors this …