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Stephen Curry’s season-long sneaker free agency is over with the international star announcing on social media a deal to take his Curry Brand to Chinese show powerhouse Li-Ning. Curry announced the deal on social media, and ESPN reports it as a 10-year contract. Advertisement “The future of Curry Brand will be powered by a company truly rooted in sports and …

The New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs enter this year’s NBA Finals on a collision course of experience vs. exuberance. The Knicks return to the Finals for the first time since 1999 with a group of veterans in their prime with shared playoff experience. The Spurs’ latest iteration to make the Finals comes during their first playoff run behind …

Zohran Mamdani’s relentless quest to corner the youth vote has continued with the news that New York’s mayor has repealed bedtime for the city’s children during the hometown Knicks’ NBA finals run. The Knicks are in the finals for the first time since 1999, and the series against the San Antonio Spurs starts on Wednesday. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Related: The …

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The marquee outside of Madison Square Garden in December 1949 once promoted the following event, which was happening a couple of days later: “Geo Mikan vs Knicks.” Not “Minneapolis Lakers vs. Knicks.” Just George Mikan. The NBA’s first one-of-a-kind big man. Advertisement It feels like history repeating itself now. The NBA Finals start Wednesday, with the …

The Western Conference Finals are depressing. Some Rockets fans are watching them for keys to the future. What do they have that we don’t? What if the answer is “just about everything”? Beyond Rockets fans, NBA observers love to watch the Finals in search of the new “meta”. Slow bigs are out. No, wait, they’re fine, but small guards are …

The 2026 NBA Draft has something for everyone. There’s star power at the top, a deep point guard class, talented forwards young (Nate Ament, Hannes Steinbach) and old (Yaxel Lendeborg) throughout the lottery, a classic 7’3 drop coverage big man in Aday Mara, and a long-term stretch five bet in Chris Cenac Jr. Like last year, the biggest winners will …

There’s a clear top tier of one-and-done prospects in this month’s NBA draft. BYU’s AJ Dybantsa was widely discussed as the No. 1 pick before becoming a first-team Associated Press All-American. His top challenger for the overall top selection is Kansas combo guard Darryn Peterson, followed by Tobacco Road forwards Cameron Boozer of Duke and Caleb Wilson of North Carolina. …

Just one more sleep, and the lights will shine bright. Just one more day for the Knicks to finally grace the NBA Finals stage once again. We’ve been waiting for 27 years. We can make it there. On the pressure of coaching in the Finals: “You have to have some sort of fight in you. It doesn’t matter where you …

Good morning, BBN! We have all been on Milan Momcilovic watch over the last few days as we wait for the top uncommitted transfer to announce where he will play his college basketball next season. It finally came late Monday night when Momcilovic announced his commitment to the Kentucky Wildcats. It marks one of the biggest commitments in recent memory …

Jeremy Lin couldn’t have timed it better. This week, the player responsible for perhaps the NBA’s most potent cultural phenomenon is stepping into a new broadcast role while the iconic franchise linked to his fame is competing for an NBA championship. Advertisement Lin, whose memorable play for the New York Knicks during the 2011-12 season sparked the international “Linsanity” craze, …

Last season, with Victor Wembanyama shut down by mid-February with a blood clot, the San Antonio Spurs lurched to a 34-48 record. Now, just four wins away from an NBA title, these young Spurs are on the cusp of recasting the balance of power in the league and announcing itself as a dynastic force. Advertisement Wembanyama is 22. Stephon Castle …

I hope we fully appreciate what we witnessed in the Western Conference finals. A remember-where-you-were Game 1 was the start; a fight-to-the-figurative-death Game 7 was the end. In the middle were five games — decided by double-digits, but defined by absolute haymakers. Advertisement By virtue of net rating, the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs were the two best …

One of the sport’s great play-by-play men had to turn down the chance to once again call an NBA game for NBC. Legendary Knicks announcer Marv Albert, 84, stayed away from the mic even though NBC was interested in bringing him back for a night, as it has often leaned into the nostalgia for the return of NBA games to …

PARIS (AP) — John McEnroe was 14 when the New York Knicks last won the NBA title. Now 67, the former top-ranked tennis player and basketball fan is anxious to get back home from his TV commentating duties at the French Open in time to attend the Knicks’ first home game of the NBA Finals. Advertisement “You can’t ask for …

New Yorkers and Texans are ready for their states to square off in the NBA Finals — and Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Ted Cruz even agreed on a wager in a rare show of friendly sportsmanship across the political aisle. The New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs are set to tip off at Frost Bank Center, the Texans’ …

SAN ANTONIO — Dylan Harper is too young to have seen the Knicks in the NBA Finals. Gregg Popovich, left, talks with Victor Wembanyama on the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets March 5, 2024, Advertisement “I’ve been to so many Knicks playoff games, Knicks games — I live 25, 30 minutes …

Monday brought status quo for Mitchell Robinson. For the second day in a row, Robinson — who is dealing with a broken right pinky — did individual work at Knicks practice Monday. Just two days before the NBA Finals begin, the Knicks remained noncommittal about his Game 1 availability. Advertisement “I’m just waiting on the medical staff,” coach Mike Brown …

It’s been almost three weeks since the NBA Lottery, when the #2 pick was given to the Utah Jazz. My guess is that a lot of Jazz fans were preparing themselves for disappointment, as always. But instead, it was shock and elation at their pick jumping in the lottery for the first time. Now, the anxiety of hoping the Jazz …

SAN ANTONIO — Growing up, Karl-Anthony Towns rooted for the Knicks. So, this run holds a special place in his heart, to see how excited New York City is about the Knicks again, after some dark times. “I can remember draft day a while ago. The Knicks were not good, and people didn’t seem to care as much about [them],” …

It looks like the Mavericks’ years in downtown Dallas are numbered. The franchise announced Monday its plans to head north, with hopes of moving into a new arena in time for the 2031-32 season after its American Airlines Center lease expires. The Mavericks confirmed that they’ve reached a preliminary agreement to build that arena and a corresponding entertainment district in …

SAN ANTONIO — A giant looms in the paint. Victor Wembanyama’s block numbers — he averaged 3.1 per game in the regular season and is averaging 3.5 per game in the postseason, both most in the NBA — don’t even properly reflect just how much of an impact he has inside. Because those don’t measure how many shots weren’t even …

New York Knicks (53-29, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (62-20, second in the Western Conference) San Antonio; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Spurs -4.5; over/under is 218.5 NBA FINALS: Spurs host first series matchup Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: The San Antonio Spurs host the New York Knicks to open the NBA Finals. San Antonio and New York …

Steph Curry’s sneaker free agency is over. In November, the Golden State Warriors superstar announced his shocking departure from Under Armour, the company he had been with for 13 years, and that he had signed a long-term deal with less than three years prior. What followed was one of the largest sneaker free agencies in NBA history. Over the course …

Stephen Curry ended his sneaker free agency Monday by signing a massive new deal with Li-Ning that will expand Curry Brand on a global scale. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Golden State Warriors superstar has signed a 10-year “landmark” shoe deal with Chinese company Li-Ning, a move that officially ends his brief period on the open market and expands …

SAN ANTONIO — The final frontier awaits. What the Knicks have dreamt of since childhood, what they’ve chased as men. On a team that won the Eastern Conference for the first time in 27 years and is seeking its first title in 53 years, OG Anunoby is the only player with a ring, but he has never played a minute …