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By Adam King, RotoWire.com It all comes down to this. The final week of the NBA season. If your fantasy basketball league is still active, projecting any sort of production is almost impossible. Outside of a small pocket of teams, most are now in a position to rest players, be it for one or multiple games. Keeping that in mind, …

Fred Hoiberg of Nebraska was named The Associated Press men’s basketball coach of the year on Friday following a 28-win season that included the Cornhuskers’ first NCAA Tournament win and a run to the Sweet 16. Hoiberg received 17 votes from a 61-person media panel, edging Duke’s Jon Scheyer (13) to become the Big Ten’s first national coach of the …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. We’ve got an action-packed Friday in the NBA with nine games on the docket and a bunch of lopsided matchups. My NBA picks for Friday, April 3, hone in on Karl-Anthony Towns, Alperen Sengun, and Sandro Mamukelashvili. Advertisement Keep reading for my favorite …

The Los Angeles Lakers, at the worst possible time, caught a bad break with their biggest star. All-Star guard and Most Valuable Player candidate Luka Dončić, suffered what appeared to be a hamstring injury in a blowout loss against the Thunder on Thursday, April 2, potentially putting his award eligibility – and the Lakers’ dreams of a deep postseason run …

Cameron Boozer was at the center of everything for Duke this season. The 6-foot-9, 250-pound forward proved tough enough to score through physical play. Rangy enough to space the floor and shoot from outside. Deft enough as a passer to find teammates, whether against constant double teams coming for him as the top name on every scouting report or while …

It’s a quiet night in terms of postseason scenarios around the league on Friday, not to mention games between teams headed to the postseason, but there is some stuff to watch. Here’s what you need to know. Playoff Scenarios Detroit is off on Friday night, but still can clinch the No. 1 seed in the East with an unlikely Boston …

Welcome to Judgment Week. The final games of the 2025-26 regular season are upon us and award races are heating up. Teams are vying for playoff positioning, others are loading up the tanks for one last hurrah and the league is preparing for a pivotal period. Thanks as always for the question submissions, let’s dive in … If Luka Dončić …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Charlotte Hornets are the standout pick for “playoff sleeper”, and they can improve their chances of sneaking into the Top 6 against the Indiana Pacers tonight. Charlotte has put together a 7-3 run in its last 10 games, just as other Eastern …

In the aftermath of their worst loss of the season, few Lakers players or coaches had spoken to Luka Doncic after he limped off the court in the third quarter Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Austin Reaves didn’t know the extent of Doncic’s hamstring injury, but he knew how the Lakers superstar would approach the latest hurdle in this …

Rejoice, Minnesota Timberwolves fans, because the greatest player in franchise history is officially coming back. Kevin Garnett will make his return to Target Center on April 12, the team announced Friday. It will mark Garnett’s first appearance at the venue since 2018, per the team. The Timberwolves will take on the New Orleans Pelicans in the contest, which is the …

The Atlanta Hawks absolutely cannot be stopped. They finished the month of March with a record of 13-2, and going back to the All-Star break, the Hawks have rocketed up the standings with a mark of 18-3 since February 11th. Advertisement When the team has this level of success, individual accolades tend to follow. On Thursday, the announcements came down, …

With only a handful of games left in the regular season, it seems a good time to update where Wemby is in blocks. Keep in mind that this list is “all-time” and the accumulation here took players their entire career. He’s already a 2x Block Champ and a shoo-in for his third straight. Additionally, Wemby was just named the Defensive …

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy returned to Augusta National for the first time as the Masters champion without his golf clubs and with high anticipation. The night after he finally won the green jacket last April, McIlroy climbed the 13 spiral stairs to the second floor of the clubhouse and walked through a door that says, “Masters Club Room. …

The NBA has narrowed down their list of anti-tanking measures to three options. I think that, unfortunately, this list is too short, and it leaves too many good ideas off the table. Below are some of the ideas that didn’t make the cut… Advertisement The Wheel Proposed by Mike Zarren, the wheel assigns draft picks without regard to record. Instead, …

Kon Knueppel has had a remarkable rookie season, but he was initially viewed as something of a consolation prize. His Duke teammate (and roommate) Cooper Flagg was the great prize of the draft last year. Called a generational talent, he was taken by Dallas with the first pick, and Knueppel fell to the #4 pick, where he was taken by …

Today’s money is not tomorrow’s direct deposit — not for the respective teams and conferences represented in the Men’s NCAA Tournament. The NCAA’s system of financial payment for the teams who earn entrance into March Madness and then advance is a convoluted, six-year process. Advertisement When is one game a unit and one unit six slices of the pie? March …

Instead of talking solely about tonight’s opponent the Utah Jazz, I’m going to use this opportunity to talk about the teams in the lottery and discuss which team would win if the NBA rigged it and had their way. We’ll go in reverse order of standings from the day this is written (April 2). Advertisement 13. Miami Heat: I think …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic injured his left hamstring on Thursday night and coach JJ Redick said the league’s scoring leader will have an MRI on Friday. Redick said Doncic had an issue with the hamstring in the first half of the 139-97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and was tended to at the …

The Cleveland Cavaliers did enough to escape with a 118-111 win over an undermanned Golden State Warriors team. Max Strus’s timely shotmaking saved the Cavs. He poured in 24 points on 6-10 shooting from deep. That included scoring eight in the fourth quarter and burying two threes in the closing minutes to put the game away. Advertisement The Cavs have …

An Achilles injury is one ofAn Achilles injury is one of the most devastating injuries an athlete can suffer. Knee injuries used to be nearly as bad, but arthroscopic surgery has really changed that. ACL injuries still require major rehab, but it’s become fairly manageable. Achilles injuries are still a very difficult thing to overcome, one of the most devastating …

This race, unexpectedly, has become a lot closer. Although it feels like a two-man battle at this point, with no team having more than six games left in the 2025-26 NBA regular season, these players are quickly running out of chances to elevate their arguments for Most Valuable Player. Advertisement Thursday, April 2 was an interesting night, too, with Shai …

Stephon Castle’s heady leadership and playmaking, interspersed with highlight plays from De’Aaron Fox, Keldon Johnson, and Dylan Harper, turbocharged a decisive 21-5 ambush in the fourth quarter to thwart a Clippers comeback. Without the services of MVP and DPOY candidate Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio (59-18) weathered a good first half by Kawhi Leonard to hold the rest of the Clippers …

North Carolina needed a basketball coach, and it set its sights on one in the Final Four. Its top target had a good job. A darn good one, and one newspaper columnist felt adamant Roy Williams wouldn’t leave Kansas, even if his alma mater tried to call him home to Carolina. Williams already turned down UNC once before, a few …

No Wemby, no problem. The Spurs won their third game in four nights and 11th straight Thursday night in an up and down game against the Clippers, keeping the #1 seed within reach while giving the Alien a night off. It was a high-scoring game from the tip. Kawhi continued his magnificent season and scored a handful of baskets from …

The biggest gut punch from Thursday’s loss to the Thunder was Luka Dončić‘s hamstring strain, but he wasn’t the only star with a visible injury in the game. Prior to Luka going down, Austin Reaves was the one who made a trip to the locker room. Reaves was holding his back for much of the first quarter before checking out …