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Rick Adelman, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played for seven NBA seasons before becoming one of the game’s all-time winningest coaches, has died, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced Monday. Adelman, the father of Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman, was 79. The cause of his death was not immediately announced. Advertisement Rick Adelman won 1,042 games as an …

Long-time former NBA coach and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinee Rick Adelman died Monday, June 1, the NBA Coaches Association (NBCA) announced. Adelman was 79. Adelman coached 29 seasons in the NBA, with head coaching stops at the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. Over that span, he compiled a 1,042-749 …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry has a new long-term shoe and apparel deal with Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning. The Golden State star’s Curry Brand announced Monday the partnership to keep building Curry’s global reach in basketball, golf and lifestyle. Curry and Li-Ning will team up on brand creation and product development along with sports culture initiatives with what they …

Isaiah Hartenstein almost had the chance to face off with his former Knicks teammates in the NBA Finals. The Thunder took the Spurs down to the wire in their quest for back-to-back titles, but they were ultimately defeated in seven games in the Western Conference Finals. Advertisement So now, instead, Hartenstein will be stuck watching the action from home. While …

Stephen Curry finally has his new shoe deal. Curry signed a massive 10-year shoe endorsement contract with Chinese company Li-Ning on Monday, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. While it’s unclear how much the deal is worth, Curry’s deal will include basketball deals, athleisure, a full golf line and the ability for him to sign other athletes under his brand in …

Late start times for championship matchups in sports have been an issue for years with TV networks wanting games played in prime time — and even after 8 p.m. ET to accommodate the West Coast market. The 2026 NBA Finals will be no exception with games scheduled to tip-off at 8:30 p.m. ET. Those starts make it difficult for younger …

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 …

Giannis Antetokounmpo is maybe, possibly, conceivably getting traded from the Milwaukee Bucks this summer. Bucks ownership has indicated that it will trade the 31-year-old superstar before entering the final year of his contract if he does not sign an extension this summer. There are a number of potential landing spots for Antetokounmpo, but two teams are emerging as the most …

In a little over a calendar year, Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett requested a trade, signed a contract extension, broke the single-season sack record, adjusted his contract in a way that allowed for a trade, and was traded to the Los Angeles Rams. For the Browns, the future is the focus, including talented NFL draft classes in 2025 and 2026. …

It’s official: Myles Garrett is headed to Los Angeles. Just after 4 p.m. on Monday, the Browns and Rams both announced that Garrett has been traded to L.A. In exchange for Garrett, Cleveland will receive edge rusher Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 second-round pick, and a 2029 third-round pick. Advertisement Browns General Manager Andrew Berry noted earlier …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. While the San Antonio Spurs are heavy favorites in the NBA championship odds, some particular New York Knicks players are the favorites in the prop categories. Advertisement If pondering a bet on the Knicks to spring the upset in the series, such a …

In his second season with the New York Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns became a target for disgruntled fans who saw him struggling on offense and thought he could be a trade piece for Giannis Antetokounmpo. Yet Towns eventually found his comfort zone in head coach Mike Brown’s offensive scheme, embracing more of a playmaking role, and the Knicks have become a …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The New York Knicks have a significant rest advantage over the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. Those fresh legs, however, aren’t enough to convince basketball fans that New York can knock off San Antonio for the franchise’s first NBA title since …

NEW YORK (AP) — Getting to the NBA Finals proves that the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs have made plenty of smart moves along the way. You need a star, like a Jalen Brunson or a Victor Wembanyama. They need some help. They need the right coach. Advertisement But this finals matchup, which starts Wednesday in San Antonio, …

After an 82-game marathon, followed by three grueling rounds of postseason competition, we now approach the finish line of the 2025-26 NBA season. The Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs will take on the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks in the 2026 NBA Finals. It’s the first postseason meeting between the Spurs and Knicks since the 1999 NBA Finals, …

Subscribe to The Dunker Spot We have a fun episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! First, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones turn their attention to the NBA Finals! The San Antonio Spurs, fresh off knocking off the Oklahoma City Thunder in a thrilling Game 7, are set to take on the New York Knicks in a 1999 Finals …

The 2026 NBA Finals have arrived. The San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games to win the Western Conference finals and reach the NBA Finals, where they’ll play the New York Knicks. The Knicks are representing the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1999 after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team the Knicks faced in …

There’s a saying in New York that bonds together the generations of five boroughs and beyond. “Once a Knick, always a Knick.” If you suit up for the New York Knicks, at any point, no matter how briefly, you will achieve immortality within Madison Square Garden. Advertisement But there are levels to this. As any Knicks fan will readily attest, …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. What are the odds that President Donald Trump will sit courtside at an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden? Wonder no more. Advertisement DraftKings’ director of sports operations Johnny Avello has listed hypothetical odds on which celebrities will be spotted on celebrity …

New York Knicks fans have infiltrated opposing arenas throughout their team’s storybook playoff run. With ticket prices at Madison Square Garden out of reach for many Knicks lifers, several have hit the road to get their postseason fix. Perhaps that will happen again in the NBA Finals, especially now that, according to Gametime data from Monday morning, the get-in cost …

If you have been up to date on the Giannis Antetokounmpo summer sweepstakes, you would know that the Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the teams being floated as a destination for the Milwaukee Bucks’ superstar. In an article by Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor, he describes where the Cavaliers’ ‘brain trust’ lands on a potential trade centered around Evan Mobley for Antetokounmpo. …

MarJon Beauchamp was the last player the Sixers acquired before the 2025-26 season began. After the final preseason game, the team waived Emoni Bates and signed Beauchamp to an Exhibit 10 contract. He spent the majority of the season in the G League playing for the Delaware Blue Coats. In 19 games for the Coats he averaged 25.2 points shooting …

The stage is set for the 2026 NBA Finals. A historic postseason run for the New York Knicks has them back representing the East for the first time this century, while the San Antonio Spurs represent the West after knocking down the defending champs. This is a rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals, where San Antonio defeated New York 4-1 …

One month ago, I was certain the New York Knicks had made an irrevocable mistake with the Mikal Bridges trade. It would be remembered as the deal that changed the landscape of NBA trades forever, and the tragic end to the Villanova Telenovela. Buried in the sands of time, there exists an unpublished trade retrospective that I submitted the morning …

The Larry O’Brien Trophy image will be back on the court for the 2026 NBA Finals. So will the classic script logo. It became a social media controversy during last year’s NBA Finals when there was no image of the NBA’s championship trophy on the court. The NBA has special courts made by all 30 teams for the NBA Cup …