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Kentucky Basketball has sent a lot of players to the NBA over the last decade plus, and more than a few former Wildcats showed up and showed out Saturday night with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line. Oklahoma City was searching for a second consecutive NBA Finals appearance, led by NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. San Antonio was …

It’s here. After sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in an uncompetitive Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks have reached a place they have not been in 27 years. A long journey has resulted in entire generations of Knicks fans being able to experience something new. Advertisement But it certainly won’t be easy. A seven-game war out west for the right to play …

From an international prospect perspective, no NBA Draft is ever complete without a prospect from the ever-colourful Mega Basket in Serbia. Mega Basket has run under many guises in the past due to sponsorship reasons; Mega Leks, Mega Bemax, Mega Soccertbet, Mega Mozzart, Mega MIS, and now Mega Superbet. Regardless of the ever-changing name, there are two things that are …

Although the heartbreaking loss in game 7 was a sad way to end the season, it’s hard to find a Raptors fan that isn’t full of hope for next season. Already they outperformed in almost every metric, they clinched the playoffs (a feat that hasn’t been achieved since 2022) and phenomenal performances from the younger players on the roster has …

You couldn’t have written it any better. Knicks vs. Spurs. Smells like 1999 revenge. On Leon Rose and James Dolan building the Knicks into a Finals team: “Leon and his staff have done a freakin’ fantastic, fantastic job. I can even take it a step further — it doesn’t happen if Mr. Dolan wants to keep his hands in his …

Following the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Game 7 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals, what appeared to be the NBA’s next dynasty was at least temporarily derailed. The concern for the Thunder and their supporters might be that the 2025-26 NBA champions have already been overtaken in the West by an upstart Spurs team and arguably …

The Bucks are expected to be at the center of the trade universe with Giannis Antetokounmpo possibly looking to move on from Milwaukee. While speculation about his future is rampant, the Bucks do—believe it or not—have the option to keep The Greek Freak if he wants to give it another go and try to win a championship. In order for …

Rutgers never got the chance to see Dylan Harper play in the tournament but it turns out that he is pretty good in that format. The former Rutgers star is off to the NBA Finals after the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals on Saturday night. Advertisement Harper played 27 …

Throughout the Western Conference finals, the San Antonio Spurs hoped that Victor Wembanyama could work enough magic while he was on the court to make up for the Oklahoma City Thunder annihilating them while he was off of it. Late in Game 7 on Saturday night, the Thunder must have been licking their chops. Wembanyama picked up his fifth foul …

OKLAHOMA CITY — Julian Champagnie is headed home to play in the NBA Finals in New York City — and it’s hard for him to get his head around it. A kid born in Brooklyn who played his high school ball at Bishop Loughlin Memorial in the city, who honed his style and found toughness on playgrounds around the city, …

I’m not saying I knew this series would go to a Game 7. But when our fearless leader, J.R. Wilco, asked me to quit submitting “The Adventures of Wembanyama and Grogu” fan fiction graphic novels to publish because this is primarily a Spurs community site, I begrudgingly and enthusiastically volunteered to sign up for Game 7 highlights. And boy, were …

Well, after years of faffing about, the NBA has finally implemented a major overhaul of the draft designed to discourage tanking. It is quite complex, and yet, in some ways, quite simple-minded. The gist is that the highest odds for the number one pick will no longer be held by the team with the worst record. Advertisement Instead, the teams …

After last night’s Game 7 victory in Oklahoma City, Julian Champagnie reminisced about honking and driving with the fans after the Spurs elimintaed the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of playoffs. “Yeah, I mean, my wife had told me she was like, ‘you know, they honk,’ I mean, they honk, she’s like, ‘they honk downtown,’ I might as …

The San Antonio Spurs will take on the New York Knicks in the 2026 NBA Finals. It will be a rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals, where the Spurs beat the Knicks 4-1. It was the Spurs’ first championship and New York’s last finals appearance. Advertisement Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs advanced to the finals after winning the Western Conference …

One of our favorite things about the NBA Draft is the skullduggery, machinations, and positively Machiavellian manipulation that goes on as people try to up or downgrade prospects in order to get the guy they really want. Whisper campaigns get started about a prospect who supposedly had a bad attitude during a workout, or rumors that he’s not really that …

One of our favorite things about the NBA Draft is the skullduggery, machinations, and positively Machiavellian manipulation that goes on as people try to up or downgrade prospects in order to get the guy they really want. Whisper campaigns get started about a prospect who supposedly had a bad attitude during a workout, or rumors that he’s not really that …

The Boston Celtics selected big man Amari Williams with the 46th pick of the 2025 NBA draft. Williams would become the first-ever British-born player for the Boston Celtics in franchise history. Amari played four years at Drexel before a single season with the Kentucky Wildcats and being selected in the 2nd round. Brad Stevens said of Williams in a July …

On Monday I asked the staff this simple question (then forgot to run the post for a week): what is something regarding the NBA Draft that you’ve talked yourself into? Tyler: I’ve talked myself into believing that the Mavericks will be making at least one draft night trade in round one. At pick nine, it could be that they see …

OKLAHOMA CITY — Poise. Maturity. Answering the opponents runs by knocking down big shots, or getting a key block. Digging deep when tested and finding a new level of performance and execution. Doing it all in the highest stakes game in a hostile environment. That’s what veteran teams do, what tested teams do. What champions do. Advertisement Except, in Game …

No matter what the outcome from this Western Conference Finals was going to be, a proven seven-foot big man from the Gonzaga Bulldogs program was going to end up on the winning end of this all-time Western Conference Finals series. A matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren and the San Antonio Spurs’ Kelly Olynyk. How cool is that? …

The New York Knicks will play the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals after their opponent pulled out a gutsy Game 7 win on the road to get back to the Finals for the first time in 12 years. For the Knicks, it’s a rematch of their last Finals appearance in 1999, when they lost in five games to …

Another former Arizona Wildcat is heading to the NBA Finals. The San Antonio Spurs beat defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 in game seven of the Western Conference Finals, which means Carter Bryant will be heading to the finals in his rookie season. He becomes the third Arizona alumni to reach the finals in his rookie season since Luke Walton …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When the Western Conference finals started, Victor Wembanyama watched Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hoist a Most Valuable Player trophy that the San Antonio Spurs star desperately wanted. Wembanyama left the series with an MVP trophy of his own — and a whole lot more. Advertisement The French standout — in just his third season — has led the …

The San Antonio Spurs are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, an eternity under the standard set by Gregg Popovich. If you want to see Game 1, it will cost you. According to Gametime data as of Saturday evening, the get-in price for Wednesday’s series opener between the Spurs and New York Knicks currently sits at …

Victor Wembanyama didn’t say anything after Game 5, ducking out of Paycom Center before speaking with reporters. He didn’t say much after the Spurs’ Game 6 victory, either, during an on-court interview with NBC. Advertisement But after Game 7, after Wembanyama powered the Spurs past top-seeded Oklahoma City in a thrilling finish to the Western Conference finals and into an …