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Your Atlanta Hawks will be busy this offseason with exhibition basketball games. For one, in addition to their usual participation in the Las Vegas Summer League, they will also take part in a smaller, four-team Salt Lake City Summer League joining the Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, and of course the Utah Jazz. As an added bonus, the Hawks also …

Celtics to re-sign Ron Harper Jr. to three-year contract: Report originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens reportedly crossed an item off his summer to-do list on Saturday. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The Celtics are re-signing Ron Harper Jr. to a three-year, $9 million contract, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. They declined Harper’s $2.6 …

After spending a week, if not two, celebrating the 2026 NBA championship nearly non-stop, the New York Knicks are back in business. New York and Jose Alvarado pacted a delay to his player option, and on Friday, Alvarado finally rejected it only to, reportedly, sign a three-year deal. Up next, things will get a bit more serious as the Knicks …

It’s peak NBA rumor season. Now that the NBA draft has passed, it’s on to that dead-period before free agency officially begins. As teams negotiate potential deals and make calls about available players, there’s naturally been a bunch of rumors going around. Advertisement Free agency begins on June 30 at 6 p.m. ET, and any trades or deals can officially …

With the first pick in the 2026 draft, the Washington Wizards got the guy they think will spearhead the team’s offense and lead them into contention over the next decade-plus. Now comes the hard, fascinating, long-term work of turning AJ Dybantsa’s many strengths into an elite NBA player. Because Dybantsa will be just 19-years-old for the first half of his …

To say it has been a shocking week for the Minnesota Timberwolves would be selling it incredibly short. Heading into the NBA Draft, this offseason had all the makings of being a fairly quiet one for Minnesota. The Wolves were sitting on the 28th overall pick in the first round, the Giannis Antetokounmpo rumors appeared to be drifting toward destinations …

Kevin Durant urged the Knicks and Jalen Brunson to make the most of the organization’s historic championship win while they still can. The Rockets star addressed the Knicks during an interview with Wall Street Journal Live in Cannes earlier this week — and the advice he would give Brunson in the face of new advertising and promotional opportunities. Advertisement “I …

If only. If Rob Pelinka could use the Dodgers’ blueprint to renovate, Lakers fans wouldn’t even be sweating this summer. But, you know. Baseballs and basketballs, apples and oranges. The windup and sales pitch are the same, though: Deliver a sustainable, high-rising, championship build. On time and … about that budget. One team has none. The other’s is tight. Advertisement …

Mikel Brown Jr., whom the Nets selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, takes his first shot at Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: You talk about chasing greatness. What does chasing greatness for you entail? Advertisement A: Chasing greatness is just the ability to max out my potential and understand what I’m capable of …

Things have seemed somewhat quiet lately for former Duke star and assistant coach Amile Jefferson since moving from Durham to Boston to be an assistant with the Celtics, but that’s from the outside. He’s an assistant. By definition, he’s a background figure for the team, at least as far as the public is concerned. That will change soon, however. Advertisement …

Members of the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 2016 championship team celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their comeback victory over the Golden State Warriors in Europe last week. Those included in the festivities were LeBron James, Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, Iman Shumpert, Tristan Thompson, and Matthew Dellavedova. There were a few notable absences from the group. One of whom …

Since the day the Knicks traded for Josh Hart, no player has become my favorite Knick faster. Josh Hart is New York. He embodies the same grit, toughness, and blue-collar mentality that made John Starks and Anthony Mason icons in the ’90s, the team that will always be “my Knicks.” Braids or no braids, nobody has worn the “NEW YORK” …

With the official opening of NBA free agency just days away, we inch closer to the point where we can better understand what next season’s Lakers will look like. We already know that Austin Reaves will return, but beyond bringing him back on a max contract, President of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka and this Lakers front office has much work …

Ever since Knicks team owner James Dolan declared that the team cannot go into the second apron on WFAN’s Carton Show earlier in June, every move the club has made so far has hinted at going down that path. This week’s NBA Draft saw the Knicks trade out of the first round — and a guaranteed contract — and step …

Fresh off winning the NBA championship and wrapping up the 2026 NBA Draft with a couple of new faces now part of the organization, the New York Knicks keep shaping their roster. Yes, we’re all still waiting for the literal elephant in the room to announce the inevitable, but for now we’ll have to do with a few low-impact, lower-level …

The Celtics have signed Ron Harper Jr. to a three-year, $9 million contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Saturday afternoon. It’s a win for both sides: Harper Jr. gets his first long-term NBA contract at 26 years old, fresh off the best season of his career. And the Celtics get a hard-playing role player with plenty of upside on a …

Immediately after the Warriors selected former Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg with the 11th pick in the NBA draft, he showed he might need some additional public relations training after a couple of honest interviews. Over the past week, Lendeborg has met with the media and did not mince words when talking about how he used to feel about Steph Curry …

The firehose of NBA rumors is wide open and coming fast — as are the trades and signings. Here is some of the latest talk around the league. Boston talking to teams about Brown Whether Boston will trade Jaylen Brown or hang on to him and chase another ring with a retooled roster around him and Jayson Tatum remains to …

The Utah Jazz have a lot of signings happening for the upcoming Summer League and offseason. Here’s a list of everything they’ve been up to. Utah Jazz sign Tamar Bates to two-way deal. According to Michael Scott, the Jazz signed Tamar Bates to a two-way deal. Scotto mentioned that Bates was sidelined with a foot injury as a rookie for …

Last June, the Brooklyn Nets traded Cam Johnson, a player earning a little more $20 million to the Denver Nuggets for Michael Porter Jr. and a future first round pick, the Nuggets unprotected first in 2032. It was a salary dump and Denver seemed tired of MPJ. The cost to the Nets for salary cap purposes: $17 million. This June, …

Ron Harper Jr. is a real Boston success story from last season. He was signed to an Exhibit 10 (training camp contract) before camp last year, but by the end of camp, the team had turned that into a two-way contract. As the season moved past the All-Star break, Harper became a regular part of the Celtics’ rotation. In April, …

How incredible is it that an article like this can be written seriously after what we went through the last 20 years? It’s been a few weeks since the Knicks lifted the Larry O’Brien Trophy and put themselves into the history books. With the NBA Draft now behind us and a brief lull before the start of free agency on …

Much of the discussion about the Lakers’ upcoming offseason has been about acquiring a center of the future. It was the edict from Luka Dončić before he left for Europe this summer and it’s one of the top priorities of the front office. The underlying aspect of that is the Lakers very well may still have last year’s starting center …

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After being selected with the 11th overall pick by the Warriors in the 2026 NBA Draft, Yaxel Lendeborg has been busy getting settled in with his new team. Lendeborg hilariously found out where his locker is: next to future Hall of Famer Steph Curry. Former Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg found out his Warriors locker is next to Steph Curry’s. Anadolu …