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Joe Ingles is returning to the NBL, and, like any of us would, his home nation has questions regarding his 12 year NBA career. Ingles recently sat down with Pete Hooley (former NBL Champion) for an interview/test of his memory on his time playing basketball in the United States – naturally, this conversation centered around his time with the Utah …

In our latest Jazz Reacts survey, I asked Jazz fans which of our draft picks that will come off the bench will have the most impact next season. I focused on the Jazz draft picks because I’m only allowed 4 choices it’ll be fascinating to see who of them, if any, can take things to another level. It looks like …

Luka Doncic’s minicamp couldn’t be better timed.  Amid the chaos of the Lakers being sold twice in 10 months and the Buss family being embroiled in a battle over its remaining 17.8% stake in the team, Doncic is gifting the players some noise-canceling headphones in the form of chemistry.  Advertisement He chartered a flight for his teammates to come to Slovenia. …

The Lakers look much different after a complete overhaul of the roster this offseason. After LeBron James informed the Lakers he would not return for the upcoming season, the Luka Doncic era officially launched. The star guard’s leadership is on full display this summer as he’s hosting the entire Lakers roster for a four-day minicamp in Slovenia. Advertisement Doncic welcomed …

For whatever it means to the Brooklyn Nets, oddsmakers and pundits don’t project win totals based on morale or culture-building. FanDuel pegged the Nets at 24.5 games this season — one season after they won 20 in 2025-26. Brooklyn added three-time All-Star Julius Randle and clearly improved this offseason, but the Eastern Conference only got stronger following the Knicks first championship in 53 …

Well, there is at least a little bit of normalcy around Lakers ownership on Thursday. There has been lots of talk about Mark Walter, Jeanie Buss and her siblings and Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, but there are others in the mix as well. Patrick Soon-Shiong owns 4% of the team, purchased back in 2010 from Magic Johnson, and Ed …

When the Olympics come to Los Angeles in 2028, the USA taking home a gold medal in men’s basketball is far from a sure thing — the world is catching up fast with the five-time reigning gold medal winners. The two biggest threats to take that gold away from the USA are France, led by Victor Wembanyama, and Serbia, led …

An Alabama jury determined on Thursday, August 20 that former Alabama men’s basketball player Kai Spears was defamed by The New York Times for an article that inaccurately linked him to the scene of a fatal shooting. As part of the ruling, which came after five hours of deliberation and two weeks of testimony in the U.S. District Court for …

With the Denver Nuggets electing to trade Peyton Watson to the Cleveland Cavaliers to avoid the luxury tax, it raises a fascinating question that could shape the future of the NBA: Could the Los Angeles Lakers take advantage of this Nuggets turmoil to bring Nikola Jokić to Hollywood to pair with Luka Dončić? Advertisement The Nuggets and Jokić have been …

Former longtime Lakers executive Tim Harris has found a landing spot — at his alma mater. The UCLA alumnus is consulting for Chancellor Julio Frenk, a role that allows the veteran marketing and business operations specialist to share his expertise on a volunteer basis, the California Post has learned. Tim Harris, who was with the Lakers for 35 years, will …

Over the weekend, Dallas Mavericks forward PJ Washington spoke with Kevin Gray of DLLS Sports and told him that he was very confident he’d be with the team for the start of the 2026-27 regular season. This led me to posting our weekly question about the Mavericks, but I made the question a bit more long term: do you think …

Angel Reese’s brother drew the short straw of a five-team NBA trade. Julian Reese was traded from the Wizards to the Nuggets as part of a multi-team deal highlighted by Peyton Watson going to the Cavaliers and Max Strus to the Clippers on Wednesday. Advertisement Denver will receive an unprotected 2031 Cavaliers first-round pick and a 2032 Kings second-rounder, per …

Floor generals and shooters provided flash, while power forwards added bruises, but the center position is the bedrock of Knicks history. To understand New York’s basketball DNA is to understand the titans who ruled MSG’s paint. Historically, this is the deepest and most top-heavy group in the organization’s existence. Selecting four faces to represent the Knicks Center Mt. Rushmore requires …

Despite all the noise and rumors, the Golden State Warriors ultimately had an extremely quiet offseason. The Dubs are heading into 2026-27 season with largely the same roster that finished 37-45 last year. Rookie first-round pick Yaxel Lendeboorg is currently the only addition currently slated to play a large role in head coach Steve Kerr’s rotation. The Dubs barely reached …

The Cleveland Cavaliers and James Harden agreed to a new contract on Thursday, just a few weeks after the superstar guard was arrested in Houston. Harden is now slated to get $97 million over the next three years from the Cavaliers, the 11-time All-Star’s agents told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Advertisement The pact, which includes a player option as well as …

Lakers minority owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly has no intention of selling his 4% stake in the team following Bob Iger and Josh Kushner purchasing the franchise from Mark Walter last week for a record-breaking $12.5 billion. “Dr. Patrick is absolutely not selling his minority share of the Lakers,” Chuck “Tiger” Kenworthy, the Soon-Shiong family attorney, told ESPN on Thursday. …

When it was reported that Mark Walter would buy the controlling stake in the Lakers at a $10 billion valuation in June 2025, many fans — me included — rejoiced. We rejoiced that the owner of the Dodgers — the same organization that had become the model franchise in all of Major League Baseball and was in the process of …

OG Anunoby is a Knicks legend. Etched forever in franchise lore and the hearts of fans. In the critical Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the 29-point comeback against the Spurs that was the stuff of legend and set the course of the Finals, Anunoby scored 33 points, including the game-winning tip-in. NBC Sports spoke to Anunoby this week. Editor’s …

Tom Thibodeau is an unfortunate tale in modern basketball when you think about it. He joined a fraternity of coaches that includes Mark Jackson and Dwane Casey of being someone who helped build the foundation of a champion, only for the organization to look elsewhere for someone to get them over the top. It wasn’t clear for a while that …

The Philadelphia 76ers have added a couple extremely high-profile names this offseason, somewhat understandably overshadowing the fact that Tyrese Maxey is coming off an All-NBA Third Team season. Still just 25 years old and with his 1 percent better mantra, it’s reasonable to expect Maxey to continue improving coming off that career-best campaign. He recently conducted an interview with HoopsHype …

The NBA is a business. We often hear that phrase when a player is traded or when contract negotiations go sour. It’s true. It’s a league run by billionaires, many of them running their franchises like assets. Advertisement You can tell players not to take it personally, but how could they not? Sure, they make millions of dollars and have …

Trades in the second half of August are a rarity. Usually, at this point in the summer, teams wait until closer to training camp opens to make their moves. Not Denver and Cleveland, they agreed to a big trade on Wednesday. Peyton Watson had been looking for a sign-and-trade that got him paid and he found it with the Cavaliers. …

Following the Cleveland Cavaliers’ swift and painful Eastern Conference finals exit at the hands of the eventual champion New York Knicks, an awkward offseason cloud hung eerily in the atmosphere. Not only was there a strong sense of doubt as to whether that iteration of the team could return to that stage from a basketball standpoint, but its future altogether …

As expected, James Harden isn’t going anywhere. The 11-time All-Star agreed to a three-year, $97 million contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday, August 20, a person with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The deal includes a player option in the final season – 2028-29 – and a trade kicker. Advertisement The person spoke under the …

Everyone knew this was coming, the only question was the details about the money. James Harden opted out of his $42.3 million this offseason to give the Cavaliers’ front office the cap space to make other moves to upgrade the roster. That came together on Wednesday with a trade that brings wing Peyton Watson to Cleveland on a new contract. …