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Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics was asked a couple months ago about the possibility of winning the Coach of the Year award this season, and his answer was succinct. “I don’t need it,” he said back in March. “I think it’s a stupid award.” Advertisement On Tuesday, Mazzulla won a stupid award. Mazzulla was announced as the NBA’s top …

After multiple seasons near the top of the Eastern Conference, Joe Mazzulla’s Boston Celtics faced a potentially devastating reality last offseason. With Jayson Tatum out for an extended period due to a torn Achilles and the team up against the salary cap, there was some thought the Celtics should treat the 2025-26 NBA season as a rebuilding year. But that …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Debating whether the Western Conference Finals are the “real” NBA Finals doesn’t really matter— the New York Knicks are waiting either way. Advertisement For now, just soak in what’s become a must-watch series between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder. With …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Victor Wembanyama led the San Antonio Spurs to a massive win on Sunday, and now they hit the road again to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5. Advertisement Our NBA player prop projections help you make your NBA picks for …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon didn’t completely back down from her assertion a small player can’t lead his team to the NBA championship now that Jalen Brunson has taken the New York Knicks to the NBA Finals. Hammon made her initial comments on ESPN in December 2023, saying the Knicks couldn’t win the championship if …

CLEVELAND – A month ago, Clyde Frazier was sitting in a back hallway of State Farm Arena chatting with a reporter. In a few hours, the Knicks would take the floor for a win-or-die Game 4 against Atlanta. Naturally, the conversation with Frazier turned to the Knicks’ struggles with the Hawks. What was wrong with the offense? Should Mike Brown …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. If you want to go deep in the NBA Playoffs, you’d better bring some quality contributors off the pine. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s championship blueprint contains plenty of points from the bench, and prediction markets like Kalshi are offering markets on whether OKC’s …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Western Conference Finals are tied at two games apiece because Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is willing to move the ball, not despite the two-time MVP being forced to move the ball. Advertisement Yet, it’s still an unexpected approach for the Oklahoma City Thunder. These …

CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell has cemented himself as one of the best players in Cleveland Cavaliers’ franchise history in just four seasons. He’s been an All-Star each year and earned a spot on an All-NBA team three times. On top of that, he was the best player on a group that went to the conference finals for the first time …

The band is staying together in Cleveland. Despite getting swept in the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks, the Cleveland Cavaliers have reportedly revealed that they plan on returning head coach Kenny Atkinson, his coaching staff and the front office for the 2026-27 season. Per The Athletic’s Joe Vardon, there were questions surrounding the organization regarding their future. …

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have hired Rohan Ramadas as their assistant general manager of strategy and data systems, making the first major move of their offseason to bolster their front office under new ownership. The Lakers announced the decision Tuesday to add Ramadas, who spent the past nine years working with the New Orleans Pelicans, …

The Cleveland Cavaliers could make drastic changes this summer. However, those moves won’t come at the expense of either the front office or the coaching staff. According to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, the Cavs are expected to retain both. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, despite how things ended on Monday night. Advertisement Koby Altman and …

The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to retain head coach Kenny Atkinson despite suffering a 4-0 sweep to the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals, per The Athletic’s Joe Vardon, as well as ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania. There were rumors circulating on Tuesday that Cleveland could be looking to fire Atkinson and replace him with former Dallas Mavericks …

New York Knicks fever has hit the Big Apple, and it might just take an arm and a leg for some fans to get inside Madison Square Garden for the team’s first NBA Finals appearance since 1999. Just as soon as the Knicks officially swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals on Monday, May 26, the demand to …

We have a fun episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! First, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones continue with their Conference Finals analysis! The New York Knicks have punched their ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time in nearly 30 years! The guys discuss how they sealed the deal and close the chapter on the Cavs’ season. …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The New York Knicks, recently an afterthought in the NBA championship picture, have surged to have an implied 30.1% chance to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy.  Advertisement BetMGM’s NBA Finals odds show the Knicks are up from +2200 when the playoffs began to …

The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t trade for a one-year rental. All indicators point towards James Harden returning to the team this summer after opting out to restructure his deal. “Yes. 100%,” said Harden on whether he wants to be back in Cleveland. “Definitely want to be here. I think we found something. It’s tough not ending how we wanted to, but …

For the first time in 26 long years, the Knicks have advanced to the NBA Finals, and are now just four wins from heights unseen in half a century. Their eventual foe has yet to be determined, as the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder battle for the Western Conference in a 2-2 draw entering Game 5 on Tuesday …

The end for the Cleveland Cavaliers was cruel, with Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner celebrating on their court dressed in New York Knicks gear and embracing Knicks’ players like they were part of the win. The Knicks’ blowout put them in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999 and sent the Cavaliers into an uncomfortable offseason. Though Cleveland …

Game 1 was a confirmation of a cultural problem. The Cleveland Cavaliers surrendered a 22-point lead in the fourth quarter, not gradually, not begrudgingly, but as if they had simply decided to stop. The New York Knicks didn’t steal the game so much as Cleveland left it unlocked, engine running, keys in the ignition. What followed wasn’t a series. It …

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CLEVELAND — There were stretches throughout the postseason when Donovan Mitchell didn’t quite look himself. The burst and explosiveness to the basket weren’t there like we’ve become accustomed to in the past. So much so that it led to commentators speculating that maybe he was injured. Mitchell has been asked repeatedly throughout the postseason about whether he was injured. He’d …

The 2026 Western Conference Finals return to Oklahoma City on Tuesday, May 26 for a pivotal Game 5, with the series now tied 2-2 after San Antonio seized momentum with a commanding Game 4 win. The Thunder also still face the possibility of being without star forward Jalen Williams for Tuesday’s game. Williams remains questionable for the critical matchup against …

“The Western Conference Finals are the real NBA Finals.” We all read that or heard it on a podcast just a week ago, before the two conference finals rounds tipped off. Versions of it have popped up again in the past handful of days to push back because exuberant Knicks fans, who are feeling themselves after watching their team destroy …

Today it was announced that NC State transfer Matt Able withdrew from the NBA Draft, and he will officially play for UNC for the 2026-27 season. His decision to officially make his way to campus is the break that Michael Malone and his staff needed after Henri Veesaar decided that he was done with college. Able faced a tough decision …