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The 2026-27 NBA season tips off this afternoon at Little Caesars Arena as Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons host Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. Detroit takes the court after finishing 60-22 and earning the Eastern Conference’s top seed a year ago, while Boston opens the season with a healthy Tatum and no Jaylen Brown. The Pistons won three …

With training camp and all five preseason games in the books, we have learned a lot about the Bucks as they embark on year one of the rebuild-but-don’t-call-it-a-rebuild. But what one person sees isn’t always the same as what the next person does. So, we thought we’d share pages of our notebooks, highlighting our main observations as Milwaukee heads into …

On the eve of Opening Night (Matinee?) and the 81st season of the Boston Celtics, it’s hard not to be thankful for everything that the franchise has accomplished and given to us fans. “The people that came before you. The city. The fans. The expectation of winning. The players. The coaches,” head coach Mazzulla said when asked what makes the …

The Chicago Bulls posted this video on their X account (which was shared by my guy Jose Arredondo @sportsguyjose): Splitter is seen in practice quizzing the Bulls players on the tactics and strategies of the Phoenix Suns. He’s established an expectation of readiness. He’s calling on his players randomly for answers. In education this is referred to this is as …

NEW YORK — Everywhere you looked, it seemed, there they were. Fresh off the run of a lifetime — a 16-3 sprint through the postseason, headlined by some of the most remarkable blowouts and comebacks in NBA playoff history, capped off by an all-time individual performance in the NBA Finals to clinch the franchise’s first NBA championship in 53 years …

The 2026-27 NBA season is ready to destroy everything you think you know about basketball. It’s so hard to make preseason predictions in this era of the league when parity is at an all-time high and the pace-and-space nature of play puts every athlete in danger of injury. It sure feels like the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, and …

Cooper Flagg famously picked peas as a child to learn about hard work. Others of us worked retail. The Dallas Mavericks forward and former Duke standout steps into the shoes of a Foot Locker employee as the star of the company’s “Hoops Lives Here” campaign. The ad debuts on Tuesday, Oct. 20 ahead of the 2026-27 NBA season tipoff. It …

Luka Dončić enters his third season with the Los Angeles Lakers as the unquestioned star and leader. He will take on a bigger role after LeBron James, the most recent star to bring a championship to the franchise and the longtime face of the NBA, left for the Philadelphia 76ers. Advertisement “It feels great,” Dončić said about his role for …

The Philadelphia 76ers’ game at the New York Knicks, one of three games opening the NBA season on Oct. 20, is the league’s most expensive regular-season ticket for 2026-27, with a get-in price of $1,474. Based on ticketing data for 1,194 regular season and NBA Cup games USA TODAY obtained from TicketData on Oct. 19, the premium for that game …

The NBA is back, and this time opening night has a twist … it’s actually opening day. The 2026-27 regular season tips off with the first-ever NBA opening-day tripleheader broadcast nationally, beginning with an afternoon tilt in the Motor City as the Detroit Pistons host the Boston Celtics. The evening brings two more marquee matchups with a championship celebration at …

The 2026-27 National Basketball Association (NBA) season starts Tuesday, 20 October with the Boston Celtics heading to the Detroit Pistons. The regular season, as well as the in-season NBA Cup, takes place between October and April. Advertisement After that, the play-offs take place to determine the NBA champions, who are crowned in June. What is the format? Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of …

The Cleveland Browns are 4-2, and the bandwagon has room for a lot more to jump on or return to the orange and brown of their youth. While the Browns four wins have not been pretty, with all of them (and the loss to the New York Jets) potentially going the other way, learning to win is an important skill …

The Charlotte Hornets and Brandon Miller have agreed to a five-year, $209 million extension to his rookie contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports — a deal cementing the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft as one of the cornerstones of the ongoing effort to build a consistent contender in the Queen City. The two sides agreed to the …

Another NBA regular season is set to begin, and the preseason player rankings have already been rolled out. While debates over the league’s top stars never end, the exercise also offers a revealing snapshot of where each franchise stands entering the 2026-27 season. USA TODAY’s top 100 player rankings highlight the biggest names expected to lead championship contenders, excel for …

On the eve of the 2026-27 NBA season, ESPN‘s Shams Charania dropped an unexpected piece of Timberwolves-related news. It seems to be the theme of this offseason for Minnesota. They have consistently been in the news with rarely a long break between important roster moves. From sending off two-thirds of their frontcourt for LaMelo Ball, to the LeBron “White Board” …

What I’m most looking forward to … Seeing all the fruits borne of an incredible summer of player movement. It feels like three years ago that Giannis Antetokounmpo was traded to the Heat, because since then, Jaylen Brown and LeBron James went to the 76ers, and a ton of other deck chairs were reshuffled. This is the most intriguing NBA …

The Golden State Warriors can finally take a moment to breathe. After Steph Curry left Sunday’s open practice early due to an ankle injury, head coach Steve Kerr said on Monday that Curry is fine and he expects him to play in their season opener on Wednesday night, against the Los Angeles Lakers. Advertisement “He’s fine. Yeah, he practiced full …

The Los Angeles Lakers have come to a decision on their roster to open the season. Dalton Knecht has been waived, the team announced Monday afternoon. The move puts the Lakers roster at 15 players, the limit under NBA rules. Advertisement The Lakers, who carried 16 players through the preseason, had a choice to make between Knecht and Bronny James. …

A final look at the Knicks’ magical playoff run by the numbers: 16-3 The Knicks’ playoff record, by far the greatest in their history, surpassing the 12-7 mark in 1969-70 and the 12-5 record in 1972-73 Advertisement 13 Consecutive Knicks playoff wins, just two shy of the NBA record. The streak consisted of three wins against the Hawks, four versus …

Collin Sexton participated in his first full Lakers practice on Monday and and is considered day-to-day for Wednesday’s season opener against the Warriors. Sexton said he’s dealing with a “lower leg injury,” adding that he has been experiencing “tightness.” He said that “nothing in particular” brought it on. Advertisement “We’ll be taking it day by day,” Sexton said. “At the …

With the Nets tipping off Wednesday against the Hornets, it’s hard to quantify just how far Egor Dëmin has come from this point a year ago as a rookie. But coach Jordi Fernández’s quippy answer does speak to Dëmin’s biggest strides. Advertisement “Maybe ask the performance team about his weight and how much bigger his biceps is. Maybe that’s a …

After a nervous few days in which the Bucks waived Pete Nance from the non-guaranteed deal they signed him to in July to cut their official roster to 16—and then waived Kevin Porter Jr. yesterday to bring it to 15—the team announced that Nance has indeed signed another two-way contract to return to Milwaukee for a third season. This will …

Joshua Jefferson, the 6’9″ 23-year-old point forward taken at No. 28 in the Draft, has been the forgotten man this summer. Because of NBA regs, he couldn’t join the Nets Summer League team until the first game in Las Vegas. No practice, just a review of the playbook and the results were as expected: some smart plays but with the …

Waiting for a new season can be excruciating, tiresome, and hard. It can feel like an eternity. As a fan, you are usually left with questions: why did the past season go up in flames, and what needs to happen to finally, please, finally do better in the future? To somehow reach that goal that many franchises chase for decades. …

The Knicks will get their first glimpse of life without Mitchell Robinson. After eight years with Robinson on the roster — though not always on the active list — New York faces the Sixers in Tuesday’s opener with Andre Drummond as the backup center. Advertisement It is by far the biggest change from last season’s championship-winning roster and therefore will …