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With NBA training camps right around the corner, ESPN is rolling out the latest edition of its annual NBA Rank exercise, which ranks players “based on predicted contributions—quality and quantity—for the 2026-27 regular season.” Unsurprisingly, the Sixers’ starting five was well-represented. Here’s where they checked in this year: Advertisement No other Sixers players made the list. Before getting too bent …

Yesterday, we learned that Dillon Brooks had made quite the jump in ESPN’s preseason player rankings, going from unranked a season ago to No. 76 overall. Today, ESPN released players 11 through 50, which means we finally learned where Devin Booker landed. Booker is the only other member of the Phoenix Suns to crack ESPN’s top 100, and after entering …

NBA veteran and former Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball appeared to announce his retirement from basketball on Wednesday. It now appears his retirement isn’t so certain. Ball, who the Lakers selected with the No. 2 pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, seemed to allude to his career coming to an end during an episode of his “Ball in the …

Contract extension talks between the Knicks and Karl-Anthony Towns have been ongoing this offseason after Towns played a huge role in helping New York capture its first championship in 53 years. According to SNY NBA Insider Ian Begley, there’s been plenty of dialogue between the two sides, and those conversations have been positive, with the Knicks making it known they …

Karl-Anthony Towns and the New York Knicks are apparently very far apart on a new contract extension ahead of training camp next week. Talks between the Knicks and Towns have “stagnated” and an agreement is now considered unlikely, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Vincent Goodwill. The two sides have spent extensive time discussing the extension this offseason, “but there …

Every day, we’ll take a closer look at another member of the 2026-27 Phoenix Suns, examining what they bring to the roster and what their role could mean for the season ahead as we count down to training camp and the preseason. Point Guard, 6’1″, 195 pounds, 27 years old, 4th season Advertisement Collin Gillespie has been a diamond in …

This summer, the Lakers were expected to make roster changes, but few expected the overhaul that followed. Austin Reaves was the only free agent the Lakers re-signed, instead opting to completely remake the roster around Luka Dončić. The team used nearly every asset available, trading draft picks for center Walker Kessler and using cap space to make a host of …

As the Dallas Mavericks prepare to ramp up for the 2026-27 season, there’s a lot of excitement about star point guard Kyrie Irving’s return to the court after missing all of last season with an ACL tear. On paper, Irving figures to be a seamless fit next to second-year phenom Cooper Flagg, but the 15-year age gap between the two …

In perhaps the most injury-riddled playoff matchup of the season last spring, the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the Houston Rockets in six games. Luka Dončić, Fred VanVleet and Steven Adams did not log a single minute. Kevin Durant only played one game. Austin Reaves missed the first four games of the series. That’s a lot of pivotal names missing in …

Even setting aside the two major blockbuster additions in Philadelphia, Mike Gansey was lauded for what he did in his first offseason for the Sixers due to the improved depth pieces he brought into the fold. Signing Dean Wade to a reasonable long-term deal was a nice bit of roster work, but something many people anticipated might happen due to …

Stephen Curry has spent his entire 17-year NBA career with the Golden State Warriors. So, when Curry became eligible for a two-year extension with the team in August, it was expected he would quickly sign again and re-up for another couple seasons. But with training camp on the horizon, Curry has yet to sign a deal with the team. He’s …

It raised a few eyebrows when Lonzo Ball went on the Gilbert Arenas Tells All podcast this week and talked about his career in the past tense. “I felt like I never shortchanged the game. Like I felt like I gave everything I had to hoop, and I felt everything I got in my life is because of hoop,” the …

Fresh off signing a four-year, $85 million deal with the Chicago Bulls, Lonzo Ball was living up to his lofty expectations in his first season with the team. Through the team’s first 40 games, Ball was the team’s jack of all trades, and was a major reason the Bulls had a 27-13 record. Then, disaster struck. Ball sustained a knee …

With the 2026 NBA offseason now all but concluded, and with media day and training camp just around the corner, it’s time to start looking ahead to what’s coming next in the NBA. In that spirit, let’s take a look at the five most interesting — to me! — folks who joined a new team this summer. Advertisement (We’ve previously …

Kevin Durant still just wants to hoop — and watch other people hoop. Last season, Durant was second in the NBA in total minutes played with 2,840, and he was third in minutes per game at 36.4. When he sat down at Rockets media day on Tuesday, he was asked if, with a healthier and deeper Houston roster, the goal …

The Milwaukee Bucks were already set to endure some rough years after finally trading Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat over the summer. A new NBA investigation into potential cap circumvention to re-sign a role player from the late stages of the Antetokounmpo era threatens to make Milwaukee’s rebuild even more difficult. The NBA quietly announced it was investigating the …

The New Orleans Pelicans enter the 2026-27 NBA season as perhaps the league’s most confounding team. A year after trading a future first-round pick to move up and draft Derik Queen, the Pelicans largely stood pat this offseason after another disappointing record that left them outside the Western Conference postseason picture. The franchise has won just two playoff series since …

Kon Knueppel made 273 3-pointers as a rookie in the 2025-26 season – more than anyone else in the league – and no rookie had ever led the NBA in that category before. He nearly stole Rookie of the Year honors from Cooper Flagg. Charlotte won 44 games last season, up from 19, in its best season since 2015-2016. Then …

Ramp to Camp: Who will be the Celtics’ X-factor this season? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Which member of the Boston Celtics is most likely to elevate the ceiling of the team based on their play during the 2026-27 season? Advertisement In the latest installment of our Ramp to Camp series, we asked our panel to predict the one …

With a new NBA season on the horizon, I decided it was time to run one final NBA 2K27 simulation. The goals were simple: Could Cooper Flagg become an MVP? Could the Mavs win an NBA championship with their current roster as the core? Advertisement And, perhaps most importantly: How far can this version of the Mavericks actually go? The …

Jericho Sims had the best year of his career over the 2025-26 campaign, playing as the Bucks’ backup center. Averaging 5.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG, and 1.6 APG, Sims was the gritty, athletic rim-runner who put in the dirty work. He earned himself increased playing time by showing his willingness to hustle and fight for boards on one of the league’s …

So much of the coming season is uncertain for the Minnesota Timberwolves. They restructured their whole core and brought in a new star point guard in LaMelo Ball, and jettisoned cornerstones of the team’s past identity in Julius Randle, Naz Reid, and Mike Conley Jr. They even switched owners. Within that restructuring, there are many new roles being created for …

ESPN analyst Chris Spatola, 47, unexpectedly died on Monday, Sept. 21, leaving the college basketball world heartbroken. Spatola, who ranks 10th on Army’s all-time scoring list, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2002-07 following his four-year playing career. He returned to college basketball as a staff member at Duke under his father-in-law Mike Krzyzewski, one of the sport’s …

When the Milwaukee Bucks agreed to sign Gary Trent Jr. to a four-year, $64 million deal in July, red flags went up all around the league’s office. Days later, reports emerged suggesting the NBA was looking into the signing, though details of the league’s probe were scarce. The league apparently found enough that it decided to launch a full-on investigation, …

Dylan Harper may have not been crowned the 2026 Rookie of the Year, but he had some of the best stats from his draft class, not to mention making his way to the NBA Finals. Ata recent auction, his rookie card went for a whopping $320,860. According to Goldin Auction, 2025-26 Bowman Chrome Autographs SuperFractor Dylan Harper autographed rookie card …