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His rationale seems obvious. Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs got near the top of the NBA mountain last season, then fell in five games to the New York Knicks — wasting big leads in all four of their losses. Wembanyama decided he needed to get tougher, so a rugby club in the south of France was enlisted to help with that mission this summer.
Scottie Barnes led the way with 23 points, Canadian RJ Barrett had 21 but the Toronto Raptors narrowly lost 122-120 to the New York Knicks on Thursday in NBA pre-season action.
Leonard Miller had no idea what to expect when he was traded to the Chicago Bulls in February. So far, the change of scenery is working out quite well for the 6-foot-10 forward.
76ers guard Tyrese Maxey said Thursday that having a healthy Joel Embiid "changes everything" for the Sixers.
Dusty May is new to the NBA. He’s not new to the NBA stage. May has coached plenty of big games in plenty of NBA arenas and knows what it’s like when those buildings are filled to the rafters. In other words, the coach of last season’s NCAA champion truly believes he’s ready for the NBA challenge. And he’s not alone, with six teams under new coaching management this season.
An annual survey of NBA GMs projects the Spurs to win the NBA title this season, with Victor Wembanyama earning MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors.
Mike Conley has experienced a lot entering his 20th season in the NBA, but Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla gave him a new experience on Wednesday - working as a coach on the bench.
While the New York Knicks were partying, LeBron James was planning. When James ultimately decided to continue his career in Philadelphia, it was clear the 76ers would look nothing like the team the Knicks crushed in four games in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Jaylen Brown had already been traded to Philadelphia from Boston, Kawhi Leonard would soon return to Toronto in another major move in the East.
LeBron James missed battling with Stephen Curry last season, even reflecting on a visit to Chase Center with the Los Angeles Lakers that their matchups might now be numbered. It’s Luka Doncic’s chance to be in charge now in Los Angeles, while Curry is committed to making his Warriors a contender again.
Tyrese Haliburton is back from an Achilles tendon injury to try helping the Indiana Pacers reassert themselves as title contenders. Much has changed in the NBA Central Division during the two-time all-NBA guard’s year of recovery.
The NBA has six divisions, and five sent at least one team to the second round of last season’s playoffs. The exception: the Southeast Division. For the third consecutive year, none of the Southeast clubs found a way out of the first round.
Victor Wembanyama’s ejection in the playoffs might have shifted public opinion a bit for the San Antonio superstar, and that was before the Spurs’ stunning Game 4 collapse in the NBA Finals set the stage for the feel-good story that was the New York Knicks.
Over the summer, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander devoted his time to increasing his versatility on both ends of the floor and taking his conditioning up yet an additional notch.
With the NBA season just days away, let's take stock of the most important coaches, execs and players worth monitoring.
With 2026-27 tipoff closing in, Ben Golliver shares the key takeaways that will shape the regular season.
Warriors center Kristaps Porzingis will remain out indefinitely with a private health-related issue but will be around the team.
The Toronto Raptors are fleshing their offence out this season, and that begins with taking more three-pointers.
According to Bobby Webster, there aren’t many similarities between the trade that first brought Kawhi Leonard to Toronto in 2018 and the deal that went down this past summer to bring him back.
Giannis Antetokounmpo ran off the floor about an hour into the first Miami Heat training camp session of the season. He had already sweated through his practice uniform and wanted to change into a fresh one.
The Spurs enter the season with expectations to return to the Finals after loss to the Knicks.
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