ADVERTISEMENT
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.
Which teams must win immediately, with their current cores, and which could bide their time and win later instead? We ranked all 30.
TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard drew the loudest cheers of the night — especially when he scored each of his game-high 21 points — in his re-debut for the Toronto Raptors.
Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed to a two-year, $44.2 million extension with a mutual option for the 2029-30 season.
Nearly 16 months ago, a torn Achilles cost Tyrese Haliburton -- and the Pacers -- the 2025-26 season. Now, he returns to help them reclaim their spot in the East.
With Monday's extension deadline looming, Bobby Marks breaks down the biggest decisions around the league.
Kawhi Leonard will be available to make his pre-season debut for the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday against the New York Knicks, head coach Darko Rajakovic told reporters on Monday.
Veteran center Kristaps Porzingis is expected to return to the Golden State Warriors practice facility on Tuesday afternoon, according to head coach Steve Kerr.
ADVERTISEMENT
