Too-early NBA Power Rankings: Who’s No. 2 behind OKC? Knicks, Lakers in top 10, Celtics, Pacers plummet

1 Thunder Terrifying. The Thunder return every meaningful piece from a title season in which they also finished with the league’s best record. The formula is clear: Suffocating defense on one end,... Read more »

Lonzo Ball happy to be ‘just playing, competing for a ring’ in Cleveland

Lonzo Ball was traded from the mid-tier treadmill that is the Chicago Bulls to a title contender in the Cleveland Cavaliers — and he couldn’t be happier about it. More than anything,... Read more »

Maxx Crosby hopes Raiders can make worst-to-first leap like NBA champion Thunder; how far away are they?

For the last few years, the Las Vegas Raiders have not been a very good football team. They’ve won just 18 combined games over the last three seasons, the sixth-fewest in the... Read more »

LeBron James responds to photo of him at Cavaliers’ practice facility: ‘Y’all bored, man!’

Amid uncertainty surrounding LeBron James’ future with the Los Angeles Lakers and analysts including Yahoo Sports’ Tom Haberstroh asserting that a return to the Eastern Conference might be in his best interests... Read more »

It makes sense for Lakers to trade LeBron James, but there’s one big reason why talks are dying on the vine

LeBron James becoming available has, typically, been a seismic NBA event. Teams famously spent the several years leading up to his 2010 free agency clearing cap space. Pretty much all league business... Read more »

NBA free agency, offseason winners and losers

The NBA offseason moved fast this year — so fast that it started before the NBA Finals were even over with the Kevin Durant trade. Then there were a series of trades... Read more »

Drew Timme opens up on NBA experience ahead of Summer League with Nets: ‘I’m still trying to make it’

Drew Timme, who signed a multi-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets in March and had his contract option picked up at the end of June, will be joining the team’s Summer League... Read more »

Kevin Durant’s trade to the Rockets could reportedly expand to include a record 7 teams

The trade sending Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets somehow just got more complicated. A lot more complicated. According to The Athletic, the deal that sends Durant from the Phoenix Suns to... Read more »

Lakers’ Bronny James reacts to speculation of LeBron James potentially leaving Los Angeles this offseason

LeBron James watch is official on. The 40-year-old’s time time with the Los Angeles Lakers may be close to the end, as rumors swirl about the NBA great and his current team... Read more »

Sergio Scariolo to end long tenure as Spain men’s basketball head coach

Sergio Scariolo plans to step down as Spain’s men’s basketball head coach after this summer’s EuroBasket, ending a run that included the last four Olympics. Scariolo, a 64-year-old Italian, coached La Roja... Read more »