SEC expert picks: 2025-26 preview, projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players to watch

Last season will be hard to top for the SEC, which placed 14 of its 16 teams in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. That was a record, both in terms of total number... Read more »

Steph Curry’s rank on NBA’s current, future career earnings list – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

Stephen Curry hasn’t just changed the way basketball is played — he has changed how it’s valued. Spotrac released its updated list of the NBA’s highest career earners, and Curry currently sits... Read more »

2025-26 CBS Sports preseason individual awards: Purdue’s Braden Smith earns Player of the Year honors

If we’re handing out the proverbial preseason hardware, that means the college basketball season is just about here. I’m usually ready to burst with anticipation for the first night of the season... Read more »

From oops to aahs, Jaxson Hayes and Lakers work to catch more of Luka Doncic’s passes

Lakers center Jaxson Hayes avoided major injury on his right wrist after a hard fall in Friday’s preseason finale as X-rays taken after the game came back negative and an MRI scan... Read more »

Big Ten expert picks: 2025-26 preview, projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players

Retention is the name of the game in the Big Ten. The league returns 14 of the top-30 scorers from a year ago. No other high-major league returns more than seven. This... Read more »

Rockets haunted by glaring lack of point guard competence in season-opening defeat

You really don’t appreciate a point guard until you don’t have one. Just ask the Houston Rockets, who lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 125-124, in double overtime on Tuesday in a... Read more »

Trail Blazers reportedly sign forward Toumani Camara to 4-year, $82 million contract extension

With the 2025-26 NBA season set to tip off this week, the Portland Trail Blazers are locking up one of their most promising players. Blazers forward Toumani Camara has agreed to a... Read more »

Tom Izzo questions NCAA direction after G League players deemed eligible for Division I basketball

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo expressed frustration and confusion related to the NCAA’s recent decision to allow former NBA G League players to compete in Division I basketball. He called the move... Read more »

Jonathan Kuminga remains Warriors’ biggest mystery, but his opening-night performance was an important step

LOS ANGELES — It’s not hyperbole that the Golden State Warriors’ offseason quite literally revolved around Jonathan Kuminga. So much so, the organization didn’t even have enough players on their active roster... Read more »

Duke basketball recruiting: Five-star SF Bryson Howard, son of ex-NBA star Josh Howard, commits to Blue Devils

Duke picked up its first commitment from the Class of 2026 on Tuesday, when five-star wing Bryson Howard announced his pledge to the Blue Devils live on the CBS Sports College Basketball... Read more »