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The 2025 NBA Draft is underway — taking place over two days — and The Athletic’s draft experts…
2025 NBA Draft preview: Teams to watch, a Rutgers moment and more
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA Draft Every year, the discussion that precedes the NBA…
With Thunder on top, NBA’s ‘wide-open’ Western Conference is a thing of the past
Is it parity? Or is it parity plus one? That’s my question after watching the Oklahoma City Thunder…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton boost legacies with NBA playoffs success
About two months ago, we examined the possible effects the 2025 NBA Playoffs would have on certain legacies.…
2026 NBA champion odds: Thunder open as favorites ahead of Knicks, Cavs, Kevin Durant’s Rockets
The NBA is a league that has been ruled by dynasties for much of its history but just…
Houston Rockets trade for Kevin Durant to increase chance of NBA title
How Kevin Durant trade affects both Suns and Rockets USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes breaks down the impact…
2025 NBA Draft needs, young-core analysis for Warriors, Lakers and more
The NBA Draft offers teams an opportunity to further build rosters. Players already on these rosters tend to…
2025 NBA Draft Confidential: Coaches, execs, scouts on Khaman Maluach, top center prospects
The evidence keeps trickling in. The Oklahoma City Thunder, like the Cavaliers, Celtics, Knicks, Mavericks, Bucks and other…
NBA free agency 2025: Myles Turner tops long list of starting-caliber center talent
If you need a center, you might be in luck; while there isn’t a max-worthy target out there,…