Skip to main content
Hoopsmachine

Basketball News

Eastern Time, including earlier stories still developing that day. How days work

WNBA gameday discussion: Is Minnesota Lynx-Las Vegas Aces III the final Finals preview?

Publisher:Swish AppealOutlet info

A’ja Wilson and Napheesa Collier. | NBAE via Getty Images The first-place Minnesota Lynx and and third-place Las Vegas Aces meet for the third and final time on Saturday night (8 p.m. ET, CBS). Thus far, the only two teams that have clinched a spot in the 2026 WNBA Playoffs have split their season series. In the first matchup in mid-June, A’ja Wilson’s double-double of 24 points and 10 boards, plus Chelsea Gray’s 23 points and seven assists, was enough for the Aces to hold off the Lynx, led b...

Coverage from: Ball Is Life · Yahoo Sports WNBA · Compare coverage

Read at Swish Appeal

Keep up without checking every headline

Basketball digest. Email-only signup. Optional account for league choices.

Mark Walter’s Lakers sale memorialized by mass layoffs, price hikes, losing LeBron

Publisher:NY Post NBAOutlet info

When Mark Walter purchased the majority ownership of the Lakers last year, expectations for the franchise’s short- and long-term future soared. After being primarily owned by the Buss family – first Dr. Jerry Buss and then his children, led by Jeanie Buss – for 46 years, which was the longest majority ownership tenure in the...

Coverage from: Yahoo Sports NBA · Compare coverage

Read at NY Post NBA

NBA scout not sold on reported Cavs targets Jonathan Kuminga, Peyton Watson

Publisher:HoopsWireOutlet info

A rival NBA scout isn’t convinced that either of the Cavaliers’ supposed wing targets would necessarily make them better. In fact, when it comes to Jonathan Kuminga, the scout thinks the Cavs could be taking a step backward. “The Cavs are not a better team if they lose Dean Wade and Max Strus and replace […] The post NBA scout not sold on reported Cavs targets Jonathan Kuminga, Peyton Watson appeared first on Hoops Wire.

Coverage details

Norm, sometimes you wanna go where not everybody knows your name

Publisher:Posting and ToastingOutlet info

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 15: OG Anunoby accepts the Best Play award onstage during the 2026 ESPY Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on July 15, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) | Getty Images There is a literary trope of the traveler escaping his identity simply by crossing a border. Kings become strangers, heroes become ordinary men, princes become paupers. For those burdened by an oversaturation of fame, especially a person with a more sensitive te...

Coverage details

More stories