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One star and one role player from the eight teams left in the 2026 NBA playoffs whose performance (or availability) could swing their team's fortunes.

Rockets fans want the KD drama show to go.

Adrian “Odie” Smith, whose Hall of Fame basketball career included a college national title with Kentucky, a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and a 10-year stint in the NBA, has died at age 89. Smith died on April 28th, the University of Kentucky said in a statement. There was no word on how or where Smith died.

Recently, the Atlanta Hawks’ 2025-26 season came to an end with a disastrous Game 6 loss to the New York Knicks. Atlanta amazingly fell behind by over 50 points in the first half of play in this one, and ultimately ended up losing by a score of 140-89. Still, it was a strong surge to […] The post Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s ‘exciting and promising’ take on Hawks’ future appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Coming into their Western Conference Semifinal series against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Thunder seemingly have no shortage of strong defensive players, including Cason Wallace. But on the Lakers’ side, Marcus Smart has long been one of the premier perimeter defenders in the NBA. Marcus Smart is still causing havoc defensively, and the Lakers’ veteran […] The post Cason Wallace makes Marcus Smart admission before Lakers series appeared first on ClutchPoints.

OG Anunoby unquestionably was the best defensive player on the team with the NBA’s seventh-best defensive rating.

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Since reuniting with Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the Knicks have made the second round in four straight seasons.

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Last Tuesday, word broke that the NBA had let its general managers know that a new draft lottery reform concept dubbed the "3-2-1 lottery" is the new clubhouse leader to be implemented in time for the 2027 draft. The highlights of the proposal are as follows: The lottery would expand from 14 to 16 teams, […]

Send in your questions now for this week’s episode of The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast to discuss everything Pistons. Submit your question to the comments section here or on X/Twitter to @TheRealWesD3 and/or @blakesilverman. Join us live on Saturday afternoon for the show where we’ll recap the Pistons’ incredible 3–1 comeback to eliminate the Magic in the first round […]

Dončić's availability moving forward against the Thunder remains unclear beyond Game 1. But being ruled out a day ahead of time is generally not a good sign of a quick return.

"Pablo Torre Finds Out" won the Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting on Monday for its investigation into alleged circumvention of the NBA's salary cap by the Los Angeles Clippers.

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The Cavs will look to get off on the right foot in the second round.

Over the past couple of years, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has ventured into the media space, starting his own podcast and even making several guest appearances on the Emmy Award winning show, ‘Inside The NBA.’ Now with the playoffs in full swing Draymond Green is set to make his return to the national […] The post Draymond Green to fill in for Kenny Smith on ESPN’s ‘Inside The NBA’ appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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The Los Angeles Lakers are currently gearing up for Game 1 of their series vs the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is set to get underway on Tuesday evening. While the Lakers will be without Luka Doncic for at least the opening chunk of this series, they did look impressive in dispatching the Houston Rockets in […] The post JJ Redick makes ‘God awful’ admission on Lakers’ previous OKC matchups appeared first on ClutchPoints.

With the Oklahoma City Thunder facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, there’s no denying that the atmosphere in each arena will be electric. As some could predict for the Thunder to destroy the Lakers in the playoffs, each team is not taking each other lightly, especially Los Angeles, […] The post Lakers’ Deandre Ayton gets real on Thunder’s playoff atmosphere appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Thilo Widder is joined by JR Wilco to engage in some friendly banter for what will be an unfriendly series.

Here are seven Jrue Holiday trade ideas the Trail Blazers could consider this offseason if they decide to retool their roster around younger assets.

The Bulls are hiring Hawks senior vice president Bryson Graham as the franchise's new Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations.

After 16 teams entered the 2026 NBA playoffs, only eight remain, and the teams left in the conference semifinals aren’t who most would have predicted would be here. The first round of the postseason was crazy. Two teams overcame a 3-1 deficit, which is something that had never happened before. Furthermore, a seven-seed beat a […] The post Ranking the eight teams alive in the 2026 NBA playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Magic president Jeff Weltman said that despite firing head coach Jamahl Mosley, he still believes in the team's core when its fully healthy.

Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton came up big to close out the first-round series against the Houston Rockets, and now he knows the team will need more of the same from him if they want to have a chance against the Oklahoma City Thunder. “Doing the exact same thing, but really staying poised,” Ayton […]

Wolves in 6? Steal Wemby’s underwear? What else did you all have to say heading into round 2?

Kevin Durant and head coach Ime Udoka are both expected to remain with the Houston Rockets despite a first-round playoff elimination. However, team sources tell ESPN the franchise views its young core as the foundation of a decade-long contention window rather than a supporting cast built around Durant's timeline. "We aren't thinking, 'We've got to win now because we're in KD's window,'" a high-ranking team source told ESPN. "We are hyperfocused on our young core. Our five guys have a chance ...

The Cavs will advance to the ECF if they take care of these three keys.