Basketball News · LatestMonday, Jun 1, 2026

After 27 years, the Knicks are back in the NBA Finals, with a real shot to win an NBA championship for the first time in 53 years. Here are the keys to Game 1.

Stephanie White has caught flak after the Indiana Fever suffered a brutal blowout loss to the Portland Fire in the last game, 84-100. The change in the team’s offensive pattern and constant issues around Caitlin Clark have created mistrust in White’s decisions.

"I failed at my goal," two-time NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said in reflecting on the Thunder's seven-game playoff loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

Should the All-NBA center be part of Oklahoma City's future?

The dust has settled, somewhat, after the NBA draft withdrawal deadline. Notably, Kansas and North Carolina are in.

As the Knicks reach their first NBA Finals since 1999, a look back at the controversial James Dolan ownership era.

Let’s make a prediction for the 2026 NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs.

The rookie is a good ball player, but does he have any outstandings skills that translate at the pro level?

The transfer window is set to open across Europe in June and July, so what are the top clubs planning? Who comes in? Who will go?

From best-case ceilings to realistic floors, which NBA players do the top 12 prospects in the 2026 draft most resemble?

How can the Knicks slow Wemby on both ends? Can Jalen Brunson defy the logic about small guards? Here's what Knicks-Spurs will tell us about these teams and the league.

Here is everything you need to know about the 2026 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup.

The Canes and Golden Knights have taken divergent paths to get to the ultimate stage.

Which players will have the greatest impact on the Final? Here are the top 11, along with honorable mentions.

Caitlin Clark’s last outing against the Portland Fire is sure to give rise to several questions among fans. In one of the worst games of her pro career thus far, the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year scored just six points and six assists in 22 minutes.

The Indiana Fever slumped to yet another defeat in their most recent WNBA clash against the Portland Fire, and question marks have risen over the coaching style of their head coach Stephanie White as a result. This comes after Indiana were beaten in their previous game against the Golden State Valkyries too, which is cause for concern considering that the Fever possess one of the best squads in all of WNBA today.

Paraguay's Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been ordered to pay half his French Open prize money, roughly $76,000, for saying his second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman.

There is a playoff hero among us.

Apparently, building an expansion team isn’t as hard as it used to be. After the success of Golden State in 2025, when the Valkyries became the first expansion team to qualify for the playoffs, the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo are both in position to repeat the feat, albeit less than one month into the season. The Tempo signaled their intentions to be competitive in their debut campaign early: They hired two-time WNBA champion Sandy Brondello as their head coach and added an All-Star veteran

Can Wednesday come soon enough? No, it seems it cannot. Here’s the latest from Sunday’s practice at Tarrytown and elsewhere. Mike Brown On Mitchell Robinson’s status during Sunday’s practice: “I know there’s something there (on his hand), but I can’t… I can’t tell you what. I don’t know (if he’d be cleared for Game 1). […]

Consider this a small step in the right direction.

Mike Brown is heading back to a city where his family still reside when the Knicks face the Spurs in the NBA Finals.

Cam Boozer has a chance to be a franchise player for the Utah Jazz

Could Real Madrid make an attempt to sign Declan Rice from Arsenal? Transfer Talk has the latest.

With the NBA changing the lottery, could the Lakers serve to benefit from the new rules this summer?

Norway faces Sweden in an international friendly. Here’s how to watch, team form, betting odds and more.

Josh Hart has a unique take on potentially being defended by Spurs unicorn Victor Wembanyama.

Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale is keeping her eyes on the prize as the WNBA Commissioner's Cup begins.

Canada faces Uzbekistan in an international friendly. Here’s how to watch, team form, betting odds and more.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander plans to let Sam Presti cook this summer.