Basketball News · LatestWednesday, Jun 3, 2026

The U.S. is set to lean on title-toting talents. The last time America hosted, in 1994, things were very different.

It’s not exactly a rivalry, but the Flagg-Knueppel debate is going to go on for a long time.

The highly anticipated matchup between the Atlanta Dream and the Connecticut Sun was supposed to be about Brittney Griner facing her former team. However, when the final buzzer went off, it was hardly what anyone was talking about.

Two teams, 30 players, one series. We rank every player who could take the court in this year's NBA Finals.

Three decades ago, another generational big man led his team to the NBA Finals in his third season. That man was Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O'Neal.

Another strong night for the ATL.

Repeat run for Miami? Revenge for Duke? Reset for Clemson? Redemption at UNC? Intrigue abounds in the ACC.

A strong game from Kamilla Cardoso could stop the Sky from losing their fifth-straight game.

The Indiana Fever have made mediocrity a habit. On paper, they are a championship team.

She knows the problem. Now, it's time to fix it.

The seven players who could have the biggest impact on the 2026 NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.

Luke Kornet wasn’t thinking about making multiple trips to the NBA Finals or making a play that would live in franchise lore.

With three weeks of action in the books, here's how the teams line up from 1-8.

Around the league, former role players are breaking through as stars for their new squads. Plus: the Mercury’s slump and the fits we can’t get enough of

Atlanta Dream star continues building her reputation as one of the WNBA's biggest fashion and marketing forces.

De’Aaron Fox, Keldon Johnson, and Karl-Anthony Towns are all looking to win their first NBA championship.

Fever guard Sophie Cunningham says players and coaches had a frank, "long" conversation intended to hash things out and get everyone back on the same page following back-to-back losses on the West Coast.

When Jose Alvarado found out he was coming home, he was so happy that tears ran down his cheeks.

On the eve of the NBA Finals, the Spurs’ superstar center indicated his team was still in the process of refocusing for the next — and final — round against the Knicks.

Some of the Celtics best options this offseason might be going back to the future.

The time has come for the Knicks to play an NBA Finals game. The day is today, and you, like everybody and their mother, will surely be watching. Here’s a mammoth bulletin to get you ready for what will come later. Mike Brown On Mitchell Robinson’s status heading into Game 1: “He did individual stuff […]

NEW YORK — Screams echoed from the visiting locker room at Barclays Center into the surrounding hallways. Another team traveled to Brooklyn and was celebrating leaving with a win. This time, it was the start-up Portland Fire, who were headed back to the Pacific Northwest with a seven-point victory against the supposedly bigger, better Liberty. A day before, it was the Dallas Wings. And days before that, it was the Golden State Valkyries. The Fire’s cheers carried well after the final buzzer soun

No matter what, the basketball-crazed Philippines will have a champion to celebrate when these NBA Finals are over. New York's Jordan Clarkson and San Antonio's Dylan Harper — who'll face off in the Finals that start Wednesday — were both born in the U.S., but both have links to the Philippines through their mothers. “He’s been really good throughout the whole year,” Clarkson said.

The NBA brought in Grammy-winning rap icon Nas and three-time Emmy-winning composer Nicholas Britell to help tell the tale of this season's NBA Finals. The league debuted a new spot — “History is Calling” — promoting the Finals early Wednesday, hours before the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks were set to begin this year's title series. Britell — the composer known for “Succession,” “Moonlight” and “Andor” — envisioned a piece that, the league said, “draws inspiration from the emotional ...

The NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs tips off Wednesday. Here are the biggest matchups to watch.

Fortunately for folks who aren’t Knicks fans, New York’s opponents are the San Antonio Spurs, who might be the most down-to-earth team in the NBA.

When are Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever back in action? A look at the upcoming 5-game schedule.

San Antonio looks to set the tone at home against the Knicks.

Will New York end their long wait for a title? Our contributors pick the winner, key players and dark horses before the season’s grand finale tips off

Eintracht Frankfurt full back Nathaniel Brown is of interest to Bayern Munich and Arsenal. Transfer Talk has the latest.