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Seth Trimble has committed to play for Louisville next season following the court ruling that gave Class of 2022 high schoolers a fifth season of college eligibility.

Sabrina Ionescu and Caitlin Clark went head-to-head in the WNBA, as the Indiana Fever played against the New York Liberty. The Indiana Fever dominated the New York Liberty in a thrilling 106–92 victory.

Mike D’Antoni enters the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night for his contributions to the game over a 16-year coaching career. The Naismith Basketball...

Clark calls out the WNBA for giving more attention to Sophie Cunningham than the Minnesota Lynx.

Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The New York Liberty lost to the Indiana Fever 106-92 on Tuesday evening, but it wasn’t really that close. Indiana led by 21 toward the end of the first half, and though the Liberty did cut the deficit to a single-digit in the second half, the Fever quickly regained control. New York had won seven games in eight tries entering this one, but against a particularly soft schedule. They beat a Dallas Wings team wit...

Cunningham’s message to Fever critics is crystal clear.

Caitlin Clark’s WNBA career has been all about breaking records, but no one expected her to be shattering her own records just yet! Clark has been one of the most dominant WNBA players to enter the league in recent memory, as she quickly became a household name upon arrival. But Clark didn’t just rely on her fame from the NCAA tournament, as she got to work quickly with some incredible performances.

Send in your questions now for this week’s episode of The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast to discuss everything Pistons. Submit your question in the comments section here or on Twitter to @TheRealWesD3 and/or @RobbieBettelon. If you’re on BlueSky, you can also send to @RobbieBettelon.bksy.social. Join us live on Friday with guests Harry Moroz and Mickey Jacobs from Order of the Blazing Horse. What questions do you have for the show? Plus, The Pindown has a phone line where you can leave a ...

John Havlicek (left) and Sam Jones NBA history spans 80 seasons, and as CelticsBlog readers well know, the Boston Celtics have won a league-high 18 championships. This month, we are recapping each of those title years. The 1964-65 season began on a somber note: Walter Brown, the team’s legendary founder and owner, suffered a heart attack and died a few weeks before opening night. Brown was just 59 years old. Brown helped found the Basketball Association of America, which merged with the Natio...

Fever coach fired back hard after fans came after her job.

Napheesa Collier and the Lynx beating the Fire as 87% favorites highlights our Wednesday WNBA moneyline predictions!

HOUSTON, TX - APRIL 3: Alperen Sengun #28, Amen Thompson #1, Reed Sheppard #15, and Kevin Durant #7 of the Houston Rockets looks on during the game against the Utah Jazz on April 3, 2026 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via G...

Sophie Cunningham has lived in the headlines since she joined the debate about transgender athletes in women’s sports. However, Cunningham finally went viral for basketball reasons in the Indiana Fever’s victory over the New York Liberty.

BOSTON, MA - MAY 9: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics drives against Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Second Round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs at TD Garden on May 9, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) | Getty Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Celtics fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in ...

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark still has a chance to finish the regular season with just enough technical fouls without being forced to sit out a game. Her eighth tech was rescinded by league officials after further review of the call just hours after Saturday’s game against the Chicago Sky.

The Boston Celtics’ 2025-26 season was a wild rollercoaster that ended in an absolute heartbreaker, and the sting of that collapse hasn’t faded for guard Payton Pritchard. Despite losing superstar Jayson Tatum to an Achilles injury for most of the campaign, Boston rallied. Behind an incredible regular season from Jaylen Brown, the team defied expectations […] The post Celtics’ Payton Pritchard reveals what ‘ate away’ at Boston after early playoff exit appeared first on ClutchPoints.

There is only a little over two months left before the start of the 2026-27 NBA regular season, which would mark the official return of Damian Lillard to action after he took the entirety of the previous campaign off as he recovered from a ruptured Achilles. Lillard will be suiting up for a Portland Trail […] The post Blazers add to Damian Lillard comeback hype with 4-word post appeared first on ClutchPoints.

With just a few weeks to go before the start of training camp, Russell Westbrook is still without a team. The Sacramento Kings did not re-sign Westbrook after his one-year contract, although they are reportedly considering bringing him back. There have not been many suitors for the former MVP in the offseason. He had a […] The post NBA insider shuts down ‘laughably false’ Russell Westbrook rumor appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Utah Jazz have a unique season coming, how excited are you about it?

The Lewis family, owners of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, is exploring a bid for the NBA Europe franchise slated for London. The move would mark the family's first venture beyond soccer since acquiring Spurs in 2001. The Lewis family controls 70.12 percent of ENIC, Tottenham's parent company, which itself holds an 87.62 percent stake in the club. Vivienne Lewis, daughter of Joe Lewis, and her son-in-law Nick Beucher, co-CEO of Tavistock Group, primarily represent the family's interes...

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Former NBA veterans Enes Kanter and Royce White declared their entry into the 2026 WNBA Draft to exploit the league’s ambiguous eligibility rules. Their declaration came as part of a larger movement to limit the inclusion of trans athletes into women’s sports, specifically the WNBA, after Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham raised the same issue.

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The Indiana Fever have proved that their 108-88 win over the New York Liberty on July 18 wasn’t out of sheer luck. After losing to New York earlier in the season, Indiana has now beaten the Liberty twice in a row, and their latest 106-92 win was enough to catch the attention of WNBA legend Tamika Catchings.

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Reports of Russell Westbrook possibly signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv are "laughably false," sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Westbrook is not considering playing abroad. The Kings were reportedly interested in potentially having Westbrook return next season as a mentor to Darius Acuff. Westbrook averaged 15.2 points and 6.7 assists last season.

The Golden State Warriors are looking to sign Brandin Podziemski to a contract extension, general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said on Tuesday. "When he's on the court, we're a better team," said Dunleavy on a conference call. "So anytime you've got a guy like that, you want to be able to keep him around. "Obviously we have multiple ways to do it through an extension and restricted free agency and all that, but we prefer to get it done sooner rather than later." Podziemski averaged 13.8 points a...

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry will enter his 18th season in the NBA, and his window to win a fifth championship is closing fast. But as long as he is on the floor, displaying his legendary shooting, the Warriors will always have a chance to contend for the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Once again, Curry […] The post Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg reveals how Stephen Curry can become the GOAT appeared first on ClutchPoints.

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has decided to hand the recently growing transgender athletes issue in women’s sports over to a task force, rather than establishing a league policy. For Caitlin Clark’s biographer Christine Brennan, that decision, alongside a string of others Engelbert has made, is a poor reflection of her leadership of the WNBA.

After losing the road game against the Lynx on Sunday, Paige Bueckers headed to Blackstone Park in the Minneapolis suburbs, a place close to her heart and deeply tied to her basketball journey. She shared her thoughts on this visit as she surprised the local kids with a warm gesture.