NBA NewsMonday, Aug 31, 2026

Keeping a championship team together takes sacrifice from star players, and it appears the New York Knicks have two players willing to do so.

The NBA put out its list of the league's 75 greatest players five years ago... so we're giving it an update after the 80th season

The Los Angeles Lakers' ongoing ownership saga might be hamstringing the front office, according to The Athletic's Dan Woike.

Jonathan Kuminga's agent made a bold claim about his client's performance with the Atlanta Hawks.

Jalen Brunson is celebrating his 30th birthday today, and he marked the occasion by talking to Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (subscription required) about what the milestone means to his career. Brunson and his Knicks teammates have been on top of the basketball world this summer after delivering the first NBA title to […]

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Noa Dalzell of CLNS and Nate look back at Boston's surprising 2025-26 season and debate whether the Celtics' success justified-or complicated-the decision to dramatically reshape the roster. They examine how the departures and additions change the roles of Jayson Tatum, Payton Pritchard, Paul George, Mitchell Robinson, and Boston's group of young wings. They also dig into the biggest questions for the Celtics on both ends of the floor, including shot creation, defensive matchups, rotation dec...

It took nearly two full months for Braden Smith to sign his two-way contract with the Pacers after the team acquired his rights in a draft-day deal with Chicago, but this year’s 38th overall pick says he didn’t mind waiting, per Tony East of Forbes. “Through the whole process, I knew it was going to […]

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The Clippers will return to Hawaiʻi for their training camp ahead of the 2026/27 season, the team announced on Monday. The team will hold Media Day at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Monday, September 28, and will then fly to Honolulu to hold its training camp at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa from […]

Adem Bona could barely contain his excitement when he learned LeBron James would become his teammate on the Philadelphia 76ers. The young center said he and the people around him erupted in celebration inside the car after discovering that the four-time NBA champion was joining Philadelphia. “I just started screaming at the top of my […] The post Adem Bona recalls screaming after LeBron James joined 76ers appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Kawhi Leonard’s move from the Clippers to Toronto, agreed June 30 for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, and a stack of picks, sat frozen for seven weeks while the league decided whether Steve Ballmer had quietly paid his star through a fake endorsement deal. Investigators cleared him Monday. And strangely, that is far from the wildest […] The post Which Teams Could Be Reborn in the NBA in 2026-27? appeared first on TalkBasket.net.