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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 5: Kevin Durant #7 of the Houston Rockets drives to the basket during the game against the Golden State Warriors on April 5, 2026 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. 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 Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty...

CHARLOTTE - March-11: John Starks #3 of the New York Knicks drives to the basket against the Charlotte Hornets at Charlotte Coliseum on April 28,1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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 1997 NBAE (Photo by Tim O'Dell/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images Let’s cut r...

There’s a beautiful kind of joy that comes from watching a fanbase feel invincible for exactly one quarter. Rewind to Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers are up 22. Donovan Mitchell’s cooking, the crowd at the Garden is booing its own team, and somewhere in Cleveland, ten years of championship famine is doing that thing where it lets itself believe again. You know the feeling. Warriors fans have watched enough other fanbases live inside it to recognize the exact shape of th...

Right after the draft and before free agency I wrote a series talking about what the Golden State Warriors divisional rivals had been cooking up. It’s time to take it to the next level and talk about what these foos did after that. The Los Angeles Lakers are a team the Warriors have to worry about ever year in the Pacific Divsion, but this summer that team doesn’t have LeBron James anymore. Before Golden State gets lost in its own offseason business, it’s worth understanding what LA actually ...

PORTLAND, OR - APRIL 24: Donovan Clingan #23 of the Portland Trail Blazers prays before the game against the San Antonio Spurs during Round One Game Three of the 2026 NBA Playoffs on April 24, 2026 at the Moda Center Arena in Portland, Oregon. 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 Brian...

On July 1, 2018, LeBron James announced he was signing a four-year $153.3 million contract to play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers. At the time he announced this move, there were no other superstars coming with him, and no immediately clear path to him extending his personal streak of making eight consecutive Finals. No, he’d be “going at it alone,” joining a roster of mostly unproven young players — some high lottery picks, some deeper draft/undrafted steals — and a few holdover vetera...

ISTANBUL, TURKIYE - APRIL 28: Tarik Biberovic (13) of Fenerbahce Beko celebrates after 3 pointer during the EuroLeague play-off first match between Fenerbahce Beko and Zalgiris at Ulker Sports and Event Hall in Istanbul, Turkiye on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Esra Bilgin/Anadolu via Getty Images) | Anadolu via Getty Images Tarik Biberovic is not an up-and-coming youngster from somewhere far away. Well, maybe the last part, depending on where you live.  The 25-year-old shooting guard helped...

Dec 3, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) reacts after beating the Orlando Magic at Kia Center. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images | Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Welcome to Pounding the Rock’s 2025-26 player reviews! The series will look at the players who finished the season with the San Antonio Spurs on guaranteed contracts and who played consequential minutes and/or a vital role (so no two-way players because we hardly saw them...

Somewhere in Oklahoma City right now there’s a front office that understands something the rest of the league is still catching up on. Seventy-three wins isn’t a number. It’s a dare. And this year the Thunder walked right up to it, put their hand on the door, and found out the same thing Dub Nation found out a decade ago. The record doesn’t just test your talent. It tests what’s left of you in the postseason. Ten years ago the Warriors ran a 73-9 season that nobody has sniffed since, chasing ...

Brendan Haywood isn't all too high on the 76ers.

A new trade proposal would send Tyler Herro to the Trail Blazers while the Bucks land Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe.

Bill Simmons believes the Spurs should make an aggressive trade offer if the Warriors ever move Stephen Curry.