NBA NewsFriday, Mar 27, 2026

The Lakers continue their impressive late season rally against the Nets on Friday.

The Knicks (48*-25) face the Hornets (38-34) tonight at the Spectrum Center in North Carolina. A win would help New York keep pace in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race. The Hornets are hot, however, ranking the top third for offense and three-point accuracy. Expect a shootout in Charlotte. Tip-off is 7 pm EST on […]

The NBA presented three NBA Draft Lottery reforms at the Board of Governors meeting this week. Each of the three reforms is designed to combat tanking efforts by teams trying to gain an advantage in the current lottery system. Option One would see 18 teams in the Lottery. This would feature teams who finish between 7-15 in each conference. The bottom 10 teams would each have an 8% chance of winning the lottery. The remaining eight teams would each have a 2.5% chance of winning the lottery. Al...

The Pistons have issued updates on a trio of injured players, making the following announcements on Saturday (Twitter link): Forward Tobias Harris has been diagnosed with a left hip sprain and will be reevaluated in two weeks. Center Jalen Duren has a sprained right ankle and will be reevaluated in one week. Guard/forward Caris LeVert […]

The Golden State Warriors have not made any substantial progress in trade conversations on a deal involving Jonathan Kuminga. Kuminga becomes trade eligible on January 15th and the Sacramento Kings remain the most interested team. Sources from the Warriors have said the team is prepared to keep Kuminga past the trade deadline if no deal to their liking materializes. However, Kuminga has played only 10 minutes over the past month as he remains firmly out of Steve Kerr's rotation. Kuminga has a...

Although rival executives have been expecting new Wizards point guard Trae Young to exercise his $49MM player option for 2026/27, he has yet to make a decision on that option, according to David Aldridge, Sam Amick, and Josh Robbins of The Athletic, who say the four-time All-Star is also open to discussing a contract extension […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo responded to boos from his home fans in kind, giving two thumbs down to the crowd following an and-1 layup during Tuesday's blowout loss to the Wolves.

Jokić will miss at least four weeks, but avoided a season-ending injury

Brown will attempt to record his 10th consecutive 30-point game Tuesday night, which would break Bird's record

SportsLine's model simulated Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Indiana Pacers 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks today

Flagg remains the favorite, but the former Duke teammates are both having standout rookie years

As teams hit the 41-game mark, we're picking who's been the best of the best so far this season