NBA NewsSunday, Aug 30, 2026

Some Houston Rockets fans would call the trade that brought Russell Westbrook to the team the worst in the history of the franchise: Apparently, not as many as one might have thought. The results for our last SB Nation Reacts question are in. A resounding 72% of you said that the Westbrook trade wasn’t the worst in the team’s history. How can this be? Rockets have made a few questionable deals throughout history I’ve been a fan of the team since 1997-ish, and this was unequivically the worst ...

Examining a potential reason why Stephen Curry may be delaying his contract extension with the Warriors as becomes eligible for a two-year, $136.7 million deal.

Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon believe Luka Doncic could become even scarier with LeBron James now gone.

The Phoenix Suns took the NBA by storm last season, catching several teams off guard. They were supposed to be the “easy win” on the schedule for opponents. Instead, they made it a 48-minute battle every time they stepped out on that floor, win or lose. Towards the end of the year, teams caught on and the Suns started to crash back to reality a bit. Yes, injuries were a factor. But that was part of it. This year, they will not have that same luxury from the jump. This article is not meant to ...

With the start of the 2026-27 NBA season less than two months away, Dallas Mavericks fans have many reasons to be excited. The continued development and ascension of 19-year-old Cooper Flagg is the biggest, but the return of star point guard Kyrie Irving has to be a close second. It has been quite a while since we’ve seen Irving in action, as he tore his ACL in a game against the Sacramento Kings on March 3, 2025, and has been recovering ever since. Irving could’ve made his return to the cour...

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Ranking the 20 highest-paid NBA centers for the 2026-27 season following our series of highest-paid point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, and power forwards.

When working with salary matching rules, a $14.7 million deal is a lot more useful than two $6 million ones. Because of this trade, the Jazz will have the option of pairing Green with a single other small salary to bring back $26 to 30 million. submitted by /u/ClutchOlday [link] [comments]

We provide our early 2027 NBA award predictions from MVP and Defensive Player of the Year to Clutch of the Year.

The third option on an NBA team is as critical as ever and we rank the 10 best players in that role.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope went to Philadelphia hoping to help the 76ers catch lightning in a bottle. His introduction to the city delivered the real thing first. The former Los Angeles Lakers...

Looking back there are always moments during those dark years where you truly understand how starved the franchise was for anything good. The Tracy McGrady debut was one of them. It was an OT loss to the Thunder where McGrady anchored the team with a 26 point effort in his Garden debut. I fondly remember watching this game and hoping we had a resurgence from McGrady on the team that would then lead to welcoming LeBron to NY the following offseason. That’s literally was some seasons boiled dow...