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Hi Jazz fans, I recently wrote a two-part historical piece on the 1997-98 Utah Jazz, the last great Stockton/Malone/Sloan team and the other side of The Last Dance. The idea was to look beyond the usual Bulls-centered version of that season. Utah finished with the best record in the league, swept the young Shaq/Kobe Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, and came within a few possessions of forcing a Game 7 against Chicago. But the season was also full of tension and strange details: Stockt...

Shaquille O'Neal thinks the 76ers look deadly on paper, but has concerns about them.

LeBron James isn’t the only notable addition heading to Philadelphia this offseason. Veteran NBA reporter Chris Hine announced Friday that he’s leaving the Minnesota Star Tribune after eight seasons covering the Timberwolves to join the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he’ll take over coverage of the 76ers. The move comes little more than a week after James […] The post Veteran Timberwolves beat writer leaving to cover LeBron, 76ers appeared first on Hoops Wire.

DeMarcus Cousins is not shy about sharing his opinions, and his all-time center rankings are no exception. Appearing on the Run It Back livestream, the four-time NBA All-Star broke down his personal top five centers in NBA history, making clear he was not looking for outside validation. “My personal top five, and I don’t really […] The post Where NBA legend Shaq ranks on DeMarcus Cousins’ top-5 NBA centers of all time list appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The former NBA superstar talked about it on Justin Edelman’s podcast, “Games With Names.”

Change is good.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 18: AJ Dybantsa speaks onstage during the Draymond Green Show podcast at the Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 at Jacob Javits Center on July 18, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics) | Getty Images for Fanatics Thanks everyone for voting in our SB Nation Reacts poll this week. Going forward, these polls will also be posted separately in The Feed, which is the evolution of FanPosts and FanShots before our migration to WordPress just one year ag...

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What would you do next if you were Brad Stevens? Our staff answers

Major votes are coming in the next couple of weeks as the sides figure out the money on renovations everyone agrees are needed.

Here is a full breakdown of the Warriors’ offseason after they failed to add another star amid Stephen Curry’s final elite years.

A new era should include new threads