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Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey is still adjusting to life with LeBron James and Jaylen Brown in Sixers uniforms.

The New York Knicks are navigating a challenging contract extension discussion with Karl-Anthony Towns and are significantly apart on a new number. The Knicks are "far more interested" in signing Towns to a contract closer to a four-year, $200 million deal compared to the four-year, $276 million extension he is eligible to sign, reports Jake Fischer at Bleacher Report. Towns is prepared to sign for less than his max, but the two sides are significantly apart on value. Towns can become a free ...

Golden State Warriors veteran Al Horford is already quite impressed by the overall makeup of rookie Yaxel Lendeborg. (via Golden State Warriors): “Yaxel, extremely hard worker. You can tell he’s dedicated, he’s committed, he’s hungry, he’s here. We’ve been here for weeks now training together, and it’s just been really nice just to see him […] The post Al Horford: Yaxel’s skill/talent level reminds me of Michael Beasley appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

The expectations of being a Laker have already settled in for the team's newcomers.

Luka Doncic gave his thoughts of the Lakers’ roster moves.

The Memphis Grizzlies are entering the 2026-27 NBA season with a changed outlook. Ja Morant’s trade was undoubtedly one of the major shakeups for the franchise. However, now the young team will have rookie Cam Boozer, whom fans have a lot of expectations for. He will be stepping into the NBA as a top-three draft […] The post Grizzlies’ Cam Boozer reveals important advice from dad Carlos ahead of rookie season appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Zion Williamson entered the NBA as one of the most hyped-up prospects in history. He looked like a physical freak of nature back during his time in Duke, as he possessed incredible leaping ability and was unstoppable going to the rim due to his grown-man strength. The New Orleans Pelicans fell in love with him […] The post Pelicans’ Zion Williamson says quiet part out loud about his NBA career trajectory appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Payton Pritchard played a huge part in the Boston Celtics’ inspired run last season. The Celtics were not expected to be competitive, let alone advance to the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference, but Pritchard, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White proved everyone wrong. Entering his seventh season, Pritchard will continue to play […] The post Celtics’ Payton Pritchard refuses to get ‘put in a box’ as he enters 7th NBA season appeared first on ClutchPoints.

San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper will scale new heights in his sophomore year. If his performance in last season’s playoffs was any indication, Harper will not have trouble increasing his production in the upcoming season. His growth was expedited after the Spurs reached the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. They may have […] The post Spurs’ Dylan Harper confesses ‘s**t is hilarious’ about just 1 part of OG Anunoby’s NBA Finals tip-in appeared first on ClutchPoints.

With the return of Lakers Media Day in California, franchise stars touched down in Los Angeles to take questions from the media. Lakers guard Austin Reaves handled plenty of questions during Monday’s interaction, but an unexpected scream from the back of the room caught him off guard. Dressed in his Lakers jersey and white headband, […] The post Lakers’ Austin Reaves caught off guard by ‘disturbing’ media day moment appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Golden State Warriors are mostly running it back from last season’s disappointing 37-45 campaign, as they did not make many meaningful changes to the roster that missed out on the postseason during the 2025-26 season. This is not the worst thing in the world anyhow; getting a healthy season from Stephen Curry would already […] The post 1 Warriors player in danger of losing starting job in 2026-27 training camp appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Denver Nuggets, in dire need of some more scoring punch and depth amid a tough offseason in which they lost Peyton Watson to the Cleveland Cavaliers, brought in veteran forward DeMar DeRozan on a veteran minimum. With the team also losing Tim Hardaway Jr., Jonas Valanciunas, and Bruce Brown, DeRozan figures to be an […] The post What Aaron Gordon expects DeMar DeRozan to bring to Nuggets appeared first on ClutchPoints.