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• Can VJ Edgecombe take a leap in year two?

  24-09-2026 16:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: V. J. Edgecombe #77 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts against the New York Knicks during the first quarter in Game Two of the Second Round of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 06, 2026 in New York City. 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. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images) | Gett
  
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• NBA's first MVP Pettit dies aged 93

  25-09-2026 00:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bob Pettit was named an All-Star in all 11 of his NBA seasons [Getty Images]Bob Pettit, the first man to receive the NBA's MVP (most valuable player) award, has died aged 93. Pettit won the award twice, in its first year in 1955-56 and again in 1958-59, when he topped the scoring charts in both seasons. He was also named an NBA All-Star in all 11 of his seasons and was the first player to reach 20,000 points.Having starred for Louisiana State University, Pettit was signed by Milwaukee Hawks in t
  
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• Bob Pettit, basketball Hall of Famer and NBA's first Most Valuable Player, dies at 93

  25-09-2026 00:22 via cbssports.com
  
  Pettit won the NBA's first MVP award in 1956 and was the first player to eclipse 20,000 points in league history
  
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• Bob Pettit, Pro Basketball Hall of Famer and two-time MVP, dies at 93

  24-09-2026 23:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Hall of Famer Bob Pettit, the first NBA player to reach 20,000 points and one of five players to make the All-Star team in each season of his career, died Wednesday, Sept. 23. He was 93.The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Pettit's passing in a post on social media, but did not provide any additional details."The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame mourns the passing of Bob Pettit, a sleek, skilled big man who revolutionized the forward position during his career," the post read.
  
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• Karl-Anthony Towns contract negotiations show how difficult it will be for Knicks to keep title core together

  24-09-2026 23:19 via cbssports.com
  
  Towns, a centerpiece of the Knicks' championship run, is entering the final guaranteed year of his deal
  
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• NBA Hall of Famer Bob Pettit dies at 93

  24-09-2026 23:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bob Pettit, one of the NBA’s earliest stars and once the league’s all-time leading scorer, has died, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced Thursday. He was 93 years old.No cause of death was provided for Pettit.The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame mourns the passing of Bob Pettit, a sleek, skilled big man who revolutionized the forward position during his career. The 11-time NBA All-Star and 2-time MVP retired as the all-time leading scorer in NBA history and left an endurin
  
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• Spurs legend Gregg Popovich marries former assistant coach's ex-wife

  24-09-2026 22:23 via yahoo.com
  Gregg Popovich coaches the San Antonio Spurs in a preseason game against the Houston Rockets on Oct. 18, 2023. (Darren Abate / Associated Press)Gregg Popovich coached the San Antonio Spurs from 1996 to 2025, winning a league-record 1,390 regular-season games, 170 postseason games and five NBA championships.For four of those championships and quite a few of the other victories, one of Popovich’s assistant coaches was his new wife’s ex-husband.Popovich, 77, married Mary Barth Bude
  
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• Boston Celtics Daily Links 9/24/26

  24-09-2026 22:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 17: The sneakers worn by Max Shulga #29 of the Boston Celtics during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2025 NBA Summer League game on July 17, 2025 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 2025 NBAE (Photo by Garrett Ellw
  
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• Can the Knicks afford to play hardball with Karl-Anthony Towns?

  24-09-2026 22:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 10: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the New York Knicks walks off the court after the game against the San Antonio Spurs during Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 10, 2026 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. 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 Adam Pantozzi
  
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• How will the Sixers use their bench?

  24-09-2026 20:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND, OHIO - NOVEMBER 30: Anfernee Simons #4 of the Boston Celtics shoots over Dean Wade #32 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first quarter at Rocket Arena on November 30, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. 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. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) | Getty Images In his first real move running the Sixers, new pres
  
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• Cavs announce training camp roster

  24-09-2026 20:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND, OHIO - MARCH 27: Evan Mobley #4 of the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrates during the first quarter against the Miami Heat at Rocket Arena on March 27, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. 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. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) | Getty Images We are just two weeks away from the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first presea
  
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• Is this finally the season Luka Dončić wins MVP?

  24-09-2026 20:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA - 2026/08/23: Luka Doncic arrives with members of the Los Angeles Lakers delegation during the team's visit. (Photo by Andrej Tarfila/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Welcome to our Lakers Season Preview Series! For the next several weeks, we’ll be writing columns every weekday breaking down the biggest questions we have about every player the Lakers added this offseason. Today, we look at Luka Dončić.Luka Dončić keeps playing at a ridiculou
  
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• KOC's Preseason Power Rankings for 2026-27 NBA season + the latest on Jalen Duren

  24-09-2026 20:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Subscribe to The Kevin O'Connor ShowApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeKevin O'Connor reveals his Preseason Power Rankings for the 2026-27 NBA season, with every move, surprise and question mark across the league dissected. From the fall of Giannis’ Bucks to the upside of the young Utah Jazz, KOC shares insights into rebuilding teams, superstar trades and headline-making contract drama.Later, Tom Haberstroh joins to challenge Kevin's rankings, digging into team chemistry, roster depth and w
  
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• Jalen Duren and the Pistons: A relationship beyond repair?

  24-09-2026 19:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND, OHIO - MAY 09: Jalen Duren #0 of the Detroit Pistons waits during the fourth quarter of Game Three of the Second Round of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena on May 09, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers defeated the Pistons 116-109. 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. (Photo by Jas
  
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• Five takeaways from Wizards GM Will Dawkins’ presser

  24-09-2026 19:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: General Manager Will Dawkins talks to the media during the Washington Wizards introductory press conference for AJ Dybantsa on June 25, 2026 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Washington,DC. 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 Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images
  
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• Luka Dončić, Jeanie Buss react to legendary Lakers PA announcer’s death

  24-09-2026 19:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Lakers lost one of its longest-tenured employees. Lawrence Tanter died at 76 after spending more than 40 years as the Lakers public announcer. Tanter, known as LT by fans, retired in June after suffering a stroke late in the regular season and missing the team’s final six home games plus the postseason. Luka Dončić posted the Lakers’ tribute to Tanter on his Instagram story. Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic (77) reacts on the court during the third quarter of a gam
  
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• Five players facing the most pressure this season, including James Harden, Joel Embiid

  24-09-2026 19:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA is a pressure-packed league and everyone feels it in one form or another: Championship pressure, legacy pressure, financial pressure, now-or-never pressure. For most players, it's simply "make sure I stick in the league and keep getting paid" pressure.For the players on this list, the pressure is bigger picture — legacy and championship questions. How will we remember them? For these players, a lot hinges on this season. Here are five players under the most pressure this season.Jam
  
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• NBA dark-horse contenders? Raptors, Warriors among teams that could make unexpected run

  24-09-2026 19:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Somehow, someway, we are only days away from the onslaught of media day and the opening of training camps in the NBA. A summer full of ideas, concepts, defensive schemes and drawn-up sets is closer to coming to fruition. Optimism can come and go, but this is the time of year where you can say the majority of teams are going to feel the most hopeful.My mind starts to think about the contenders. Not just the Knicks, Spurs, and Thunders of the world, but the dark-horse contenders — the teams
  
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• Mavericks center Dereck Lively II not cleared for training camp, 9 months after foot surgery

  24-09-2026 18:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  More than nine months after undergoing season-ending surgery to address “lingering pain and soreness” in his right foot, fourth-year center Dereck Lively II still has yet to be medically cleared to take the floor when the Dallas Mavericks begin training camp on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.Selected 12th overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, Lively played a significant role in Dallas as a rookie, making 42 regular-season starts and teaming with veteran Daniel Gafford to p
  
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• Who will take the last shot for the Sixers this season?

  24-09-2026 17:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON, MA - APRIL 28: VJ Edgecombe #77, Tyrese Maxey #0 and Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers look on during the game against the Boston Celtics during Round One Game Five of the 2026 NBA Playoffs on April 28, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. 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
  
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• Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg both make the top-50 cut in ESPN’s top-100 ranking

  24-09-2026 17:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ESPN released the latest bunch in its yearly effort to rank the top 100 NBA players. Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg both made the top 50, and, in quite a shocking revelation, Flagg is 16 (!) spots higher than the veteran guard. Irving comes in at 39, just ahead of former Maverick Anthony Davis and right behind San Antonio guard Stephon Castle. Flagg ranks ahead of NBA champion Chet Holmgren and just shy of Hawks forward Jalen Johnson. Assuming no other Mavericks will crack the top 10, Cooper Flag
  
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• It’s not 2019 anymore: Bobby Webster puts Kawhi, roster concerns to rest

  24-09-2026 17:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO, ON- FEBRUARY 6 - Toronto Raptors General Manager Bobby Webster addresses media on a quiet trade deadline day. in Toronto. February 6, 2020. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) | Toronto Star via Getty Images General Manager of the Raptors, Bobby Webster, addressed members of the press this morning ahead of the upcoming media day. He fielded questions on the proverbial summer of love between the Raptors, Clippers, and Kawhi Leonard, as well as giving his thoughts on both the of
  
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• LeBron James posts tribute after tragic news of Lakers announcer’s death

  24-09-2026 17:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LeBron James used to salute Lakers public address announce Lawrence Tanter at every home game. Tanter died at 76 years old, the Lakers announced Wednesday. James shared a heartfelt tribute for Tanter on social media the following day. Longtime Los Angeles Lakers announcer Lawrence Tanter retired in June. AP“REST IN PARADISE Lawrence Tanter! Loved seeing you pretty much every single home game for the past 8 years at the scores table and always acknowledging you with acause you deserved thew
  
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• Jalen Brunson hosts Saturday Night Live, a look back at other NBA stars who did: Michael Jordan, LeBron James

  24-09-2026 16:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jalen Brunson is the King of New York City.If you had any doubt about that, the fact that he is hosting the season opener of Saturday Night Live this week — with musical guest KATSEYE — should tell you all you need to know (catch the show on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p.m. PT, plus "SNL" streams live on Peacock). there's only one door @jalenbrunson1 wants this key to unlock pic.twitter.com/Hu1oBLK14p— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) September 23, 2026Brunson is the fifth NBA pla
  
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• Karl-Anthony Towns extension talks stall as Knicks face $276 million question

  24-09-2026 16:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 13: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the New York Knicks flexes after scoring against the Orlando Magic in the second quarter of a semifinal game of the Emirates NBA Cup at T-Mobile Arena on December 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Knicks defeated the Magic 132-120. 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. (Photo by Ethan Mi
  
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• Dereck Lively II not cleared for training camp, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon

  24-09-2026 16:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mavericks’ big man Dereck Lively II has not been cleared for training camp as he continues to recover from right foot surgery, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. His status for the season’s start is still under review as he continues his rehabilitation. The reporting emphasizes that the Mavericks are not discouraged by his progress. It is important to note that Lively wore a boot throughout the season and hadn’t progressed to running as of June 26. Dallas has erred on the side of c
  
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• Bibliosmia and Absolutes: Name your role-playing starting fives (Part I)

  24-09-2026 16:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE - OCTOBER 17: Luc Richard Mbah a Moute #12 of the Milwaukee Bucks dunks against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 17, 2009 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 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 2009 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images This is a
  
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's next evolution: Why the 2-time MVP should give up touches to his Thunder teammates

  24-09-2026 15:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ten years ago, the Thunder needed Russell Westbrook to do just about everything. James Harden was long gone, and Kevin Durant had left for Golden State, leaving Russ as both their star quarterback and workhorse running back. He became an MVP. But an offense built around one player doing it all became predictable and exhausting.Russ got more help when Paul George arrived in 2017, but three consecutive first-round exits eventually sent Oklahoma City into a rebuild. Now, the Thunder have Shai
  
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• Where do you rank the Celtics in the NBA? (Discussion topic)

  24-09-2026 14:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON, MA - APRIL 2: Head Coach Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics (C) is given a technical foul in the second quarter of a game against the Miami Heat at TD Garden on April 2, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. 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. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) | Getty Images Training camp is almost here. You can feel the p
  
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• Lawrence Tanter dies at 76: Lakers public address announcer was the 'soundtrack' for more than 40 years

  24-09-2026 14:54 via cbssports.com
  
  Tanter served as the Lakers' PA announcer since 1982 and introduced stars from Magic to Kobe to LeBron
  
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