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• Celtics Reacts Survey: what’s in store for Mazzulla’s Year 5?

  02-09-2026 03:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON, MA - JUNE 9: Head Coach Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics, Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics, Derrick White #9 of the Boston Celtics, and Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics during Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals on June 9, 2024 at the 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 Notic
  
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• College football picks for Week 1; how Clippers can rebound from Kawhi Leonard saga

  04-09-2026 14:58 via cbssports.com
  
  Plus Ryan Wilson's preseason 2027 NFL Draft big board
  
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• 7 ways the Clippers can rebuild after their historic NBA punishment

  04-09-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 17: Keaton Wagler #1 of the LA Clippers looks on during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 17, 2026 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 2026 NBAE (Photo by Candice Ward/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
  
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• The Celtics offense could use a little more chaos this season

  04-09-2026 12:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Philadelphia, PA - April 24: Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla diagrams a play before the game. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers played in the first round of the NBA Playoffs at Xfinity Mobile Arena on April 24, 2026. (Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images There are few phrases in basketball that sound more universally agreeable than “win the margins.” About as agreeable as, “you want players who really kn
  
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• SNY’s Ian Begley Reveals Two Knicks Free-Agent Targets for Final Roster Spots

  04-09-2026 11:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, CA - MARCH 5: Drew Eubanks #19 of the Sacramento Kings looks on during the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on March 5, 2026 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. 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 Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images The New York
  
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• Proof that Keyonte George will evolve into an all-star next season

  04-09-2026 06:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY, UT - JANUARY 24: Keyonte George #3 of the Utah Jazz smiles during the game against the Miami Heat on January 24, 2025 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images Keyonte Geor
  
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• Epstein reporter erupts at media over Pablo Torre slight after his Clippers vindication

  04-09-2026 04:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  After the NBA handed the Clippers a historic punishment, one of the country’s most decorated investigative journalists believes Pablo Torre still isn’t getting enough credit.Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, whose “Perversion of Justice” investigation helped expose Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and the system that protected him, ripped The New York Times and The Athletic for what she viewed as minimizing Torre’s role in uncovering the Clippers scandal.“It
  
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• The Kawhi Leonard Clippers scandal won’t heal Spurs fans’ old wounds

  04-09-2026 03:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 07: Kawhi Leonard #2 of the Los Angeles Clippers reacts to a play during the first quarter of the NBA game against the Dallas Mavericks at Intuit Dome on April 07, 2026 in Inglewood, California. 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 Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) | Getty Images The NBA concluded its investig
  
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• Lakers’ next target could be snatched away by defending champs

  04-09-2026 03:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Lakers may have found their post-Jonathan Kuminga fallback plan.The reigning NBA champions could spoil that one, too.Veteran guard Bruce Brown has emerged as a potential Lakers target following Los Angeles’ failed pursuit of Kuminga, but NBA insider Brett Siegel believes the Knicks are currently the more realistic landing spot.Bruce Brown of the Denver Nuggets goes up for a shot between Day’Ron Sharpe and Cam Thomas of the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Barclays Cent
  
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• Pablo Torre on the Largest Punishment in N.B.A. History

  04-09-2026 03:01 via nytimes.com
  Pablo Torre’s groundbreaking investigation into the Clippers revealed that the owner Steve Ballmer funneled millions of dollars in secret to player Kawhi Leonard to avoid league salary cap rules. Now the Clippers are facing the largest punishment in N.B.A. history. Torre joins Natalie Kitroeff on “The Call” to unpack what happens next.
  
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• Pablo Torre: We’re in a ‘Dysmorphic’ Era in Sports

  04-09-2026 02:52 via nytimes.com
  Pablo Torre joins Natalie Kitroeff on “The Call” to talk about how his bombshell investigation into the Clippers and Steve Ballmer has resulted in the largest punishment in N.B.A. history.
  
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• The Clippers just lost 5 first-round draft picks as punishment from the Kawhi Leonard scandal. What do they have left?

  04-09-2026 01:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The decision by NBA commissioner Adam Silver to take five future first-round draft picks from the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the salary cap to help funnel additional income to Kawhi Leonard was obviously the most damaging element of the punishment doled out by the league.Clippers owner Steve Ballmer can stomach a $30 million fine. Teams also rountinely weather executive exits or suspensions. Losing half a decade's worth of draft picks? The Clippers now have decidedly fewer roster-sha
  
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• Bill Simmons in disbelief of Clippers, Steve Ballmer hitting ‘new rock bottom’

  04-09-2026 00:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been suspended for one year by the NBA.The league’s investigation found Ballmer and the Clippers were guilty of violating the salary cap circumvention rules. The Clippers have been stripped of five first-round picks and have been fined $30 million.Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to reporters during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, August 18, 2014. Ballmer said on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, that he b
  
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• Clippers' laziness led to 2015 hand slap. Their recklessness brought NBA's ire | Opinion

  04-09-2026 00:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Let me get this right: The Los Angeles Clippers got busted by the NBA for offering improper benefits to a player it was trying to sign, apologized and promised not to do it again, and then … did?These folks aren’t just shady, they’re reckless. Or lazy. Or stupid. Or some combination of the three. That alone makes them deserving of all those harsh penalties the NBA dropped on them for setting up side hustles between Kawhi Leonard and four companies."The Clippers were especially
  
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• 6 reactions to the Kawhi Leonard news: Raptors HQ staff reacts

  03-09-2026 23:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Feb 16, 2019; Charlotte, NC, USA; Team Lebron forward Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors (2) speaks during the NBA All-Star Media Day at Bojangles Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports KristianThe saga is finally over. My immediate reaction, like many jaded Raptors fans, was one fuelled by the feeling I had when watching Steve Ballmer laugh it up during the press conference announcing he had poached Kawhi Leonard from Toronto.I felt vindicated, like justice had been serve
  
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• Nate Oats' wife rejoins Alabama men's basketball team

  03-09-2026 23:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Alabama men's basketball announced the addition of two staff members, and one of them is coach Nate Oats' wife.The Crimson Tide announced on Thursday, Sept. 3 Alex Accetta is rejoining the team as its director of program relations.Accetta returns after she worked with the men's basketball program from 2015 to 2022, starting as a student assistant before becoming the program's operations coordinator in 2017 and director of operations in 2021. Oats' tenure in Tuscaloosa began in 2021.She then
  
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• Inside the ‘ruse’ of the Clippers’, Kawhi Leonard business deals

  03-09-2026 23:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA brought the hammer down on the Clippers for violating the league’s salary cap circumvention rules by “initiating off-court income opportunities” for star forward Kawhi Leonard.The franchise has been stripped of five first-round picks from 2029-2033. The Clippers were issued a $30 million fine, and the league suspended owner Steve Ballmer (one year), President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker (one year) and President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank (six mont
  
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• Knicks Mailbag: How can NY address lack of frontcourt depth?

  03-09-2026 23:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It's another edition of Knicks Mailbag, with SNY NBA Insider Ian Begley ready to answer your questions surrounding the team. Let's get started...Does the Knicks front office not see any concern with the lack of frontcourt depth off the bench? Bench seems guard-heavy, little to no wings or bigs - @JblackwingHey JBlackwing, great question. Before I answer, I just want to say that I can’t claim to know what the entire Knicks front office is thinking or not thinking. It’s a big group tha
  
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• Boston Celtics Daily Links 9/3/26

  03-09-2026 22:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 18: The sneakers worn by Toast Evbuomwan #12 of the Brooklyn Nets during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2025 NBA Summer League game on July 18, 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 Tom O'Co
  
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• Pablo Torre drops lawsuit claim for Steve Ballmer, Clippers in retaliation to NBA

  03-09-2026 22:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Los Angeles Clippers have entered its lowest point in franchise history. The NBA’s year-long investigation resulted in confirmation that the team violated the league’s salary cap circumvention rules, which resulted in the loss of five first-round picks and being fined $30 million. Pablo Torre, the podcaster and journalist who began investigating the scandal in 2025, believes Clippers owner Steve Ballmer won’t walk away quietly.“What can Steve Ballmer do? He can litera
  
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• Steve Ballmer Could Sue the NBA, but It Would Be Tough to Win

  03-09-2026 21:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Los Angeles Clippers vehemently refute the NBA’s findings in the Kawhi Leonard salary-cap circumvention investigation, but converting that opposition into legal action will be challenging. That’s mainly because of the finality of league decisions and judicial deference to decisions of private associations.The NBA on Wednesday concluded that the Clippers and several team officials, including owner Steve Ballmer, conspired to violate the salary cap by arranging for Leonard to recei
  
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• Rockets extend Amen Thompson through 2032

  03-09-2026 21:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA dog days of summer are slowly coming to an end as training camp kicks off in less than a month and preseason games are a little over a month away. The Houston Rockets will most likely start training camp on September 29th, though it hasn’t been confirmed yet.Normally, there isn’t much NBA news this time of year, with MLB inching closer to the playoffs and the NFL and NCAA beginning their new season. However, the NBA has dominated the conversation the last couple of days, firs
  
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• Ranking the top 25 NBA free agents set to hit the 2027 market

  03-09-2026 21:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  As the NBA calendar churns, and as teams look ahead to next season, some of the more interesting storylines extend beyond that.But, as always in the NBA, player movement and free agency are big draws, so it’s never too early to look ahead to the free agent class of players who may be available during the 2027 offseason. The interesting thing with NBA contracts is that there are multiple levers that could lead to a player being available on the open market.The simplest are expiring contract
  
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• More details pour out about NBA findings in Clippers, Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention case

  03-09-2026 21:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The initial headlines were shocking: Five first-round picks taken away, Steve Ballmer suspended for a year, head of basketball operations Lawrence Frank suspended for six months, a $30 million fine. The loss of all those first-round picks is as close to an organizational death sentence as the NBA can hand out.How the league got to the point Commissioner Adam Silver felt he had to bring the hammer down is detailed in the 36-page summary of the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz report (the law fi
  
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• Tyrese Haliburton throwing out first pitch at Wrigley Field before Brewers-Cubs game as a 'free agent' baseball fan

  03-09-2026 21:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tyrese Haliburton is one highly-paid professional athlete who has turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers.The Indiana Pacers star had been invited by both the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs to throw out a ceremonial first pitch this season and the Wisconsin native opted to accept the pregame honor from the team closer to his Midwestern roots.Haliburton, a two-time NBA All-Star, will throw out the first pitch before Thursday's NL Central matchup at Wrigley Field between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cubs."I go
  
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• Tyrese Haliburton throwing out 1st pitch at Wrigley Field before Brewers-Cubs game as a 'free agent' baseball fan

  03-09-2026 21:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tyrese Haliburton is one highly-paid professional athlete who has turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Indiana Pacers star had been invited by both the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs to throw out a ceremonial first pitch this season and the Wisconsin native opted to accept the pregame honor from the team closer to his Midwestern roots. Haliburton, a two-time NBA All-Star, will throw out the first pitch before Thursday’s NL Central matchup at Wrigley Field between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cu
  
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• NBA: Cody Williams Review and Scouting Report

  03-09-2026 21:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY, UT - APRIL 10: Cody Williams #5 of the Utah Jazz handles the ball during the game against the Memphis Grizzlies on April 10, 2026 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
  
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• Worst deal in NBA history? With Clippers' penalties, the Kawhi Leonard signing now rivals Luka Dončić trade

  03-09-2026 20:45 via cbssports.com
  
  With Wednesday's ruling, Leonard continues to cost the Clippers way more than he was ever worth
  
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• Clippers-Kawhi Leonard investigation details: What to know about the NBA's historic punishment and what comes next

  03-09-2026 20:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  After completing a nearly year-long investigation into the relationship between the Los Angeles Clippers, their owner and governor Steve Ballmer, star forward Kawhi Leonard and various business partners, the NBA handed down the most damaging punishment for a team in league history.A 35-page report from the investigatory law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz revealed a lot about the Clippers’ dealings with Leonard and also raised additional questions.Here are the key details about
  
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• Lakers won’t crater without LeBron James, says Derek Fisher

  03-09-2026 20:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers entered their post-LeBron James era this summer after the four-time NBA champion informed the team he wouldn’t be returning for the 2026-27 season. There are contrasting opinions on how the Lakers will perform without the 41-year-old superstar, who spent eight consecutive seasons with LA. But former Lakers star Derek Fisher doesn’t believe the team is doomed without James.Derek Fisher won five championships with the Lakers.AP“You think about the few organ
  
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