Basketball news

• Joe Tsai not changing Nets plan after ‘embarrassing’ feeling of Knicks championship

  18-08-2026 05:53 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Count Joe Tsai among the few in New York City who are less than thrilled by the Knicks ending their 53-year NBA championship drought.That’s because the city’s most beloved basketball franchise hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy before the Nets owner and his team could get their hands on it for the first time — despite the franchise’s best efforts. Tsai, who has fully owned the Nets since 2019, was asked about the Knicks winning it all by Nets Daily and if it woul
  
  Read more

• Basketball Hall of Fame predictions: Projecting HOF fates for six NBA veterans on the bubble

  18-08-2026 17:38 via cbssports.com
  
  After the latest round of Hall of Fame inductions, we're making our best guesses about some current players with borderline cases
  
  Read more

• Ranking college football's most expensive rosters; latest news on WRs Jordyn Tyson and Malik Nabers

  18-08-2026 16:25 via cbssports.com
  
  Plus, the Fever remain hot in the WNBA Power Rankings
  
  Read more

• Buss trying to block siblings' sale of LA Lakers

  18-08-2026 15:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jeanie Buss became the first female controlling owner to guide a team to an NBA championship in 2020 [Getty Images]Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is trying to block her siblings' sale of her family's remaining stake in the NBA franchise.Josh Kushner, the brother of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared, and former Disney chief executive Bob Iger agreed a deal last week to buy the controlling interest in one of the world's most iconic sports teams from Mark Walter for$12.5bn (&pou
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• How Sixers develop and deploy their young talent will be major X Factor for 2026-2027

  18-08-2026 15:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - APRIL 3: Dominick Barlow #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts with teammate VJ Edgecombe #77 of the Philadelphia 76ers during the game against the Minnesota TImberwolves at Xfinity Mobile Arena on April 3, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)
  
  Read more

• Ranking college football's most expensive rosters; latest news on WRs Jordon Tyson and Malik Nabers

  18-08-2026 15:10 via cbssports.com
  
  Plus, the Fever remain hot in the WNBA Power Rankings
  
  Read more

• Why the Toronto Raptors must treat the NBA Cup like the playoffs

  18-08-2026 14:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO, CANADA - NOVEMBER 21 : Kyshawn George (18) of Washington Wizards in action against Ja'Kobe Walter (14) of Toronto Raptors during the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup basketball game between Washington Wizards and Toronto Raptors at the Scotiabank Arena on November 21, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images) | Anadolu via Getty Images When the Toronto Raptors released their 2026-27 schedule, they also unveiled their NBA Cup schedule and opponents. Sin
  
  Read more

• Cooper Flagg Update: Working Out With A Legend

  18-08-2026 14:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Oct 6, 2025; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (left) and guard Kyrie Irving (right) look on during the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder at Dickie's Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The Dallas Mavericks have had a real roller coaster ride over the last few years. First, there was the shocking trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. This did not go over well at all, leading to a
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Who should start for the Bucks at point guard?

  18-08-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, FL - FEBRUARY 9: Ryan Rollins #13 of the Milwaukee Bucks and Kevin Porter Jr. #7 of the Milwaukee Bucks talk during the game against the Orlando Magic on February 9, 2026 at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida. 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 Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images
  
  Read more

• Poll: Will AJ Dybantsa win Rookie of the Year?

  18-08-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 15: (EDITORS NOTE: Tonal effects have been applied to this image) AJ Dybansta #4 of the Washington Wizards poses for a portrait during the 2026 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot at UNLV on July 15, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) | Getty Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Wizards fans and fans across the country.In this week’s survey, we a
  
  Read more

• One rebounding stat explains decades of Suns history

  18-08-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE, MD - 1969: Gus Johnson #25 of the Baltimore Bullets shoots against the Phoenix Suns during a game played circa 1969 at the Baltimore Coliseum in Baltimore, Maryland. 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 1969 NBAE (Photo by NBA Photos/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images We continue our j
  
  Read more

• Why Doc Rivers’ Hall of Fame induction felt so important

  18-08-2026 13:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 15: Inductee Doc Rivers speaks to the audience during the 2026 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on August 15, 2026 in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) | Getty Images SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen feud felt so distant and settled that the announcement that they would introduce their 2008 championship head coach Doc Rivers at his Hall of Fame induction didn’t im
  
  Read more

• Why the NBA should bring a game to State Farm Center

  18-08-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA released its 2026-27 schedule, and multiple games will be played inside college arenas. Three games are scheduled to take place on college campuses, bringing NBA basketball to new cities and unique venues. The Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets will play at Colorado’s CU Events Center, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Indiana Pacers will play at Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum, and the NBA Cup Final will be played inside Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse.The NBA Cup has been played in La
  
  Read more

• Report: Kyle Korver to leave front office

  18-08-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: Tim Bontemps and Kyle Korver talk before the game between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks during Round One Game One of the NBA Playoffs on April 18, 2026 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, 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 Jesse D. G
  
  Read more

• Open Thread: San Antonio City Council rejects second arena funding vote

  18-08-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MAY 7: Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones listens as Robert Puente, the President and CEO of San Antonio Water System, speaks during a special meeting at Municipal Plaza Building in San Antonio on Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Katina Zentz/San Antonio Express-News via Getty Images) Over the past few weeks, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has been publicly calling to include a vote on the November ballot concerning the city’s $489 million financial contribution toward the new downtown
  
  Read more

• Buyer Beware: These 10-game partial season ticket plans from the Mavericks come with a catch

  18-08-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Republican political donor Miriam Adelson attends the inauguration of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Dallas Mavericks have contacted 10-game mini-plan season-ticket holders from a year ago in hopes of retaining them for the 2026-27 season, but it a
  
  Read more

• YouTube Gold: Rookie Julius Erving Forever Changed Basketball..

  18-08-2026 12:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Basketball: ABA Playoffs: Virginia Squires Julius Erving (32) in action vs New York Nets. Game 4. Uniondale, NY 4/27/1982 CREDIT: John D. Hanlon (Photo by John D. Hanlon /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Set Number: X16772 TK1 ) Julius Erving had a bit of a rough start to his professional career. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks, but signed contracts with the Atlanta Hawks and the ABA’s Virginia Squires. The first dispute was settled by the NBA: his draft rights belonged to Milwa
  
  Read more

• Tuesday Posted & Toasted Notes: Mike & Amar’e, rings galore, Boston’s lobster

  18-08-2026 12:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  A herd of white yaks grazes at a snowy pasture 3,000 metres high in the remote Kyrgyz mountains on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav OSELEDKO / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images This is a stretch to say, but is the offseason melting into the preseason quicker than we expected? If we’re to base our judgement exclusively on having two of these posts published in a span of just three days, not so much! On to some links and notes!In case you missed it, now we know the Knicks&rs
  
  Read more

• Banner Years: 1974, A Return to Glory

  18-08-2026 12:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Basketball: NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) in action vs Boston Celtics Dave Cowens (18) and Don Chaney (12). Milwaukee, WI 4/28/1974--4/30/1974 CREDIT: Heinz Kluetmeier (Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Set Number: X18606 ) The Boston Celtics missed the playoffs in 1970.They did not glide smoothly down from the Russell years; they fell off a cliff.They wrapped up the 1969/70 season with a 34-48 record under rookie coach Tommy Heinsohn.Playoff
  
  Read more

• Rockets sign guard Sean Pedulla to two-way deal

  18-08-2026 11:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 17: Sean Pedulla #00 of the LA Clippers dribbles the ball 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 Gett
  
  Read more

• Jeanie Buss, her lawyer, push back on report Buss family to sell remaining stake in Lakers

  18-08-2026 08:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The original report was stunning: The Buss family had voted and planned to sell its remaining 17.8% stake in the Lakers to incoming owners Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger. That sale would mean the Buss family's ownership of the team, which started in 1979, would be completely over. The end of an era. With that, Jeanie Buss would have to step down as the team's governor (a role that requires at least a 15% ownership stake, by league rules).Then came a follow-up report saying the other five Buss sibli
  
  Read more

• The Buss Los Angeles Lakers: From dynasty building under Jerry to a family feud with Jeanie and her siblings

  18-08-2026 04:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It's the end of an era, not just in Los Angeles, but for basketball and the NBA.Maybe.After nearly 50 years in the business of running the Los Angeles Lakers, the Buss family announced Monday that it’s fully divesting its stake in the franchise. In a statement shared with ESPN’s Shams Charania Monday, the Busses announced that they’re selling their remaining 17.8% share in the Lakers as part of the $12.5 billion sale of the team to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner. "We have decided as
  
  Read more

• Latest Buss family drama is like a real-life episode of ‘Succession’

  18-08-2026 03:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Monday afternoon played out like a real-life episode of the television show “Succession,” a satirical drama about a family fighting for control over a national media conglomerate.At the eye of the storm? The Buss family. And the Los Angeles Lakers. Jim Buss and his sister Jeanie Buss attend a news conference where Dwight Howard was introduced as the newest member of the team at the Toyota Sports Center on August 10, 2012, in El Segundo.Five days after Mark Walter agree
  
  Read more

• Raptors Reacts: Which player needs to elevate their game next to Kawhi?

  18-08-2026 03:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 3: Ja'Kobe Walter #14 and Scottie Barnes #4 of the Toronto Raptors high five during the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers during Round One Game Seven of the 2026 NBA Playoffs on May 3, 2026 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE
  
  Read more

• Jeanie Buss disputes her family's sale of Lakers stake: What to know about dramatic off-court fight

  18-08-2026 02:37 via cbssports.com
  
  Jeanie Buss would no longer serve as the Lakers' governor if her family sells its 17.8% ownership stake to Josh Kusher and Bob Iger
  
  Read more

• Raptors fans confused about when Kawhi nightmare ends

  18-08-2026 02:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, left, looks on at his new players Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, right, during a press conference at the Green Meadows Recreation Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. George and Leonard were introduced to the media and fans as the newest members of the Clippers. (Photo by Scott Varley/MediaNews Group/Daily Breeze via Getty Images) | MediaNews Group via Getty Images When ESPN reported that the NBA didn’t find legitimate
  
  Read more

• Jeanie Buss contesting her family's plan to sell its Lakers stakes

  18-08-2026 02:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is contesting her family's plans to sell sell its remaining shares in the NBA team to new majority owners Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger.In a letter obtained by USA TODAY Sports and first reported by CNBC, Buss' attorney Adam F. Streisand refuted an earlier report from ESPN that all six siblings – Jim, Johnny, Janie, Jeanie, Joey and Jesse – had voted to sell their 17.8% ownership stake and that Jeanie was effectively out as team governor. He asse
  
  Read more

• Jeanie Buss opposing sale of family’s stake in Lakers

  18-08-2026 01:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 22: Los Angeles Lakers' Governor Jeanie Buss during the Los Angeles Lakers unveiling former head coach Pat Riley statue at Crypto.com Arena on February 22, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Luiza Moraes/Getty Images) | Getty Images Jeanie Buss is not going quietly into that good night.While Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Monday that the Buss family would be selling its remaining 17.8% stake in the Lakers, it doesn’t appear that was a unanimou
  
  Read more

• Jeanie Buss says siblings can’t sell family’s Lakers stake, vote is ‘void’

  18-08-2026 00:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jeanie Buss is opposing the reported sale of her family’s stake in the Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner, arguing her siblings can’t legally execute a sale without her approval.In a letter obtained by the California Post addressed to the lawyers representing her five other siblings in the Buss family trust (Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse) – Jeanie Buss’ lawyer, Adam Streisand, stated Jeanie didn’t agree to sell the team and that any vote of the Buss family s
  
  Read more

• Jeanie Buss rips siblings' attempt to sell Lakers minority stake in scathing letter from lawyer

  18-08-2026 00:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Buss family’s attempt to sell its remaining 17.8% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers has hit a snag. Despite reporting that all six Buss siblings had agreed to sell their shares in the team, there is one that is reportedly contesting the sale: Jeanie Buss, the eldest Buss daughter and governor of the team.In a letter obtained by multiple outlets, Buss’ lawyer Adam Streisand wrote that she was opposed to selling the team, and that “any ‘vote’ by any of the Buss sibl
  
  Read more

Follow @Newslocker_NBA on Twitter!