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• Know the draft prospect: Morez Johnson, Jr.

  17-06-2026 00:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - APRIL 06: Morez Johnson Jr. #21 of the Michigan Wolverines cuts down the net after defeating the UConn Huskies 69-63 in the National Championship of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 06, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) | Getty Images Depending on how the board falls, Michigan big man Morez Johnson, Jr. could be available when New York is on the clock at draft night next week. Should the Knicks con
  
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• Lionel Messi ties all-time World Cup goals record; U.S. Open expert picks, player rankings

  17-06-2026 15:04 via cbssports.com
  
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• DBR Mock Draft Results For 2026

  17-06-2026 14:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 27: Maliq Brown #6, Isaiah Evans #3, Cameron Boozer #12 and Dame Sarr #7 of the Duke Blue Devils look on against the Arkansas Razorbacks during the second half of the CBS Thanksgiving Classic at the United Center on November 27, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) | Getty Images Every year we do a DBR Mock Draft and The 2026 version is complete, with Jason Evans as Commissioner and @-jk, @CDu, and @brevity deputized to run things in his
  
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• Open Thread: How about a PtR Summer Book Club?

  17-06-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Good day, Pounders. I was scrolling through social media and found this post:Spurs book club 📚Harrison Barnes fills us in on the books he and Wemby have been reading!Game 3 of the NBA Finals tips tomorrow night at 8:30pm/et on ABC and ESPN! pic.twitter.com/QYN02dNlf7— NBA (@NBA) June 7, 2026I remember early in Wemby’s NBA career seeing him enter press conferences with a book. I have asked a few times what he was reading and considered reading along. I found his creating abook
  
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• 2026 NBA Draft scouting report: Mikel Brown Jr.

  17-06-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Feb 17, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; Louisville Cardinals guard Mikel Brown Jr. (0) looks on during the second half against the SMU Mustangs at Moody Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images In a pool full of lottery guards in this draft, Mikel Brown Jr. may have the biggest upside of them all when looking at the talent that he possesses. Many look at what he did for Team USA in the U19s, and he was arguably the best player on the floor, even with AJ Dybants
  
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• Tale of the ticker tape: The quirky history behind the Knicks' first NYC parade

  17-06-2026 12:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Knicks fans have waited forever for this.Thursday's ticker-tape parade for the new NBA champions will be a first. When the team won the title before, in 1970 and ‘73, they weren't honored with New York's signature procession.Why not? There's no one definitive explanation. But there is some informative context: The '70s wins came at a time when then-Mayor John Lindsay had reined in the confetti-tossing spectacles. He celebrated the Knicks at the mayoral mansio
  
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• Pacome Dadiet, NBA Champion

  17-06-2026 12:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 10: Pacome Dadiet #4 of the New York Knicks dribbles the ball during the fourth quarter against the Toronto Raptors at Madison Square Garden on April 10, 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 Pamela Smith/Getty Images) | Getty Images There have been 75 first-round picks in the long, 80-y
  
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• New Draft Intel: A change in the Jazz draft preference?

  17-06-2026 07:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: Cameron Boozer #12 of the Duke Blue Devils takes a free throw against the UConn Huskies during the first half of a game in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Capital One Arena on March 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) | Getty Images There’s a lot of intel out there with the NBA Draft just a week away. Here’s a look at all the latest stories revolving around the Jazz.It’s a three-player race
  
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• Mark Cuban gives ‘real simple’ reason Mavericks let Jalen Brunson leave for Knicks

  17-06-2026 05:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mark Cuban has admitted why the Mavericks completely whiffed on letting Jalen Brunson walk to the Knicks.“It was really, really simple. We didn’t see JB, as what he would become,” Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks from 2000 to 2023, said in a recent appearance on “House of Haymaker.”Brunson spent four years with the Mavericks, averaging more than 15 points per game only in his final year, the 2021-22 season. Mark Cuban talks about letting Jalen Brunson leave the Dal
  
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• Kentucky Basketball gets recruiting prediction to land Nikola Kusturica

  17-06-2026 05:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Nikola Kusturica trains during the match between FC Barcelona and Paris Basketball, corresponding to round 28 of the Euroleague, played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona, Spain, on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images Kentucky Basketball may be on the verge of one more big-time recruiting win to cap off the 2026-27 roster.The BBN learned recently that Kentucky was making a push for international prospect Nikola Kusturica,
  
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• Fat Joe took a lesson from Knicks’ NBA championship he called a ‘dream come true’

  17-06-2026 04:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bronx rapper Fat Joe saw something this weekend that he never thought he would see in his lifetime. But those dreams came true Saturday night when the Knicks hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy after defeating the Spurs in five games for their first NBA championship in 53 years.Fat Joe went on “The Beat with Ari Melber“to talk about his experience during Knicks fever. While Fat Joe is happy that the team he supported for most of his life is now on top of the basketball world,
  
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• NBA Draft rumors: Darryn Peterson not working out for Jazz, who are torn between him and Cam Boozer

  17-06-2026 04:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  We are one week out from the 2026 NBA Draft, which means a lot of rumors — and even more spin — are flying around the league. Here are some of the latest rumors and reports, along with context on how seriously to take the reports.Darryn Peterson not meeting with JazzKansas guard Darryn Peterson — widely projected as the No. 2 pick in this draft — has refused to visit or work out for the team with the No. 2 pick, the Utah Jazz, a story first reported by Shams Charania and
  
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• Warriors Reacts: Should they trade the pick?

  17-06-2026 03:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Prior to upcoming NBA draft, Golden State Warriors' general manager Mike Dunleavy addresses the media at Chase Center in San Francisco on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Photo by Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via 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 Golden State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.The 2026 NBA Draft is just around the corne
  
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• Utah Jazz Free Agency: Walker Kessler offer revealed, Kessler not happy

  17-06-2026 02:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  According to Tim MacMahon on Utah ESPN 700 Radio, Walker Kessler has received an offer from the Utah Jazz for a 5-year, $ 140 M deal, but apparently it wasn’t enough.MacMahon was asked if he thinks that Kessler wants to play in Utah, and he responded: “… for more than 5 years, $140M.” It also sounds like there are some real frustrations with how the Jazz have gone about his contract situation. Apparently, the Jazz feel that they can have any hurt feelings improve over ti
  
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• Mamdani opens public lottery for free tickets to Knicks finals ceremony, says championship ‘belongs to the people’

  17-06-2026 02:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an open lottery for ecstatic New York Knicks fans to get free tickets to a Championship Ceremony at City Hall after a celebratory ticker-tape parade.“The Knicks belong to New York City. And this championship belongs to the people who waited 53 years for it,” Mamdani wrote on X.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is seen wearing a New York Knicks jersey at the 69th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade Kyle Stevens/Shutterstock“That’s why we
  
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• Walker Kessler ‘at odds’ with Jazz front office, Lakers among interested teams

  17-06-2026 02:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 31: Walker Kessler #24 of the Utah Jazz handles the ball during the first half of the Emirates NBA Cup game against the Phoenix Suns at Mortgage Matchup Center on October 31, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Jazz 118-96. 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 Kelsey Grant/Getty Images) | Getty Im
  
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• Knicks vs. Spurs delivers highest NBA Finals ratings since 1998 (when Jordan was still a Bull)

  17-06-2026 02:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bring together the long-suffering fans of the biggest media market in the NBA — with a team that was hard not to root for — against a player unlike any other and a rising dominant force, and you had ratings gold. This year's NBA Finals between Jalen Brunson's New York Knicks and Victor Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs drew the largest audience to watch the NBA Finals since Michael Jordan was still with the Bulls, 28 years ago. The Finals averaged 20.6 million viewers across ABC and ESP
  
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• Knicks vs. Spurs delivers highest NBA Finals ratings since 1998 (when Jordan still was a Bull)

  17-06-2026 02:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bring together the long-suffering fans of the biggest media market in the NBA — with a team that was hard not to root for — against a player unlike any other and a rising dominant force, and you had ratings gold. This year's NBA Finals between Jalen Brunson's New York Knicks and Victor Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs drew the largest audience to watch the NBA Finals since Michael Jordan was still with the Bulls, 28 years ago. The Finals averaged 20.6 million viewers across ABC and ESP
  
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• ESPN projects a down season for the Suns next year in early power rankings

  17-06-2026 02:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - APRIL 01: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns drives around Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of a game at Fiserv Forum on April 01, 2025 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. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) | Getty Images In their first power rankings since
  
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• Paul Pierce sentenced to probation in DUI case

  17-06-2026 01:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – FEBRUARY 07: Paul Pierce attends FanDuel’s Super Bowl Party Powered by Spotify on February 07, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for...Paul Pierce cut a plea deal with Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday to close out his DUI case, court records obtained by The California Post show.Pierce pleaded nolo contendere to one misdemeanor count of wet reckless driving upon a highway, per the records, and was sentenced to 12 months of pr
  
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• OG Anunoby explains viral Instagram Live panic after Knicks’ title celebration

  17-06-2026 00:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  OG celebrationOG Anunoby wanted to go live.He just did not want to lose a new phone in the process.The Knicks forward explained Monday night during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” what happened during his viral Instagram Live from the locker room celebration after the franchise won the NBA championship on Saturday night.Anunoby briefly went live as the Knicks celebrated their 94-90 Game 5 win over the Spurs, which secured the franchise’s first champion
  
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• Knicks’ NBA title finally allowed Patrick Ewing to ‘exhale’: Karl-Anthony Towns

  17-06-2026 00:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ewing Towns KnicksKarl-Anthony Towns shared his first NBA title with Knicks legend Patrick Ewing.The two met on the Frost Bank Center court in San Antonio after New York won Game 5 because Towns said he knew how much the Knicks’ first championship in 53 years meant to Ewing, a legend of the team.“It was so amazing to see how this win healed so many people in New York, fan-wise and even to the alumni, and Patrick,” Towns said on “The Howard Stern Show” on Tuesday. &l
  
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• Knicks’ thrilling NBA Finals was most-watched in nearly 30 years

  17-06-2026 00:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Knicks ratings Every game of the 2026 NBA Finals was a nail-biter. And the television ratings reflected as such. The Knicks-Spurs series was the most-watched NBA Finals since 1998 — the last gasp of the Michael Jordan Bulls dynasty — by averaging 20.6 million viewers across the five games, ESPN said in a statement on Tuesday. New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) goes up for a shot pass San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the fourth quarter of Game 5 of the 2026 NBA
  
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• NBA Finals Ratings Impress Even With Nielsen Measurement Context

  17-06-2026 00:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  In earning their first NBA title in 53 years, the New York Knicks gifted the league and ABC the biggest TV turnout since Michael Jordan celebrated his final championship in 1998.According to Nielsen Big Data + Panel estimates, the Knicks’ five-game defeat of the favored San Antonio Spurs averaged 20.6 million viewers per night, making this year’s installment of the Finals the most-watched since the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz in six games. Over the course of what would prove to
  
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• LeBron James, Lakers reportedly negotiating new contract ahead of NBA free agency

  17-06-2026 00:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James appear to be working on a reunion. According to ESPN insider Brian Windhorst, the Lakers and James are actively negotiating a new contract that would bring the NBA’s all-time leading scorer back to Los Angeles for a record-setting 24th season.Speaking Tuesday on ESPN Cleveland, Windhorst said the expectation around the league remains that both sides will ultimately reach an agreement, though the next two weeks could prove critical as free agency
  
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• Longtime Lakers PA announcer Lawrence Tanter to resign, take advisor role

  17-06-2026 00:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The scoreboard ahead of an NBA game between the Indiana Pacers and the Los Angeles Lakers, at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, 16th December 1990. Aside from the teams and adverts, the screen reads 'You Game Announcer Lawrence Tanter'; the Lakers won the game 112-115. (Photo by Bongarts/Getty Images) | Getty Images One of the staples of the Lakers over the last four decades has been legendary PA announcer Lawrence Tanter. However, a new voice will echo through Crypto.com Arena m
  
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• Breece Hall has "positive jealousy" about the Knicks winning the NBA title

  17-06-2026 00:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Running back Breece Hall is in New Jersey for the Jets' minicamp this week, but he took some time out of preparing for the 2026 season by taking a trip to San Antonio for Game 5 of the NBA Finals last weekend. Hall was in the building to watch the Knicks end a 53-year title drought with a 94-90 win that sealed a 4-1 series win over the Spurs. The Jets have an even longer title drought to go along with their current 15-season streak of missing the playoffs, which led Hall to express some envy abo
  
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• Knicks' NBA title-clinching victory over Spurs averages 24.5 million viewers

  17-06-2026 00:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks' 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night to capture their first NBA title in 53 years averaged 24.5 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, making it the most watched Game 5 since 1998.The audience peaked at 33 million, as Brunson was putting the wraps on a 45-point performance as the Knicks rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter.The finals averaged 20.6 million according to Nielsen, the highest since ABC and
  
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• When is NBA free agency in 2026? Best available, needs for every team

  17-06-2026 00:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The real NBA season is about to begin.All the on-court action is in the rearview, meaning the drama, trades, draft and free agent mayhem is coming into focus. For a league that thrives on those conversations, this is everything that fans and some teams have been waiting for. In the meantime, the party is still raging on in New York after the Knicks ended a 53-year championship drought and that puts the NBA in an interesting spot. For the first time in a long time, the Knicks are a team that ever
  
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• Lakers public address announcer Lawrence Tanter is retiring after 43 seasons

  17-06-2026 00:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers announced Tuesday that Lawrence Tanter is retiring as public address announcer, ending a 43-season run behind the microphone for the franchise's home games.The Lakers said he will continue to work with the team as a special advisor for game presentation.Lakers Governor Jeanie Buss lauded Tanner for “setting the tone for countless memorable moments with his professionalism, energy and signature booming voice.”“Since the 1980s, LT h
  
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