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• Lakers’ Walker Kessler makes immediate impact by being ‘relentless’

  14-10-2026 15:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — Lakers coach JJ Redick’s challenge for Walker Kessler is simple: Be “relentless”.Relentless with his motor on both ends of the floor. With his running and changing ends in between possessions. With his screening and rolling towards the rim. With his rebounding.The Lakers got that in abundance during their marquee acquisition’s preseason debut, which came in a 101-89 loss to the Warriors on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena in the team’s penultimate e
  
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• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on 76ers key: 'Our chemistry... Us liking each other'

  14-10-2026 19:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  We know the headliners in Philadelphia: LeBron James, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid. What too often gets overlooked is that Mike Gansey didn't just recruit stars, he brought in talent around them for a quality bench, guys such as Anfernee Simons, Dean Wade and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.That's a lot of mouths for coach Nick Nurse to feed. What is the key to making it all work? Caldwell-Pope — who has won two rings — said the key is the chemistry the roster is building now. He
  
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• Lakers coach JJ Redick on Bronny James: 'I don't think he's played well' in preseason games

  14-10-2026 19:33 via cbssports.com
  
  Bronny has struggled this preseason, combining for 11 points and 12 turnovers in four games
  
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• NBA Preview 2026-27: Reintroduction to the top 9 title contenders

  14-10-2026 19:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Since we last experienced NBA basketball games that count, we have seen:34 trades involving more than 90 players, including 11 All-Stars, plus a frankly ludicrous number of future draft picks;An estimated $2.5 billion in contracts signed in free agency;21 extensions of existing contracts totaling an additional $1.8 billion, headlined by Victor Wembanyama's five-year, $255 million not-quite-supermax;The Los Angeles Clippers receiving the stiffest punishment in NBA history; andThe leading scorer i
  
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• Fantasy Basketball Expert Mock Draft live: Watch as the industry's best navigate a 12-team, 9-category league

  14-10-2026 18:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA season tips off on Tuesday, which means there is still to draft your Yahoo Fantasy Basketball squad.Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA seasonIn preparation for tip-off, NBC Sports and RotoWorld are holding a live expert mock draft, hosted by Noah Rubin, Raphielle Johnson and Zak Hanshew of RotoWorld and taking place on Yahoo Sports' fantasy basketball platform. When: Thursday, Oct. 15 at 5:00 p.m. ET Where: Streamed live on YouTube and XComprised of 12 i
  
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• Pistons vs. Timberwolves preview: Getting a look at new-look T Wolves

  14-10-2026 18:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Many people expected both the Pistons and Timberwolves’ rosters to look drastically different after ending their season at the same point in the Playoffs.Both teams are led by young stars in Cade Cunningham and Anthony Edwards that are still looking to break through to the NBA Finals.For the Pistons, the clock isn’t ticking as much with their young core locked in an Cunningham seemingly in support of everything going on.For the Timberwolves, rumblings have started about the possibili
  
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• Can the Raptors Finish Top Four in the East?

  14-10-2026 18:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO, CANADA - JANUARY 11: Adem Bona #30 of the Philadelphia 76ers defends against Scottie Barnes #4 of the Toronto Raptors during second half of their NBA game at Scotiabank Arena on January 11, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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 Cole Burston/Getty Images) | Getty Images Last year’s Toronto
  
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• ESPN’s Brian Windhorst won’t stop banging the Cooper Flagg drum

  14-10-2026 17:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MACAU, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Cooper Flagg #32 of Dallas Mavericks dunks during NBA China Games 2026 between Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets at The Venetian Arena on the Cotai Strip on October 11, 2026 in Macau, China. 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 Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images) | Getty Images The headline on Brian Windhorst’s
  
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• NBA Cup 2026: League releases all 30 new team court designs for midseason tournament

  14-10-2026 17:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA released each of the new 30 team court designs for the NBA Cup. The annual in-season tournament will begin on Friday, Oct. 30.The tournament is divided into six groups of five teams each. Each team will play four group-stage games. The knockout games begin on Friday, Dec. 4. The championship will be played Friday, Dec. 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The title game moved to Hinkle from Las Vegas for the first time.The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs in the 2025 NBA Cu
  
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• SB Nation Reacts: Should the Wizards do a team rebrand?

  14-10-2026 16:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 28: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Image has been retouched) Deandre Ayton #8, AJ Dybantsa #4, Anthony Davis #23, and Alex Sarr #20 of the Washington Wizards pose for a portrait during NBA media day on September 28, 2026 at Capital One Arena 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
  
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• NBA rookie impact rankings: 10 first-year players who will make presence felt immediately

  14-10-2026 16:14 via cbssports.com
  
  The incoming rookie class is being heralded as one of the best in recent memory -- will it live up to the hype?
  
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• Knicks Bulletin: ‘Stay diligent’

  14-10-2026 16:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO, CANADA - OCTOBER 13: James Wiseman #35 of the New York Knicks boxes out during the game against the Toronto Raptors during a 2026 NBA Preseason game on October 13, 2026 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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 Vaughn Ridley/NBAE vi
  
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• Payton Pritchard’s big contract is years in the making

  14-10-2026 15:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 10: Payton Pritchard #11 of the Boston Celtics dribbles the ball during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on October 10, 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 (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Image
  
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• Which Dallas Mavericks player has surprised you so far?

  14-10-2026 15:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MACAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: The Mavs Breakers cross the court with Mavs flags before an NBA preseason basketball game against the Houston Rockets at the Venetian Arena on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in Macao. (Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News 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 Mavericks fans and fans across the country.Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys:
  I hav
  
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• MMBets: The Houston Rockets need to make a decision

  14-10-2026 15:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Rockets have the sour taste of disappointment still lingering from last season’s playoff exit. They lost to a Lakers team without Luka Doncic, in a series where Kevin Durant played just one game. This, compounded by the fact that they lost Fred VanVleet before even playing a game, makes Houston hungry to play basketball and show the league what they should have been a season ago.This is a veteran team complemented by young talent. But when you have two groups on different timelines, th
  
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• Top 50 NBA trade candidates for 2026-27 season: Anthony Davis, Zion Williamson and more names to watch

  14-10-2026 15:04 via cbssports.com
  
  NBA trade season really never ends these days, and here are 50 players who could be moving during the new season
  
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• Can Adem Bona make the most of increased opportunity with the Sixers?

  14-10-2026 14:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 28: Adem Bona #30 of the Philadelphia 76ers poses for a portrait during media day at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex on September 28, 2026 in Camden, New Jersey. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) | Getty Images Adem Bona’s possible outlook for the 2026-27 season has changed before we’ve even reached the start of the regular season. Just days after the Sixers held their media day and hype for the new year really started to ramp up, one of thei
  
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• Rays win Game 2 to knot up ALCS; Pete Prisco's latest NFL Power Rankings; top 100 NBA players

  14-10-2026 14:40 via cbssports.com
  
  Plus why the Bills vs. Rams thriller came with long-term consequences
  
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• Top 5 Iowa Wolves of All-Time

  14-10-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  I am truly excited to see you here.If you clicked on this (on purpose or by accident), then you are officially a Wolves sicko (lupo-phile?), a basketball sicko, or at the very least: my tribe of people.I scoff when I hear Timberwolves fans declare they are “diehard Wolves fans” and try to prove their ball knowledge by naming off players like Oleksiy Pecherov, Jeff Adrien, or Gundars Vētra. Please. If you’re really from the most engrossed ilk of Wolves fans, then you’
  
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• Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls Preseason Preview & Game Thread: Don’t get gored

  14-10-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 1: Ryan Rollins #13 of the Milwaukee Bucks plays and over-the-head pass past Matas Buzelis #14 of the Chicago Bulls during the first half at the United Center on March 1, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. 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 Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Milwaukee Bucks are back hom
  
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• Kawhi Leonard doesn’t need to be the Raptors’ best player every night

  14-10-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sep 28, 2026; Toronto, ON, Canada; Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) talks to the media during Toronto Raptors-Media Day at Hotel-X. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Seeing Kawhi Leonard in a Raptors jersey again is naturally going to bring back memories of 2019. That season, there was no question who Toronto’s best player was. When a possession broke down or a playoff game tightened up, the answer was usually simple: get Kawhi th
  
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• Game Preview: Suns’ young players have everything to gain against San Antonio

  14-10-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX, AZ - OCTOBER 10: Koa Peat #18 of the Phoenix Suns handles the ball during the game against the San Antonio Spurs during a preseason game on October 10, 2026 at PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. 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 Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty I
  
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• 2026-27 NBA Championship predictions roundtable: Can Knicks repeat? Is this Wemby and the Spurs’ year?

  14-10-2026 14:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  At the start of every NBA season, we — fans, media, people in and around the league — go in certain we know how things are going to play out. A year ago, the Thunder were the clear favorites to repeat, and the young Spurs were barely going to make the playoffs, and it looked like Cleveland might be due in the East. None of that played out quite as expected.This season, again it feels like there are clear favorites, and again we're likely going to be wrong. To get a bigger picture, we
  
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• How Kon Knueppel Came To Love Basketball

  14-10-2026 13:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 3: Kon Knueppel #7 of the Charlotte Hornets drives to the basket during the game against the New York Knicks on December 3, 2025 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 2025 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) | N
  
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• Paul George previewed his defensive prowess in preseason victory over Philadelphia

  14-10-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 10: Paul George #13 of the Boston Celtics looks on during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on October 10, 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 (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images The Boston C
  
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• Open Thread: Keldon Johnson- How the NBA’s Sixth Man enjoys his time off the court

  14-10-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TX - JUNE 13: Keldon Johnson #3 and Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs high five during the game against the New York Knicks during Game Five of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 13, 2026 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. 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 Ada
  
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• Can Jett Howard make the impact in Dallas that Orlando hoped for?

  14-10-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 25: Jett Howard #9 of the Dallas Mavericks poses for portraits at Mavericks Media Day at American Airlines Center on September 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. 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 GettyImages License Agreement. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) | Getty Images Jett Howard probably wasn’t a name you had penciled in as a Maverick befo
  
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• 2026-27 Atlanta Hawks player preview: Jalen Johnson

  14-10-2026 13:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, IN - OCTOBER 10: Jalen Johnson #1 of the Atlanta Hawks drives to the basket during the game against the Indiana Pacers on October 10, 2026 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. 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 A.J. Mast/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Gett
  
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• YouTube Gold: Dave Bing

  14-10-2026 11:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON, MA - 1976: Dave Bing #21 shoots a free throw against the Boston Celtics circa 1976 at the Boston 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 1976 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images Dave Bing is sort of a basketball version of Forrest G
  
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• Yao Ming is Rockets biggest what-if

  14-10-2026 11:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Where were you when the Houston Rockets drafted Yao Ming?It’s a vivid memory for me as a Houston Rockets fan. I distinctly remember a fan in a street interview declaring that Ming would be the “best center ever!” I can’t find easy confirmation of this memory online, but it’s burned into my mind.If you missed it: Ming is not the best center ever. Depending on whether you value longevity or peak, he’s on the fringes of the top 20. Can you really put Ming ahead o
  
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