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Dybantsa eyes 'quick' NBA rise as Wizards weigh No. 1 pick
Projected No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa says his NBA transition 'won't take that long,' and the Wizards will host him this week as they weigh keeping the top selection or trading down for Kansas guard Darryn Peterson.
NBA reviews Wembanyama shove on Brunson as Finals turns chippy
San Antonio's Game 3 win came with a flashpoint: Wembanyama shoved Brunson by the neck with no whistle. The NBA admits the miss and is weighing a retroactive flagrant, with a suspension risk now in play.
Stephen A.'s 5 things the Knicks must do to win the NBA Finals
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith laid out a five-point blueprint for New York to topple Wembanyama's Spurs -- and his list put the Knicks' role players, not just Jalen Brunson, at center stage.
Stephen A. Smith: Brunson's Finals carries the NBA's hopes
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins agreed the NBA Finals pressure falls on Jalen Brunson's Knicks, and argued a win over Wembanyama's Spurs would shape the league's sense of parity.
NIL paydays thin the 2026 NBA Draft as prospects stay put
With the withdrawal deadline passed, fringe prospects are returning to college because NIL money now tops what they would earn on a rookie contract, thinning the 2026 NBA Draft pool, a draft analyst explains.
Knicks vs Spurs NBA Finals: a 1999 rematch, 27 years later
The 2026 NBA Finals are a rematch of the 1999 series between the Knicks and Spurs. Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady broke down the key matchups, from Jalen Brunson against San Antonio's young guards to Karl-Anthony Towns against Victor Wembanyama.
Brunson or Wembanyama: whose NBA Finals ring would mean more?
ESPN's First Take debated whether a 2026 championship would carry more weight for the Knicks' Jalen Brunson or the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama, with Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins taking opposite sides of a legacy argument now made real by the Finals matchup.
Wembanyama's Spurs topple Thunder in Game 7 to reach NBA Finals
San Antonio beat the defending champion Thunder 111-103 in a Game 7 on the road to claim the Western Conference and reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, with Victor Wembanyama named conference finals MVP.
Washington wins 2026 NBA Draft Lottery: AJ Dybantsa lands at a contender-in-waiting
The Wizards jumped Utah, Memphis, Chicago, the Clippers and Brooklyn to win the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery — dropping projected top pick AJ Dybantsa into a roster that already has Trae Young and Anthony Davis, and turning a stalled rebuild into something that suddenly looks ready to compete.
All-NBA teams land with Jaylen Brown's snub doing the talking
The 2025-26 All-NBA teams were revealed with SGA and Wembanyama leading the First Team, but First Take's debate centred on Jaylen Brown missing out, the Cade Cunningham vote margin, and the games-played rule that sidelined Edwards, LeBron and Curry.
'I'm ready to explode': Jeff Van Gundy's translation of Joe Mazzulla's halftime interview is still the best NBA moment in years
Joe Mazzulla's terse halftime interview during a Celtics-Lakers ESPN broadcast turned into a viral television moment when Jeff Van Gundy decided to translate it himself — and it still says everything about Boston's coach in 2026.
'Michael Jordan is the greatest': How NBA stars reacted in real time to The Last Dance
When ESPN's The Last Dance aired in 2020, it rewrote the GOAT debate inside the NBA itself. Magic Johnson, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Skip Bayless and even Colin Cowherd reset their takes — and the receipts are still worth reading.
'This Is An Award For A Lot Of People That Can't Speak': Bam Adebayo named 2025-26 NBA Social Justice Champion
Miami Heat centre Bam Adebayo was named the 2025-26 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion on Friday. Speaking to the man who won the inaugural award in 2021, Carmelo Anthony, Adebayo said the trophy belonged to the community work he and his mother started years ago in Miami.
Post-combine 2026 NBA mock draft: Dybantsa stays No. 1 as Edey Mara surges into top 10
Bleacher Report's post-combine 2026 NBA mock draft keeps AJ Dybantsa locked in at No. 1 to the Washington Wizards, slots Darryn Peterson to Utah and Cam Boozer to Memphis, and elevates 7-foot-3 Eday Mara into the top 10 after a dominant combine.
Charles Barkley rips Cavs strategy as Inside NBA reacts to Knicks' 2-0 lead
Charles Barkley went off on Cleveland's offensive choices after the Cavaliers failed to feed Evan Mobley in the second half of a 109-93 ECF Game 2 loss, with the Inside the NBA crew dissecting how the Knicks took a 2-0 series stranglehold behind a record-setting night from Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson.
Why Austin Reaves, not LeBron, is the 2026 NBA free agency domino
Sporting Logically host C2Colin argues Austin Reaves — not LeBron James — is the most consequential free agent of 2026, with Brooklyn, Atlanta and Memphis as suitors at a price he estimates near 5-40 million a year.
'That Was A Damn Choke Job': Inside The NBA Rips Cavs After 22-Point Game 1 Meltdown
Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith spared no one as the Cleveland Cavaliers blew a 22-point fourth-quarter lead at Madison Square Garden, with Barkley repeatedly insisting on TNT's Inside The NBA that Cleveland's collapse was the second-largest in playoff history for a reason.
Vecenie's 2026 NBA Draft Top 3: 'So Close Between The Three Of Them'
With ten days until the early-entry deadline, Game Theory's Sam Vecenie says the 2026 NBA draft has three legitimate number-one candidates — AJ Dybantsa, Cam Boozer and Darryn Peterson — and that he splits his own grades almost evenly between them. He projects around 25 first-round-grade prospects in total and names Christian Anderson as the class's best shooter.
'Three Guards Who Get To The Basket Anytime They Want': NBA On Prime Crowns The Spurs' Hidden Edge
The NBA on Prime panel — Taylor Rooks, Steve Smith, Udonis Haslem and Dirk Nowitzki — argued that San Antonio's three-guard rotation, not Victor Wembanyama, is the real reason the Spurs are ahead of schedule and could push Oklahoma City in the Western Conference Finals.
Mavericks Hire Mike Schmitz as GM Under Masai Ujiri: 'One of the Most Respected Evaluators in the NBA'
Dallas formally replaces Nico Harrison with the former Trail Blazers assistant general manager and ESPN draft analyst, two days before the NBA Draft Lottery. The hire signals a draft-first rebuild around Cooper Flagg.