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Over the last few seasons, the NBA Cup has served its purpose to juice up the beginning of the regular season. between the multicolored courts, the point differential tiebreakers, and the high-stakes feel of the knockout stage games, fans and players alike have bought into the new in-season tournament format. On Tuesday night, the Oklahoma […]

There’s no denying the effects of the NBA’s three-point revolution when every team in the league has started chucking threes in the name of efficiency. For instance, hardly anyone takes the usual mid-range jay anymore, the least efficient shot in the game: it’s better to shoot a three instead of a long jumper that gives […]

Mark Cuban is no longer the majority owner of Dallas Mavericks, and that apparently means no more special treatment by the NBA. After nearly 24 years of owning the Mavericks, Cuban sold his controlling interest in the franchise to Las Vegas Sands owners Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont in late 2023. While Cuban said at […]

The NBA and commissioner Adam Silver are urging players to take extra precautions to secure their belongings and homes due to reports of recent high-profile burglaries across the league and the NFL, according to Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press. Earlier in November, Milwaukee Bucks big man Bobby Portis revealed on social media that “many […]

The NBA seems destined to expand from 30 teams to 32 in the coming years, and when it does happen, the league may make a radical change coinciding with the pair of teams’ arrivals. Currently, the league has two conferences — Eastern and Western — of 15 teams each. Teams from opposite conferences only play […]

The NBA’s new All-Star Game format seems to be more than just a hypothetical plan for the future. It seems the league is set to move forward with the tournament-style All-Star Game and implement it starting in the 2024-25 season, per Shams Charania. Two semifinal games will be played by four teams with the winner […]

The New York Knicks’ hire of assistant coach Rick Brunson in June of 2022 raised eyebrows at the time. And as of November 2024, the addition is still making headlines. SNY’s Ian Begley reported that the NBA was investigating the timing of the Knicks’ promotion of Brunson. The promotion occurred this offseason when associate head […]

As the NBA television ratings continue to take a slight dip, commissioner Adam Silver gave his thoughts on why viewership might be declining. Contrary to former 15-time All-Star Shaquille O’Neal’s belief, Silver does not think the modern style of play has anything to do with the ratings. “I don’t think it has anything to do […]

“Fixing” the NBA All-Star Game under the current format, and during this era, is not possible. Players are plainly not interested in putting forth a worthwhile defensive effort in the annual February exhibition game, forcing fans to either temporarily adjust their viewing expectations or just refuse to watch. The league is perfectly aware of the […]

The NBA front office, led by Commissioner Adam Silver, may have a problem on its hands in the form of the rapidly increasing reliance on the three point shot that virtually every team in the NBA is adopting. The reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics are launching over 50 three pointers a night throughout their first […]

The ongoing NBA GOAT debate has sparked endless discussions among fans, analysts, and players for years, with two names dominating the conversation: Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Both have cemented their legacies through countless achievements, earning unwavering loyalty and strong opinions from their supporters. Recently, however, the debate gained even more traction when NBA Commissioner […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has built a nearly perfect GOAT case over his 22-year career. First, James is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing fellow GOAT candidate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an unbreakable record for the next few decades. He is also one of only two players to play 22 seasons, but he’s the only […]

There has never been a time where more talent existed in the NBA. Even with past eras featuring all-time greats like Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, and Larry Bird, the game has never had more superstars existing both on and off the court than it does now. After all, guys like Jordan and Kobe […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver had nothing but positive things to say about the New York Knicks at a ceremony for the soon-to-be-open Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School. He spoke about how the organization has evolved and how Jalen Brunson is leading and setting an example for others. “Compliments to the Knicks and Jalen for […]

The extended family of the Phoenix Suns and the rest of the NBA has suffered a loss today with the passing of longtime announcer Al McCoy at the age of 91. He was the longest-tenured announcer in the league’s history, having served from 1972 before his retirement last year. Shortly after the passing was made […]

The gradual ownership change for the Minnesota Timberwolves was supposed to be finalized during the 2023-24 NBA season. Longtime owner Glen Taylor was going to be selling his majority stake in the team to the ownership group led by businessman Marc Lore and former MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez. But the sale quickly halted in March […]

In a recent NBA Board of Governors meeting, Commissioner Adam Silver highlighted the significant challenges facing the league’s regional sports networks (RSNs). Silver’s remarks underscored the financial instability and declining reach of these networks, many of which have become insovlent while tearing up NBA contracts. The RSN model was a crucial part of the NBA’s […]

Seattle Supersonics fans may not like this update from NBA commissioner Adam Silver about a possible expansion. After a latest NBA board of governors meeting, Silver said that they haven’t talked about expansion, and they haven’t formed a committee to examine the move, either, but Silver added that the league might address this scenario later […]

The NBA has approved a new rule change for the 2024-25 season that involved replay reviews for out-of-bounds calls on the court that are triggered by a Coach’s Challenge. On Tuesday at the NBA Board of Governors, expanded use of the Coach’s Challenge was approved regarding instant replay of an out-of-bounds violation triggered by a […]

The NBA and FIBA’s discussions regarding a potential collaboration on an annual tournament or an NBA-operated league have reportedly headed up. Despite no plans set in stone, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sees benefits on both sides and is always looking for ways to help the league grow globally as its popularity increases. “We certainly haven’t made […]

Now that the NBA is moving forward with its massive media rights deal with Amazon Prime Video instead of Warner Bros. Discovery, basketball coverage is expected to change significantly. It is officially the end of an era. Or is it? TNT Sports is not going down without a fight, as it fires back at Commissioner […]

It’s been an eventful offseason so far for NBA commissioner Adam Silver and company after the Boston Celtics hoisted the Larry O’Brien trophy following their defeat of the Dallas Mavericks last month. Silver’s office has been dealing with TV contract negotiations and also watching from afar as several NBA players prepare to compete in the […]

Roughly an hour after the NBA officially announced that Amazon Prime would serve as the new home of the association for the 2025-36 seasons after TNT and its parent company, Warner Brothers Discovery, did not match their media rights offer, TNT Sports took to social media to fire back at the association, letting it be […]

After weeks and weeks of speculation, the NBA has made it official: the association is heading to Amazon Prime starting in 2025. That’s right, after news broke that TNT was planning to match the Jeff Bezos-owned company’s offer for the soon-to-be-expiring NBA rights, the official NBA Communications account on social media has made it official: […]

The majority of the big moves of the 2024 NBA offseason have been made, but for the most part, the action has been fairly tame to this point. Commissioner Adam Silver has heard the complaints about the league’s offseason being boring, but he recently took a second to fire back at that narrative. With the […]

NBA expansion will add some new excitement and, obviously, new teams to the league as it looks to grow even bigger. But it’s not going to happen just yet. Adam Silver spoke to reporters as the NBA Summer League gets underway in Las Vegas. One of the major factors in expansion, he explained, was the […]

The NBA and various television network heads have finalized contracts that will make NBC and Amazon Prime Video new partners under deals that will last for 11 seasons and be worth approximately $76 billion. ESPN will be maintained as the home of the NBA Finals. TNT is not part of the agreement. But while all […]

John Wall has not played in the NBA since the 2022-2023 season with the Los Angeles Clippers, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready to hang up the sneakers just yet. Recently, Wall got real on the urge he’s been feeling to join the world’s preeminent hoops league for the first time in nearly two years, […]

DALLAS — Caitlin Clark’s Team USA snub has been a talking point to say the least. Some believe Clark deserved a spot on the Olympic roster while others do not agree. NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed the topic while speaking at an NBA event in Dallas on Thursday. “I wouldn’t say I’m disappointed, but it […]

By any available metric, the first month of the 2024 WNBA season has been a tremendous success. TV ratings are through the roof, with nearly three times as many people watching WNBA games across all networks this year compared to last year. Arenas are being filled to 94 percent capacity, a 17 percent rise from […]

The 2024 NBA Finals is still the league’s biggest spectacle, as it, more often than not, pits against each other two of the best teams in the association. However, having the best teams doesn’t necessarily mean having the best players. The opportunity for the NBA to showcase its best players comes during February, when the […]

Commissioner Adam Silver has to be a bit dejected with what he’s seen out of the NBA Finals so far this year between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks, which have not been overly competitive, with Boston currently leading the series two games to zero as the series shifts to Dallas. Silver has played […]

As the Dallas Mavericks are currently competing in the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics, part of what has led the team to this amount of success has been star Kyrie Irving, one-half of the dynamic duo with Luka Doncic. However, Irving has had his string of controversies throughout his career with one being when […]

As is the case every time the NBA Finals roll around, commissioner Adam Silver addressed the media in his yearly press conference on Thursday evening ahead of Game 1 between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks. Several topics, from the officiating to the WNBA with Caitlyn Clark, were presented to Silver. But the elephant in […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is doing his part to ensure that basketball legend Bill Walton is going to be honored in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Before tip-off, players from both the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks wore shirts with the Hall of Famer’s name on them during pregame warmups, per Tomer Azarly of […]

Warner Bros. Discovery lost the massive bidding war in the NBA’s next television rights deal, ceding the way to NBC and Amazon as the league’s broadcast partner alongside Disney. It’s not the loss of TNT’s in-game NBA coverage and presentation that has fans across the globe wringing their hands in frustration, though. With TNT no […]

This has been quite the year for the Memphis Grizzlies and Ja Morant. A 25-game suspension to begin the 2023-24 season overshadowed the young star’s accomplishments on the court, as the impact of his Instagram Live video where he was seen flashing a gun at the camera raised serious questions about his commitment to the […]

The NBA, shocker, is fully embracing streaming in its next TV deal. Amazon Prime Video has agreed to the parameters of a broadcasting contract with the league that will make the streaming giant one of the NBA’s primary coverage partners beginning for a decade-long period beginning with the 2025-26 season, Andrew Marchand of The Athletic […]

The 2024 NBA Draft is expected to take place on June 26 and 27 in Brooklyn, New York, and Alex Sarr is officially a name to watch. The 2024 draft class is not expected to be a particularly strong one, although the current list of prospects does appear to have a tremendous amount of potential, […]