ORLANDO, Fla. — Jamahl Mosley deserved better from the Orlando Magic.

That doesn’t necessarily mean the Magic were wrong to move on from him. Sometimes in sports — just like in life — two things can be true at the same time. A franchise can decide it needs a new voice while also acknowledging the old voice did an admirable job. A coach ...Read more

NEW YORK — Madison Square Garden has seen Eastern Conference finals heartbreak before. Tuesday night, the Knicks answered it with something far more satisfying.

A year after blowing a 17-point fourth-quarter lead against the Indiana Pacers in Game 1, the Knicks authored their own late-game stunner, rallying from 22 points down to beat the ...Read more

NEW YORK — With just over seven minutes left in the third quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals and the Knicks trailing the Cleveland Cavaliers by nine, Jalen Brunson gave an impassioned speech — a cry for help — to his teammates on the sidelines. The gist of the message? It had to be along the lines of lock-in defensively ...Read more

DETROIT — Now it changes even more, and they know it. The Pistons stopped being the NBA’s admirable outlier, the remarkable surprise story, about halftime of Game 7 against Cleveland.

When harsh reality hits, it bites. It also educates. The Pistons can’t suddenly transform from relentless defensive grinders into high-flyers, and they don�...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Dallas Mavericks announced Tuesday evening that the team and head coach Jason Kidd have “mutually agreed to part ways” after five seasons, including a trip to the 2024 NBA Finals.

Masai Ujiri, who was recently hired as team president, said now was the time for a new direction for the franchise.

“As we evaluate...Read more

NEW YORK — Victor Wembanyama watched his NBA Most Valuable Player trophy go to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Then he ripped the heart out of an entire Oklahoma City Thunder franchise hoping to repeat as NBA champions.

You’d better believe Wembanyama is like that, embracing all the smoke this inferior basketball league has to offer his ...Read more

DETROIT — During Michigan basketball’s national championship celebration at Crisler Center last month, the crowd chanted “One more year!” to Morez Johnson Jr.

The fans won’t get their wish.

Johnson announced in a social media post Tuesday that he’s staying in the NBA draft and leaving the Wolverines after one memorable season.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves held standard exit interviews with reporters Saturday to recap the season. Based on admissions from multiple players, it’s clear Chris Finch made a major strategic mistake this season.

He should have handed out juice boxes and animal crackers in the locker room after games.

Sounds like the head ...Read more

DETROIT — Cade Cunningham wasn’t ready for the question any more than he was for what it meant Sunday night.

As tired as he looked, shortly after Cleveland had ended Detroit’s season with a stunning Game 7 rout in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pistons’ 24-year-old superstar still wasn’t ready to be done playing.

So if you’...Read more

The search for the 76ers’ new executive to lead day-to-day basketball operations has begun, after Bob Myers met with the existing front office personnel at the NBA draft combine in Chicago and then addressed the Philly media for the first time at a Thursday news conference.

Myers, the president of Harris Bitzer Sports & Entertainment and ...Read more

This year’s NBA Finals could present a number of intriguing matchups, including one that would haunt Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs have already punched their tickets to the Western Conference finals. The New York Knicks will face the Detroit Pistons or Cleveland Cavaliers in the ...Read more

DETROIT — For the eighth time in 10 seasons, the top seed in the Eastern Conference has failed to reach the NBA Finals.

The Detroit Pistons are the latest, after seeing their season end Sunday night with a 125-94 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in front of a sellout crowd inside Little Caesars ...Read more

Two of the top three players in the NBA will face each other Monday. The other, according to MVP voters, will be watching from the couch.

Nuggets center Nikola Jokic finished in second place in the 2025-26 MVP vote, the league announced Sunday night. In what was widely regarded as a three-horse race, Jokic was a distant runner-up but extended ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Luka Doncic searched back into his mind on Monday night for what March felt like in his first full season with the Lakers, he turned to describing the “good” vibes in the locker room.

The Slovenian star referred to the “fight” on the court — a 15-2 run as the Lakers shaped up into their best version of themselves ...Read more

MIAMI — In the end, the Miami Heat’s offseason could come down to a lesson in leverage, namely who has it, who controls it, who maximizes it.

This all, of course, in regard to Giannis Antetokounmpo, the factor that seemingly will drive the direction of the Heat offseason until he is or is not driven off the lot in Milwaukee.

While other ...Read more

NEW YORK — OG Anunoby is back to full sprinting and getting up and down the basketball court.

He said the right hamstring strain responsible for sidelining him for Games 3 and 4 of the Knicks’ second-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers wasn’t as severe as the injuries that cost him significant time on the floor before.

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DENVER — As a basketball player, Nikola Jokic is inevitable. As a personality, he is comfortable.

That endearing quality allows the Nuggets’ ownership to take advantage of him, permitting strategic neutrality through glossy double talk as the franchise reaches a crossroads.

Honestly? At this point in his career, there really is only one ...Read more