My latest video explores the NBA’s massive plans to expand to Europe.

I never thought I would say this, but there’s a first time for everything, so here goes: The WNBA is better than the NBA.

There’s a Venn diagram making the rounds that shows two circles: teams with the most regular-season losses from 2000–2020, and teams with the most playoff wins since 2021. Exactly one franchise sits in the middle of both.

The Illini roster appears to be largely set for the 2026–27 season, with the program adding just one transfer from the portal this offseason. In recent years, Illinois has taken until late May to finalize its roster, but this cycle has been notably quiet.

When you heard that nostalgic, upbeat “banger” with its distinct jazz-fusion funk sound on Saturday or Sunday afternoons in April and May, followed by the unmistakable voices of Brent Musburger or Dick Stockton, you knew exactly where you needed to be: planted in front of the television for the NBA on CBS.

Italian basketball may have found its next global giant. At the 2026 NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, Italian center Luigi Suigo emerged as one of the most physically impressive prospects in attendance, attracting attention from NBA scouts, American college programs, and basketball fans across the United States.

In the spring of 1991, three dynasties were dying at the same time.

There’s a great case to be made that the 1989 NBA Hoops David Robinson #138 isn’t just a cool rookie card. It’s one of the cards that helped basketball card collecting grow up.

For nearly two decades, if you’ve played NBA 2K, you’ve heard the name Ronnie 2K.

Milan Momcilovic may be focused on the NBA Draft right now, but if he decides to return to college basketball, his name could instantly become one of the biggest in the transfer market.

In Stephen King’s time-travel epic 11/22/63, Jake Epping - a high school teacher from Boston - travels back in time in an attempt to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. King describes the assassination as a “watershed moment”: a single event capable of reshaping the future in profound and observable ways. At the heart of the novel li…

Something genuinely unprecedented is happening in college basketball and almost nobody is writing about it with the depth it deserves. The pipeline that was supposed to take elite players from high school to the G League to the NBA is now running in reverse, sending proven professional players back into college basketball. The line between professional …

Ohio State is hiring former Adelaide 36ers head coach Mike Wells as assistant coach, a source tells VFTSP.

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I was in a shop in LA, looking through a clothing aisle, when a tall figure walked past me.

If you’re not subscribed to JSuttHoops, you should be. Each week Jacob Sutton rounds up all the “NBA News and Rumors” you could possibly want “with pop-culture references, advanced stats, and a broken sense of humor.” It’s one of the best ways to keep up with the league.

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For a lot of Wisconsin men’s basketball fans, Sam Dekker will always be remembered as the hometown hero who helped carry the Badgers to back-to-back Final Fours and a national championship appearance.

May 10th, Mother’s Day, is a day dedicated to expressing a little extra gratitude to your mother, getting her flowers, buying her that one thing she’s been wanting, and going to get brunch together. To most, that’s a stress-free and enjoyable day, but to me, it’ll be the most stressful and anxiety-inducing day of the year. H…

In making this list of desirable targets for the Pelicans this summer, I probably had a list of 30+ players that I’d target if I were them, and, lucky for you, I whittled it down to ten!

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I admit I haven’t watched the entire series against OKC. It’s not easy when knowing roster construction is such a severe issue, not just from the point of balanced talent, but also not enough of it.