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Updated Power Rankings: Summing up the starts for all 30 teams
Here's four words used to describe how each team has started the season.[read more]
Even Nikola Jokic might not be able to save these Nuggets
Denver's roster was never built to overcome any slippage from its three-time MVP.[read more]
🏀 Contract Year All-Stars: Grizzlies' Jerome and 11 others playing for a payday
Bobby Marks selects a roster full of players with contract decisions that could shape the trade deadline and summer of 2027.[read more]
Warriors withholding payments to Porzingis on $20M salary, sources say
The Golden State Warriors are not delivering semimonthly payments to veteran center Kristaps Porzingis on his $20 million salary, league sources told ESPN, ruling that the currently absent center is not rendering his services.[read more]
Raptors' Leonard completes knee treatment, begins 'return to play process'
Kawhi Leonard has completed a treatment to address left knee swelling and is beginning the "return to play process" in Toronto, the Raptors announced.[read more]
Redick lauds Luka as latest hot streak continues
By dropping another 40 points Wednesday, Luka Doncic joined Kobe Bryant and Elgin Baylor as the only Lakers to ever score 35-plus points in six straight games.[read more]
Finals bound? LeBron pumps brakes despite 76ers' blistering start
LeBron James is cautioning against any proclamations the 76ers are NBA Finals-bound despite a blistering 8-1 start.[read more]
Super 8: Thompson's game-winning 3 completes Heat's dramatic comeback
The Heat engulfed Klay Thompson in a jubilant celebration after his corner 3 -- his eighth of the game -- went in with one second left in overtime of Miami's 117-116 victory over the Clippers.[read more]
Lakers send little-used Bronny James to G League affiliate
The Los Angeles Lakers have used Bronny James sparingly during their 7-2 start and on Thursday assigned him to their G League affiliate, the Coachella Valley Lakers.[read more]
LeBron reps tell 'Bron AI' sports betting app not to use 76ers star's likeness
LeBron James is aiming to get a sports betting app to stop using his likeness without authorization, a spokesperson for the 76ers star told Front Office Sports.[read more]