The New York Knicks are champions for the first time in 53 years, and the NBA has now gone without a repeat champion since the 2017-18 Golden State Warriors. Whether that reflects...
The New York Knicks are one of the most iconic franchises in the NBA. Founded in 1946, the organization boasts a rich history and one of the most passionate fan bases in sports,...
The San Antonio Spurs dynasty represents one of the most consistent and respected eras in NBA history. From 1997 to 2016, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker,...
The San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks meet in the 2026 NBA Finals. New York has waited a long time for this moment, both in the broader sense (27 years since its last NBA...
We decided to run a mock NBA expansion draft. With the increasing likelihood of two new NBA teams arriving sometime in the near future, we wanted to see what the process could...
When the NBA Finals wrap up in June, attention around the league will quickly shift toward an offseason that could reshape the balance of power for years to come. Between the...
The Eastern Conference Final is set. The Knicks swept the 76ers, while the Cavaliers outlasted the Pistons in seven games. According to ESPN, teams that go to seven games in each...
The Western Conference finals are here, and it’s the matchup many expected from the beginning: the 1-seed Oklahoma City Thunder against the 2-seed San Antonio Spurs. While the...
The draft lottery has come and gone once again, giving 14 teams an early look at their draft position. The final year of the 14-team lottery ended in fitting fashion, as the...
Eight teams saw their seasons end in the first round of the NBA playoffs. For some franchises, the exits raised difficult questions about roster construction and long-term...
The Western Conference semifinals tip off tonight, starting with Minnesota vs. San Antonio at 8 PM ET, followed by Oklahoma City vs. Los Angeles on Tuesday night. With four teams...
The most contentious parts of All-NBA eligibility are settled. Luka Dončić and Cade Cunningham are in. Anthony Edwards is not, joining a growing list of stars left off the ballot...
The most exciting time of the year is here for NBA fans, the playoffs. After an 82-game grind, the level of competition rises quickly, and in the Western Conference, that means...
The NBA’s long regular season is finally in the rearview, giving way to a playoff bracket loaded with fresh matchups, starting in the Eastern Conference. This year’s first round...
Playoff series aren’t always decided by the stars. The biggest names tend to get the credit, and the blame, but no one carries a team through a postseason run alone. Role players...
The end of the regular season doesn’t mean the end of awards discussion. Three weeks after the last installment of our NBA Most Improved Player rankings, here’s what our...
With the NBA regular season wrapped up, it’s time for the final installment of our monthly awards rankings. The Rookie of the Year race is especially tight, with Kon Knueppel and...
The NBA regular season is winding down, with playoff seeding still taking shape. As the bracket starts to come into focus, fans and analysts are already identifying favorable...
This is the final look at the NBA Defensive Player of the Year race for the 2025-26 regular season. Victor Wembanyama enters as a heavy favorite across sportsbooks, and this could...
There’s no better stage for college prospects to boost their draft stock than March. As the pressure ramps up, defenses tighten, and every possession carries weight, the players...
NBA fans love their stats, and for good reason. In a game dominated by a small number of players and defined by high-impact moments, data helps separate perception from reality....
The four play-in teams in the Western Conference are all but locked in. In the East, it’s far less settled, with the Toronto Raptors and Atlanta Hawks trying to avoid being pulled...
What does it mean to be a franchise player in the NBA? It’s a subjective label, but generally reserved for foundational pieces on contending teams. These are the players who...
The betting markets suggest the NBA MVP race is nearly decided. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the overwhelming favorite, but debate continues around the cases for Victor Wembanyama...
The NBA Most Improved Player race has shifted throughout the season, with significant movement in our rankings from month to month. As Kirk Goldsberry noted on a recent episode of...
The NBA Rookie of the Year race appears to be down to Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg. It is a debate between a player contributing to wins and a player with the stronger overall...
The NBA Defensive Player of the Year race is boiling down to Victor Wembanyama against the 65-game requirement. As of March 9, Wembanyama remains eligible for the award and is...
We’re into the final quarter of the 2025-26 NBA regular season, and the MVP race remains as compelling as ever. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed a stretch of games, the Detroit...
The All-Star break is over, and the home stretch of the regular season is here. This is always an interesting time in the NBA, with tanking becoming a growing issue across the...
Deni Avdija has led our recent NBA Most Improved Player rankings, but he has been overtaken in the latest betting odds. With the end of the regular season approaching, three clear...
To hear NBA commissioner Adam Silver tell it, the NBA has a severe tanking problem. A quick look at the standings suggests he’s probably right. The Sacramento Kings have lost 15...
Having reached the halfway point of the season, it felt like the right time for another NBA mock draft. Since Mock Draft 1.0, there have been significant changes across the board....
The top four in the NBA Rookie of the Year race feel like a lock. Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, Derik Queen, and VJ Edgecombe have been the four best rookies this season; it is just...
Sportsbooks have adjusted their Defensive Player of the Year odds since our January rankings. Healthy for a prolonged period and still leading an elite defense, Victor Wembanyama...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the overwhelming betting favorite to win NBA MVP in 2026. Injuries to Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo have deprived us of a true competition for...
Teams near the bottom of the NBA’s standings are focused purely on enhancing their lottery odds in a stacked class. That doesn’t just mean resting veterans. It’s also about moving...
Another month has passed in this wild NBA season, and it feels like the entire league is flipping on its head, with good teams suddenly losing more games and bad teams rising from...
Besides the overhyped buyout market, the trade deadline is the final opportunity for the NBA’s elite teams to improve their rosters. Here are the top eight title contenders per...
After breaking down the Eastern Conference earlier this week, it’s time to turn our attention to the West. The Western Conference has been even more chaotic, with contenders...
The NBA has suspended Paul George for 25 games for violating the league’s anti-drug policy. The suspension was announced Saturday morning and will go into effect immediately,...
The NBA trade deadline is closing in and has been rather quiet so far, apart from Trae Young’s move to D.C. With less than a week until the February 5th cutoff, it’s time to...
Deni Avdija and Ryan Rollins led our last edition of the Most Improved Player Rankings. The former is the odds-on betting favorite at FanDuel, while Rollins has faded to +5000...
Even into the second half of the season, there are NBA teams better than their record suggests and teams with a win/loss mark that flatters them. Overachieving in the clutch, a...
Cooper Flagg avoided a serious injury when he rolled his ankle against the Denver Nuggets last week. The first overall pick still missed multiple games, however, creating greater...
The trade deadline is less than a month away. Teams are close to the halfway point of the regular season. It’s that time of year where sample sizes are big enough for serious...
Even with almost half of the regular season in the books, teams’ records at this stage don’t tell us everything. There are teams that have barely been whole. Others have been...
Like other awards, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year race has been heavily impacted by injuries. The 65-game minimum looms large. Preseason favorite Victor Wembanyama is...
What promised to be another enthralling MVP race is at risk of meandering towards a formality. Injuries have effectively ruled Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo out of...
It is incredibly hard to build a young team in the NBA. The worst teams are not guaranteed the top picks, and even the most surefire prospects can fail miserably once they reach...
The betting markets suggest it’s a two-player battle for the Most Improved Player Award, as of Dec. 30, 2025. Deni Avdija is the marginal betting favorite ahead of Jalen Johnson...
With January approaching, the NBA landscape looks very different than it did just a month ago. Some preseason contenders are struggling to stay afloat, while a handful of teams...
As we approach the All-Star break, several teams have separated themselves as legitimate title contenders. In the process, each has developed a clear identity, along with a few...
Cooper Flagg has posted big numbers over the past few weeks, reestablishing himself as one of the clear favorites for NBA Rookie of the Year. Still, the race is far from settled...
Victor Wembanyama has returned from injury, yet he’s not been back long enough to regain favorite status in the NBA Defensive Player of the Year race. Chet Holmgren is the betting...
The NBA Draft is still months away, but that does not mean we cannot start projecting how things might unfold. This class is shaping up to be one of the strongest in recent...
Teams are approaching the 25-game mark, and almost a third of the way through the regular season, the NBA MVP race is really starting to take shape. Injuries have effectively...
The Los Angeles Clippers have the second worst record in the Western Conference. Bradley Beal has been ruled out for the year, Chris Paul was sent home, and investigation over...
Dec. 15 is the unofficial start of trade season in the NBA. It’s the date plenty of players become eligible to be dealt, and it’s the date where a long-rumored Giannis...
It’s been an almighty decline from Ja Morant since he was named an All-Star in 2022-23. Morant was Second Team All-NBA in 2021-22 and received MVP votes in each of those seasons....
The Most Improved Player race is the most volatile of all NBA awards at this time of the season. MVP and Defensive Player of the Year already have a clear group of favorites, but...
Following check-ins on MVP and DPOY, it’s time to take a look at the Rookie of the Year race. Cooper Flagg was the overwhelming favorite for this award before opening night, but...
We are one month into the 2025–26 NBA season, and late November scores are giving the markets enough data to make futures bets that feel grounded instead of pure vibes. With...
Defensive Player of the Year discussion doesn’t really heat up until the second half of the regular season. Bettors are still keeping a close eye on the markets at this stage of...
Three weeks into the 2025–26 NBA season, the picture is starting to take shape. It’s still far too early to lock in any MVP predictions, but the first few weeks have already...
With the NBA season in full swing and the last set of power rankings coming before opening night, now feels like the right time to reassess the league and see where each team...
The Northwest Division in 2025 is shaping up to be the toughest in basketball. With the two best players in the world, the reigning NBA champions, and one of the most promising...
There are so many markets for bettors to evaluate before the start of an NBA season. We have to consider the players under pressure, evaluate the best defensive players, and much...
With the 2025–26 NBA season tipping off on Tuesday, October 21st, it’s time to take stock of where every team stands. From the title favorites to the early rebuilds, here’s how...
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The Pacific Division has been the most loaded in recent NBA history. It is looking less dominant in 2025–26, with three fringe contenders and two teams likely heading toward the...
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The 2025-26 NBA season is fast approaching, and fanbases across the league are hopeful for what this year could bring. The Atlantic Division in particular has an intriguing mix of...
Divisions are pretty much irrelevant in the NBA. They are only used for tiebreaker purposes, and of course, for betting. It can be a good way to find some value in the futures...
Opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season is almost here, which means it’s time to dive into win totals. These are one of my favorite futures bets, but the key is being selective....
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Victor Wembanyama is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2025–26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He opens at a price of -170 on FanDuel, leading a market that also...
The top overall pick in the NBA Draft is a massive spotlight, providing part promise, part pressure. Some players become cornerstones. Others become cautionary tales. In this...
Two weeks ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder became 2025 NBA champions, defeating the Indiana Pacers in a seven-game series that thrilled basketball fans. The only blemish on the...
NBA free agency always delivers drama, even when the class lacks top-end talent. This summer has been no exception, with the Milwaukee Bucks making a historic waive and stretch...
Sportsbooks opened their NBA MVP markets for the 2025–26 season shortly after the Finals concluded. Coming off an enthralling contest for the award in 2024–25, Shai...
FanDuel opened its betting markets for the 2026 NBA Finals shortly after the Thunder closed out the Pacers in a thrilling Game 7. Oklahoma City, now the reigning champion, opens...
The 2025 NBA Playoffs wrapped up on Sunday night with the first Finals Game 7 in nine years. After surviving a seven-game battle in the second round, the Oklahoma City Thunder...
The Oklahoma City Thunder captured the 2025 NBA Championship on Sunday night with a 103–91 win over the Indiana Pacers in a highly anticipated Game 7. Thunder point guard Shai...
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The 2025 NBA Finals are headed to a decisive Game 7. With their season on the line, the Indiana Pacers delivered one of their best performances of the playoffs, defeating the...
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As the NBA Finals shift to Indianapolis for Game 3, the series is tied at one game each. The Indiana Pacers are just three home wins away from their first championship in...
What Did Game 1 Tell Us About Shai? On June 5, 2025, the reigning MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and the Oklahoma City Thunder lost Game 1 of the NBA Finals to the Indiana Pacers...
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The 2025 NBA Finals might not be the big market matchup Adam Silver dreamed of when the playoffs began a few weeks ago, but this contest between the Oklahoma City Thunder and...
The 2025 NBA Draft is set for Wednesday, June 25. With the college and international seasons wrapped up and the lottery order finalized, it's time to take our first full swing at...
Giannis Antetokounmpo would be well within his rights to request a trade this offseason. With Damian Lillard recovering from an Achilles injury, the Milwaukee Bucks are stuck with...
Eight teams remain after a drama-filled first round of the NBA playoffs. Several stars were sent packing, controversial foul calls dominated headlines, and the Western Conference...
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After a fun, competitive season where every team battled through 82 games, things now get real - well, sort of - as the NBA playoffs begin. No one gets eliminated tonight, but the...
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The Los Angeles Lakers are as short as +950 to win the 2025 NBA title at Caesars. FanDuel has the longest price (as of March 12) at +1600. When looking at the Lakers betting odds,...
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a longest price of -115 (BetMGM) to win the Western Conference. This gives Mark Daigneault’s team a 53.5% implied probability of representing the...
Most NBA futures bets are inevitably placed during the offseason. Sportsbooks have the majority of futures markets available throughout the campaign, however, so bettors shouldn’t...
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Founded in 1946, the Golden State Warriors are one of the NBA’s marquee franchises. They won two titles in Philadelphia before moving to The Bay in 1962. Many consider them to be...
Yes, that trade really happened. Anthony Davis is a Dallas Maverick. Luka Dončić is a Los Angeles Laker. Neither Davis nor Dončić had any pre-warning about the trade, according to...
De’Aaron Fox is available for trade before the 2025 deadline, according to Tuesday’s reporting from Shams Charania. Fox, a free agent after the 2025/26 season, had a strong...
The 2025 NBA trade deadline falls on Feb. 6. It is the final chance for teams to reinforce their rosters, aside from the front offices that are still able to pick up players in...
The Golden State Warriors’ title odds shortened dramatically after their 12-3 start. The Dubs have tumbled down the Western Conference and drifted all the way to +5000 to win the...
The Detroit Pistons averaged 18.8 wins over the last five seasons. They have 22 wins before the All-Star break in 2024/25, which is their second-highest total in any season since...
