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The NBA playoffs are in full motion. Check out the odds for each second-round series.
The finalists for seven awards honoring top performers from the 2025-26 NBA regular season have been announced. The following awards will be announced the week of April 27: Four more awards honoring top achievements during the 2025-26 NBA season will be announced this week.
Seven UVA Basketball alums suited up in the NBA in the 2025-2026 season. Only two of our guys made the playoffs – Ryan Dunn, whose Phoenix Suns were swe
The most likely NBA Finals matchup this season? The defending champs and a team that hasn't seen the Finals in nearly three decades. Let's check out the odds for which squads will advance to the NBA Finals as of May 5 at DraftKings Sportsbook. This page ...
Not every Washington Wizards rookie is handed instant expectations from the team's fan base. Someone like Jamir Watkins had to settle for smaller wins, a cost of his having to wait an extra day to hear his name called by NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum,
Cooper Flagg won the battle of the Duke Blue Devils in the race for the 2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year award. As the season progressed, it became clear Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks and Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets were the only realistic contenders as the top two rookies in the league.
For all the rumors that the NBA's viewership numbers have struggled, the league just had strong returns on viewership and attedance.
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NBA broke viewership records in 2025-26 season. How many tuned in?
Here's how the NBA metrics performed during the 2025-26 season for viewership, attendance, social engagement and more.
In total, 103 total rookies made their NBA debuts this season. Twenty of these averaged at least 10.0 points per game while players like Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel made NBA history. With lots of young players getting extended time during the final few months of the season,
With the NBA playoffs in full swing, next up is who will win the key awards for the season. For Defensive Player of the Year, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is viewed as the favorite, while Most Improved Player,
It's no secret around the world of college basketball that Duke head coach Jon Scheyer is one of the best recruiters in the nation. Since taking over at the helm for the Blue Devils, Scheyer has inked a top-three national recruiting class in each season.
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Caleb Love dominated G-League and had promising NBA rookie season
Caleb Love was dominant in his brief appearances in the G-League and was promising as a rookie in the NBA during the 2025-26 season.