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Ranking biggest threats to a potential Thunder dynasty: Wemby, new Lakers owner, more could derail OKC

By now you’ve surely heard what we presume is Adam Silver’s favorite statistic: the NBA has had seven different NBA champions in the past seven years. This is the parity era, but we frequently forget that. After all, last season’s champions, the Boston Celtics, entered this season as the betting favorite to repeat. The 2023 … Read more

2025 NBA Draft: Cooper Flagg, Jayson Tatum share similar skills with one major difference, Coach K says

Duke coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski says Cooper Flagg is the most-talented freshman in program history and projects the presumptive No. 1 overall pick in this week’s NBA Draft to be an immediate sensation. Krzyzewski, who retired after the 2021-22 season after winning five national championships with the Blue Devils, likens Flagg’s skill set to fellow former … Read more

Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles injury raises many concerns, but there was no question he was playing in Game 7

The Oklahoma City Thunder won the 2025 NBA championship on Sunday, capping one of the most dominant seasons in NBA history with 84 total wins. It’s a remarkable achievement, and yet it’s always going to have an asterisk next to it after Tyrese Haliburton went down in the first quarter with an Achilles injury. There’s … Read more

Obi Toppin explains how Tyrese Haliburton injury ‘sucked the soul out of us’ in Pacers Game 7 loss to Thunder

The Indiana Pacers circled around star point guard Tyrese Haliburton midway through the first quarter of Sunday night’s Game 7 loss in the NBA Finals knowing they would be without their leader following a devastating injury. “We needed Ty out there … It sucked the soul out of us,” Toppin said. “I ain’t going to … Read more

2025 NBA mock draft: Pick predictions off trades, new intel

Jonathan Givony Close Jonathan Givony ESPN NBA draft analyst and writerJoined ESPN.com in July 2017Founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a private scouting and analytics service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams Jeremy Woo Close Jeremy Woo ESPN NBA draft analyst and writerJoined ESPN.com in 2023Covered the NBA and NBA draft for Sports Illustrated from … Read more

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Tyrese Haliburton's injury: 'It's not fair. But competition isn't fair sometimes'

Knew from the second he made impact. Slapping the floor, again and again; burying his face in his forearm; grimacing, crying, screaming no, no, no. He couldn’t walk. He couldn’t be out there. “I couldn’t imagine playing the biggest game of my life and something like that happening,” Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said after the … Read more