Before Tuesday night, every team in the lottery was dreaming of Victor Wembanyama. Now plenty of teams are looking to trade their picks.
Victor Wembanyama sounded happy to end up with San Antonio. Another Texas team was apparently a different story.
Victor Wembanyama stayed up past 2 a.m. for the NBA Draft lottery. ESPN's Brian Windhorst flew over 4,000 miles to interview him for 70 seconds.
If Morant needed to issue the statement, but wanted it to have the least possible impact, he almost couldn't have chosen a better time.
After enduring season of criticism and debate about his MVP credentials and playoff success, Jokic came out extremely strong in the first game of the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers.
For one half of Game 1, the Lakers couldn't get a rebound. They lost one at a crucial moment in the fourth quarter and got burned with a dunk.
They were one number away from a franchise-defining moment. That's what the Blazers and Damian Lillard needed in this draft.
In 1987, the draft lottery got the Spurs David Robinson. In 1997, it was Tim Duncan. Now another generational big man is coming to San Antonio.
Three second-round losses were enough for Philadelphia to part ways with Rivers. How many second-round losses before Embiid decides to part ways with them?
Steve Kerr knows Draymond Green helps makes the Warriors a contender. But Green also derailed their quest to repeat.
After the regular season, two NBA coaches lost their jobs. Since then, four more have been fired.
Dwight Howard called out NBA players who underperformed in the playoffs and invited them to come to underperform in Taiwan.
Austin Reaves has been invaluable for the Lakers this postseason, which might make his next contract too expensive for them.
Nikola Jokic is hard to stop. Unless you kidnap him. Darvin Ham jokingly suggested that the Los Angeles Lakers best way to stop the Nuggets' two-time MVP would be to prevent him from reaching the arena at all.
LeBron James has a photographic memory of every key play in his career. Nikola Jokic claims he can't remember three years ago.
Mark Jackson has been keeping busy during the NBA playoffs, and not just as a broadcaster.
The Phoenix Suns want a new coach. Unfortunately, he works for one of their rivals.
Joel Embiid became the fourth straight MVP to lose before the conference finals as Boston demolished Philadelphia in the second half on their way to a 112-88 win.
Boston and Philadelphia are battling for a trip to the conference finals. Literally. Jaylen Brown was the victim of two extracurricular plays from the 76ers in Game 7.
New Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia promised to be hands-on. Saturday, he made his second big move.
Andrew Wiggins fractured his ribs. Anthony Davis left the court in a wheelchair. Both are expected to play in Game 6.
Starting next year, players will have to play 65 games to make an All-NBA team. That would have eliminated a third of this year's teams.
The New York Knicks are a tough opponent. Historically, an NBA referee might be an even tougher one for the Heat.
Doc Rivers hasn't been to the conference finals for 11 years. The 76ers haven't for twice as long. They're both still a game away.
Last year, the Dallas Mavericks eliminated the Suns in Game 7 after taking a 30-point halftime lead. Thursday night, history repeated itself.