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Latest news

• Thunder's Jalen Williams Has Fractured Fibula, Dislocated Ankle and Will Need Surgery

  Oct 27, 2026 · Oklahoma City's All-NBA forward was hurt late in Sunday's win over the Clippers and has no timetable to return. Cason Wallace also needs surgery, on a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

• NBA Names Kalshi and Polymarket Its Preferred Prediction Market Partners

  Oct 27, 2026 · The league's first prediction market deals give both exchanges NBA marketing rights and official data, while letting the NBA restrict markets and requiring them to share information on suspicious trading. The NBA also signed a nonbinding agreement with the CFTC.

• Magic Star Paolo Banchero Diagnosed With Low-Grade High-Ankle Sprain, Faces Four-to-Six-Week Absence

  Oct 25, 2026 · Orlando's best player hurt his right ankle in Friday's loss to Minnesota. The Magic, 0-2 under new coach Sean Sweeney, now face a month or more without him.

• NBA Opens 2026-27 Season With a Tripleheader and a New Anti-Tanking Draft Lottery

  Oct 24, 2026 · The NBA's 2026-27 regular season began Tuesday, October 20, 2026, with a three-game NBC/Peacock opening day. The 3-2-1 draft lottery, a three-year trial meant to curb tanking, also takes effect this season.

• Warriors Explore Trade Routes for Kristaps Porziņģis as Center Weighs His Basketball Future

  Oct 24, 2026 · On the day Golden State opened its 2026-27 season against the Lakers, ESPN reported the Warriors are exploring trades for Kristaps Porziņģis, who is dealing with recurring POTS symptoms and contemplating his future in basketball.

• NBA Expansion Picture Shifts: Las Vegas Reportedly Nears Ownership Decision as League Is Unhappy With Seattle Bids

  Oct 20, 2026 · The NBA is reportedly nearing a decision on its preferred Las Vegas ownership group while remaining dissatisfied with Seattle bids. Commissioner Adam Silver has also reintroduced Mexico City, and the split could reshape the expansion timeline.

• Cliff Hagan, Hall of Famer and Kentucky Basketball Legend, Dies at 94

  Oct 20, 2026 · Cliff Hagan (1931-2026), a five-time All-Star who helped the St. Louis Hawks win the 1958 NBA championship, has died at 94. NBA.com published a remembrance on Oct. 17.

• NBA Orders Sportsbook Partners to Drop Opening-Tip, Missed-Shot and Same-Player Under Parlay Bets

  Oct 17, 2026 · A league memo reported Friday tells authorized sportsbooks such as DraftKings and FanDuel to stop offering several markets seen as easy to manipulate, in the latest integrity step after recent betting scandals.

• NBA Cup Moves Semifinals to Home Courts and Sends Its Final to Indiana's Hinkle Fieldhouse

  Oct 16, 2026 · The fourth Emirates NBA Cup opens Friday, Oct. 30, with Knicks-76ers and Lakers-Warriors. A new format puts the semifinals in higher seeds' arenas and the Dec. 11 final at Butler's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse.

• Kyrie Irving Will End 19-Month Absence in Macao, Reveals Calf Strain Added to ACL Rehab

  Oct 15, 2026 · Mavericks coach Dusty May says Kyrie Irving will play in one of two preseason games against Houston in Macao, but not which one. Irving also disclosed a Grade 2 calf strain that cost him eight weeks of rehab.

• Celtics Extend Payton Pritchard on Two-Year, $44.2 Million Deal With 2029-30 Mutual Option

  Oct 15, 2026 · Boston locked in its Sixth Man of the Year days before the Oct. 19 deadline, with a deal that starts in 2028-29 and ends in an unusual mutual option.

• Damian Lillard Returns From Ruptured Achilles in Trail Blazers' Preseason Win Over Warriors

  Oct 14, 2026 · In his first game since rupturing his Achilles, Damian Lillard scored 15 points in 19 minutes as Portland beat Golden State 123-118 in preseason play, starting alongside new teammate Ja Morant.

• Jalen Duren Agrees to Five-Year, $200 Million Deal to Return to Pistons, Ending Restricted Free Agency Standoff

  Oct 14, 2026 · Detroit's All-NBA center ended a four-month contract dispute on the night of the deadline, agreeing to a fully guaranteed deal that ties him to Cade Cunningham and Ausar Thompson.

• Kyrie Irving Returns After 586 Days, Scores 17 Points in Mavericks' Preseason Win Over Rockets in Macao

  Oct 13, 2026 · Kyrie Irving played for the first time since tearing his left ACL on March 3, 2025, scoring a team-high 17 points as Dallas beat Houston 132-115 in a preseason game in Macao, China.

• Donovan Mitchell Shrugs Off Backlash Over $273 Million Extension as Cavaliers Prepare to Open in Philadelphia

  Oct 13, 2026 · Mitchell's four-year, $273 million extension with Cleveland has drawn criticism, and he says the only judgment that matters is inside the Cavaliers' locker room. His new-look team opens the 2026-27 season at LeBron James' Philadelphia 76ers.

• Amen Thompson's Extension With Houston Is Now the Benchmark for the 2023 Rookie Class

  Oct 13, 2026 · Reports put the Rockets guard's five-year rookie-scale extension at $208 million, and with the season about a week away, it is shaping talks for Brandon Miller, Cason Wallace and Jalen Duren.

• Adam Silver Says NBA Is Developing Chip-Embedded 'Smart Ball' With Wilson to Aid Officiating

  Oct 13, 2026 · The commissioner says a roughly 1-gram chip, already tested in the G League and Summer League, could help officials judge out-of-bounds touches and goaltending, possibly as soon as next year. Some fans are skeptical.

• Warriors Have No Answers on Kristaps Porziņģis Nine Days Before Opening Night

  Oct 13, 2026 · Golden State opens its season against the Lakers in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, and still cannot say what is keeping Kristaps Porziņģis away or when he might return.

• Kings Lose Center Maxime Raynaud to Apparent Serious Right Knee Injury in Preseason Game at Warriors

  Oct 11, 2026 · Sacramento's second-year center was wheeled off at Chase Center on Saturday night, and team sources fear he could be out for the foreseeable future. Rookie guard Darius Acuff Jr. also limped to the bench in a 111-106 loss.

• Knicks Suspend All Contract Extension Talks, Including Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart, Until Later in the Season

  Oct 11, 2026 · The defending champions said Friday they will not negotiate extensions until later in the season, leaving Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Miles McBride and Tyler Kolek in limbo just before the title defense begins.

Latest game reports

• Jerome's 31 Lead Grizzlies Past Kings, Who Fall to 0-3

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Grizzlies Hold Off Jazz 110-105 to Reach 4-0 as Markkanen, Jackson Jr. Get Hurt

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Rockets Take the Rematch From Hawks, 120-110

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Bucks hold off a shorthanded Pacers team, 110-102, as Herro and Ware set the tone

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Flagg and Washington Carry Mavericks Past Winless Heat, 113-109

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Celtics bury Bulls 134-99 behind Pritchard's 28 off the bench

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Brandon Miller Scores 39 as Hornets Hold Off Wizards 110-103

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Cavaliers outlast Timberwolves 127-125 in overtime despite Edwards' 47

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Thunder Stay Unbeaten Without Three Starters, Beat Suns 125-114

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Lendeborg Scores 31, Curry Goes 8-for-8 as Warriors Rout Nuggets for First Win

  Postgame report · Oct 27, 2026

• Blazers Need an Answer for Doncic as Lakers Look to Stay Unbeaten

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Heat Still Searching for Answers as They Visit Atlanta

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Cavaliers Look to Exploit a Short-Handed Wizards Rotation at Home

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Depleted Hornets Face a Hot Pistons Team in Detroit

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• 76ers Hold the Depth Edge Over a Pacers Team Short on Bodies

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Raptors' Defense and Barnes Give Toronto the Edge Over Magic

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Winless Knicks Look for Traction in Chicago

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Unbeaten Rockets Meet a Retooling Bucks Team in Milwaukee

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Unbeaten Timberwolves Host Winless Warriors With Health Questions on Both Sides

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026

• Nuggets Short-Handed, but Jokic Still Gives Denver the Edge in New Orleans

  Pregame analysis · Oct 27, 2026