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Imagn Images The NBA will implement a rule change in the upcoming season to record missed end-of-period heaves as team field goal attempts rather than individual player attempts. Because the reclassification means players’ shooting percentages will not be negatively impacted, the league could see an uptick in last-second shots from half court and beyond. While […]

Getty Images Free agent guard Malcolm Brogdon has agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Knicks, his agent Sam Permut told ESPN on Friday. Brogdon’s deal is non-guaranteed, per SNY. Brogdon, 32, is set to enter his 10th NBA season and could provide the Knicks with veteran backcourt depth and playmaking off the

Getty Images Jason Collins, who played 13 NBA seasons, is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, according to an announcement from the league. Collins, 46, became the first openly gay active athlete across the four major sports in North America when he came out in a 2013 issue of Sports Illustrated. “Jason and his family

With the release of latest edition of the NBA 2K franchise, NBA 2K26, millions of basketball fans will hop on the virtual court and play out their dreams as an NBA or WNBA star.  Joining them will be a number of actual NBA and WNBA players, as this current generation of stars grew up right

Getty Images Los Angeles Clippers minority owner Dennis J. Wong invested almost $2 million into Aspiration, a former team sponsor, nine days before Aspiration wired $1.75 million to Kawhi Leonard’s KLC Aspire LLC on Dec. 15, 2022, according to documents obtained by Pablo Torre. A former Aspiration employee also told Torre that 20% of Aspiration’s

Getty Images The Charlotte Hornets have removed a sports betting theme night from their 2025-26 season promotional calendar, originally scheduled for March 17 vs. the Miami Heat. That game is slated to feature former player Terry Rozier, now with the Heat, in a visit to the Spectrum Center.  The Hornets’ more innocuous themes included Kids Day,

In his first public comments about the Los Angeles Clippers’ alleged salary-cap circumvention involving star forward Kawhi Leonard and so-called “green bank” Aspiration, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that he and the league must “let the investigation run its course.” He also said that, if the investigation finds that cap circumvention did occur, he

EuroBasket 2025 is down to the final four. Germany, Finland, Greece and Türkiye are the last teams standing in the competition, and a new champion will be crowned on Sunday. The tournament has featured plenty of NBA talent. Big stars remain as the final four are led by the Magic’s Franz Wagner (Germany), the Jazz’s

Getty Images The NBA is in the midst of an investigation into Malik Beasley over gambling allegations that put him at the center of a federal investigation into irregular prop bet activity, the league confirmed to CBS Sports.  Beasley’s attorneys previously stated the guard was no longer the “target” of the federal probe, but he

Imagn Images The NBA is hoping to bring back some end-of-quarter long-range highlights … or at least encourage players to try for them. The NBA will attribute missed heaves at the end of the first three quarters as missed “team” field goal attempts, rather than penalizing the individual player who takes the shot with a

Getty Images The Golden State Warriors have been stuck in a self-inflicted purgatory all summer due to their stalemate with restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga, whose cap hold is tying up all of the Warriors’ space to sign free agents.  As a result, the Warriors are the only team yet to make an official signing

Imagn Images Following negotiations throughout the offseason, star guard Josh Giddey agreed to a four-year, $100 million contract extension with the Chicago Bulls, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Giddey was a restricted free agent. Giddey is fresh off a season in which he averaged 14.6 points, with career-highs in rebounds (8.1), assists (7.2), steals (1.2) and