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5 min read • 1 Oct 2026

JJ Redick admits he felt he was ‘cosplaying’ as Lakers coach when he joined the team

JJ Redick acknowledged something he hadn’t planned to divulge. When asked how different it feels being in his third year as an NBA coach than his first, he opened up. “I probably shouldn’t admit this,” Redick s...

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5 min read • 1 Oct 2026

Julius Randle lays out his Nets mission after seeing Knicks finish what he helped start

Brooklyn Nets' Julius Randle grabs a pass during practice at the HSS Training Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026.Julius Randle spent a half-decade lifting the Knicks from cellar-dwellers to contenders,...

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6 min read • 1 Oct 2026

What Are Your Expectations For the 2026-27 Season?

Sep 22, 2026; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant poses for a picture during media day at Hilton Americas hotel. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect We are t...

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4 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Lakers forced to alter practice due to ‘great effort and physicality’

Lakers coach JJ Redick made the mandate to the team’s crop of wings clear: It’s on them to establish the team’s defensive physicality.They’re the ones who can set the tone in front of premier rim protector Walker...

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5 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Miles McBride is playing for a future that may not be with the Knicks

Knicks guard Miles McBride looks on during practice at their training facility.Knicks coach Mike Brown has spent much of the early days of training camp answering questions about how his team will address what he labeled...

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5 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Lakers Training Camp Notebook: Two standout players emerge

Sep 28, 2026; El Segundo, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers player Ziaire Williams (11) during media day at UCLA Health Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect LOS ANG...

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4 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Lakers' early defensive prowess impresses Austin Reaves, JJ Redick

Veteran guard Austin Reaves said Wednesday that he believes the Lakers will be an improved defensive team this upcoming season. (Kenneth Richmond / Getty Images)Two days into Lakers training camp, while integrating nine...

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3 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Landry Shamet ‘proud’ to finally have his rewarding Knicks clarity

shamet KnicksLandry Shamet has never had this luxury. Entering his ninth season in the NBA, Shamet is with the same team three years in a row for the first time. At this point the past two years, he was on nonguarantee...

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3 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Austin Reaves interrupts news conference after Luka Doncic makes 5 straight half-court shots

Austin Reaves was asked what he has learned from playing alongside Walker Kessler at Lakers practice on Wednesday.He began waxing poetic about Kessler’s care factor — before abruptly cutting himself off. Reaves lost...

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3 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Kawhi Leonard hides behind NBA in reaction to Pablo Torre bombshell

Kawhi Leonard may no longer be with the Clippers – or even be in the United States – but the scrutiny surrounding him has followed him north of the border.  Pablo Torre, the Pulitzer-winning journalist whose report...

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4 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Where things stand with Pistons, Jalen Duren: Weight clause removed from offer

Thursday, Oct. 1, is the deadline.That is the day Jalen Duren must decide whether to accept the qualifying offer and play for $9.6 million this coming season, which would make him a free agent after the season. Or, he co...

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5 min read • 30 Sep 2026

Celtics notice Jayson Tatum leadership leap to begin camp

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - SEPTEMBER 28: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics answers questions during a press conference during Boston Celtics Media Day at Auerbach Center on September 28, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. N...

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