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4 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Golden State Warriors season preview: Lineup, roster and prediction

The Golden State Warriors enter the 2026-27 season as an afterthought to some but are one of the more profound sleeper teams in the league. Golden State returns with practically the same roster from last season, only add...

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4 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Minnesota Timberwolves season preview: Lineup, roster and prediction

There’s something to be said about a team that understands a change, one potentially with risks, needs to happen.The alternative would be stagnation, and the Minnesota Timberwolves went into this offseason clearly dete...

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4 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Philadelphia 76ers season preview: Lineup, roster and prediction

It’s a new era for the Philadelphia 76ers.After making the playoffs eight of the last nine seasons — but failing to get past the second round in each of those trips — the Sixers overhauled their front office and ro...

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3 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Detroit Pistons season preview: Lineup, roster and prediction

The Detroit Pistons were an overwhelming success last season, finishing with the best record in the Eastern Conference. But a discouraging playoff exit in the conference semifinals and an unnerving offseason have tempere...

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3 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Orlando Magic season preview: Lineup, roster and prediction

Paolo Banchero hit an overtime game-winner in Brooklyn in January. Three months later he dropped 38 points on 14-for-25 shooting in a Game 7, and the Orlando Magic still lost by 22.That gap, between what Banchero can do ...

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3 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Memphis Grizzlies season preview: Lineup, roster and prediction

The Memphis Grizzlies officially moved on from one era of the franchise and began a new one this offseason.First came the selection of Cameron Boozer with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft and soon thereafter,...

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8 min read • 24 Sep 2026

NBA's New 3-2-1 Draft Lottery: What tanking rules mean for fantasy basketball

Tanking broke the NBA last season, and fantasy basketball managers paid the price. The Jazz benched Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. down the stretch, chasing lottery balls instead of wins, and it worked. The league...

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5 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Steph Curry watching, waiting as he makes Warriors contract extension decision

Steph Curry watching, waiting as he makes Warriors contract extension decision originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaOAKLAND – As summer ends with the Warriors responding to a forgettable season with marginal moves...

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1 min read • 24 Sep 2026

NBA Rank 2026: The new top 10 features a razor-thin race for No. 1

Our countdown of the NBA's top 100 players hits its grand finale....

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1 min read • 24 Sep 2026

10-team points league mock draft: How early did Cooper Flagg go?

Our 10-team, H2H points fantasy basketball mock draft was highlighted by some new faces entering the top two rounds....

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1 min read • 24 Sep 2026

NBA Rank audit: Brown, Brunson and what metrics reveal about our top 100

Using an analytical lens, Dean Oliver examines what the NBA Rank panel got right -- and what it got very wrong....

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3 min read • 24 Sep 2026

Lakers announce passing of longtime PA announcer Lawrence Tanter

Los Angeles Laker announcer Lawrence Tanter before the start of the Lakers–Timberwolves game at Staples Center on March 18, 2011. (Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Late Wednesday night, the Lak...

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