NBA

Pacers Hopeful Of Retaining Pick But Won’t Regret Zubac Deal

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — The league will hold its annual lottery on Sunday. If the Pacers have some lottery luck, they’ll retain the pick. If they drop out of the top four, they’ll convey the pick, courtesy of the Ivica Zubac trade with the Clippers. Should Indiana drop out of the No. 2 spot to No. 5 or 6, […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 16

Jaylen Brown Fined $50K For Ripping Officials

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — Celtics forward Jaylen Brown has been fined $50K by the league for public criticism of the officiating, the league office tweets. Brown made his comments during a livestream on Sunday following the Celtics’ 109-100 loss to the Sixers in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. He accused officials of having “an agenda” against him. […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 13

Hawks Notes: Alexander-Walker, Johnson, Playoff Loss, Pre-Draft Workouts

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — Nickeil Alexander-Walker was named the league’s Most Improved Player. Following the Hawks’ loss to the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, he spoke of making even more improvements. “I think for me, it allowed me to reshape my focus, to say, ‘You know what, I have a chance at making something special of […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 23

Knicks Notes: Offensive Explosion, Bridges, Anunoby, Game 2, Jones

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — The Knicks are running on all cylinders. New York made 53 of its 84 shots en route to Monday’s 137-98 blowout win over the Sixers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. “It’s a lot of fun when you have concepts on either end of the floor and guys are trying to embrace those […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 26

Bulls Notes: Graham, Infrastructure, Sweeney, Lewin

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Likening the Bulls‘ hiring of Bryson Graham as their new head of basketball operations to Charlotte bringing in Jeff Peterson or Detroit adding Trajan Langdon, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Sports Network (Twitter video link) cautions that there’s no guarantee Graham will be as successful as those execs have been so far, but says it’s […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 10

Atlantic Notes: Embiid, Nurse, Ingram, Quickley, Celtics

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Sixers center Joel Embiid, who underwent an emergency appendectomy less than a month ago, grimaced after taking a shot to his midsection from Knicks forward Mikal Bridges during Monday’s Game 1 loss (Twitter video link). Asked about it after the game, Embiid stopped short of calling the contact “dirty,” but questioned whether it was necessary […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 24

Bontemps/Windhorst’s Latest: Celtics, Harden, Towns, Duren

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Celtics big man Neemias Queta enjoyed a breakout year in an increased role in 2025/26, making 75 starts in the middle and averaging new career highs in points (10.2), rebounds (8.4), assists (1.7), and blocks (1.3) per game while finishing fourth in Most Improved Player voting. Still, center is considered a position Boston will look […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 14

Magic Notes: Roster, Coaching Search, Mosley, Isaac

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — The Magic are making a head coaching change this spring, but president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman doesn’t believe significant roster changes are necessary for the team to take the next step toward title contention, writes Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN. Although Weltman admitted that losing a first-round series after leading 3-1 – and holding a […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 14

Juke Harris Withdraws From 2026 NBA Draft

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — After declaring for the 2026 NBA draft as an early entrant last month, Juke Harris is withdrawing his name and will return to school for his junior year. Harris, who spent his first two college seasons playing at Wake Forest, announced on Monday (via Instagram) that he’ll be transferring to Tennessee for the 2026/27 season. […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 12

Lakers Notes: Doncic, Ayton, Smart, Kennard, LeBron

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Although various reporters have provided updates on Luka Doncic‘s status as he recovers from a hamstring strain – including ESPN’s Shams Charania referring to him over the weekend as “week to week” – the Lakers haven’t offered many hints about when they expect the star guard back — or even if they think he’ll return […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 15

Raptors Rumors: Dick, Poeltl, Barrett, Ingram, Mamukelashvili

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Former lottery pick Gradey Dick would be amenable to a trade this offseason, according to Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca, who suggests that moving off the 22-year-old is something the Raptors will likely consider as they look to manage a tricky cap situation. Dick was drafted 13th overall in 2023 and showed some promise during his […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 11

Amick’s Latest: Lottery Reform, Jenkins, Thibodeau, Blazers

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Although the “3-2-1” proposal is the runaway leader as the NBA looks to implement lottery reform, there are still a few more weeks before the league’s Board of Governors will vote on the plan. In the meantime, Sam Amick of The Athletic writes, there will be more discussions about the concept and some tweaks could […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 10

Kings Name Saagar Sarin As GM Of G League Affiliate

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Saagar Sarin will be the new general manager of the Stockton Kings, Sacramento’s NBA G League affiliate announced in a press release. Saarin is currently Sacramento’s senior director of pro personnel, an expansive scouting role, and he will continue in that job on top of being Stockton’s GM. A California native, Saarin got his NBA […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 13

Mavericks Rumors: Ujiri, Dumont, Front Office, Kidd

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — While the Mavericks‘ hiring of Masai Ujiri was somewhat unexpected, it makes sense for a number of reasons, Marc Stein writes in his latest story for The Stein Line (Substack link). As Stein reported multiple times, there had been a belief around the NBA that governor Patrick Dumont was hoping to find a big name […]
  • 20 days ago
  • Hits: 12

Northwest Notes: Connelly, Wolves, Lloyd, Gonzalez, Jazz

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The Timberwolves are interested in extending the contract of president basketball operations Tim Connelly, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). Scotto reported last week that Minnesota was hoping to sign Connelly to a new deal. His current contract will expire in 2027. Connelly, a longtime Nuggets executive, was hired by the Timberwolves […]
  • 21 days ago
  • Hits: 13

©2001-2025 ultimateknicks.comm All rights reserved. About Us.
This site is not affiliated with the NY Knicks or the National Basketball Association in any way.
You may visit the official NY Knicks web site by clicking here.

All times (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time.

Terms of Use and Privacy Policy