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Tom Dundon must be devastated. Everywhere the new Portland Trail Blazers owner looks these days, his NBA contemporaries are cutting massive checks like drunken sailors and making it that much harder for him to justify the penny-pinching ways that have defined his early tenure. The Milwaukee Bucks, who continue to navigate the Giannis Antetokounmpo situation…

There’s a scene from an NBA team’s front-office meeting that I was once told about. It happened more than a decade ago, but the outlines will be familiar to many people in the business, and it is still relevant to a present-day discussion. In this meeting, a team’s GM was sketching a particularly convoluted get-rich-quick…

It was obvious — literally from the jump, when skyscrapers Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama squared off at midcourt — that every bucket of the Western Conference semifinals series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs would be hard-earned. Such was the case in a tight Game 1, which the Wolves won 104-102 Monday night…

It was obvious — literally from the jump, when skyscrapers Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama squared off at midcourt — that every bucket of the Western Conference semifinals series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs would be hard-earned. Such was the case in a tight Game 1, which the Wolves won 104-102 Monday night…

The New York Knicks are turning into a wagon and the Minnesota Timberwolves keep winning no matter who is on the court. The Knicks had another blowout win on Monday and Minnesota opened its series in San Antonio with a close win on the road (and the return of Anthony Edwards). On Tuesday, NBA title…

Victor Wembanyama growled in frustration as he punched the air. Presumably angry at himself. With about a minute left in the first half, Minnesota’s Naz Reid drove from the left wing and scooped a finger roll high off the glass. Wembanyama, coming over from the weakside, barely missed Reid’s lofting layup. Advertisement It was one…

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks handled business early and cruised to a 137-98 blowout of the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Brunson scored a game-high 35 points to lead four Knicks in double-digit scoring on a night it seemed like they…

The podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” won the Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting on Monday for an investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers’ alleged evasion of the NBA’s salary cap through the use of a separate entity to pay star Kawhi Leonard. The Pulitzer is the first for The Athletic, which started 10 years ago…

In a surprising move, the Chicago Bulls named Atlanta Hawks executive Bryson Graham as their new executive vice president for basketball operations. He is the first Black lead executive in Bulls history. Most observers seemed focused on Minnesota Timberwolves GM Matt Lloyd, a former Bulls executive who started his career under former Bulls GM and…

The Detroit Pistons and J.B. Bickerstaff have agreed on a contract extension, the team announced Monday, a day after the franchise won its first playoff series since 2008. Bickerstaff, 47, who initially inked a fully guaranteed, four-year deal with a fifth-year team option in 2024, has a 104-60 regular-season record since taking over as the…