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James Harden made one request upon joining the Cleveland Cavaliers after the big trade in February. It was something off the court, a practice he’d engaged in for most of his 17 storied NBA seasons, where tape ends up on the floor. The kind of thing a few of his new, younger Cavaliers teammates had…

This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here. Mike Conley is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves in his 19th season. He has played more than 37,000 minutes in the NBA and has never been called for a technical foul. At least 15 times…

SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama was ruled out for the second half of the San Antonio Spurs’ matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers after suffering a left rib contusion. Wembanyama hit the deck at the 10:47 mark of the second quarter and sat on the floor holding his ribs in pain before eventually getting up and…

Michael Malone is on his way to Chapel Hill to become the next head men’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina. While Malone has some college experience early in his coaching career with stints as an assistant at Oakland, Providence, and Manhattan, he has spent most of his career in the NBA. Advertisement…

In six seasons, Artūras Karnišovas and Marc Eversley accomplished the impossible. They made Chicago nostalgic for the GarPax glory days. Since joining the organization after the 2019-20 season, Karnišovas and Eversley’s Bulls won little of consequence. And now that they’re gone, their legacy in Chicago will be prolonging the franchise’s ongoing malaise, which started after…

With less than a week remaining in the 2025-26 season, the Chicago Bulls fired Artūras Karnišovas and Marc Eversley on Monday, their two leading basketball decision-makers in the front office. “We have not had the success our fans deserve, and it’s my responsibility to go in a new direction,” Bulls CEO Michael Reinsdorf said, in…

North Carolina is expected to hire former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone as its next men’s basketball coach, a source briefed on negotiations said Monday. Malone, 54, emerged as a prime candidate after top college options like Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd and Michigan’s Dusty May removed themselves from the process. Malone, who has never been a…

Album of the Week: “Tha Carter III,” Lil Wayne (2008) Call ’em April babies, ’cause they fools. We are nearing the end of this season of Power Rankings, and I know many enjoy a freezing cold take, so allow me a more lukewarm one. Predictions are fun. I consider myself a basketball meteorologist. I’m going…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. There’s so much chaos happening in the NBA that I don’t even have the space for a proper college basketball championship section. So I’ll go over it quickly here. Geno Auriemma made up some stuff about…

We’re down to the last seven days of this season, and there is a ton to track. The Western and Eastern conference standings are all over the place. The tanking has been out of control, with almost one-third of the league trying to lose. And we have all kinds of squads going on big runs…