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The trade deadline has come and gone and Giannis Antetokounmpo is still a member of the Milwaukee Bucks. And now that he is still officially on the team, both Antetokounmpo and the Bucks have taken to social media to react to the situation. Twenty minutes after the deadline passed, Antetokounmpo made a post on Instagram…

What a difference two weeks can make. It wasn’t long ago that both fear and anxiety had the New York Knicks in a headlock. The team with championship aspirations was spiraling, with just two victories over a 10-game span to start the New Year. The vibes in the locker room and behind the scenes were…

The Brooklyn Nets will release shooting guard Cam Thomas, a league source said, allowing the 24-year-old to sign elsewhere for the rest of the season. Thomas was on a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer this season that allowed him to veto a trade. Brooklyn’s decision to waive Thomas indicates it had no plans to retain…

After placing Ja Morant on the trading block for nearly a month, the Memphis Grizzlies were unable to find a trade partner for the two-time All-Star point guard before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. For now, the 26-year-old guard will remain with the franchise with which he’s had a roller-coaster seven-year tenure that included some of…

The Indiana Pacers have had a brutal season with Tyrese Haliburton out with a torn Achilles suffered in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The Pacers have known it was going to be a gap year for them, but that didn’t mean they would forgo big plans for returning to Eastern Conference prominence next season.…

The 2026 NBA trade deadline has officially passed, and after a slow start, things kicked into high gear a few days out. Two former All-Stars switched teams (and conferences), a long saga finally ended in Golden State, and several other intriguing moves involved notable names and key role players. There were also the usual salary…

The Indiana Pacers have acquired Ivica Zubac from the LA Clippers in a multi-player trade, a team source tells The Athletic, filling the hole at center left behind by last summer’s free-agent departure of mainstay Myles Turner. The Clippers will receive Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson and multiple first-round picks from the Pacers. Indiana will also…

MINNEAPOLIS — Tim Connelly’s challenge at this year’s trading deadline was to walk two separate paths with equal purpose. First and foremost, the Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations had to diligently explore what would have been a massive, multi-team trade for Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. As the two-time MVP’s future in Milwaukee became…

New York Knicks guard Miles “Deuce” McBride will undergo surgery Friday for a “core muscle injury,” more commonly known as a sports hernia, and he could be out until the playoffs, league sources tell The Athletic. McBride has missed the Knicks’ last five games with what the team has been calling “left ankle injury management.”…

In a move aimed at trimming their luxury tax bill, the Boston Celtics are trading Chris Boucher to the Utah Jazz, a team source told The Athletic. Boston also gave Utah a 2027 second-round pick originally owned by the Denver Nuggets to take on Boucher’s salary. For the Celtics, the trade was financially motivated. Including…