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With Luka Dončić’s injury, the Los Angeles Lakers saw their odds balloon to a rather stunning number. At least for a franchise as storied and still star-studded as L.A. Dončić and LeBron James have never been this big of long shots on their own — and even paired up, a 500-to-1 title bet feels much…

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It feels like it was only about 10 seconds ago that the SEC was widely considered the most dominant college sports conference in the land. In the blink of an eye, everything appears to have changed. The Big Ten has been flexing its muscles of late, a point made clear by the conclusion of the…

We’re at the end of the NBA regular season, and this is the final Awards Watch for 2025-26. As I write this, I have not submitted my official ballot, nor have I committed to any actual votes. But I’ll use this space to think out loud and try to figure out some conclusions before it’s…

We’re at the end of the NBA regular season, and this is the final Awards Watch for 2025-26. As I write this, I have not submitted my official ballot, nor have I committed to any actual votes. But I’ll use this space to think out loud and try to figure out some conclusions before it’s…

Welcome to adulthood, Zaccharie Risacher. The first pick in the 2024 NBA draft spent his 21st birthday glued to the Atlanta bench in the Hawks’ 122-116 loss to Cleveland on Wednesday, the first “DNP-coach’s decision” — or healthy scratch — of his career. Risacher started the first two-thirds of the season but was removed from…

Tyrese Haliburton’s rehab from a ruptured Achilles has reached a new milestone. On Wednesday evening, the two-time All-Star announced on X that he played 5-on-5 basketball for the first time since suffering his injury in Game 7 of last year’s NBA Finals. The injury has kept him out of the entire 2025-26 season. Advertisement Throughout…

Count Anthony Davis as one of the many people who were confused on the night of Feb. 1, 2025, when word began to circulate that he’d been traded for Luka Dončić. In an episode of “The Draymond Green Show” that went live Wednesday, Davis went into detail about the night he found out his time…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Today would have been the 86th birthday of John Havlicek, who died in 2019. Havlicek had one of the more underrated careers. He won eight championships in 16 years (six with Bill Russell) and scored 26,395…

PHOENIX — The burst came early in the fourth quarter. A driving dunk. An easy put-back. Eight quick Houston Rockets points. A timeout to hold off the avalanche. A lost opportunity. The Phoenix Suns are running out of time. They know it. Not all of them care to discuss it. After Tuesday night’s 119-105 loss…