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Free-agent market: Top 25 | shooting guards | small forwards The NBA’s free-agent point guard market may be the strongest position overall, with two All-Stars adding star power to the group (even if they’re likely to stay put) plus at least six potential starters who are likely to be unrestricted free agents. Several plus backups…

It’s the dream of every young basketball player to be selected in the NBA Draft. And it came true on Thursday night for French big man Narcisse Ngoy. There’s only one problem: Ngoy wasn’t expecting to be drafted and he plans to spend next season playing for Auburn. Ngoy, a 22-year-old center, was taken by…

The Phoenix Suns and restricted free agent Mark Williams have agreed on a new three-year, $38 million contract, a team source told The Athletic. The 24-year-old Williams, who has struggled with injuries throughout his four-year pro career, averaged 11.7 points and eight rebounds in 60 games for the Suns last season. He started for most…

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors wing Jimmy Butler said he’s making “incredible progress” in his recovery from a torn ACL in his right knee and is about a month and a half from running again. “I’m in the thick of it,” Butler said during an appearance to announce the Warriors’ new partnership with AI…

Perhaps the most famous handbag in New York Knicks history has landed in the city’s Guggenheim Museum, where the $125 purse will be on display through the weekend. To Knicks fans, it’s not just any purse. During the team’s historic championship run, the orange “Tux Clutch Mini” carried by Jordyn Woods, the fiancée of Knicks…

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob is “very fired up” to have new draft pick Yaxel Lendeborg on his team. Speaking at an announcement for the Warriors’ new jersey patch with AI company Iren on Thursday, Lacob beamed with pride while discussing the Michigan forward the Warriors drafted with the No. 11…

Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly has made some of the NBA’s most interesting trades. He gave up a ton for Rudy Gobert in a deal that initially seemed like an overpayment but ultimately set up the Timberwolves for back-to-back conference finals. He then moved Karl-Anthony Towns after one of those conference finals…

Micah Nori can still remember all the details from that summer day in 1998. The seating arrangement at his parents home in Middletown, Ohio. The exact words spoken. It was, after all, the day his life changed. He was on the couch. Across from him, in a bucket chair, was Butch Carter, a family friend…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Last night’s second round of the draft wasn’t too earth shattering. My favorite picks were Bruce Thornton to Houston at No. 31, Isaiah Evans to Minnesota at 33, Meleek Thomas to Cleveland at 34 and Emanuel…

The 2026 NBA Draft is in the books, which means it’s time to move on to the 2027 class. And while the 2026 class was loaded with talent at the top that scouts identified years in advance, the 2027 iteration has anything but that degree of elite talent and certainty. Outside of Tyran Stokes at…