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SAN ANTONIO — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that it was “close to the point now where I think we need to wrap this up,” regarding the league’s investigation into whether the LA Clippers circumvented the salary cap. “You … need finality,” Silver said during his annual news conference at the outset of the…

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is listed as active for Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night after suffering a fractured right pinkie last week. Robinson was listed as questionable leading up to Wednesday’s matchup. He had surgery on the finger last week and practiced Tuesday with…

SAN ANTONIO — President Donald J. Trump plans to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at New York’s Madison Square Garden, four league sources briefed on his likely attendance told The Athletic. Trump, 79, a native New Yorker, had previously said he was invited by New York Knicks governor James Dolan to attend a…

The Athletic has live coverage of Knicks vs. Spurs in Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals.  Welcome to MoneyCall, The Athletic’s weekly sports business cheat sheet. Name-dropped today: Mike Breen, Donald Trump, Zohran Mamdani, Ben Stiller, Serena Williams, Tom Dundon, Shrey Parikh, Bunny Shaw, Tim Payne, Gabriel, Soccer Moms and more. Advertisement I’m your…

Terry Rozier was in violation of his NBA contract and will forfeit most of his $26.6 million salary for the 2025-26 season due to his alleged role in a sports gambling scheme while he was with the Charlotte Hornets, an arbitrator ruled last month. The ruling was included in a court filing released Wednesday. Advertisement…

New York Knicks fans can, once again, gather outside Madison Square Garden to watch their team push for an NBA title. The New York Police Department has lifted its ban on outdoor watch parties around the Knicks’ home arena, freeing the team to secure a permit for fans to gather at Plaza 33 ahead of…

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this date in 1992, Michael Jordan lit up the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. He scored 35 points in the first half with the help of six…

This is a story about the NBA and the Logo. Not that Logo. Almost everyone who follows the NBA knows its iconic league logo – Dribbling Man, the silhouette of Hall of Famer Jerry West, though no one likes to admit that the late Los Angeles Lakers’ legend was the model. This Logo is the…

NEW YORK — The hottest Instagram spot in Manhattan isn’t a new restaurant or bagel shop. It’s a subway entrance. Just a stone’s throw from Madison Square Garden, at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, tucked away in the shadow of one of the most beloved spaces in the city, the entrance serving the A, C…

SAN ANTONIO — Julian Champagnie felt something click in Las Vegas. As he and his San Antonio Spurs teammates converged on NBA Summer League last year to watch their future teammates Dylan Harper, Carter Bryant and David-Jones Garcia make their debuts, he picked up on a vibe. The connection just felt right. The group knew…