Eight Overreactions From the First Week of the 2026–27 NBA Season Is it time for the Heat to panic? And are the Knicks the worst defending champs of the modern era? It’s time to overreact. Sports Illustrated · Oct 27
Paul George Reintroduced the All-Star Version of Himself in First Game As a Celtic Paul George the All-Star is still in there and the Boston Celtics may just bring it out of him. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
SI:AM | Observations From Each NBA Opening Day Game An early tipoff, LeBron James’s Sixers debut and how the Thunder held Victor Wembanyama in check. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
The Biggest Winners and Losers From NBA’s Opening Day LeBron’s debut. Championship rings. Wemby’s struggles. Let’s break it all down. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
The NBA’s Early Opening Day Game Was a Risk. But It Worked—and Detroit Loved It The NBA may be on the precipice of establishing another full-day holiday for hoops fans. Sports Illustrated · Oct 20
2026–27 NBA Season Predictions: Finals Picks, Award Winners and Bold Takes SI’s NBA team fills out playoff brackets and picks winners for MVP, Rookie of the Year and more. Plus, bold predictions from each writer. Sports Illustrated · Oct 20
Breaking Down the NBA MVP Race: Four Clear Favorites, Plus Sleeper Candidates Breaking down the NBA MVP race with the 2026–27 season around the corner. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18
Risers and Fallers From the NBA Preseason, Including Scottie Barnes’s Pants The first look at the star-studded Sixers, plus other fun and notable moments from the NBA preseason. Sports Illustrated · Oct 16
Has the Center Position Become Less Valuable? What History Says and How the Second Apron Intervened With recent difficult contract negotiations around All-Star centers Jalen Duren and Karl-Anthony Towns, has the center position become less valuable across the NBA? Sports Illustrated · Oct 12
Ranking the Top 10 NBA Players Under 25: Wemby Leads the Pack, But Where Does Cooper Flagg Land? The NBA’s crop of young talent has never been better—or deeper. Sports Illustrated · Oct 10
The 10 Players With the Most at Stake Over the 2026–27 NBA Season Ahead of the new NBA season, a look at 10 players from across the league with the most on the line. Sports Illustrated · Oct 9
NBA Roundtable: Which Coaches Are Already on the Hot Seat, and Which Teams Will Make a Big Trade? It’s time to hand out some preseason superlatives around The Association. Sports Illustrated · Oct 7
Why Pistons Were Right to Stay Put on Jalen Duren's $200 Million Offer, According to an NBA Scout A look back at the Detroit Pistons’ offseason and Jalen Duren’s restricted free agency saga through the eyes of an NBA scout. Sports Illustrated · Oct 4
Regrading the Knicks’ Blockbuster Trade for Karl-Anthony Towns, Two Years Later The Knicks’ trade for Karl-Anthony Towns shifted the NBA landscape just before the season two years ago. Eventually, that led to New York’s first championship in 53 years. Let’s take a in-depth look back at the deal. Sports Illustrated · Oct 2
Sports Illustrated · Oct 2 Why an NBA Scout Doesn’t Believe the Cavaliers Have Enough for a 2027 Title Run It’s championship-or-bust for the Cavaliers this season. Can they pull it off? An NBA scout weighs in.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 2 76ers Have a Superteam Level of Star Power, but How Will It All Work? Philadelphia boasts all the potential in the world but still has a lot to figure out.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 2 The Four Stats That Will Define the 2026–27 NBA Season—and the Teams That Do Them Best What will the coming NBA season look like? Last year’s stats hold the answer.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 2 Jalen Duren's Standoff Is Over: Instant Takeaways As All-NBA Big Man Takes Pistons' Long-Term Offer It’s (finally) over. Jalen Duren is sticking with the Pistons on a five-year, $200 million contract. Here are our first three thoughts.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 1 Breaking Down Jalen Duren’s Five-Year, $200 Million Contract With Pistons and How We Got Here Jalen Duren has made his decision. Finally. Catch up on Sports Illustrated’s live blog from throughout the day.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 29 Sacrifice Was the Most Popular Word at 76ers Media Day. Will It Define Philadelphia’s Season? Every 76er, from LeBron to Anfernee Simons, harped on the importance of sacrifice this season. Can it become the defining trait of this loaded Philadelphia roster?
Sports Illustrated · Sep 29 The Pistons Have Dug in Their Heels. Now, Jalen Duren Must Decide on His Future in Detroit Jalen Duren will be a Detroit Piston this season, president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon said at the team’s media day on Monday.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 29 One Thought on All 30 NBA Teams Heading Into Training Camp As training camp begins Tuesday, Sports Illustrated bounces around the NBA for observations on each team.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 29 Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: The Latest on Jalen Duren and the Pistons Plus, LeBron once thought he would play for the Knicks?
Sports Illustrated · Sep 28 What the Magic Need to Become a True Contender, According to an NBA Scout The Magic have a glaring need to enhance the core of Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Desmond Bane, according to an NBA scout.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 25 NBA Roundtable: Which Team Had the Best Offseason, and Which Moves Just Don’t Make Sense? Sports Illustrated’s NBA experts weigh in on the biggest topics around the league heading into training camp.