NBA Championship Power Rankings: While Thunder Fall Off, Two Teams Stand Above the Rest Breaking down how the NBA’s championship race is shaping up after the opening two weeks of the season. Sports Illustrated · Nov 6
Ja Morant's Injury Woes Deepen as Hamstring Strain Adds to Troubling Record of 167 Missed in 246 NBA Games Ja Morant injury: read his season-by-season absences after the bans, what a surgeon says about recovery and how his new club plans to cope. International Business Times UK · Nov 6
Is That Rookie Ja Morant? New Haircut Stuns NBA Fans With Nostalgic 2019 Throwback Ja Morant has unveiled a closely cropped hairstyle reminiscent of his 2019 rookie season. The Portland guard shared the change while sidelined with a Grade 2 hamstring strain. International Business Times UK · Nov 5
NBA Cup Power Rankings: Which Team Has the Best Chance to Win In-Season Tournament? Ranking all 30 teams based on their chances to win the 2026 NBA Cup. Sports Illustrated · Oct 30
The Oldest Active NBA Players in 2026–27: Who’s Officially Reached Unc Status? A look at the oldest active players in the NBA over the 2026–27 season. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18
The NBA’s Tallest Players of the 2026–27 Season There’s Victor Wembanyama, then who else? A look at the NBA’s tallest players this season. Sports Illustrated · Oct 17
We Simulated the 2026-27 Season 100 Times on ‘NBA 2K27.’ Here Are the Results. What happens if you simulate the upcoming NBA season on ‘NBA 2K’ 100 times? We decided to find out for ourselves and record all the results. Sports Illustrated · Sep 4
Portland Trail Blazers Moving to to St. Louis? Here's What Kalshi Prediction Market Says The Portland Trail Blazers relocation rumors opened a relocation market on Kalshi. Sports Illustrated · Aug 5
Trail Blazers Surge in Jaylen Brown Next Team Market on Kalshi The Portland Trail Blazers are the favorites to land Jaylen Brown if he's traded. Sports Illustrated · Jun 29
Debating Best NBA Draft Class of All Time: Does LeBron’s 2003 Group Top Michael Jordan, 1984? A look at the greatest NBA draft classes of all time, the 1984 and 2003 drafts. Sports Illustrated · Jun 22
Blazers Layoffs: Staffer Says Cuts Hit Highest Salaries From Spreadsheet With No Care The Portland Trail Blazers laid off around 70 employees as part of owner Tom Dundon's cost-cutting strategy, sparking debate over the impact on the team's future and employee morale. International Business Times UK · May 20
Highest-Scoring NBA Playoff Games: Where Knicks’ Playoff Explosions Stack Up A look at the highest-scoring NBA playoff games of all time both in combined scores and single-team performances. Sports Illustrated · May 11
NBA Playoff Power Ranking: Where Every Team Stands Heading Into the First Round There are 16 teams left to battle for the championship—how do they stack up against each other? Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
NBA Playoff Picture: A Breakdown of Everything to Play for on Last Day of Regular Season Here’s what’s at stake during Sunday’s full 15-game slate to wrap up the regular season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 12
Sports Illustrated · Mar 5 NBA Tank Tracker: Losses Pile Up at Incredible Rate for Lottery Teams The NBA's bottom 10 teams have lost an incredible 44 games in a row collectively as the race toward the top of the draft lottery heats up.
Fortune · Mar 1 NBA star's partnership with a prediction market raises new questions for a troubled sports betting landscape The NBA star announced he would become a shareholder in the largest U.S> prediction market.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 24 NBA Tank Tracker: Where Each Draft Lottery Team Stands in Race to the Bottom A look at the bottom of the NBA standings, draft lottery odds and remaining strength of schedules.
International Business Times UK · Nov 25, 2025 NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups Posts $5 Million Bail and Pleads Not Guilty in Mafia-Linked Rigged Poker Scheme Basketball Hall of Famer and Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to charges of profiting from a rigged poker scheme.
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025 Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player
AAP · Nov 20, 2025 Giddey's Bulls get out of jail with buzzer-beating win Josh Giddey's Chicago Bulls have broken the Portland Trail Blazers' hearts by snatching a one-point road win after the final siren.
The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025 Feds bust 14 in Mafia-tied online college sports betting ring involving student athletes Between 2022 and 2024, the New Jersey ring allegedly handled roughly $2 million in gambling transactions
The Conversation · Oct 27, 2025 How the explosion of prop betting threatens the integrity of pro sports When I first heard about the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player Damon Jones in connection to federal investigations involving illegal gambling, I couldn’t help but think of a recent moment in my sports writing class.
International Business Times UK · Oct 25, 2025 From X-Ray Tables to Contact Lenses: The Mafia's Secret Tech Behind Illegal Poker with US Athletes Prosecutors uncover a Mafia-run poker scheme using X-ray tables, spy cameras, and contact lenses to cheat high rollers — with NBA stars and coaches caught in the mix.
International Business Times UK · Oct 24, 2025 Who Is Chauncey Billups? NBA Coach Arrested in Mafia Gambling Scandal Portland Trail Blazers coach and former NBA star Chauncey Billups has reportedly been arrested in a mafia-linked NBA gambling scandal.
International Business Times UK · Oct 24, 2025 NBA Gambling Scandal: Who Are The Mafia Families Named in Explosive Probe? Both Billups' and Rozier's attorneys had denied their clients committed any wrongdoing.