NBA All-Star Game Is Headed to Miami for First Time in Eons—These Cities Should Come Next Miami will get its first NBA All-Star Game in nearly four decades. These cities should come next. Sports Illustrated · Nov 10
Projected NBA Cup Bracket After Second Night of In-Season Tournament Action If group play ended tonight, how would the eight-team knockout round look? Sports Illustrated · Nov 7
Victor Wembanyama Just Sent a Message to the Rest of the Banged-Up NBA Victor Wembanyama’s first dominant game of the 2026–27 season was a loud reminder to the rest of the NBA as injuries take center stage in the early going of the season. Sports Illustrated · Nov 1
The Grizzlies Are NBA’s Last Remaining Unbeaten Team. What’s Clicking and Are They for Real? The Memphis Grizzlies are off to a 6–0 start as the NBA’s last undefeated team standing. Is it for real and do they shake up the Western Conference playoff picture? Sports Illustrated · Nov 1
Ja Morant’s Renaissance Hits Speed Bump at the Worst Possible Time for Trail Blazers Just as the new-look Trail Blazers began to click, Ja Morant joined the NBA’s long list of injuries. Sports Illustrated · Oct 31
Aussies help Hawks hold off Cavs to square NBA ledger There was a strong Aussie accent to the NBA clash between Atlanta and Cleveland, with Dyson Daniels and Jock Landale coming up trumps against Tyrese Proctor. AAP · Oct 30
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
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
Trail Blazers Are at the Top of the List to Fall Out of the NBA Playoffs. Here’s Why. Will the Ja Morant experiment work out for the Portland Trail Blazers? An NBA scout weighs in. Sports Illustrated · Sep 23
Predicting the 2026–27 NBA Standings: Which Teams Will Rise, Fall and Surprise? It’s time to get the crystal ball out and predict how the NBA standings will look come April. Sports Illustrated · Sep 18
Trail Blazers Must Decide Their Next Move After Shaedon Sharpe’s Injury Shaedon Sharpe’s prolonged absence gives the Trail Blazers time to figure out their crowded guard room. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25
Five NBA Players Who Could Be on the Move Ahead of Opening Night A look around the NBA at players who could land on different teams before the new season tips off. Sports Illustrated · Aug 21
The Five Teams the NBA Doesn’t Want You to Watch This Season While the defending champion Knicks and $12 billion Lakers will be all over your television screens this season, these five teams will ... not be. Sports Illustrated · Aug 14
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
Sports Illustrated · Jul 22 NBA Expansion Debate Looms Over Trail Blazers’ Moda Center Standoff With Portland As the NBA decides whether to move to 32 teams, the Trail Blazers are not happy with the state of negotiations around funding for Moda Center renovations.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 23 Trail Blazers Hire Top NBA Assistant Micah Nori As Next Head Coach Portland has its next head coach.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 8 Tallest NBA Players of 2025–26 (and All Time) The NBA was taken over by a three-point revolution in the last decade, forever changing how basketball is played. The stylistic shift hasn’t erased the importan
Sports Illustrated · Jun 6 How Teams Trailing 2–0 in NBA Finals (Like the Spurs) Have Fared in History—Full List Can the Spurs come back from a 2–0 series deficit and win the 2026 NBA Finals?
Sports Illustrated · May 22 NBA Coaching Carousel: Latest Rumors Surrounding Mavericks, Blazers and Bulls Openings All the latest rumors about the NBA’s four open head coaching jobs as the Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks look for new coaches.
Sports Illustrated · May 20 Western Conference Finals: Three Things We Learned From Thunder’s Huge Response vs. Spurs The series is tied 1–1 as it heads to San Antonio.
Sports Illustrated · May 20 Jason Kidd, Mavericks Part Ways: Where Masai Ujiri, Dallas Could Turn for Next Coaching Hire Kidd is out less than two years after leading the Mavs to the NBA Finals in 2024.
Sports Illustrated · May 18 Spurs at Thunder Game 1: Wemby Carries San Antonio to Victory in Action-Packed WCF Opener The Spurs outlasted the Thunder in a double-overtime thriller that saw Victor Wembanyama notch 41 points and 24 rebounds.
Sports Illustrated · May 11 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 · Apr 30 Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: More Trail Blazers Cost-Cutting Moves Coming? Plus, Steve Kerr’s push to abandon the three-point line, whether Jamahl Mosley is still on the hot seat in Orlando and how the Cavaliers’ top players are meshing together.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 Blazers Offseason Preview: Free Agency, Draft Assets, Damian Lillard’s Return and More The Portland Trail Blazers took a big step forward this season. Deni Avdija became a star while the team’s youth movement showed progress and Damian Lillard will return next season. Here’s a full offseason preview.