Bucks' Rivers, asked about future, talks grandkids
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48424561/bucks-rivers-asked-future-talks-missing-grandkids

Doc Rivers declined to give a definitive answer but spoke about his desire to spend more time with his grandchildren when he was asked Tuesday about his coaching future.

Reinsdorf: Next Bulls GM must be sold on Donovan
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48423854/bulls-reinsdorf-says-next-gm-sold-donovan-coach

Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf, who is looking for a new head of basketball operations after firing Arturas Karnisovas earlier this week, said Tuesday that retaining Billy Donovan as head coach would be a major requirement.

Loss puts Heat back in familiar spot: the play-in
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48425499/heat-fall-raptors-head-play-tournament-4th

If the Miami Heat are going to find their way back to the NBA playoffs, they'll have to survive the play-in tournament.

Sources: Cunningham expected to play vs. Bucks
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48430563/sources-pistons-cunningham-expected-return-vs-bucks

Cade Cunningham is expected to make his return Wednesday night for the Pistons against the Bucks following a collapsed left lung, sources told ESPN.

Inside the 'strange phenomenon' the NBA is struggling to contain
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48414627/nba-tanking-adam-silver-league-problem-solutions-epidemic

With tanking strategies growing in both audaciousness and frequency of use, can the league get its arms around the often-effective practice?

OKC locks up No. 1 seed, joins elite company
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48435203/okc-locks-no-1-seed-home-court-postseason

The Thunder clinched the NBA's best regular-season record with a win over the Clippers on Wednesday night, joining some exclusive historical company.

Cunningham has double-double in Pistons return
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48434381/cade-cunningham-double-double-return-pistons-rout-bucks

Cade Cunningham had 13 points and 10 assists in his return from a collapsed lung as the Pistons routed the Bucks on Wednesday night.

Sources: Kings' late foul was error, not tanking
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48432683/sources-kings-late-foul-was-tactical-error-not-tanking

The NBA is looking into what team sources say was a strategy mistake by Kings coach Doug Christie -- and not tanking tactics -- during Tuesday's loss to the Warriors.

Yao Ming, Marc Lasry Invest in Tsai’s Asian College Hoops League
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/basketball/2026/yao-ming-lasry-blitzer-invest-asian-college-hoops-league-1234889649/

The Asian University Basketball League helmed by Alibaba co-chairman and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai has completed a Series A funding round featuring investments from Yao Ming, David Blitzer and Marc Lasry. A valuation of the league, featuring colleges across greater Asia, isn’t known, but a person familiar with the fundraise characterized it as being […]

NBA teams all want to play faster -- but it might be making them worse
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48414857/nba-fast-pace-slow-pace-offensive-efficiency-playoff-implications

ESPN analyst Zach Kram explores how pace has become a counterintuitive phenomenon impacting the league's best and worst teams.

Tatum clears hurdle, happy to exit MSG on '2 feet'
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48444324/celtics-jayson-tatum-checks-another-box-return-msg

Jayson Tatum had 24 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists in 40 minutes Thursday night but, more importantly, walked "off the floor on my own two feet."

Sixers' Embiid undergoes surgery for appendicitis
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48440701/76ers-joel-embiid-undergoes-surgery-appendicitis

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid underwent emergency surgery in Houston on Thursday after being diagnosed with appendicitis a few hours before the team fell to the Rockets 113-102 in a pivotal late regular-season clash.

Donovan not reading into Reinsdorf's endorsement
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48442739/bulls-donovan-says-not-reading-reinsdorf-endorsement

Bulls coach Billy Donovan, who has yet to decide on his future with the team, appreciated team president and CEO Michael Reinsdorf's endorsement of him but said he understood "everybody's got to look out for what is best for the Bulls."

New U.S. Tax Rule Could Cost Knicks, Rangers $75 Million Per Year
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/basketball/2026/knicks-rangers-tax-law-million-1234889815/

The New York Knicks are headed to the NBA playoffs after winning at least 50 games for the third straight season for the first time in 30 years. The extra home playoff games will boost the team’s coffers, even as its accountants grapple with a new federal tax law that will cost the Knicks’ parent […]

76ers' Embiid out of hospital; no timeline to play
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48450628/76ers-star-joel-embiid-hospital-one-day-surgery

Sixers star Joel Embiid has been discharged from a Houston hospital and is heading back to Philadelphia, with the team saying there is no set timeline for his return to the court.

Heat waive Rozier, open roster spot for addition
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48447174/sources-heat-waive-embattled-guard-terry-rozier

Miami guard Terry Rozier, who has been on leave since October amid a sports gambling probe, has been waived by the Heat.

Sarr (toe) to miss Wizards' final three games
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48442649/alex-sarr-miss-wizards-final-three-games-toe-injury

Wizards forward Alex Sarr is likely to miss the final three games of the season with a toe injury.

Celtics tie NBA record with 29 3s; clinch 2-seed
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48453131/celtics-tie-nba-record-29-3s-clinch-no-2-seed

The Celtics tied the franchise and NBA record with 29 3s on their way to clinching the Eastern Conference's No. 2 playoff seed in a blowout win over the Pelicans on Friday night.

Redick: 'Everybody' wants to face hobbled Lakers
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48453400/jj-redick-short-handed-lakers-everybody-wants-play-us

Lakers coach JJ Redick believes other West teams that still have their seeding to be determined prefer L.A. as their first-round opponent in the playoffs.

King's gambit: Why NBA players are turning to chess
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48389239/rise-nba-chess-popularity-antetokounmpo-wembanyama-derrick-rose

NBA players are spending more time than ever working on the boards -- but we're not talking rebounds.

NBA playoff intel: Early buzz on the Lakers, Celtics, Cavs, Pistons Spurs and Warriors
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48443792/nba-playoffs-intel-lebron-lakers-chances-curry-warriors-issues-major-questions

Are the Lakers toast? Is the Spurs' 3-point prowess real? We canvass the league on six storylines that could define the postseason.