Mike Brown was ousted from the NBA in a surprising firing despite ending one of the longest postseason droughts in the history of North American sports. Natural

Asa Newell and the Atlanta Falcons square up with the Boston Celtics in today’s Las Vegas NBA Summer League action.

According to a report Thursday night from ESPN's Shams Charania, former Alabama Crimson Tide basketball star Herbert Jones has agreed to a multi-year contract extension with the New Orleans Pelicans.

NBA free agency is officially underway. Players were legally allowed to begin negotiating with teams across the league as of June 30, and there has been a flurry of activity. The most surprising free agency news to date happened Tuesday morning when the Bucks said they were signing big man Myles Turner,

The 2025 NBA offseason is in full swing, and there has been a lot of player movement to date. With the Eastern Conference in flux due to Jayson Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard's Achilles injuries, many teams have been willing to take a chance. That could alter the power structure in the conference.

Richardson joked that he was "second" on his parents' priority list. But despite their absences, the lessons from Jason and Jackie during Richardson's adolescence laid the foundation for his transition first to MSU and now to the NBA. Jase was selected by the Magic in the first round, No. 24 overall, in last month's draft.

Even if Gilgeous-Alexander won't reach that milestone, the NBA's richest players grow even richer. When former MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan became the first professional athlete to sign a contract that would pay him a million dollars per year in 1979, it was the day's top sports story in The New York Times.

Cooper Flagg was the first overall player taken in the 2025 NBA Draft in June, becoming the 79th player so honored with the top slot. Here is the complete list of first-overall choices since the NBA Draft started in 1947.