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With the 2025-26 NBA season in full swing, the league is already seeing a lot of buzz and excitement for what’s to come throughout the schedule, especially for the NBA Cup in-season tournament. After six weeks of group play, quarterfinals and semifinals, there are only two teams left to compete for the NBA Cup trophy.

Knicks captain Jalen Brunson leads the way before New York and San Antonio vie for the Emirates NBA Cup in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

On Dec. 15, NBA trade season unofficially—and perhaps officially—begins. Most players who signed with teams in free agency this past offseason are now trade-eli

Warriors' Steph Curry broke his 2nd all-time Michael Jordan NBA record just this week originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Stephen Curry broke a Michael Jordan all-time NBA record less than a week ago. He broke another one on Sunday.

Is the NBA Cup working? Tim Bontemps details what's next for the tournament on the eve of the Knicks-Spurs title game.

Here's a look at who is and isn't eligible to be traded by the Milwaukee Bucks as the first NBA transaction window opens on Dec. 15.

The Hall of Famer has an emotional stake in the San Antonio Spurs, the team he helped win four championships, and this was before the Spurs played the behemoth from Oklahoma City in the semifinals. Let’s just say that, after the fact, that stake has now intensified.

LAS VEGAS — There was a moment during Saturday’s NBA Cup semifinal game between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder when it started to feel like Victor Wembanyama’s return was a ruse.

Warriors' Steph Curry extends insane NBA record over Lakers legends Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. There's no one in NBA history like Stephen Curry.