Author: Jordan Samar

Jonathan Kuminga is expected to hit restricted free agency after not signing an extension with the Golden State Warriors this season. Kuminga can sign with another team, but the Golden State Warriors can match any offer to keep him. If Kuminga somehow stays in the Bay Area after this summer, head coach Steve Kerr has big plans for the 22-year-old swingman. “If JK comes back, we will for sure spend the early part of the season playing him with Jimmy, Draymond, Steph,” Kerr said via Anthony Slater of The Athletic. “To me, that would be a no-brainer. We didn’t have…

The Oklahoma City Thunder needs Jalen Williams at his best to have a strong chance of beating the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 at home later. The one-time NBA All-Star is shooting 33.7 percent from the field and 21,2 percent from three-point range in the second round. His inefficiency reared its ugly head in Game 6, where he posted six points on 3-for-16 shooting. Williams said during the postgame press conference that he had been dealing with a lingering wrist injury but refuses to use it as an excuse. “We’ve all seen the tape on my hand,” Williams said. “That’s…

Boston Celtics guard Derrick White cut a downbeat figure after last night’s 119-81 Game 6 loss against the New York Knicks to end their NBA title defense. With a hazy summer looming because of the Boston Celtics’ complicated salary cap situation, White is aware the team could look a lot different when they take the court next season. “You’ll never get this season back. You’re never going to have the exact same team again,” White said via ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “So obviously, there were some highs and obviously, some lows of the season, but at the moment, it’s just kind…

Josh Hart achieved something incredible during the New York Knicks’ 119-81 Game 6 blowout win to eliminate the Boston Celtics from the playoffs last night. The 30-year-old Villanova product recorded 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists on 3-for-8 shooting from the field, making him the first New York Knicks player to record a playoff triple-double since Walt Frazier in 1971-72. Hart, who needed to be stitched up in Game 5, wasn’t the only one with a great game, as Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, and Karl-Anthony Towns dropped 23, 23, 22, and 21 points. Meanwhile, Miles McBride added…

Josh Giddey could command a hefty payday from the Chicago Bulls this summer after emerging as one of the team’s most impactful players in 2024-25. The Australian international averaged 14.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 1.2 steals on 47/38/78 shooting splits across 70 regular season appearances (69 starts). Giddey also joined LeBron James and Nikola Jokic as the only players to record at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, and 500 assists this year. He also became the third player in Chicago Bulls history to put up those single-season numbers alongside Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, per StatMamba. With that said, Giddey will…

The Toronto Raptors entered the draft lottery hoping to receive a Top 4 pick or, at the very least, stay put at No. 7. Instead, they dropped two spots and ended up with the ninth overall pick. Fortunately for the Toronto Raptors, they have historically selected well in this draft position several times, so team president Masai Ujiri wasn’t perturbed when the ping-pong balls decided their fate. “Tracy McGrady. DeMar DeRozan. Jakob Poeltl…We’ll be fine. I guarantee you we’ll be fine,” Ujiri said via Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report has the Toronto Raptors going with Noa…

The Dallas Mavericks are in for a fascinating offseason. They received the No. 1 pick during the draft lottery, giving them the right to take Cooper Flagg, and they might need to make a few more lateral roster moves after that. In his latest column, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype named Daniel Gafford as a “trade candidate to monitor” this summer because of his contract situation. “Looking ahead, Dallas is awaiting Irving’s decision on his nearly $43 million player option for the 2025-26 season,” Scotto wrote. “PJ Washington ($14.15 million) and Daniel Gafford ($14.39 million) are entering the final season of…

The Denver Nuggets won 119-107 last night to force a Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and they’ll head to Paycom Center with momentum and confidence. Nikola Jokic was his usual self, leading the team with 29 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists, and two steals on 9-for-14 shooting from the field and 10-for-12 from the free throw line. Co-star Jamal Murray battled through illness and dropped 25 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists on 9-for-19 shooting from the field. Christian Braun and Michael Porter Jr. added 23 and 10 points. The Denver Nuggets also received a timely boost from…

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is in a much better position to recover from his torn Achilles because of the swift action of his medical team.  According to Dr. Lou Soslowsky, the founding director of the Penn Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation, undergoing surgery just a few hours after it happened will help the Boston Celtics star recover faster. Being 27 years old also works in Tatum’s advantage. “Fifty percent of their time, they’re not in their home city, and the choice of which surgeon you’re going to have perform that operation is a conversation between the athlete, the…

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry wants to run it back with essentially the same team next season alongside co-stars Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green. Despite losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games, Curry expressed optimism about his “two-year window” with Butler and Green. “We want this ride to last as long as possible. But it’s just about what does this team need for next year, answering those questions over the summer, everybody preparing themselves individually to get through another 82-game season hopefully with a little bit more of a comfort room down the stretch where we don’t have…

The San Antonio Spurs received the second overall pick of this summer’s NBA Draft. With Cooper Flagg likely to go No. 1 and join the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio is in a unique position to either add another building block or use the pick as trade bait to acquire a star. According to ESPN draft expert Jonathan Givony, the San Antonio Spurs are expected to keep the No. 2 pick and use it to take Dylan Harper from Rutgers. “Dylan Harper is going to the be the No. 2 pick in the Draft. I am 99.9% sure about it. He…

The Indiana Pacers are back in the Eastern Conference Finals after eliminating the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games during the second round, and Tyrese Haliburton isn’t taking this for granted. Haliburton recently appeared on the Pat McAfee Show to discuss his team’s inspiring postseason run. The Indiana Pacers guard revealed that everyone on the team is playing with a huge chip on their shoulders. “We have a lot of guys who have been overlooked at some point in their career… We use it as fuel to, you know, try to do something special,” Haliburton said on the podcast. Haliburton has…

The Denver Nuggets are one loss away from being eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round. Despite this, Nikola Jokic doesn’t seem too concerned ahead of Game 6. “We’re not going to go and just give them Game 6,” Jokic told reporters after Game 5. “I mean, we’ll be playing in front of our crowd. I think only the second game was kind of a blowout, and every other game was interesting. We were there. So, I think we have a chance and we will play our best.” “It’s not enjoyable (to lose). Every close, competitive game…

Luke Kornet was the Boston Celtics’ unsung hero in Game 5, as he brought the necessary interior presence on both ends in last night’s 127-102 home victory against the New York Knicks. The 29-year-old center did not start for the Boston Celtics. However, he played a big role once he replaced the ineffective Kristaps Porzingis in the lineup. Kornet recorded 10 points, nine rebounds, and seven blocks on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting from the field in 26 minutes off the bench. Five of his blocks came in the third period, where Boston outscored New York 32-17 to break the game…

Kristaps Porzingis continues to have a bad series against the New York Knicks. The Boston Celtics center only played 12 minutes in Game 5 last night, recording only one point, one rebound, and one block. During the postgame press conference, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla explained why Porzingis didn’t play much yesterday. “He couldn’t breathe,” Mazzulla said about Porzingis via Brian Robb of Mass Live. “He was available if absolutely necessary. So that was just a decision between me and him. He was having difficulties breathing, but he wanted to be out there, and if we absolutely needed him,…