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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sam Amico

    Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama on Finals loss: ‘We’re going to face these emotions’ (opens the original)

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    Victor Wembanyama hasn’t forgotten how last season ended. Apparently, there were nights when the NBA Finals wouldn’t let him. The Spurs star admitted that losing to the Knicks in five games stuck with him well into the offseason. “I’ve had a few sleepless nights,” Wembanyama said at Media Day, via Reuters. “Maybe not sleepless nights, but hard to find sleep sometimes or hard emotions, haunting sometimes.” That’s not necessarily a bad thing. San Antonio reached the Finals in Wembanyama’s third NB

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Sam Amico

    LeBron James says he pictured finishing career with Knicks (opens the original)

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    LeBron James joined the 76ers this summer. He says there was a time when he pictured himself finishing his career with the Knicks. “I had visions of playing in [Madison Square] Garden and finishing my career in the Garden,” James said Monday at Sixers media day, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “One of the best places I’ve ever played.” Then the Knicks won the championship, beating the Spurs in June. James decided joining them afterward would be a little too much. “I think it’s the No.

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Sam Amico

    Jazz's Austin Ainge: Lakers' offer changed mind on Walker Kessler (opens the original)

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    The Utah Jazz did not enter the summer determined to trade Walker Kessler. According to team president Austin Ainge, they expected to keep him. Then the Los Angeles Lakers made an offer Utah decided it could not pass up. “We were planning on keeping him. But that [trade] offer got high enough,” Ainge said in an interview with JP Chunga and Eric Spyropoulos, as relayed by Jared Koch of Jazz On SI. The Jazz believed moving Kessler was the right choice for their long-term plans. The return was

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Sam Amico

    LeBron James explains why he chose Sixers over Cavs, Heat and Warriors (opens the original)

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    LeBron James could have returned to the Cavaliers. He could have reunited with the Heat or joined Stephen Curry and Draymond Green with the Warriors. Instead, he chose the Sixers. James explained his decision on the latest episode of the “Mind the Game” podcast with Steve Nash, pointing to Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown and Joel Embiid as the biggest reasons for signing with Philadelphia. He agreed to a two-year, $8 million contract with the Sixers in July. The second season is a player option.

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Sam Amico

    Stephen Curry in no rush to sign Warriors extension (opens the original)

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    Warriors star Stephen Curry has not decided when or how he will extend his expiring contract. He insists the delay won’t create any drama. Curry became eligible for a new deal nearly four weeks ago and can sign a one- or two-year maximum extension, accept less than the max or wait until later in the league year. Golden State has presented all of those possibilities and Curry will remain extension-eligible through June 30, 2027, according to Anthony Slater of ESPN. “It’s going to happen at

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