Wednesday, August 5
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All NBA news →- Preseason Game Preview: Knicks at Raptors, October 13, 2026The ramp-up to the regular season continues tonight when the World Champion Knicks travel to Scotiabank Arena to face the Raptors. Toronto has split its first two scrimmages, beating the Clippers and falling to Miami, while New York has dropped three straight. Tonight’s tilt will be a showcase for the reserves, as coach Mike Brown […]
- Peacock expanding ‘On the Bench’ to every Monday night NBA gamePeacock is putting every Monday night NBA game “On the Bench.” NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood told Sports Media Watch’s Derek Futterman that “On the Bench,” the format that plants an analyst beside each team’s bench instead of at the broadcast table, will be deployed for every Monday night game on Peacock this season…
- What is Sam Hauser’s role?The 2023, 2024 and 2025 drafts all saw the Celtics select wings with their top pick. In all three cases, they found contributing players in Jordan Walsh, Baylor Scheierman and Hugo Gonzalez. With Jayson Tatum and Paul George being the starters on the wing, it leaves a murky role for Sam Hauser. Sam Hauser still […]
- Adou Thiero says Matisse Thybulle has been helping him improve defensivelyThroughout his eight-year NBA career, Matisse Thybulle has been tasked with guarding all sorts of stars and offensive archetypes. His foremost traits defensively are his anticipation, timing and ability to cause havoc, which helped him earn consecutive All-Defensive Second Team accolades in 2020-21 and 2021-22 as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. For his career, […]