Chris Mannix’s NBA Awards Ballot: Ranking the Difficulty of Each Vote The Defensive Player of the Year vote was the easiest by far, but Rookie of the Year was an agonizing decision.

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"There are two practice schedules, Atkinson told me, the Cavs’ and Harden’s."
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Cleveland’s All-in Move for James Harden Is Paying Off Early—and Raising the Stakes With Donovan Mitchell still leading the way, Harden has given the Cavaliers a new level of firepower that both guards hope leads to elusive postseason success.

Column: In James Harden, Donovan Mitchell has found a kindred spirit. And a backcourt partner that has the Cavs looking like contenders www.si.com/nba/playoffs...

NBA Playoffs: Lakers Steal Game 1 as Rockets Offense Collapses Without Kevin Durant Despite forcing turnovers and dominating the glass, Houston’s cold shooting without Durant gives shorthanded L.A. just enough of an opening for postseason life.

Column: On Saturday, the Rockets offense malfunctioned without Kevin Durant. Suddenly, there is hope for the Lakers injury riddled season www.si.com/nba/playoffs...

NBA Playoffs Live Updates, Scores: Kevin Durant to Miss Game 1 vs. Lakers, LeBron Kevin Durant’s absence from Game 1 comes as a surprise.

NEW: “Hopefully it's a one game thing," Ime Udoka said of Kevin Durant's injury. Latest on KD in @sportsillustrated.bsky.social's live playoff blog www.si.com/nba/playoffs...

Adam Silver Faces a Critical Stretch for the NBA’s Future Teams racing to the bottom are not making life easier for the league’s commissioner, who suddenly finds himself facing several dicey issues.

NEW: A big offseason awaits Adam Silver

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For Tyson Fury, It’s Anthony Joshua or Nothing at All Fury was frustrated when Joshua didn’t bite at a post-fight callout, but this British matchup is bound to happen sooner or later.

Column: For Tyson Fury, it's Anthony Joshua or bust.

But what does AJ want? www.si.com/for-tyson-fu...

The Bucks Disastrous Season & the Lakers Playoff Odds (w/ Rachel Nichols) Podcast Episode · Open Floor: SI's NBA Show · April 14 · 47m

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Jayson Tatum Confronts His Past at Madison Square Garden—and It Might Haunt Him Again The Celtics and Knicks are on a collision course in the postseason, marking another reminder of the star’s Achilles injury a year ago.

Column: “I’m glad I’m walking out of here,” Jayson Tatum said. Inside Tatum’s emotional return to Madison Square Garden, where success for one night was about more than winning www.si.com/nba/jayson-t...

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UNC's Shocking Michael Malone Hire & Lakers Injury Woes (w/ Rachel Nichols) Podcast Episode · Open Floor: SI's NBA Show · April 7 · 1h 1m

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Nikola Jokić vs. Victor Wembanyama Delivers a Battle Worthy of the Hype The Nuggets star’s late-game magic, capped by his signature fadeaway, proved the difference in a showdown of MVP candidates and Western Conference contenders.

Column: Two teams still playing for something. Two stars fighting for MVP. Inside the Jokic-Wemby battle in Denver, one of the best regular season games of the season www.si.com/nba/nikola-j...

Luka Doncic has a strong case to meet the "extraordinary circumstances" exception to the 65-game rule. Doncic missed two games to travel to Europe for the birth of his child. He will have to file a grievance with an independent arbitrator but my guess is he will win -- and the NBA won't challenge it

Thunder Show Lakers the Gap Between Good and Great Amid a string of success, Los Angeles runs into its kryptonite and a cast of players who don’t have to be at their best to be terrifyingly effective.

Column: "They beat the sh-- out of us tonight," said LeBron James. For the white-hot Lakers, Thursday's beating in OKC showed they have a long way to go www.si.com/nba/thunder-...

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There Is Only One Way to Fix the NBA Draft Lottery The lottery has defeated the purpose of the draft, and any of the league’s current proposals will just be gamed by smart teams.

Column: In 1985, the draft lottery was created to stop tanking. Forty years later, tanking is worse than ever. Fix the lottery? Let's abolish it. www.si.com/nba/there-is...

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What'd I miss -- who said the Lakers were mediocre? Two All-Stars, could have been three. J.J., FYI, is in my top-five this season. Just think the top-three is pretty well locked.

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MVP is a horserace but the COY vote could be just as close. J.B.'s Pistons have won 4/5 without Cade (5/6 if you count the game he played five minutes), Mitch Johnson's Spurs surging, Mazzulla continues to perform magic in Boston. Tough, tough calls.

Digging Into NBA Expansion, How to Fix Tanking and Whether the 65-Game Rule Works Adam Silver spoke on a variety of topics after the Board of Governors meeting Wednesday and said there will be significant movement on the pressing issues.

NEW: Adam Silver addressed several significant topics on Wednesday. My take on Silver’s comments on expansion, lottery reform, the 65-game rule and more www.si.com/college-bask...

The Last Man Standing Back in January, when Terence Crawford announced his retirement, it signaled the end of an era. Crawford, who punctuated a decorated career by jumping up two we

NEW: At 37, Keith Thurman is still punching. But as his peers have retired, Thurman feels like the last man standing. And he has a towering task to stay that way www.si.com/boxing/the-l...

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Don’t Overreact to the Loss: The Lakers Look Built for a Deep Postseason Run Even with the win streak snapped, Luka Dončić’s surge and LeBron James’s evolution have L.A. looking like a real title threat.

Column: The Lakers nine-game winning streak ended in Detroit. But this team looks ready for a deep postseason run www.si.com/nba/dont-ove...

Adames Shines, Xander Wants the Boots Smoke (with Sean Zittel) Podcast Episode · Boxing with Mannix and Mora · March 23 · 1h 23m

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▪️Early returns on Zuffa
▪️What did Carlos Adames show on Saturday?
▪️Why Xander is pushing for the Boots fight
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