The 2025-26 NBA season is about to begin but several teams are already being forced to press forward without key players on their respective rosters.

The San Antonio Spurs haven't felt this kind of excitement behind Victor Wembanyama before. Perhaps close, but not enough. After an undefeated five-game presea

Shaquille O’Neal, after a long playing career with teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, spent 13 seasons with TNT on the hit show “Inside the NBA.” However, the show has moved to ESPN for the 2025-26 season, with O’Neal, Charles Barkley, Kenny “The Jet” Smith and Ernie Johnson following suit.

For the better part of two decades, the league has counted on those three players to move the needle for eyeballs. Even now, in the sunset of their careers, they dragged Team USA to a men’s basketball gold medal last year and are the linchpin of the league’s biggest TV dates.

Kenny Atkinson’s new system. Evan Mobley’s leap. Lonzo Ball’s comeback. Everything is aligning for the Cavaliers to return to the NBA Finals in 2026 — and this team might be better built than any of LeBron James’ to bring a title back to Cleveland.

It’s rare for an NBA player to crack an opening night roster while playing through the preseason on an Exhibit 9 or 10 contract. This year, the NBA is trending

With millions of dollars at stake, a no-bags policy is in effect for NBA Youngboy's two sold-out MASA Tour 2025 concerts at New Orleans' Smoothie King Center

HoopsHype has gathered the latest intel on extension talks involving Christian Braun and Dyson Daniels, along with the latest on Bucks and Wizards

Toumani Camara is going to be with the Portland Trail Blazers for the foreseeable future. The former 2023 second-round pick and 2024-25 second-team All-Defensive selection signed a four-year, $82 million contract extension with the team on Sunday, per ESPN's Shams Charania.

The breadth of Australians in the NBA is as wide as it's ever been. Josh Giddey is locked into his new city and has a $100 million mandate in Chicago, while Dyson Daniels suddenly has expectations and is on a Hawks team built to win right now.

Postgame editions will be open-ended on ESPN while ABC will run a half-hour and then continue on the ESPN app. The program will air on 20 dates during the regular season and throughout the NBA Playoffs, including the Eastern Conference Finals and the NBA Finals.