It sounds like this really is it for Charles Barkley. After years of retirement talk, Barkley said he plans to step away from public life following the 2026-27 NBA season, meaning this would be his ...

NBA scorers may have to find another way to create a little breathing room this season. Or at least keep that free arm to themselves. The league is making off-arm push-offs by offensive players a ...

The Hawks didn't acquire Luguentz Dort just to make life miserable for opposing scorers. Apparently, Jalen Johnson gets to deal with him, too. Atlanta president of basketball operations Onsi Saleh bel ...

The Jalen Duren situation isn't just an uncomfortable contract negotiation anymore. It's a holdout. Duren skipped Pistons Media Day on Monday and isn't participating in the start of training camp as t ...

Nuggets fans wondering whether Nikola Jokic plans to stick around can probably relax. Probably. Asked about his contract situation at Media Day, Jokic offered about as definitive an answer as possible ...

A year away from basketball apparently did Ben Simmons some good. Just don't suggest he took the year off because he doesn't care about the game. “That’s bulls--t,” Simmons said Monday at Kings Media ...

For the first time in his NBA career, Bronny James walked into Lakers Media Day without his father somewhere in the building. He noticed. “Feels like he’s not here,” Bronny said, via Khobi Price of ...

Jimmy Butler is 37 years old, recovering from a torn ACL and won’t be ready when the Warriors open the season. He also sounds very much like Jimmy Butler. Butler said at Media Day that ...

Jarrett Allen knows the Cavaliers have earned some respect. He also knows they haven’t earned all of it. “I feel like [the city] believes in us but part of them has doubt,” Allen ...

The Kings held media day Monday, which meant players answering questions about the season ahead. In between press conferences, a live microphone apparently picked up a conversation about two of them.

Anthony Edwards can score. He can handle the ball, too. But if you ask him, he’s a shooting guard, and he’s glad the Timberwolves brought in LaMelo Ball to run the offense. “I feel like ...

Donovan Mitchell didn’t need a sales pitch from the Cavaliers before signing his contract extension. “I told Koby [Altman], ‘Listen, you ain’t really gotta ask,’” Mitchell said Monday at media day. “T ...