Tyrese Haliburton’s Teary Postgame Interview Is What We Love About Sports The Pacers star made his long-awaited return Wednesday night after missing all of last season with an injury. Sports Illustrated · 14h ago
SI:AM | Observations From Each NBA Opening Day Game An early tipoff, LeBron James’s Sixers debut and how the Thunder held Victor Wembanyama in check. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
Chet Holmgren, Thunder Remind Spurs Who They Are in Return of the NBA’s Best Rivalry Five months ago, Oklahoma City’s 7'1" center was dominated by Victor Wembanyama in the Western Conference finals. But on Tuesday night, Holmgren punched back. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
The Biggest Winners and Losers From NBA’s Opening Day LeBron’s debut. Championship rings. Wemby’s struggles. Let’s break it all down. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
2026–27 NBA Season Predictions: Finals Picks, Award Winners and Bold Takes SI’s NBA team fills out playoff brackets and picks winners for MVP, Rookie of the Year and more. Plus, bold predictions from each writer. Sports Illustrated · Oct 20
What Chet Holmgren Thinks About the Victor Wembanyama-Led Spurs—and How He Plans to Bounce Back Holmgren and the Thunder are back for another potential title run—a path that now goes through archrival Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs. Sports Illustrated · Oct 19
Breaking Down the NBA MVP Race: Four Clear Favorites, Plus Sleeper Candidates Breaking down the NBA MVP race with the 2026–27 season around the corner. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18
The NBA’s Tallest Players of the 2026–27 Season There’s Victor Wembanyama, then who else? A look at the NBA’s tallest players this season. Sports Illustrated · Oct 17
NBA Scout Previews Knicks’ Title Defense: Why New York May Not Be a Clear-Cut Favorite A preview of the New York Knicks’ title defense through the lens of an NBA scout. Sports Illustrated · Oct 11
Ranking the Top 10 NBA Players Under 25: Wemby Leads the Pack, But Where Does Cooper Flagg Land? The NBA’s crop of young talent has never been better—or deeper. Sports Illustrated · Oct 10
Chris Mannix’s Mailbag: Are Knicks Playing With Fire by Cutting Off Extension Talks? Plus, the NBA team that everyone is sleeping on. Sports Illustrated · Oct 9
The 10 Players With the Most at Stake Over the 2026–27 NBA Season Ahead of the new NBA season, a look at 10 players from across the league with the most on the line. Sports Illustrated · Oct 9
NBA Roundtable: Which Coaches Are Already on the Hot Seat, and Which Teams Will Make a Big Trade? It’s time to hand out some preseason superlatives around The Association. Sports Illustrated · Oct 7
The Nine NBA Teams That Can Actually Win This Year’s Championship In the NBA’s parity era, the race includes nearly a third of the league. Sports Illustrated · Oct 6
Sports Illustrated · Oct 3 NBA Scout Breaks Down Caleb Wilson’s Potential: ‘He’s Going to Be Really, Really Good’ A preview of the Bulls’ 2026–27 season through the eyes of an NBA scout.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 29 Polymarket vs Kalshi NBA Championship Market: Differences, Similarities, Trends Kalshi and Polymarket differ at the top of their NBA Finals markets.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Why an NBA Scout Sees the Hawks As a Team With a ‘Ceiling’ in the Eastern Conference An NBA scout shared why he thinks the Atlanta Hawks are a team with a ‘ceiling’ amid the improved Eastern Conference.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 26 The Thunder’s Biggest Issue After Their Salary-Shedding Summer, According to an NBA Scout A look back at the Oklahoma City Thunder’s offseason through the eyes of an NBA scout.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 24 Will Jazz Finally Take a Step Forward This Season? ‘It Can’t Be Worse,’ Says NBA Scout A preview of Utah’s 2026–27 season, through the lens of an anonymous NBA scout.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 24 2027 NBA Championship Predictions: Expert Preseason Picks for Every Playoff Round Which team will hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy in June? Here are Sports Illustrated’s preseason picks.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 23 Trail Blazers Are at the Top of the List to Fall Out of the NBA Playoffs. Here’s Why. Will the Ja Morant experiment work out for the Portland Trail Blazers? An NBA scout weighs in.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 21 Spurs and Thunder Big Favorites in Polymarket NBA Finals Market The Spurs and Thunder lead Polymarket's NBA Finals market.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 18 Anonymous NBA Scout: What Will Change for Rockets After They Were ‘Way Too Reliant’ on Kevin Durant The Rockets were ousted in the first round last season. Fred VanVleet’s return should lessen Houston’s reliance on Kevin Durant, an anonymous NBA scout told SI.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 18 Predicting the 2026–27 NBA Standings: Which Teams Will Rise, Fall and Surprise? It’s time to get the crystal ball out and predict how the NBA standings will look come April.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 17 Five NBA Teams Most Likely to Take a Step Back This Season Some NBA teams pivoted to a rebuild, while others could be a victim of improved competition. A look around the league at teams who could disappoint this season.