• Yahoo Sports

    UConn freshman guard Stephon Castle declares for 2024 NBA draft

    Castle is the third member of the 2023-24 Huskies to declare for the NBA Draft.

  • Yahoo Sports

    NBA playoffs: Predictions for Knicks-Sixers, Nuggets-Lakers and every first-round series

    Our NBA experts make their predictions for every first-round series in the playoffs.

  • The Canadian Press

    Previewing the 1st round of the NBA playoffs, which start on Saturday

    Preview capsules for the first round of the NBA playoffs, which start Saturday. ___ EASTERN CONFERENCE No. 2 NEW YORK KNICKS (50-32) vs. No. 7 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS (47-35) Season series: Knicks, 3-1. Story line: The Knicks finished with their best record and highest seed since winning 54 games in 2012-13. They didn't get much of a reward for that, with the opponent being a 76ers team that surged after Joel Embiid returned from knee surgery, winning their final eight games of the regular season and

  • The Canadian Press

    The NBA playoffs are finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now'

    There’s a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league’s best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklahoma City, whose No. 1 seed was no fluke. A trio of Villanova alums in New York, who turned the Knicks into a real contender. And, once again, there’s LeBron James, too. The NBA playoffs are about to begin with the Celtics and Nuggets the heavy favorites — at least according to BetMGM Sportsbook — to collide in the Finals, and no