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Pikraken / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). Ausar Thompson with Detroit, Jan. 25, 2026.Inside the numbers
Ausar Thompson wins the steals title at exactly 2.00, the first Piston to lead since 1979
Ausar Thompson averaged exactly 2.00 steals in 2025-26 to edge Dyson Daniels and Cason Wallace, becoming the first Pistons…
Kyle Lowry at Scotiabank Arena, Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Photo: Chensiyuan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.NBA briefing
Raptors 2026-27 theme nights: We The North opener tee, OVO Night and Kyle Lowry’s GROAT week
Every fan gets a We The North T-shirt at the Oct. 21 opener vs. Chicago, and Lowry Celebration Week…
Jakob Poeltl with the Toronto Raptors at Washington in March 2018. Photo: Keith Allison via Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.Around the league
Jakob Poeltl at 31: The first Austrian in the NBA, and the trades that keep bringing him back to Toronto
Jakob Poeltl turns 31. The first Austrian drafted and the first to play in the NBA came from a…
Julius Randle with the New York Knicks, April 2021. File photo: Zateutsch / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized.Uncategorized
Jordi Fernández says this could be Julius Randle’s best playmaking year — and only Jokić compares to his nine-assist half
Nets coach Jordi Fernández expects Julius Randle’s best passing season yet. After nine first-half assists against Washington, he said…
State Farm Arena in Atlanta during a Bulls-Hawks game, March 2019. Photo: Bama in ATL / Wikimedia Commons. Resized.
The business of basketball
Cisco signs multiyear NBA deals with Nets owner BSE, Hawks and Cavaliers
Cisco is formalizing decade-old tech relationships with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the Hawks and State Farm Arena, and the…
Giannis Antetokounmpo attacks the Nets in Miami. Photo credit: NBA / X video still.Game night
Watch: Giannis bulldozes the lane vs. Brooklyn, Tatum lobs to Mitchell Robinson, and NBA stars hand out flowers
Giannis Antetokounmpo drives through Brooklyn for Miami, Jayson Tatum lobs to Mitchell Robinson as Boston faces Charlotte, NBA stars…
File photo (December 2025): Victor Wembanyama at the NBA Cup in Las Vegas. Daiei Onoguchi · CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized.Uncategorized
Victor Wembanyama took the Spurs to Paris, trained with a rugby club and set a No. 1 seed goal
Victor Wembanyama brought Spurs teammates to his first pro gym in Nanterre, trained with a French rugby club for…
Prime Video studio analyst Dirk Nowitzki in July 2019. File photo: Sven Mandel / Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped.Around the league
Prime Video gets its first exclusive conference finals as NBA on Prime unveils Prime 360 and season-two crews
Amazon's second NBA season includes the 2027 Eastern Conference Finals, the Play-In, the Cup knockouts and a new AI…
Frenchieinportland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). De'Anthony Melton with Memphis, Oct. 27, 2021.Inside the numbers
Melton and Goodwin share the early 2026-27 single-game steals high at 6
WhyNBA’s preseason single-game steals board shows De’Anthony Melton and Jordan Goodwin tied at 6. Melton’s takeaways fueled Golden State’s…
File photo (2022): Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Resized.
The business of basketball
Kyrie Irving’s Anta deal pays a double-digit royalty as extension talks open
Irving took less guaranteed money to leave Nike for Anta, but earns more than twice the usual royalty on…