https://whynba.com/nba-week-march-11-17-2027-blazers-1977-title-50th-anniversary-kg-mvp-figurine-snoopy-bobblehead-nets-2000s-night/whynbaen2026-11-02T19:30:00+00:00NBA week of March 11-17: Blazers mark 50 years since the 1977 title, a KG MVP figurine in Minnesota, a Snoopy bobblehead and the Nets’ 2000s Night https://whynba.com/interactive-nba-rookie-option-deadline-2026-seven-declined-step-by-step/whynbaen2026-11-02T19:10:43+00:00Interactive: Seven noes — how the 2026 rookie option deadline cut loose $47 million of the 2024 draft, step by step https://whynba.com/jazz-decline-isaiah-collier-option-bucks-ware-jakucionis-ace-bailey-2027-28/whynbaen2026-11-02T18:42:54+00:00Jazz decline Isaiah Collier’s $4.99 million option and keep Ace Bailey, and the Bucks pick up Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakučionis as the deadline closes https://whynba.com/raptors-clippers-turnovers-forced-committed-six-games-history-numbers/whynbaen2026-11-02T18:17:28+00:00Raptors force 21.8 turnovers a game and visit the Clippers, who commit 21.0: what six games of turnovers have meant since 2014-15 https://whynba.com/wyden-micky-arison-trail-blazers-moda-center-lease-deadline/whynbaen2026-11-02T18:00:00+00:00Ron Wyden takes the Trail Blazers’ Moda Center fight to NBA board chair Micky Arison, with two months left to save a $573 million deal https://whynba.com/anfernee-simons-16-of-27-threes-three-games-first-76ers-reserve-five-threes-three-straight/whynbaen2026-11-02T16:30:00+00:00Anfernee Simons makes 16 of 27 threes in three games, the first 76ers reserve with five or more in three straight, after a 5-for-21 start https://whynba.com/interactive-knicks-2-4-start-title-defense-step-by-step/whynbaen2026-11-02T15:30:00+00:00Interactive: Banner night to 2-4 — the champion Knicks’ start, step by step https://whynba.com/chris-paul-nba-debut-hornets-oklahoma-city-november-1-2005/whynbaen2026-11-02T14:00:00+00:0021 years ago this week: Chris Paul’s NBA debut opens the Hornets’ Katrina season in Oklahoma City with a 93-67 rout of the Kings https://whynba.com/grizzlies-suns-opponents-three-point-percentage-luck-numbers/whynbaen2026-11-02T13:40:00+00:00Opponents are shooting 30.1% from three against the 6-0 Grizzlies and 43.9% against the Suns: why six games of opponents’ three-point shooting have told almost nothing since 2014-15 https://whynba.com/nba-week-march-4-10-2027-bulls-horace-grant-bobblehead-kings-lowrider-night-lakers-hello-kitty-womens-history-month/whynbaen2026-11-02T12:30:00+00:00NBA week of March 4-10: a Horace Grant bobblehead in Chicago, Kings Lowrider Night, the Lakers’ first Hello Kitty Night and Women’s History Month games https://whynba.com/gayle-benson-windsor-court-hotel-pelicans-smoothie-king-center-lease/whynbaen2026-11-02T11:30:00+00:00Pelicans owner Gayle Benson buys the Windsor Court hotel, her third downtown deal since July, as the Smoothie King Center lease that runs out in 2029 is still unsigned https://whynba.com/interactive-2026-nba-cup-step-by-step-groups-champions-hinkle-fieldhouse/whynbaen2026-11-02T10:30:00+00:00Interactive: The 2026 NBA Cup, step by step — three champions, 60 group games and a final at Hinkle Fieldhouse https://whynba.com/jeanie-buss-siblings-cloak-and-dagger-filing-lakers-sale-go-along-rights/whynbaen2026-11-02T09:36:28+00:00Jeanie Buss calls her siblings’ vote to sell ‘void’ and accuses them of a ‘cloak and dagger’ campaign, as the $12.5 billion Lakers sale nears signing https://whynba.com/pelicans-two-straight-wins-jamahl-mosley-starting-five-33-steals-hawks-unbeaten-grizzlies/whynbaen2026-11-02T09:30:00+00:00Pelicans win two straight with Jamahl Mosley’s new starting five and 33 steals, and take it to unbeaten Memphis: ‘That’s who we have to be night in, night out’ https://whynba.com/interactive-clippers-1-5-ballmer-penalty-kawhi-trade-step-by-step/whynbaen2026-11-02T09:05:45+00:00Interactive: Penalty, trade, 1-5 — the Clippers’ season so far, step by step https://whynba.com/clippers-1-5-fifth-straight-loss-warriors-tyronn-lue-kris-dunn-seven-steals/whynbaen2026-11-02T08:53:11+00:00Clippers drop to 1-5 with a fifth straight loss, to a Warriors team without Curry and Green, and Tyronn Lue calls one-on-one defense ‘our foundation’ https://whynba.com/lamelo-ball-fouls-out-chris-finch-touch-fouls-timberwolves-spurs-wembanyama-beringer/whynbaen2026-11-02T08:00:00+00:00LaMelo Ball fouls out in 20 minutes at San Antonio, and Chris Finch says ‘I thought we got rid of that stuff in the ’80s’ https://whynba.com/luka-doncic-45-points-15-rebounds-5-steals-3-charges-lakers-raptors-defense/whynbaen2026-11-02T07:39:53+00:00Luka Dončić scores 45 with a stat line the NBA had never seen, but the five steals and three charges are what he wanted to talk about https://whynba.com/yaxel-lendeborg-37-points-most-warriors-rookie-since-stephen-curry-ethical-hoops-clippers/whynbaen2026-11-02T07:37:32+00:00Yaxel Lendeborg scores 37, the most by a Warriors rookie since Stephen Curry in 2010, then says he broke his own ‘ethical hoops’ rule chasing 40 https://whynba.com/hornets-decline-tidjane-salaun-option-2027-28/whynbaen2026-11-02T06:46:08+00:00Hornets don’t pick up Tidjane Salaün’s $10.4 million option, putting the No. 6 pick on track for free agency https://whynba.com/nba-schedule-today-monday-november-2-2026/whynbaen2026-11-02T06:45:00+00:00NBA schedule today, Monday, November 2: all 15 games with tip times and TV, as Oklahoma City visits Cleveland and 6-0 Memphis hosts New Orleans https://whynba.com/timberwolves-bucks-free-throw-percentage-seven-games-history-numbers/whynbaen2026-11-02T06:24:20+00:00Timberwolves have made 66.1% of their free throws and host the 70.9% Bucks on Monday: what a bad first week at the line has meant since 2014-15 https://whynba.com/nba-injury-report-monday-november-2-2026-lebron-james-joel-embiid-derrick-jones-jr-jakob-poeltl/whynbaen2026-11-02T05:30:40+00:00Monday NBA injury report: LeBron James back for the 76ers, Joel Embiid questionable, Derrick Jones Jr. hurts his knee and Jakob Poeltl is a late scratch https://whynba.com/brooklyn-nets-beat-indiana-pacers-98-90-first-win-michael-porter-jr-23-julius-randle-20-november-1-2026/whynbaen2026-11-02T02:56:26+00:00Brooklyn Nets beat Indiana Pacers 98-90 for their first win of the season as Michael Porter Jr. scores 23 and Julius Randle 20 https://whynba.com/boston-celtics-beat-orlando-magic-108-97-jayson-tatum-32-paul-george-fifth-straight-win-november-1-2026/whynbaen2026-11-02T02:56:21+00:00Boston Celtics beat Orlando Magic 108-97 for a fifth straight win as Jayson Tatum scores 32 and Paul George closes it https://whynba.com/watch-victor-wembanyama-43-halloween-jabari-smith-thunder-boozer-acuff-nba-saturday-video/whynbaen2026-11-01T22:50:00+00:00Watch: Victor Wembanyama’s 43 on Halloween, Jabari Smith Jr.’s 30 against the Thunder, Cam Boozer vs. Darius Acuff Jr. and the best of Saturday https://whynba.com/wizards-pick-up-options-sarr-carrington-george-tre-johnson-riley-2027-28/whynbaen2026-11-01T22:05:00+00:00Wizards pick up options on Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson and Will Riley https://whynba.com/memphis-grizzlies-first-game-november-1-2001-pau-gasol-shane-battier-debut/whynbaen2026-11-01T13:00:00+00:0025 years ago today: The Grizzlies’ first game in Memphis, Pau Gasol and Shane Battier’s debuts, and a 90-80 loss to Detroit https://whynba.com/lebron-james-whoop-global-ambassador-investor-10-billion-ipo/whynbaen2026-11-01T09:30:00+00:00LeBron James becomes a Whoop global ambassador 11 years after joining as one of its first 100 members, as the $10.1 billion tracker he invests in eyes an IPO https://whynba.com/warriors-lakers-38-15-first-quarter-comeback-won-by-17-numbers/whynbaen2026-11-01T08:30:00+00:00Warriors trailed the Lakers 38-15 after one quarter and won by 17: no team down 20 after the first quarter had won by that much since at least 2002-03 https://whynba.com/darius-acuff-jr-38-points-nine-threes-ties-nba-rookie-record-kings-grizzlies/whynbaen2026-11-01T07:30:08+00:00Darius Acuff Jr. ties the NBA rookie record with nine threes and scores 38 in Memphis, the youngest player ever to make nine in a game https://whynba.com/kyrie-irving-35-cooper-flagg-33-mavericks-hand-rockets-first-loss/whynbaen2026-11-01T07:30:00+00:00Kyrie Irving scores 35, Cooper Flagg 33, and the Mavericks hand Houston its first loss: ‘It’s just unbelievable to think that he’s a teenager’ https://whynba.com/nuggets-decline-daron-holmes-option-2027-28/whynbaen2026-11-01T05:45:43+00:00Nuggets decline DaRon Holmes II’s $5.55 million option, two years after trading up to draft him https://whynba.com/nba-schedule-today-sunday-november-1-2026/whynbaen2026-11-01T06:45:00+00:00NBA schedule today, Sunday, November 1: all 4 games with tip times and TV as US clocks go back, with Celtics at Magic and Raptors at Lakers https://whynba.com/nba-injury-report-sunday-november-1-2026-jalen-johnson-stephen-curry-kawhi-leonard-paolo-banchero/whynbaen2026-11-01T05:28:46+00:00Sunday NBA injury report: Jalen Johnson hurts his ankle, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green rest, and Kawhi Leonard and Paolo Banchero are out https://whynba.com/bulls-bucks-rockets-76ers-quarter-by-quarter-margins-numbers/whynbaen2026-11-01T05:20:10+00:00Bulls lose first quarters by 11.3 points a game, Bucks lose second quarters by 10.3 and Rockets win them by 9.4: the NBA’s quarter-by-quarter extremes, and how long they last https://whynba.com/philadelphia-76ers-beat-charlotte-hornets-109-104-tyrese-maxey-38-without-lebron-james-joel-embiid-october-31-2026/whynbaen2026-11-01T03:04:51+00:00Philadelphia 76ers rally past Charlotte Hornets 109-104 as Tyrese Maxey scores a season-high 38 without LeBron James and Joel Embiid https://whynba.com/houston-rockets-beat-oklahoma-city-thunder-119-98-jabari-smith-jr-30-marcus-smart-seven-threes-october-31-2026/whynbaen2026-11-01T03:04:42+00:00Houston Rockets beat Oklahoma City Thunder 119-98 as Jabari Smith Jr. scores 30 and Marcus Smart makes seven threes https://whynba.com/caleb-wilson-never-been-a-loser/whynbaen2026-10-31T23:22:21+00:00Caleb Wilson scores 23 in Boston, then takes the blame for the Bulls’ 1-5 start and says they ‘laid down’ https://whynba.com/dwight-powell-signs-fenerbahce/whynbaen2026-10-31T23:18:17+00:00Dwight Powell signs with Fenerbahce for the season, his first job outside Dallas after 12 NBA years https://whynba.com/watch-blazers-jazz-avdija-24-clingan-dunk-lillard-krejci-112-90/whynbaen2026-10-31T23:00:27+00:00Watch: Deni Avdija’s 24, Donovan Clingan’s monster mash and Damian Lillard’s assist as the Blazers rout the Jazz 112-90 https://whynba.com/watch-steph-curry-comeback-giannis-triple-double-kyrie-flagg-nba-cup-friday-video/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:50:00+00:00Watch: Steph Curry’s 25-point comeback, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s triple-double, Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg’s 68 and the best of the NBA Cup opener https://whynba.com/portland-trail-blazers-beat-utah-jazz-112-90-deni-avdija-24-damian-lillard-22-october-31-2026/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:39:03+00:00Portland Trail Blazers beat Utah Jazz 112-90 as Deni Avdija scores 24 and a 17-0 first-quarter run buries Utah https://whynba.com/interactive-lakers-ownership-step-by-step-buss-walter-kushner-iger-12-5-billion/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:30:00+00:00Interactive: From $67.5 million to $12.5 billion — who owns the Lakers, step by step, from Jerry Buss to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger https://whynba.com/mike-brown-knicks-hit-singles-76ers-loss-turnovers-isolation/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:26:56+00:00Mike Brown tells the 2-4 Knicks to stop chasing home runs after the loss in Philadelphia: ‘We have to hit singles’ https://whynba.com/luka-doncic-patience-lakers-warriors-me-first-i-got-to-be-better/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:17:05+00:00Luka Dončić scores 37, takes the blame for a blown 25-point lead and asks for patience: ‘Me first. I got to be better’ https://whynba.com/orlando-magic-beat-toronto-raptors-121-114-desmond-bane-28-franz-wagner-26-11-scottie-barnes-41-october-30-2026/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:10:00+00:00Orlando Magic beat Toronto Raptors 121-114 as Desmond Bane scores 28 and Franz Wagner adds 26 and 11 despite Scottie Barnes’ career-high 41 https://whynba.com/nba-week-february-25-march-3-2027-timberwolves-retire-kevin-garnett-no-21-ted-turner-bobblehead-star-wars-black-excellence/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:07:45+00:00NBA week of Feb. 25-March 3: Timberwolves retire Kevin Garnett’s No. 21, a Ted Turner bobblehead and Star Wars and Black Excellence nights https://whynba.com/nba-cup-2026-group-standings-after-opening-night/whynbaen2026-10-31T22:05:06+00:00NBA Cup group standings after opening night: Timberwolves +26 and Heat +20 lead the way, and the champion Knicks start 0-1