It’s the unofficial start of NBA trade season. As of today — Monday, Dec. 15 — 79 players who signed or extended their contracts last summer became eligible to be traded. That means the options have greatly expanded for front offices trying to match salaries and develop trade packages that work for both sides.

Scoring 40 points in the NBA is no small feat. Doing so before even turning 20 years old adds another layer to that accomplishment.

Mavericks' Cooper Flagg joins LeBron, Kobe in 3-player NBA history books originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Cooper Flagg is elevating himself among all-time greats.

The NBA Cup has now been narrowed down to two teams, with the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs set to meet in the championship game on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The Knicks beat the Orlando Magic in the semifinals to reach the title game, while the Spurs ended the Oklahoma City Thunder's 16-game win streak to advance.

Hall of Famer Charles Barkley dismissed the NBA's in-season tournament, calling it “embarrassing" and questioning why players need extra pay to compete.

As a number of teams tip off their 28th game of the NBA season on Thursday night, we have officially hit the one-third mark of this campaign, so what better time — after the league crowned its Cup champion on Tuesday — to take stock of an MVP race that is as stacked with top-end talent as it has ever been.

Star players like Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama and Knicks guard Jalen Brunson already earn tens of millions of dollars via massive contracts, but the prize money for the NBA Cup final is especially significant to players further down the roster.

The work of an NBA general manager is never done. The 6–19 Indiana Pacers appear lottery-bound as they host the 3–20 Washington Wizards today at 3 PM Eastern. I

Houston Rockets center Steven Adams is widely considered the strongest man in the NBA. With a powerful core and elite lower body strength, the 6'11" and 265-pound New Zealander sets picks that opponents say are so hard that they feel like running into a brick wall.