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Despite Aaron Gordon’s serious hamstring injury, sources say he’s planning on testing it pregame with the hopes of (somehow) playing. More here, at The Athletic nytimes.com/athletic/live-…

Imagine telling these two, nine years ago while they were grinding in the G League, that they’d be heading to an NBA Western Conference Finals together one day.

A team of 10 Carusos would finish ___ place in the East?

The NBA is now in unprecedented territory. With the Nuggets and Celtics eliminated, the NBA will crown its 7th different champion over seven seasons. That's never been done before. Wrote about the NBA's great age of parity before this season began: nytimes.com/athletic/58293…

“He’s a player who rises to the occasion. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Tuesday in February in New Orleans or a Game 7. To have a guy like that on your team, it’s special.” On Alex Caruso, who cosplayed as the "Jokić Stopper", sending OKC to the WCF. nytimes.com/athletic/63660…

Not a coincidence that the two teams that played OKC the best last year and this year had the two best half-court operators in the league.

How young is Cooper Flagg? * Doesn't turn 19 until December * Twin brother will be a college freshman this fall * Would have been ineligible for this year's draft if he was born 11 days later

Few players as fun to watch as Haliburton when he’s cooking.

Haliburton has a computer for a brain like Jokic and Luka, but it’s going to be interesting to see how he handles OKC physicality at point of attack.

📪 Doing a Mavericks mailbag 👉🏼 Submit your questions here!!!! nytimes.com/athletic/63907…

It's interesting, in my 40+ years I've never shown clips to my teams of NBA defense. Offensive sets and individual moves, but never defense. Until this past season. We watched the Thunder at least 3x a week. Their switching, loading up to help, and rotations are awesome. And they

Tim Connelly: “it feels like home. … I think you guys are stuck with me.”

Preseason matchup: Mavericks will play the Lakers on Oct. 15 in Las Vegas.

Mavericks mailbag - Flagg's timeline - Guard options - OKC vs. these Mavs nytimes.com/athletic/63958…

As we begin our Draft Preview Podcast Series, Andrew Lopez and Christian Clark discuss the potential top 2 picks! Hosted by Jim Eichenhofer and Gus Kattengell nba.com/pelicans/news/…

They led for 0.3 seconds.

There have been 3 4th-quarter comebacks of 15+ points in the NBA Finals since 1971. The last 2 were by Rick Carlisle-coached teams. 6/2/2011: Mavericks 95, Heat 93 6/5/2025: Pacers 111, Thunder 110

Don Nelson says he’s wearing Luka Dončić’s shoes in protest of his old team, the Mavericks, trading him to the Lakers. Calls it “a tremendous mistake.”

What’s going on with the Knicks and their coaching search? Column/reporting with Christian Clark about Jason Kidd, why the early process feels lackluster from Knicks’ side and more: nytimes.com/athletic/64134…

Jason Kidd has said the Mavericks “love that kid from Duke.” Will he back to coach Cooper Flagg next season? Here’s what we know right now. nytimes.com/athletic/64134…