Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.

The NBA is the one league in all of professional sports in which the offseason potentially is more interesting than the actual season in recent years. According to ESPN Senior NBA Insider ...

The 2025 NBA Finals tip off Thursday night with Game 1 between the Pacers and Thunder in Oklahoma City. We asked USA Today Sports Network's two beat writers who cover their respective teams the ...

When the Oklahoma City Thunder tip off against the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals Thursday night, it won't just be a battle for the title — it's a generational milestone. Led by almost ...

The NBA Finals are finally here and what the series lacks in market size it more than makes up for in talent. The Oklahoma City Thunder come storming into their second Finals appearance since ...

There will be a first-time NBA champion in 2025. The Thunder technically have one championship, which was won in 1979, across three other appearances in franchise, but those came as the Seattle ...

Nikola Jokic may be widely considered the NBA's best player, but retired four-time All-Star DeMarcus Cousins still believes the three-time NBA MVP falls short of superstar status, a statement that ...

That's where things stand with the Oklahoma City Thunder. It's been a long time coming for OKC as the team returns to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012. Would you believe me if I told ...

Duke made it to the Final Four this past season, led by three projected top ten picks in the 2025 NBA Draft. One of the team's most important players was sharpshooting wing Kon Knueppel ...

PROVIDENCE -- Former eight-season NBA player and Providence College Friar Ryan Gomes has been added to the coaching staff of Kim English. Most recently, Gomes was a player development coach with ...

Of course, the superstar guard had a remarkable supporting cast, led by Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren, as they are the most connected team in the NBA. Ahead of the NBA Finals tipping off later ...

Developer Unfinished Pixel and publisher Outright Games have partnered with the NBA for a new video game called NBA Bounce. This is a family-friendly basketball game where you can create your own ...