Detroit's J.B. Bickerstaff and Phoenix's Jordan Ott round out the top three in a deep race.

The Milwaukee Bucks may be near the end of their rope trying to convince Giannis Antetokounmpo to remain with the Eastern Conference franchise. With the 31 year old NBA star clearly disgruntled by the direction the Bucks have gone in,

What have we learned about every team throughout the first half of 2025-26? Tim Bontemps canvasses the league.

Because a knee injury has forced him to miss the last 12 Denver Nuggets games, star center Nikola Jokić has dropped off this list.

Bleacher Report released its latest 2026 NBA mock draft on Wednesday, and it featured a current Iowa basketball star being selected early on. Bleacher Report is projecting senior guard Bennett Stirtz to be taken with the 17th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies. They gave him an NBA comp of Malcolm Brogdon and had this say about Stirtz:

So begins the back half of the NBA regular season. Before that familiar sequence of trade deadline into All-Star break, we get a return of the Saturday showcase format. ABC opens its triple-header window this weekend, with “Inside the NBA” and all its strange revelry for studio intermissions.

Dylan Cardwell played in a school-record 166 games at Auburn. But his career averages of 4.2 points and 3.9 rebounds across his five seasons on the Plains didn’t stamp him as much of an NBA prospect.

The Wolverines have a trio of soon-to-be draftees.