Each week during the 2025-26 NBA season, we’ll delve into some of the league’s biggest stories in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more on fact or fiction moving forward. Last week: Lakers can build a champion around Luka Dončić’s defense Fact or fiction: LeBron James belongs in the All-Star Game In what…
Only five players are now ahead of Kevin Durant on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. The 18-year veteran scorer surpassed Dirk Nowitzki for the sixth-highest total in NBA history in the Houston Rockets’ 119-110 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night. Durant got ahead of Nowitzki when he made a free throw with…
INDIANAPOLIS — After his first 10 days with the Pacers, Garrison Mathews had every reason to think his time with Indiana was over. The Pacers had signed Mathews to a 10-day hardship contract because they needed a shooter, but Mathews barely made any shots. In five games in his first 10 days, he made just…
Of all the milestones LeBron James has achieved, this season might feature the most impressive. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar already holds the NBA records for points scored and minutes played, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s standards in each of the last two seasons, respectively. James is now behind Robert Parish’s record in games played for 49…
