Nuggets-Knicks: After pushing the Thunder to Game 7 in last year’s Western Conference Semifinals, this time around it is Nikola Jokić and the bolstered Nuggets that prevail in seven games in the Western Conference Finals to dethrone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and OKC and guarantee an eighth straight season with a new NBA champion.

Well, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver rolled his eyes at the thought. Ahead of the 2025-26 Opening Night, where the Thunder handed out rings and unveiled their championship banner, he said there's zero correlation between market size related to TV ratings. He talked to ESPN's Pat McAfee.

With a new NBA season finally here, our experts are here to make some bold predictions, pick the next MVP, and more.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder once again needed six periods to win a game on Thursday night.

The New York Knicks do appear to be a different team under new head coach Mike Brown. Can his approach end their championship drought?

Hornets guard Terry Rozier was indicted as part of an investigation into insider sports betting. A separate investigation into what law enforcement described as Mafia-organized rigged poker games led to charges for Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups.

ESPN NBA analyst Monica McNutt believes the Golden State Warriors are frontrunners to reach the 2026 NBA Finals.

Penny Hardaway understandably couldn't help but reminisce about the time he played for the championship whenever he watches the NBA Finals. Weighing in on the differences between today's NBA and his time, Hardaway admitted that he wasn't as serious as the players of the current era when his team reached the Finals in 1995.