Sam Amico
Sam Amico has covered the NBA for 20 years, previously for SI.com, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, Amico Hoops and the Boston Herald.
NBA Rumors: Nuggets, Nikola Jokic, Rockets, Kevin Durant, Lakers
Nuggets
One thing we know about the Nuggets? Nikola Jokic will be back. Apparently, so will coach David Adelman.
Other than that, it appears to be...
NBA Rumors: Thunder, Jalen Williams, Celtics, Neemias Queta, Pistons
Thunder
The Thunder failed to repeat as champions, or even return to the Finals, but ESPN still has them at No. 1 in the way-too-early...
NBA free agency clock about to start ticking
The NBA Finals are over. Now comes the fun part.
Several key contract-option decisions are due before free agency officially opens, meaning some big names...
Lakers’ Deandre Ayton among NBA free agency wild cards
The Lakers spent a couple of years searching for a reliable starting center. There's at least a little evidence that Deandre Ayton was that...
Could Warriors’ Kristaps Porzingis be headed elsewhere in free agency?
The Warriors acquired Kristaps Porzingis before the trade deadline hoping he could help push them back into contention.
Instead, injuries largely got in the way. Now...
Victor Wembanyama: Spurs learned painful lesson in Finals loss
The Spurs spent much of the NBA Finals doing exactly what they wanted. The problem was they couldn't finish.
San Antonio built double-digit leads in...
Spurs’ Dylan Harper reflects on strong NBA Finals despite disappointing finish
The Spurs came up short in the NBA Finals, but Dylan Harper didn't.
The standout rookie finished with a team-high 25 points in Saturday's Game...
Cavs seventh in way-too-early NBA power rankings
The Cavaliers reached the Eastern Conference finals this season. That apparently wasn’t enough to crack the top five.
In ESPN’s way-too-early NBA power rankings for...
ESPN offseason power rankings place Knicks behind Thunder, Spurs
The Knicks just won their first championship in 53 years. ESPN still isn’t ready to put them at No. 1.
In its first offseason NBA...
Knicks championship book already available, if you’ve got $99 lying around
The Knicks waited 53 years for another NBA championship. New Yorkers waited about 53 minutes to start selling commemorative books.
Shortly after the Knicks wrapped...
Knicks finally gave their fans what generations had been waiting to see
For more than five decades, Knicks fans heard all the jokes.
They heard about 1973. They heard about the drought. They heard about all the...
Knicks-Spurs rivaled 1990 Pistons-Blazers as best Finals that ended in five
The final tally says Knicks in five. Don't let that fool you.
On paper, a 4-1 NBA Finals doesn't exactly scream all-time classic. But anyone who...
Bulls could decide on head coach as soon as Monday
The Bulls appear to be closing in on a coaching hire.
Per Marc Stein of The Stein Line, a decision could come as soon as...
Cavs’ Riley Minnix close to signing with French club ASVEL
Cavaliers forward Riley Minnix is nearing a deal with French club ASVEL, according to Blazo Komnenic of Meridian Sport (via EuroHoops and Hoops Rumors).
Minnix joined...
