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• NBA’s 10 best free agents still available on 2025 market, ranked

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Let’s rank the best NBA free agents who are still available. The NBA free agency was also destined to be a dud in the summer of 2025. The list of unrestricted free agents was topped by older veteran stars who were never going to leave their incumbent teams, and younger restricted free agents who were going to get squeezed due to the lack of availabl...2025
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• ‘I Knew the Answers to the Test’ — Alex Caruso Reveals Major Difference Between His Titles With Lakers and Thunder
Alex Caruso, fresh off his second NBA championship with the Thunder, discusses how this win differed from his first title with the Lakers....2025
• Alex Caruso Flaunts Lakers Ring During OKC Thunder’s 2025 NBA Championship Parade
Alex Caruso displayed his 2020 Lakers championship ring during the Thunder's title parade and clarified controversial comments about his "real ring."...2025
• The NBA Playoffs are a different sport. This is how to win

Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images Here’s what it takes to win in the NBA Playoffs. It’s April 19, the second game of the playoffs, entering overtime of Game 1 between the former champions Denver Nuggets and their fearsome foe Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers have outshot the Thunder, from two-point and three-point range, and Russell Westbrook committed a bizarre turnover to let the game go to ov...2025
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• Alex Caruso Clarifies ‘Real Ring’ Comments After Viral Reaction

Alex Caruso has addressed his comments about getting a ‘real ring’ after upsetting a few Lakers fans. “Now I got a real one,” Caruso jokingly said to reporters after OKC’s 103-91 Game 7 win over the Pacers. “Now nobody can say anything.” “Yeah, now I got a real one — now no one can say […] The post Alex Caruso Clarifies ‘Real Ring’ Comments After Viral Reaction appeared first on ...2025
• Alex Caruso clarifies controversial Lakers bubble championship joke

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images Alex Caruso created quite a stir with his comments about the Lakers’ 2020 championship after winning his second ring with the Thunder, but he had a good excuse. Every year, the NBA ecosystem attempts to assign some sort of asterisk to that year’s champion, and 2025 will be no different. This year’s champion, the Oklahoma City Thunder, will face accusati...2025
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• The Thunder’s dynasty potential can break the NBA’s parity era

Photo by Logan Riely /NBAE via Getty Images The Thunder won an NBA championship, and they’re only getting better. Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder on the Fourth of July, Russell Westbrook posted a picture of a plate of cupcakes the next day, and the future of the Oklahoma City Thunder hung in the balance. Sam Presti had drafted three future NBA MVPs to start his tenure in OKC, a...2025
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• NBA Finals Game 7 predictions for Thunder vs. Pacers winner-take-all showdown

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Let’s predict Game 7 between the Thunder and Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals. The NBA Finals is going to a Game 7 for the first time in nine years, and just the eighth time since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976. The matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers was immediately derided by the public for its small markets and lack of household-name ...2025
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• The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Thunder drafted Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams in the 2022 lottery. Is it the best NBA Draft team class ever? The idea of the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first ever NBA championship seemed like an impossible dream as the franchise entered the 2022 NBA Draft. The Thunder were coming off a 24-58 season that followed a 22-60 season. ...2025
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• Tyrese Haliburton is the gleeful villain the NBA Finals needs

Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton used constant disrespect to fuel an anti-hero run that can’t be overrated. The ball touched his hands about 10 feet behind the half-court line with 6.4 seconds left to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Cason Wallace picked him up at the logo with Alex Caruso cautiously watching to offer help if needed while staying with his assig...2025
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• Isaiah Hartenstein is the special type of good you only notice when it’s gone

For Knicks fans, watching Isaiah Hartenstein get his flowers during the Thunder’s NBA Finals run has been bittersweet, and it would never have happened if it weren’t for a former Celtics owner. Something any longtime Knicks supporter can tell you is that it’s important to maintain perspective, to not get too high off the highs or ruined by the lows, both in life and in sports, because we’ve seen i...2025
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• NBA Finals’ 17 best players ranked for Thunder vs. Pacers series

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 NBA Finals. The 2025 NBA Finals is a classic matchup of an elite offense vs. a historic defense. The Indiana Pacers vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder might not be the series anyone would have expected at the start of the season, but it should provide a thrilling NBA Finals showdown anyway. The Thunder were a popular preseason...2025
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• College basketball’s 6 biggest winners and losers from NBA Draft withdrawal deadline

Here the biggest winners and losers from the 2025 NBA Draft college withdrawal deadline. The strength of the 2025 NBA Draft class was always going to be threatened by the NIL money flowing through college basketball. Now that college players have the opportunity to make millions per season and offer themselves up to the highest bidder via the transfer portal at the end of every year, the allure of...2025
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• Ranking NBA’s final 4 teams in 2025 Playoffs by most likely to win it all

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Let’s rank the four teams left standing in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Boston Celtics’ dream of repeating as champions is dead, the best player in the world has been eliminated, and the No. 1 seed the East is already on vacation. The second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs was full of carnage, and no one could have anticipated the last four teams left standing....2025
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• Podcast: S03 E20 - The CaruShow!! (Guest Alex Caruso)
AC Fresh joins the guys for a wide-ranging interview spanning topics on and off court, from his favorite in-game dunk to his diet and wei...2020

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"Thunder's Alex Caruso says 'you're probably like a serial killer' if you don't feel anything ahead of Game 7"

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"The Bulls appear ready and willing to keep Alex Caruso if their large asking price isn’t met."

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"Since he’s played in the NBA for 20 seasons, LeBron has one of the best basketball IQ’s ever and his former teammate Alex Caruso has revealed how one of the GOAT’s exploits timeouts."

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"Bucks' Grayson Allen serenaded by boos in first game in Chicago since his flagrant foul injured Alex Caruso"

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"A new era of Bulls basketball: DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso join Chicago"

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"We sat down with Alex Caruso to talk about his path from going undrafted to being a key rotation player for the 19-3 Lakers."

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"Jordan Clarkson and Alex Caruso combined for 18 of the Lakers' 31 assists in a big win over New York."

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"Kyle Kuzma and Alex Caruso had the Lakers' offense humming off the bench."

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"The Thunder today signed guard Alex Caruso, center Kaleb Tarczewski and forward Chris Wright."

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• How the Thunder stole an NBA championship

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Thunder won an NBA championship the old fashioned way. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The Thunder arena scoreboard might be the only one in the NBA which eschews typical box score stats in exchange for providing attendees with Four Factors, and an insight toward why the Thunder are what they roll. The Four Factors, an advancement coined in the last century b...2025
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• Fischer’s Latest: Kuminga, Grimes, Grizzlies, Nets
The Bulls expressed interest in Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga during past trade talks and could be a candidate for a sign-and-trade deal to land the restricted free agent, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). Sources tell Stein that Chicago inquired about Kuminga during discussions that involved Alex Caruso, Zach LaVine and […]...2025
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• How OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti became the best executive in sports

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images Sam Presti is the GM every fan wishes they could have, or even be. Sam Presti has nothing left to prove. But his team might do some proving anyway. General Manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder; the 2025 NBA Executive of the Year; drafter of Tony Parker, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden; traded for Paul George when the team was flo...2025
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• Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals predictions for champion and MVP

Photo by William Purnell/Getty Images Here are our 2025 NBA Finals predictions. The matchup in the 2025 NBA Finals shouldn’t be as surprising as it feels at first blush. Doubting the Oklahoma City Thunder was always a fool’s errand. The Thunder won 68 games this year, tied for the sixth-most ever, while posting the second-best net-rating ever behind the 72-win 1996 Chicago Bulls. It wasn’t...2025
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• The Thunder have turned the Pacers’ ‘organized chaos’ into a hot mess in the NBA Finals

Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images Indiana’s incredible offense has been thunderstruck by the best defense in the NBA. The Oklahoma City Thunder are a win away from capping off one of the all-time great seasons in NBA history. Jalen Williams’ 40-point night was the deserved headline grabber in the Thunder’s 120-109 Game 5 win over the Indiana Pacers, but the overarching story of the 2025 NBA Finals...2025
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• Thunder Rally To Win Game 4 Behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Historic Finish

Oklahoma City Thunder MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 points in the final 4:38 to lead a dramatic comeback victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The Thunder won 111-104 to even the series at 2-2 after trailing by 10 points late in the third quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 35 points on 12-of-24 shooting while recording no assists. His 15 fourth-quarter points ...2025
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• Alex Caruso Makes NBA History With 20-Point Game As Thunder Powers Through Pacers To Tie NBA Finals Series
Alex Caruso who averaged less than 10 points per game in a season except once, is now scoring 20-point games in the NBA Finals, making history....2025
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• Isaiah Hartenstein is the special type of good you only notice when it’s gone
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• Mark Daigneault On Fouling Up Three Strategy 'That's On Me'

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a set philosophy when it comes to protecting a three-point lead in the waning moments of the game. The Thunder are going to foul to prevent the opponent from attempting a game-tying three-point shot. Despite their Game 1 second round loss to the Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City is unlikely to move away from this strategy. Instead, they prefer to think about executing it...2025
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• Dunc'd On: Jeremias Engelmann of RoyceWebb.com, Former Mavericks and Suns Front Officer

Jerry Engelmann used to work for the Mavs and the Suns, and now writes for former ESPN editor Royce Webb's substack where he has been one of the most interesting writers of late with his controversial but data-driven opinions. You can subscribe at roycewebb.com/naterate and get a special deal for Dunc'd On listeners. We get into a ton of interesting topics, including players Nate thinks might be o...2025
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed

Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images With fewer available future draft picks to trade but transactions that still need to get done, the value of the speculative capital cratered at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. Let’s take a time machine back one full week and ask ourselves a question. How many first-round draft picks is Luka Doncic worth? Six? Seven? All of them? Surely whoever is tra...2025
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• 4 NBA trade deadline winners, and 4 big losers after a wild week of deals

Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The 2025 NBA trade deadline started with a double-bang (word to Mike Breen) when the Dallas Mavericks made the unfathomable decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. The Mavs and Lakers each made surprising moves in the days that followed, le...2025
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• A new era of Bulls basketball: DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso join Chicago

It's safe to open your eyes and be bullish on the Bulls again....2021
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• James, Caruso Guide Lakers To 6th Straight Win
LeBron James and Alex Caruso were instrumental in keeping L.A.’s winning streak alive, as the Lakers held on to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans Tuesday night in STAPLES Center....2020
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• Bucks' Grayson Allen serenaded by boos in first game in Chicago since his flagrant foul injured Alex Caruso
Caruso hasn't played since Allen's hard foul in late January...2022
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• Lakers' Alex Caruso skips sister's wedding, stays in NBA bubble: 'We have worked too hard'
Caruso would have had to quarantine for close to 10 days if he left the bubble...2020
• Brilliance of Alex Caruso on full display in Game 2 win vs. Milwaukee

DeMar DeRozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points....2022
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• Alex Caruso Injury Update

Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso sustained a fracture of his right wrist in last night's game versus...2022
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Eastern Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Eastern Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each t...2024
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Alex Caruso, Pascal Siakam make the list

Who are the fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2023
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• Alex Caruso Responds To Fans Calling Him ‘Superhero’ By Stating He’s Robin, Not Batman
After Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Alex Caruso attended the press postgame and was asked if he was aware he had achieved a new level of superhero status among Thunder fans. Amid his impressive playoff run, he’s already posted two 20-point games in the NBA Finals, something he didn’t achieve this regular season. However, […] The post Alex Caruso Responds To Fans Calling Him ‘Superhe...2025
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• Thunder’s ‘foul up 3’ strategy backfired in epic fashion vs. Nuggets in NBA Playoffs

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The Thunder helped the Nuggets steal Game 1 because of a terrible late game strategy. The Oklahoma City Thunder had the best defense in the NBA this season, but if the game was close late, the Thunder consistently opted not to trust it. Under head coach Mark Daigneault, OKC likes to foul when up three, refusing to yield a game-tying attempt to their...2025
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Here are our 10 biggest takeaways from the new NBA season so far. The 2024-25 NBA season is underway, and it’s already proven to be full of surprises. The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be fringe championship contenders, but so far both are among the worst teams in the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves were s...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the only teams that can win the 2025 NBA championship. Defining success in the NBA always comes back to preseason expectations. Some teams are just trying to get better in the regular season and advance a round further in the playoffs, while others are hoping not to fall too far behind their rivals. There’s already a class of teams whose best c...2024
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• The Chicago Bulls aren’t good, but they are clutch as hell

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Nobody in the NBA is more clutch than the Chicago Bulls. The Chicago Bulls can’t stop winning clutch games. The Bulls beat the Utah Jazz, 119-117, on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City to keep the team’s incredible clutch alive. The Bulls have been a sub .500 team all year — they’re currently 26-28, ninth in the Eastern Conference — but they have an incr...2024
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• NBA trade deadline: 4 winners and 5 losers from deals, featuring Bulls, Knicks, Warriors, Lakers

Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2024 NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline has come and gone without the type of major fireworks sd occasionally sees in the final transaction window before the playoff race. There were tons of deals around the NBA before Thursday’s 3 p.m. buzzer, but the biggest names rumored to be in deals mostly stayed home, and many of the league’s biggest f...2024
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• NBA Trade Rumors: Bobby Portis, Grant Williams, Kelly Olynyk and more featured in latest whispers

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images The Bucks and Mavericks talking a Bobby Portis for Grant Williams trade is your most surprising update from Monday’s NBA trade rumors. The NBA trade deadline (Thursday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. ET) is now less than three days away, so let’s check in on some of the latest NBA trade rumors floating around from various insiders around the association. A Bucks-...2024
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