What was one of the best rivalries in the league last season looks to be even more interesting as a new one begins as they needed two overtimes to decide it. Read more »
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The Rockets Just Needed Kevin Durant To Be A Bucket, Now They Need Him To Do It All
By rediscovering the parts of himself that he's shed with time, Kevin Duran can make the Rockets a great team. Read more »
What Do The Spurs Want To Be?
Victor Wembanyama is now clot-less, in mind and body as the Spurs begin their great leap forward. Read more »
Identity Changers For The 2025-26 NBA Season
On how Norman Powell, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, Cam Johnson and Tyus Jones will reshape their new teams. Read more »
Can The Hawks Save The East?
The Hawks have made some calculated bets that could turn them into a fresh contender in an Eastern Conference that badly needs an injection of new competitive life. Read more »
25 Years Of RealGM: Michael Pina
Just as he does now at The Ringer and previously at Sports Illustrated, Michael Pina brings ideas with sharp specificity and depth. Read more »
25 Years Of RealGM: Andrew Perna
Andrew Perna started at RealGM by blogging on the Pacers before shifting to the NBA as a whole. Read more »
Kawhi, The Clippers, And The NBA's Fairness Illusion
The invention and enforcement of NBA legality is much more art than science. Read more »
25 Years Of RealGM: Elrod Enchilada
Robert McChesney wrote a number of pieces for RealGM on his Superduperstar Theory about how NBA teams wins championships. Read more »
25 Years Of RealGM: Jarrod Rudolph
Dwight Howard was the NBA’s second-biggest superstar in 2012 and nobody covered him at the time as closely as Jarrod Rudolph. Read more »
25 Years Of RealGM: Wes Goldberg
RealGM turns 25 this summer and we are honoring 25 writers who have contributed bylines to our pages. Wes Goldberg is the new host of RealGM Radio and has written incisively on some of the NBA's most interesting trends. Read more »
25 Years Of RealGM: Danny Leroux
RealGM turns 25 this summer and we are honoring 25 writers who have contributed bylines to our pages beginning with Danny Leroux, who spans multiple eras of the site and was our longtime podcast host. Read more »
The NBA's Imminent TV Culture Shock
With the NBA trading TNT for a combination of NBC and Amazon, the way the league is watched will be dramatically different this season. Read more »
Gil's American Arenas
Gilbert Arenas has always sought thrill in the pushing of professional and confessional boundaries, first as a player and now as a podcaster. Read more »
Never Trust The Clippers
This is easily the deepest Clippers team since Kawhi Leonard signed in 2019. Nobody will want to see these Clippers in the playoffs. Read more »
The Summer That The Guards Ran Home
Bruce Brown Jr., Damian Lillard and Chris Paul each returned home for different reasons, but there is a through line with them each. Read more »
The Humbling Of Basketball's King
LeBron James is finally stuck where basically every other player is: taking what he gets, without the power to make his franchise do whatever he wants it to. Read more »
Jonas Valanciunas Will Stay In America, For Now
When Jonas Valanciunas nearly fled to Europe after his trade to Denver, it highlighted how some of its more established players question whether the American dream of basketball is worth the instability. Read more »
2026 NBA Draft: Top 10 Prospects To Watch
Darryn Peterson, A.J. Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, Jayden Quaintance and Mikel Brown Jr. headline the early projections of the 2026 NBA draft class. Read more »
The NBA Is Realigning (Again)
Every NBA offseason is now a great realignment event. Long-time contenders topple, or foreshadow their near demise with sweaty over-investment while new insurgents take their ground. Read more »
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