NBA rookies entered the 2025-26 season with high hopes, but their fantasy basketball output has proven volatile from player to player.

Here is the full schedule of NBA games today for Thursday, February 19th, in what is the first day of basketball since the All-Star Break.

Our aw-shucks Tony Bennett wasn’t a likely candidate for a TV desk, and I don’t see him coaching again – he’s too good for college, with NIL and the portal, and he’s ill-suited to holding a clipboard for NBA guys on max contracts.

Wisconsin basketball great John Tonje made his NBA regular-season debut on Wednesday night. The Wisconsin standout went scoreless in four minutes off the bench during the Boston Celtics' 97-81 win over the Phoenix Suns. He missed his only shot attempt and committed one personal foul.

The Washington Wizards are signing two-way guard Jamir Watkins to a new two-year contract, agents Drew Morrison and Sam Rose of CAA Sports tell ESPN. Watkins has averaged 13.2 points and one steal in his last six games.

NBA scouts are hesitating about Kansas basketball guard Darryn Peterson as his frequent injury concerns continue.

Fantasy basketball turns into March Madness in the NBA too. Schedules pile up, fatigue sets in, and some stars fade. This guide shows who survives the 2026 playoff grind with reliable minutes and team motivation.

It's been a long, somewhat strange trip for former Notre Dame basketball guard Cormac Ryan, undrafted after six years of college but now in the NBA.

A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court. Scientists slid a shoe against a smooth glass plate over and over, filming it and recording the squeaking sounds with a microphone.