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The Transformation of Julius Randle

The Stunning Transformation of Julius Randle

By Rob Mahoney • 5 min read

The Stunning Transformation of Julius Randle

The Transformation of Julius Randle

Rob Mahoney • 5 min read

OKC’s Defense Is a New-Age Monster

The Thunder Are a Defensive Monster Fit for the Modern Era

By Kirk Goldsberry • 7 min read

The Thunder Are a Defensive Monster Fit for the Modern Era

OKC’s Defense Is a New-Age Monster

Kirk Goldsberry • 7 min read

1:26:00

The Greatest Conference Final Preview of All Time

Group Chat

The Greatest Conference Final Preview of All Time

Group Chat

• 1 hr 26 min

Gap Year? Trade? The Celtics Have Options.

Which Door Will the Celtics Choose This Summer?

By Wes Goldberg • 7 min read

Which Door Will the Celtics Choose This Summer?

Gap Year? Trade? The Celtics Have Options.

Wes Goldberg • 7 min read

This Is the End of the Celtics as We Know Them

By Michael Pina • 6 min read

Special Project

The Ringer’s 2025 Post-Lottery Mock Draft

Check out J. Kyle Mann’s outlook on every pick in the first round

Special Project

The Ringer’s 2025 Post-Lottery Mock Draft

Noteworthy Reads

Special Project

The Ringer’s 2025 Post-Lottery Mock Draft

After you wrap your minds around the Mavericks somehow falling into Cooper Flagg, check out J. Kyle Mann’s outlook on every pick in the first round.

The Latest Episodes

The Conference Finals and the Uncertain Offseason

Thunder Dominate Game 7, and the Conference Finals Are Set. Full Previews, Plus a Look at Uncertain Offseasons With Howard Beck.

The Zach Lowe Show • May 19

The Conference Finals and the Uncertain Offseason

Thunder Dominate Game 7, and the Conference Finals Are Set. Full Previews, Plus a Look at Uncertain Offseasons With Howard Beck.

The Zach Lowe Show • May 19

Conference Finals Predictions

What’s at Stake for SGA and Conference Finals Predictions

Off Guard with Austin Rivers • May 19 • 57 min

Conference Finals Predictions

What’s at Stake for SGA and Conference Finals Predictions

Off Guard with Austin Rivers • May 19 • 57 min

The Greatest Conference Final Preview of All Time

Group Chat • May 19

The Greatest Conference Final Preview of All Time

Group Chat • May 19

OKC Ends Denver, and Knicks-Pacers Predictions

OKC Ends Denver, “Whaddya Do” Second-Round Losers, and Knicks-Pacers Predictions With Ryen Russillo

OKC Ends Denver, and Knicks-Pacers Preview

The Bill Simmons Podcast • May 19

OKC Ends Denver, and Knicks-Pacers Predictions

OKC Ends Denver, “Whaddya Do” Second-Round Losers, and Knicks-Pacers Predictions With Ryen Russillo

OKC Ends Denver, and Knicks-Pacers Preview

The Bill Simmons Podcast • May 19

NBA Playoff Reactions LIVE With Russillo

NBA Playoff Reactions LIVE With Ryen Russillo

The Bill Simmons Podcast • May 18

NBA Playoff Reactions LIVE With Russillo

NBA Playoff Reactions LIVE With Ryen Russillo

The Bill Simmons Podcast • May 18

Knicks Reach the Conference Finals for the First Time in 25 Years

Knicks Reach the Conference Finals for the First Time in 25 Years, and Mike Fliegelman Recaps the Historic NY Sports Day

New York, New York with John Jastremski • May 17 • 1 hr 1 min

Knicks Reach the Conference Finals for the First Time in 25 Years

Knicks Reach the Conference Finals for the First Time in 25 Years, and Mike Fliegelman Recaps the Historic NY Sports Day

New York, New York with John Jastremski • May 17 • 1 hr 1 min

The Celtics‘ Season Comes to an End

Off The Pike with Brian Barrett • May 17 • 1 hr 25 min

The Celtics‘ Season Comes to an End

Off The Pike with Brian Barrett • May 17 • 1 hr 25 min

Who Will Win Giannis? What Will the Offseason Look Like in Laker Land?

Who Will Win the Giannis Sweepstakes? Plus, What Will the Offseason Look Like in Laker Land?

Who Will Get Giannis? Plus, Lakers’ Offseason Future.

Real Ones • May 16

Who Will Win Giannis? What Will the Offseason Look Like in Laker Land?

Who Will Win the Giannis Sweepstakes? Plus, What Will the Offseason Look Like in Laker Land?

Who Will Get Giannis? Plus, Lakers’ Offseason Future.

Real Ones • May 16

OKC-Denver and Warriors Postmortem

Game 7, Baby! OKC-Denver Breakdown With Andrew Schlecht and a Warriors Postmortem With Logan Murdock.

The Zach Lowe Show • May 16

OKC-Denver and Warriors Postmortem

Game 7, Baby! OKC-Denver Breakdown With Andrew Schlecht and a Warriors Postmortem With Logan Murdock.

The Zach Lowe Show • May 16

Special Project

The NBA Top 100: End of Season Rankings

Before the playoffs launch in full, find out who came out on top of the regular season

The Ringer Staff

Cooper Flagg What You Need to Know About the Presumptive No. 1 Pick

NBA Draft

Cooper Flagg Isn’t Your Typical Future No. 1 Overall Pick

Cooper Flagg Isn’t a Typical No. 1 Prospect

By J. Kyle Mann • 12 min read

Cooper Flagg Isn’t Your Typical Future No. 1 Overall Pick

Cooper Flagg Isn’t a Typical No. 1 Prospect

Green Flagg: Duke’s Star Is Ticking Boxes

NBA Draft

Cooper Flagg Is Running Toward the Grind

J. Kyle Mann Videos

Cooper Flagg Is Running Toward the Grind

J. Kyle Mann Videos

College Basketball

Cooper Flagg Is Capturing Our Collective Basketball Imagination

By Tyler Parker • 6 min read

Cooper Flagg Is Capturing Our Collective Basketball Imagination

Green Flagg: Duke’s Star Is Ticking Boxes

Tyler Parker

NBA Draft

Can Cooper Flagg Win an MVP? Plus, Khaman Maluach’s Defensive Potential, Al Horford’s Hips, and the Draft Guide Process.

Can Cooper Flagg Win an MVP? Plus, Khaman Maluach’s Defensive Potential, and the Draft Guide Process.

Can Cooper Flagg Win an MVP?

The Ringer’s NBA Draft Show • 47 min

Can Cooper Flagg Win an MVP? Plus, Khaman Maluach’s Defensive Potential, Al Horford’s Hips, and the Draft Guide Process.

Can Cooper Flagg Win an MVP? Plus, Khaman Maluach’s Defensive Potential, and the Draft Guide Process.

Can Cooper Flagg Win an MVP?

The Ringer’s NBA Draft Show

Where Should the NBA Draw the Line on Its 3-Point Problem?

Missed 3s Are Taking Over the NBA. Where Should the League Draw the Line?

Where Should the NBA Draw the Line on Its 3-Point Problem?

Missed 3s Are Taking Over the NBA. Where Should the League Draw the Line?

Kirk Goldsberry

Where Should the NBA Draw the Line on Its 3-Point Problem?

Missed 3s Are Taking Over the NBA. Where Should the League Draw the Line?

Where Should the NBA Draw the Line on Its 3-Point Problem?

Missed 3s Are Taking Over the NBA. Where Should the League Draw the Line?

Kirk Goldsberry

Shorts

What are the most likely destinations if Giannis is traded this off-season?

April 29
56s

Jimmy Butler proved again why there will always be a market for bucket getters in the NBA.

April 30
50s

Where does Draymond Green rank in the pantheon of great defensive players?

April 30
63s

This is why you make the move for Jimmy Butler | Ringer NBA

April 29
65s

Sonic Boom How Seattle Lost Its Team

Blood and Thunder: The Story of OKC

The Ringer NBA Show • April 16

Blood and Thunder: The Story of OKC

The Ringer NBA Show • April 16

Ep. 1: What the Sonics Meant in the ’90s

Episode 1: What the SuperSonics Meant in the ’90s

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 13 • 36 min

Ep. 1: What the Sonics Meant in the ’90s

Episode 1: What the SuperSonics Meant in the ’90s

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 13 • 36 min

Episode 2: Howard Schultz, the Man Who Sold the Sonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 18 • 32 min

Episode 2: Howard Schultz, the Man Who Sold the Sonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 18 • 32 min

Episode 3: A Trip to Olympia

Episode 3: Why Seattle Built Every Arena Except the One It Needed

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 20 • 37 min

Episode 3: A Trip to Olympia

Episode 3: Why Seattle Built Every Arena Except the One It Needed

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 20 • 37 min

Episode 4: How Oklahoma City Became the Home of the Sonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 25 • 29 min

Episode 4: How Oklahoma City Became the Home of the Sonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 25 • 29 min

Episode 5: Selling the SuperSonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 27 • 34 min

Episode 5: Selling the SuperSonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • March 27 • 34 min

The Man at the Center of the Sonics Sale

Episode 6: The Mystery Man at the Center of the Sonics Sale

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 1 • 46 min

The Man at the Center of the Sonics Sale

Episode 6: The Mystery Man at the Center of the Sonics Sale

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 1 • 46 min

Episode 7: The Last Season

Episode 7: The Final Days of the Fight to Save the Seattle SuperSonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 3 • 35 min

Episode 7: The Last Season

Episode 7: The Final Days of the Fight to Save the Seattle SuperSonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 3 • 35 min

Episode 8: The End of the Sonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 8 • 49 min

Episode 8: The End of the Sonics

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 8 • 49 min

Episode 9: Will Seattle Have a Team Again?

Episode 9: Will Seattle Ever Have a Team Again?

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 10 • 33 min

Episode 9: Will Seattle Have a Team Again?

Episode 9: Will Seattle Ever Have a Team Again?

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team • April 10 • 33 min

Videos

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2:27:00

A Clips-Nuggets Slugfest, Brunson’s Heroics, Best 2025 TV Shows, and NBA Then and Now With Rob Mahoney, Joanna Robinson, and Bob Ryan

Clips-Nuggets, Brunson’s Heroics, 2025 TV Shows, and NBA Then and Now

Clips-Nuggets, Brunson, and the NBA Then and Now

The Bill Simmons Podcast • May 2

2:27:00

A Clips-Nuggets Slugfest, Brunson’s Heroics, Best 2025 TV Shows, and NBA Then and Now With Rob Mahoney, Joanna Robinson, and Bob Ryan

Clips-Nuggets, Brunson’s Heroics, 2025 TV Shows, and NBA Then and Now

Clips-Nuggets, Brunson, and the NBA Then and Now

The Bill Simmons Podcast • May 2

Celtics City Streaming on HBO

The NBA Desperately Needs Another Bill Russell

The NBA Is Desperately Missing a Voice Like Bill Russell’s

By Michael Pina • 9 min read

The NBA Is Desperately Missing a Voice Like Bill Russell’s

The NBA Desperately Needs Another Bill Russell

Michael Pina

‘Celtics City’ and the History of an Iconic Franchise

‘Celtics City’ and the History of an Iconic Franchise. Plus, Director Lauren Stowell on Telling the Story of the Boston Celtics.

‘Celtics City’ and Celtics History

The Ringer NBA Show • 1 hr 36 min

‘Celtics City’ and the History of an Iconic Franchise. Plus, Director Lauren Stowell on Telling the Story of the Boston Celtics.

‘Celtics City’ and the History of an Iconic Franchise

‘Celtics City’ and Celtics History

The Ringer NBA Show

Is the Celtics Captain a Relic of the Past?

Why These Celtics Made the Captaincy Into a Thing of the Past

By Bobby Manning • 13 min read

Why These Celtics Made the Captaincy Into a Thing of the Past

Is the Celtics Captain a Relic of the Past?

Bobby Manning

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

The Forgotten History of the NBA Player-Coach

By Nigel Broadnax • 25 min read

The Forgotten History of the NBA Player-Coach

Nigel Broadnax

Features

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (… and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (… and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

At the height of the pandemic, an NFT project that allowed people to buy and sell NBA highlights for as much as six figures took the crypto world by storm. Within months, the bubble burst. We spoke to insiders, users, and the company’s CEO about the boom and bust—and whether there’s a future for Top Shot.

Leo Sepkowitz

Features

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (… and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

Inside the Spectacular Rise and Fall (… and Rise Again?) of NBA Top Shot

Leo Sepkowitz

What Would NBA Expansion Really Look Like?

Is NBA Expansion Really a Good Idea?

Are We Sure NBA Expansion Is a Good Idea?

By Howard Beck • 16 min read

An Expansion Team’s Guide to Competence

How to Build a Competent NBA Expansion Team in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps

By Zach Kram • 17 min read

Spurs Shut Down Wemby, plus an NBA Expansion Draft with J. Kyle Mann

The NBA Expansion Draft With J. Kyle Mann. Plus, the Spurs Shut Down Wemby.

Spurs Shut Down Wemby for the Season

Group Chat • 1 hr 17 min

The Potential Next Class of NBA Owners

The Consortium Report: Scouting the Potential Next Class of NBA Owners

By Katie Baker • 20 min read

Ode to “Big Country,” an NBA Expansion Folk Hero

Ode to “Big Country”

By Tyler Parker • 9 min read

The Charlotte Bobcats’ Cautionary Tale

The Cautionary Tale of the Charlotte Bobcats

By Danny Chau • 13 min read

Who Would Be Left Unprotected If the NBA Held an Expansion Draft Today?

The Most Intriguing Player-Protection Debates for a Hypothetical NBA Expansion Draft

A Hypothetical Expansion Draft Player Pool

By Michael Pina • 10 min read

Is NBA Expansion Really a Good Idea?

Are We Sure NBA Expansion Is a Good Idea?

By Howard Beck • 16 min read

An Expansion Team’s Guide to Competence

How to Build a Competent NBA Expansion Team in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps

By Zach Kram • 17 min read

Spurs Shut Down Wemby, plus an NBA Expansion Draft with J. Kyle Mann

The NBA Expansion Draft With J. Kyle Mann. Plus, the Spurs Shut Down Wemby.

Spurs Shut Down Wemby for the Season

Group Chat • 1 hr 17 min

The Potential Next Class of NBA Owners

The Consortium Report: Scouting the Potential Next Class of NBA Owners

By Katie Baker • 20 min read

Ode to “Big Country,” an NBA Expansion Folk Hero

Ode to “Big Country”

By Tyler Parker • 9 min read

The Charlotte Bobcats’ Cautionary Tale

The Cautionary Tale of the Charlotte Bobcats

By Danny Chau • 13 min read

Who Would Be Left Unprotected If the NBA Held an Expansion Draft Today?

The Most Intriguing Player-Protection Debates for a Hypothetical NBA Expansion Draft

A Hypothetical Expansion Draft Player Pool

By Michael Pina • 10 min read

Is NBA Expansion Really a Good Idea?

Are We Sure NBA Expansion Is a Good Idea?

By Howard Beck • 16 min read

An Expansion Team’s Guide to Competence

How to Build a Competent NBA Expansion Team in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps

By Zach Kram • 17 min read

Spurs Shut Down Wemby, plus an NBA Expansion Draft with J. Kyle Mann

The NBA Expansion Draft With J. Kyle Mann. Plus, the Spurs Shut Down Wemby.

Spurs Shut Down Wemby for the Season

Group Chat • 1 hr 17 min

The Potential Next Class of NBA Owners

The Consortium Report: Scouting the Potential Next Class of NBA Owners

By Katie Baker • 20 min read

Ode to “Big Country,” an NBA Expansion Folk Hero

Ode to “Big Country”

By Tyler Parker • 9 min read

The Charlotte Bobcats’ Cautionary Tale

The Cautionary Tale of the Charlotte Bobcats

By Danny Chau • 13 min read

Who Would Be Left Unprotected If the NBA Held an Expansion Draft Today?

The Most Intriguing Player-Protection Debates for a Hypothetical NBA Expansion Draft

A Hypothetical Expansion Draft Player Pool

By Michael Pina • 10 min read