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Cavaliers facing potential injury hell with season on brink after ugly loss to Pacers
Not only did Cleveland get obliterated by the Pacers en route to Indiana taking a 3-1 series lead, but Donovan Mitchell also left the game at halftime with an injury...
How Kenny Atkinson's 'desperate' stint with the Nets fueled his Coach of the Year rise
Five years ago, Kenny Atkinson got fired in Brooklyn. On Monday, he got feted as NBA Coach of the Year.
What Kenny Atkinson, J.B. Bickerstaff are proving in the NBA
Just because you get fired as a coach or manager, that doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t a good coach or manager. Sometimes, in fact, it means just the opposite.
2025 NBA Awards final odds: Where votes stand at season's end
NBA Awards voting has become polarizing, political and pricey.
Short-handed Knicks fade late in latest loss to an NBA elite team
The Knicks kept it closer. Just not close enough to feel encouraged.Â
Nets cough up chance to stun NBA's best in latest late-game meltdown
The Nets, who have turned blowing late leads into an art, did it again Tuesday night. They threw away a fourth-quarter cushion and fell 109-104 to the Cavaliers before a...
Ex-Nets coach has golden chance to do something with Cavs that he never could with Nets
Kenny Atkinson got fired in Brooklyn. He’s likely to get NBA Coach of the Year in Cleveland.Â
Ex-coach makes triumphant return to Barclays Center as Cavaliers rout tanking Nets
Kenny Atkinson claimed that he didn’t view his return to Brooklyn to face the Nets with the best team in the NBA as vindication.
Ex-Nets want to get revenge win in Brooklyn for Cavs coach
In his first return to Barclays Center as a head coach, Kenny Atkinson's players want to win one for their coach.
Kenny Atkinson on how he changed as a head coach after Nets firing
Kenny Atkinson admitted there was a little extra incentive, extra emotion, and just plain extra when he faced the Nets on Saturday night.
Nets battle but suffer second straight tough loss to an NBA elite team
The Nets played a back-to-back at the NBA’s reigning champions and league’s only unbeaten. They led both late, before falling agonizingly short.
Nets face former coach who has led Cavaliers to impressive 10-0 start
The Nets will have a reunion with Kenny Atkinson, the coach they dumped, who is now head coach of the undefeated Cavaliers who are 10-0.
Kenny Atkinson makes it clear what Karl-Anthony Towns means to Knicks
As soon as the blockbuster trade was made in September to bring Karl-Anthony Towns to New York, Kenny Atkinson believed it elevated the Knicks to title contenders. Atkinson, the former...
Ex-Nets coach has Cavaliers poised to be thorn in Knicks' side
Now he’s Tom Thibodeau’s problem to solve.Â
Cavaliers make surprising head coach hiring
The Cavaliers have made their first important decision in what promises to be a franchise-altering offseason.
Early favorite emerges for head coaching job in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Lakers are in the market for a new head coach.
LeBron James' 'amazing' longevity stands out to Knicks vet
The Lakers star, the NBA’s oldest player at 38, is taking his averages of 25 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists into Monday night’s matchup against the Knicks.
Tracking Nets' Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving era and how it went all wrong
Here’s a look at how things went south for the Nets after Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving signed with them three years ago.
Hornets turn to familiar face to solve head coach conundrum
It appears that the Charlotte Hornets are taking two steps forward and one step back.
Ex-Nets coach makes stunning career decision
Kenny Atkinson, the former Nets head coach who reportedly had accepted an offer to become the Hornets head coach, will not take the job after all.