Author: Matt Eppers, USA TODAY

Wednesday was the deadline for James Harden, Bradley Beal and others to make decisions on their player options ahead of NBA free agency

The Warriors should be in the mix for a title again next season. But it could be crowded at the top with plenty of other worthwhile contenders.

After missing the playoffs the last two years, the Warriors are back in the NBA Finals looking for their fourth championship during the current run.

Orlando won the No. 1 pick but wasn’t the only winner of the NBA draft lottery. Who else saw their prospects boosted by a favorable draw?

Taking stock of what we’ve seen so far in the NBA playoffs and breaking down the biggest winners and losers from the first round.

Let’s once again dispense with nuance and rational thought and break down the biggest overreactions from the weekend in the NBA playoffs.

We’re throwing nuance out the window and breaking down the biggest overreactions from the series openers in the first weekend of the NBA playoffs.

Miles Bridges’ frustrations boiled over late in the Hornets’ blowout loss when he hit a young fan with his mouthpiece after being ejected.

Nikola Jokic has carried the Denver Nuggets to a potential Top 6 seed in the Western Conference without stars Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr.