T he Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are set for a 2025 NBA Finals showdown, and there are plenty of common threads between the two franchises. Indianapolis and OKC are t

What should we make of some of the latest Boston Celtics trade rumors? We are in the thick of the Celtics' Silly Season (that time of the NBA calendar when a team is in the rumor mill, with interested parties likely having a thumb on the scale), so most things we hear about Boston ought to be taken with several grains of salt.

The Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder took very different paths to their NBA Finals matchup. But for both teams, the journey to conference championships began with trading Paul George.

With an organically built roster constructed around Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers earned their first NBA Finals berth since 2000.

Blockbuster 3-Team NBA Trade Idea Sends Celtics' Jrue Holiday to Mavericks originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Dallas Mavericks need to acquire a point guard this offseason since Kyrie Irving will miss a chunk of next season recovering from his left ACL tear.

The Cleveland Cavaliers won 64 games and advanced to the second round of the playoffs before injuries and the Pacers proved to be too much. However, with Jayson Tatum’s injury throwing the door even more wide open in the East next season, should the Cavaliers just run it back?

The Cleveland Cavaliers have spent years resisting breaking up their core four. After consecutive playoff disappointments against the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, the general consensus was that a team with two max contract guards and two big men with limited shooting ability would need to be balanced through trades.

This mock trade gives the Lakers a young and emerging two-way wing who can defend, hit 3-pointers and become their third scoring threat.