Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the 2024-2025 regular-season and NBA Finals MVP from the Oklahoma City Thunder, somehow upped his game this season. The unstoppable guard, a four-time All-Star and four-time first-team All-NBA honoree, turned in his most efficient season yet, shooting shot 55% from the field, averaging a career-best 6.6 assists per game, and leading the NBA in free throws made per game (7.9), as Oklahoma City again finished with the league's best record. The Canadian's shiftiness and ability to stop on a dime for pull-up jumpers and step-backs helped him frustrate opponents and secure his second straight MVP award.

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. Before joining the WNBA coaching ranks for the 2022 season, Becky Hammon was already a trailblazer. At the conclusion of her 16-year pro playing career in 2014, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, winner of five NBA titles, hired Hammon as the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history.

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. So it turns out the 7-ft. The NBA has never seen someone who looks like Victor Wembanyama, 22, with his combination of length, hoops IQ, and ability. "Wemby has led the NBA in blocks per game in each of his first three seasons, and this season became the youngest player to be named Defensive Player of the Year and the first to win unanimously.

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. Though she's not the only woman to own an NFL team, Carlie Irsay-Gordon has rapidly become the most prominent. She took over as the Indianapolis Colts' principal owner following the death of her father, Jim Irsay, in May 2025, but that was far from the beginning of her involvement with the franchise.

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