The Clippers enter 2026 with the league’s longest active winning streak (five games). They have the league’s easiest January schedule regarding opposing defenses, with seven of their 15 games against teams that enter 2026 in the bottom seven defensively. That includes two games each against the Jazz (29th) and Wizards (30th).

According to Clemente Almanza of USA Today, the Rockets are the league's sixth-best team in the NBA, a jump from last week's seventh-place ranking. The Rockets ranked as Almanza's fourth-best team in the Western Conference, behind the Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets.

Kevin Durant hasn’t missed a beat this season in his first year with the Houston Rockets. The future Hall of Famer leads the way for his new team with 25.5 PPG per night. Durant averaged 26.6 points in December, and he finished the month with back-to-back 30-point performances.

As the Milwaukee Bucks scour the league to find ways to surround Giannis Antetokounmpo with better talent, Michael Porter Jr. is a player on their radar leading up to the Feb. 5 trade deadline.

The NBA brings in the New Year with a five-game slate on Thursday night, featuring a few interesting young players in Cooper Flagg, VJ Edgecombe, Keyonte George

The Thunder-Spurs game featured the latest iteration of an emerging rivalry in the NBA, one that features a pair of the game’s most dynamic young stars in Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama and reigning NBA MVP, Shai Gilegous-Alexander.

Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier getting arrested on federal charges made the list, as did the Thunder title.

Happy New Year, NBA fans!  After a massive all-day slate on New Year’s Eve, the NBA kicks off 2026 with five games, including a matchup between the No. 1 overal

As 2026 begins, these players have done the most to fall short of our hopes and expectations, however misplaced they might have been.

Calendars have officially turned to 2026, which means the same thing to everyone and anyone, with no exceptions: The NBA trade deadline is basically a month away. What better way to commemorate the occasion than by refreshing our big board of the top targets for each and every team?

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