A former Oklahoma State star might soon be rewarded for his career year. Over the past few seasons, the Detroit Pistons have been nothing more than the laughing stock of the NBA. However, that has ...

Athletes have long used sports as a forum for civil rights activism. And their voices could be more vital than ever today as ...

Can Jaren Jackson Jr. win his second DPOY in three years? Where do all the NBA awards stand as March approaches?

After losing All-Star center Brittney Griner to the Atlanta Dream but acquiring All-Star forward Alyssa Thomas in a ... Star nod and the WNBA Most Improved Player award. However, Sabally ...

The offseason free agency broke up the trio of Dijonai Carrington, DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas at Connecticut.

Pistons' Cade Cunningham eyes NBA's Most Improved Player award, aiming to match legends like Oscar Robertson and future hall of famer Luka Doncic in stats. Zelenskyy ready to resign for peace in ...

Given Mobley's growth, multiple of his Cavaliers teammates are starting to campaign for him to win the NBA's Most Improved Player Award. Ty Jerome began to present his case after the Cavaliers ...

With the 2024-25 NBA season reaching ... very few players have improved as much as OKC Thunder's Jalen Williams. Despite sharing the floor with arguably the best player in the association in ...

It’s a bit of an odd award, to be sure. Since the 1985-86 season, the NBA has handed out the Most Improved Player Award, now known as the George Mikan Trophy. It’s designed to reward a player ...

Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.

For now, let's focus on the positive and see which NBA teams came out as winners this trade deadline. Is this the most obvious choice ... the Bucks get a younger player who fills the same role.

The race for the NBA Most Improved Player (MIP ... Powell missed one contest because of injury, but he remains eligible for the Most Improved Player award. The latest odds are favoring Powell to win ...