The NBA had just two games played last night, but two second-round picks made their mark with big opportunities.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander beat Nikola Jokić on the road and then took his MVP award. Opening night is the first real opportunity for players and teams to show the world what they spent the summer working toward.

The NBA’s action-packed opening-night doubleheader across NBC and Peacock drove massive engagement on social media last night, dominating the conversation on X: Opening night resulted in the league’s most-viewed tip-off ever with more than 600 million views and counting across all owned and third-party social accounts (source: Videocites).

Maryland alumnus, Aaron Wiggins, showed out for the Oklahoma City Thunder in their rematch against the Indiana Pacers last night.

The Rockets and Thunder may have just given us the best season opener in NBA history. Houston controlled most of regulation, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got hot in the fourth quarter to send the game to overtime.

The Bulls, Thunder, Spurs and 76ers are still undefeated, but at least one of them won't stay that way for long.

Victor Wembanyama will have an MVP-type season because he’s noticeably stronger, can take physical contact, and can still put the ball in the hoop - as we witnessed last night. Victor worked out with NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon over the summer and we saw the Hakeem effect…

After four seasons with the Heat, James returned to the Cavs for four more season-openers before signing with the Lakers in 2018. He opened the 2018-19 season and made his Lakers debut by scoring 26 points in a loss at the Portland Trail Blazers.

Michael Jordan offered his insights on load management in the NBA: He doesn’t like it. The six-time NBA Finals MVP discussed load management in the second installment of “MJ: Insights to Excellence,” as part of the NBA on NBC’s Tuesday broadcast.

Michael Jordan criticized today's NBA stars for load management hurting the game and ruining the live experience for many fans.

BAD BEAT — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard and coach Damon Jones were arrested by the FBI last week in connection with two investigations into alleged illegal sports betting and rigged poker games with alleged ties to the mob. Continue reading …