Brian Mahoney: Knicks’ victory over Celtics in Game 6 on ESPN peaked with 6.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched program of the day across all TV on Friday.

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Jon Rothstein: Sources: Darrion Williams has officially withdrawn from the 2025 NBA Draft. Williams — who averaged 15.1 PPG, 5.5 RPG, and 3.6 APG last season at Texas Tech — is currently in the transfer portal.

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“I’m really excited,” Haliburton said. “Obviously, I got the opportunity to come and be in the garden and experience that and get the ring a little bit. So I’m excited about being a playable character in the game and yeah, it’s going to be, it’s going to be super cool. So I appreciate the opportunity and I’m looking forward to it.”

1 hour ago – via WBRC

“I’m back, I’m back,” a beaming Thanasis Antetokounmpo said during a live taping of his “Thanalysis Show” podcast at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino. “I’m back. I’m back.” The older Antetokounmpo is just referring to getting the chance to resume his basketball career, though not necessarily with the Bucks. Doctors have given him the clearance to return to basketball after he missed the 2024-25 season with a torn Achilles he suffered just over a year ago.

1 hour ago – via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Antetokounmpo had surgery the next day and his long recovery began. To the public, he’s been visible through his podcast, at Bucks games, the 2024 Olympics and more. But behind the scenes Antetokounmpo has been going through the “emotionally draining” process of rehab. “Because I’m doing all these things off the court,” he said, “people just automatically assume, ‘oh you’re straight, you’re fine,'” he said. “No, basketball changed my life.”

1 hour ago – via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

The Indiana Fever’s 93-58 win over the Chicago Sky last Saturday drew 2.7 million viewers on ABC. That set a record for the most-viewed WNBA regular-season game across ESPN networks and is believed to be the most-viewed WNBA regular-season game in 25 years, since the era when NBC aired the WNBA. The game peaked at 3.1 million viewers.

1 hour ago – via New York Times

The earlier game Saturday between the defending champion Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty averaged 1.3 million viewers on ABC, so add another one million-plus game to the WNBA ledger.

1 hour ago – via New York Times

Danny Green will be back in Laredo on May 31 to host the School’s Out Basketball Camp from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at LBJ High School. Students in first through 12th grades are welcome to the camp, which is presented by SWISH City Laredo. At the camp, Green will have a Q&A, take pictures and give autographs.

1 hour ago – via Laredo Morning Times

San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama and 2025 NBA Draft prospect and fellow Frenchman Maxime Raynaud recently worked out together. First, it seems Wemby is comfortable enough to return to the court despite his blood clot issues, which sidelined him for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. Also, it seems Wemby continues to get taller and muscular. Raynaud is listed at 7-1, and the Spurs center towers over the NBA hopeful.

2 hours ago – via Kens5.com