Every year, 29 teams fall short of the ultimate goal, and every year, those 29 teams ask themselves how they can take the next step.We previously looked at how the first-round outs in the East and West might go about answering that question and examined the decisions on the horizon for the East's top two seeds after their seasons ended in the second round.

Oklahoma City's defense clamps down, Anthony Edwards can't answer and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander perseveres at the foul line in Game 1 of the West Finals.

When the Boston Celtics were eliminated by the New York Knicks on Friday, 2025 became the sixth straight NBA postseason in which the defending champ has failed to advance past the second round. It was the latest bullet point in the current study that is NBA parity,

Discover why the Denver Nuggets should trade Michael Porter Jr. in the 2025 NBA offseason and explore a Warriors proposal.

Vinod Khosla, 70, was the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and is currently the managing director of Khosla Ventures out of Menlo Park. Byron Deeter, 50, is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, which has offices in San Francisco and Redwood City. Deeter graduated from UC Berkeley, where he played rugby.

Find out the latest on the Denver Nuggets and Aaron Gordon's injury ahead of the pivotal playoff Game 7 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder.

In what was a puzzling firing at the time, more details have been released on the firing of former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone.

The Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Game 7 of ... Russell Westbrook fell short against the Golden State Warriors. OKC, led by MVP frontrunner Shai Gilgeous ...

It may sound familiar, but for the Nuggets, the messaging is proving quite prophetic of late.