The Knicks took the ring, Wembanyama left with a quiet message

The 2026 NBA season ended the way few predicted: the New York Knicks are the new champions, while the young phenomenon Victor Wembanyama and his San Antonio stayed a step short of the top. After the lost final stretch, the Frenchman closed his press conference with a short but eloquent message to the reporters - the kind that says more than a half-hour speech. The Knicks had waited nearly half a century for this title and finally got it. The lesson for Wembanyama is brutal but familiar in sport: talent carries you to the door, but you only get through it with a team - and with the patience the 22-year-old is still learning.

The Grizzlies are selling Morant - the end of an era in Memphis

After months of speculation, injuries and a team restructure, it looks like Ja Morant has played his final moments in a Memphis Grizzlies jersey. ESPN insider Brian Windhorst claims the club is actively working on a transfer of its playmaker and is preparing for a full reset. „We've probably seen the last moments of Morant in a Grizzlies jersey," he said. Morant comes off a season averaging 28.4 points and 8.1 assists - numbers many clubs would kill for. But in the NBA, even the greatest talent becomes a backup plan once the story between player and club wears thin.

LaMelo Ball is wanted by half the East - despite everything

Another star found himself in the whirlwind of the summer market. LaMelo Ball, the point guard of the Charlotte Hornets, has drawn the interest of Toronto, Minnesota and now the Milwaukee Bucks too, according to insiders Marc Stein and Jake Fischer. The Hornets haven't officially put him on the market, but they're negotiating with several clubs. And here lies the whole paradox of the modern NBA: a 24-year-old averaging 20.1 points and 7.1 assists in 72 games is both a magnet and a risk - a history of injuries and uneven play scares scouts as much as the talent tempts them. Everyone wants him, no one is sure at what price.

Macedonia got a lesson from Bulgaria - 68:97 in Samokov

The Macedonian basketball national team suffered a convincing defeat to Bulgaria, 68:97, in a friendly in Samokov, the first test in preparations for the July FIBA window of the pre-qualifiers for the 2029 European Championship. Coach Josep Maria Berrocal led the team without two of its most important players - Nenad Dimitrievski and Andrej Jakimovski. A thirty-point gap in a friendly isn't a catastrophe in itself, but it's a clear reminder that without the top names, the quality gap becomes painfully visible. The question is whether that's an alarm or just a summer work session before the real challenge.

Dimitrievski officially left Zenit - what's next?

The best Macedonian basketball player Nenad Dimitrievski officially parted ways with Russia's Zenit. After a period in which Russian clubs are cut off from European competitions, the move is no surprise - for a player of his calibre, staying trapped outside the EuroLeague elite would be a waste of his best years. Now comes the question that interests every Macedonian fan: where to next? Dimitrievski has shown he can be a front-rank leader on the court, and his next step will say a lot about how high a basketball player from our region can climb.