“The NBA will return to painting the Larry O’Brien trophy at center court and Finals script logo on the home team’s floor for the Finals starting this season, per sources. The last time the large trophy was painted on court was 2009,” reported ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania on X, formerly Twitter.

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported an awaited change to the NBA Finals. NBA fans have long been clamoring for the return of a missing piece to the championship series. Adam Silver and league leaders have had to work around player safety issues to enact this change.

On Wednesday, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported that the league will paint a large rendering of the Larry O'Brien Trophy at mid-court for the first time in over a decade and a year after receiving blowback for the presentation of the 2025 NBA Finals.

The irony of the 2025-26 NBA season is that it is simultaneously extremely predictable and an unpredictable mess. We can say pretty confidently who's going to be at the top. The Thunder are leaps and bounds ahead of the field on paper.

In our first NBA-focused edition of Newsweek Sports Betting 📩, we give out our NBA Finals and regular season MVP picks.

The program will continue to be produced by TNT Sports from its Atlanta studios and will feature the longtime cast of host Ernie Johnson and analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith.

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd said that he hopes that the gambling allegations don't overshadow the talent in the NBA.

No franchise in the NBA better exemplifies the old "basketball is a team sport" adage than the Indiana Pacers.

Amid the shocking arrests of Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown says he doesn’t think the NBA is doing enough to protect its players from sports betting issues.