The Saga of Cale Makar over the past four or five days has already turned the kids on the Grading The Week (GTW) staff into a bit of an emotional wreck going into the holiday weekend. But the peeks we’ve taken over to the NBA’s Western Conference Finals have only made our collective ulcers worse.

They both make sense as win-now pieces for teams looking to take an immediate next step toward contention. They probably don’t make sense for most teams residing at the bottom of the league.

Breaking down an uncertain moment for Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon and the Denver Nuggets after a disaster in the NBA playoffs.

Are the Timberwolves at as much of a crossroads as the Nuggets? Will the East be the better overall conference next season? Five thoughts on what’s happening around the NBA.

How many first-place MVP votes did Nikola Jokic receive this season? See how he compared to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama.

By TIM REYNOLDS OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Last season, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player announcement timeline went like this: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was announced as the winner one day before he and the Oklahoma City Thunder played a home game in the Western Conference finals. It seems like that script may get followed again. The NBA […]